@Threadsofunity1

Research Fellow in Latin American Art. Interests: Violeta Parra's visual art, textile art (arpilleras), Chilean art, Surrealism and Afrosurrealism.

Joined February 2022
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Fellow textile people! Has anyone seen any fabric like this before? I’m thinking it’s furnishing fabric inspired by 18th-century Spitalfields silks, made in the late 19th or 20th centuries. I would appreciate any thoughts or leads. Thank you!
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DEADLINE EXTENDED Please submit your nomination by 29 May 2023. Reply with any questions about the open positions or our Section #LASA2023 @Threadsofunity1 @LASA2023 @LASACONGRESS @LASA_FILM
LASA VISUAL CULTURE STUDIES@LASAVCS24 May 2023
La Sección de Estudios de Cultura Visual de LASA busca nominaciones para puestos en el Consejo de la sección: forms.gle/SfYv55ESA3fMkJ2J9 Este año, la Sección busca cubrir tres puestos de 2 años (2023-2025) de la siguiente manera: Co-presidente Secretarix/Tesorerx Miembrx del Consejo
Seeking Nominations for positions on the Visual Culture Studies Section Council

ALT Seeking Nominations for positions on the Visual Culture Studies Section Council

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CLAS Cambridge@CLAS_Cam26 May 2023
#NewBooks have arrived and are available from our CLAS collection, including works by @Threadsofunity1 @gdenyerwillis @UruguayFran @FedericoMRossi Discover our collection @TheSeeleyLib : latin-american.cam.ac.uk/fac…
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La académica @Threadsofunity1 rescata en esta columna sobre la importancia de la tradición de las arpilleras en Chile, "un arma de paz en tiempos hostiles". Pase a leer! @patrimoniocl eldesconcierto.cl/opinion/20…
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Applications closing soon for several part-time Master’s programmes. Come join the 2023/25 student intake Closing 17th March: - MSt in History Closing 31st March: - MSt in AI Ethics & Society - MSt in Coaching - MSt in History of Art & Visual Culture bit.ly/3kJkcJP
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A society that kills its children.
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Latin America was the deadliest region for journalists last year - more than half the global total of journalists killed in 2022 were in Latin America. They were covering crime, gangs and environment @LatAmB
Committee to Protect Journalists
@pressfreedom14 Feb 2023
CPJ found that protection mechanisms for journalists fell short in 2022. In Mexico and Colombia, four journalists who were enrolled in—or in the process of joining—their governments’ protection mechanism were killed. Read more: cpj.org/reports/2023/01/dead…

Deadly year for journalists as killings rose sharply in 2022 - Committee to Protect Journalists

By Jennifer Dunham/CPJ Deputy Editorial Director Published January 24, 2023 Key Takeaways | Methodology | 2022 Killed Data | Interactive Map | Video The year 2022 was deadly for members of the press....

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[Noticias 📰] La profesora de la Universidad de Cambridge, @Threadsofunity1, quien estará por 3 meses en Chile en el marco de un estudio textil que está realizandoen en diversas regiones del cono sur, recorrió la Sala Museo Violeta Parra Más info: museovioletaparra.cl/la-acad…
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¿Qué te inspira de Violeta Parra? “Le debo esta pintura a Violeta. ”, nos comentó Boris Obregón, quien nos envió esta pintura inspirada en la canción “Arauco tiene una pena” y que además, fue un regalo para @GabrielBoric
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#HistoriasconMemoria 📑 Entrega Informe Rettig El 8 de febrero de 1991 la Comisión Nacional de Verdad y Reconciliación entregó a Patricio Aylwin, primer Presidente electo democráticamente tras la dictadura, el primero de los informes que comenzarían a establecer... 1/9
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Our third year History of Art undergraduate students thinking about gender, art and curation at @TheWomensArt at the @FitzMuseum_UK in Cambridge. Curator: Rebecca Birrell Associate curator: Naomi Polonsky
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A mediados de enero de 2023, la académica de la Universidad de Cambridge, @Threadsofunity1 , visitó nuestra #SalaMuseoVioletaParra y envió un pequeño mensaje, donde invita a las personas a conocer con la muestra. ¡Visitanos en Matucana 464 a partir del 2 de marzo!
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Are you interested in developing your skills in history of art and visual culture? Our Master’s degree looks at history of art and visual culture from the Renaissance to the present, using contemporary questions to motivate historical enquiry. Apply now:bit.ly/3Hwwk8C
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NSEAD@NSEAD128 Jan 2023
Replying to @Dorcasstories @katejnoble @FitzMuseum_UK @WhitworthArt
@Dorcasstories your co-curation of #AltheaMcNish is amazing and so are the tours and talks you give. Your joy and passion for #ColourIsMine is completely infectious 🔥🔥🔥
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A great story about textiles and embroidery as a practice of resistance aljazeera.com/features/2023/…

The Ukrainians using embroidery to stand up to Russia

How artists, volunteers and designers turned a Ukrainian folk blouse and craft into symbols of defiance.

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Jacqueline Bishop@jaj2048 Jan 2023
With thanks to Intellect Publishing, and the University of Chicago Press and with special thanks to art historian Amelia Jones, my 8th book, “Patchwork” is forthcoming in less than two weeks on January 20th.
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Looking forward to teaming up with @BarbicanCentre this evening for #RollingInTheDeep. Six short films, then I’ll be in conversation with the brilliant @AlexandrinaHem about watery myths, fluidity and sea creatures on screen! 🧜🌊🦀
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Association for Art History@forarthistory9 Nov 2022
#ForArtHistory2023  Deadline: Fri, 11 Nov 2022 Participatory Needlework as Tangible and Intangible Heritage  #art #arthistory #visualcultures #CFP
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Craft & making are powerful, political acts that can – and have – changed the way we see the world around us 🧶✂️ 🧵🪛We want your responses to craft’s radical past & future for our pamphlet! Find out more: decoratingdissidence.com/pam…
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