The theme Hidden Stories/Human Lives presented opportunities to reveal complex and hidden stories of global textile making and coincided with the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Yet, just as the voices of women of color, marginalized by the suffrage movement, are only now being recognized, the stories of the many human lives that have contributed – directly and indirectly – to textile making, including enslaved people, immigrant entrepreneurs, and industrial laborers, remain untold. With this Symposium, we hoped to get “behind the curtain” to explore the wider human network engaged in textile production, bringing to light hidden stories and excluded voices of all kinds, genders, and colors.
TSA’s 17th Biennial Symposium was planned to take place in Boston, Massachusetts. In order to keep participants safe during the COVID-19 pandemic, and to respect global restrictions on travel and gathering, and the program was shifted to a virtual platform.
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