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This talk by Rosemary Crill was recorded for the 8th Symposium of IASSRT (International Association for the Study of Silk Road Textiles) in Vientiane, Laos, November 3-6.

First Lecture: Indigenous Curation and Appropriate Museology: Examples from Indonesia Speaker: Dr. Christina Kreps, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Director of Museum of Anthropology, Museum and Heritage Studies The idea of the museum is typically considered a modern and Western cultural product. However, people throughout the world and since ancient times have had ways of taking care of...

The lecture parts of this webinar recording is in Indonesian. First Lecture: Indigenous Curation and Appropriate Museology: Examples from Indonesia Speaker: Dr. Christina Kreps, Professor, Department of Anthropology, Director of Museum of Anthropology, Museum and Heritage Studies The idea of the museum is typically considered a modern and Western cultural product. However, people throughout the...

Title: Plant and Animal Materials in Tropical Environments (the lecture part of this webinar recording is in Indonesian) Plant and animal-sourced materials are subiect to particular environmental risks, and especially when found in tropical environments. Excess moisture and heat, along with risks of insects and mold are widespread. These and poor quality enclosures will be addressed. In this ta...

Title: Plant and Animal Materials in Tropical Environments Plant and animal-sourced materials are subiect to particular environmental risks, and especially when found in tropical environments. Excess moisture and heat, along with risks of insects and mold are widespread. These and poor quality enclosures will be addressed. In this talk we will identify the chemistry and unique sensitivities of ...

The Tracing Patterns Foundation and its partners, the Smithsonian Institution, Museum Ceria, and Institut Konservasi, offer professional development Program called Museums for the 21st Century (M21). The Program addresses three critical museum activities: 1. Conservation; 2. Curatorial and research; 3. Education, especially engagement with family and youth and access for disabilities. In Decemb...

In this webinar, Savita Monie talks about the Education Program at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, focusing on how the museum engages young audiences. She also shared a case study of how the museum created materials for teachers based on the Islamic art galleries. Furthermore, she highlighted the Teens take the Met Program and the Met Collective, which are aimed at young people. This presentati...

The video introduces Tracing Patterns Foundation and the Hampton Archive Project.

Christopher Buckley shares some fiber materials from the Hampton Archive, housed at the Tracing Patterns Foundation. These objects were collected by Dr. O. W. Hampton in the 1980s and 90s.

This presentation was created for the 13th North American Textile Conservation Conference (NATCC), which took place on 25-29 October 2021. The presenters: - Kristal Hale, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, USA - Saiful Bakhri , Bali Cultural Heritage Preservation Office, Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia - Sandra Sardjono, Tracing Patterns Foundation, Berkeley, CA, USA

The Hampton Archive consists of the material culture of the Dani and Yali people from the highlands of Papua, Indonesia, which were collected by Dr. O.W. Hampton in the 80's and 90's. The collection is now being conserved at the Tracing Patterns Foundation in Berkeley, California. In this video, conservator Callie Jerman shares some of the storage solutions for objects in the collection.

The discovery of an Indian loom in use in Sumatra, Indonesia, and its implications. This video discusses findings from a recent paper by Sandra Sardjono and Christopher Buckley in the journal Fiber, Loom and Technique: fltjournal.libraryhost.com/index.php/flt/article/view/4

In this talk, Cathy Stevulak, Director of Kantha Productions LLC, USA, shares the story of kantha. Kantha, or nakshi kantha, is an important women’s art in Bengal. Several layers of cloth, often old garments, are stitched into objects of domestic, ritual or ceremonial use. This tradition was almost lost with transnational migration, war, and natural disaster in the Indian sub-continent in the 2...

A presentation of some of the historic textiles and weaving techniques of the Minangkabau region in Sumatra. Chris Buckley and Sandra Sardjono discuss songket textiles decorated with gold and silver thread, and the traditional weaving method involving pattern selection with bamboo sticks. They also discuss how Minang weavers are adapting their patterning techniques to meet the demands of the mo...

Tboli T'nalak - Small Talk Series

Looms, Weaving and Cumulative Culture Part III: The Garden of Forking Paths

Looms, Weaving and Cumulative Culture Part II: the Transmission of Cultural Traditions

Silk Road Textiles in Indonesia

Looms, Weaving and Cumulative Culture: Part I - Introduction

Kerek Batik - Small Talk Series

Indian Saree - Small Talk Series