Threads, War and Conflict

Threads, War and Conflict presents textile stories of violence and resistance, exploring issues of gendered violence, disappearance, displacement and migration.

[Threads, War and Conflict @ThreadsWar]

The completion of the textile book was supported by @mccallmacbain Teaching Excellence Award and St Andrews Entrepreneurial Education Fund @UStAResearch, and was stitched in its current form by @DeborahStockda5

[Threads, War and Conflict @ThreadsWar]

At #PSA22 over the next few days? Pop by the Art of Politics exhibition hall to see ‘Letters to Arpilleristas: Threads of Home’ @uniyorkpolitics

[Threads, War and Conflict @ThreadsWar]

The project was supported by Teaching Enhancement Fund, Uni of St Andrews. @ThreadsWar received support from @StAndrewsIR and @Journal_CVIR.

[Dr Laura Mills @millslaurajayne]

.@LydiaCCole & I can’t wait to launch our @Journal_CVIR Openings Special Issue 'Unravelling the Threads of War and Conflict' soon with so many thoughtful/thought-provoking creative interventions from excellent contributors developing conversations & connections from @ThreadsWar.

[Lydia Cole @LydiaCCole]

Look out for @millslaurajayne and I's Special Issue 'Unravelling the Threads of War and Conflict' in Openings, @Journal_CVIR soon. The issue develops conversations and connections from @ThreadsWar.

[Dr Laura Mills @millslaurajayne]

Remember: submit your abstracts for creative contributions to the @Journal_CVIR Openings Special Issue ‘Unravelling the Threads of War and Conflict’ by 5pm tomorrow 7 Feb! Access the online submissions portal here: https://t.co/pOMTYG8Ten. @LydiaCCole & I can’t wait to read them!

[Threads, War and Conflict @ThreadsWar]

Got a creative intervention on #stitching #war #conflict #resistance? There’s still time to contribute to our Special Issue of Openings @Journal_CVIR. Deadline for abstracts is 7th Feb, submitted here: https://t.co/bUpTHLlHsh

[Threads, War and Conflict @ThreadsWar]

Check out our call for abstracts: ‘Unravelling the Threads of War and Conflict’, associated with the @ThreadsWar exhibition, @StAndrewsIR. Final papers will feature in Openings, a new creative interventions section in
@Journal_CVIR. @LydiaCCole and @millslaurajayne

[Dr Laura Mills @millslaurajayne]

& in case you missed it: check out our call for abstracts for creative contributions for Openings @Journal_CVIR inaugural issue: Unravelling the Threads of War & Conflict. Feel free to contact @LydiaCCole& I to discuss any exciting potential creative interventions! Deadline 7 Feb

[Threads, War and Conflict @ThreadsWar]

Check out our call for abstracts: ‘Unravelling the Threads of War and Conflict’, associated with the @ThreadsWar exhibition, @StAndrewsIR. Final papers will feature in Openings, a new creative interventions section in
@Journal_CVIR. @LydiaCCole and @millslaurajayne

[Dr Laura Mills @millslaurajayne]

.@LydiaCCole and I are super excited about our latest collaborative and creative output: a collective textile produced with incredible International Relations and International Security Masters students from the @univofstandrews, @EdinburghUni and @UofGlasgow! (Thread)

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Lorina Bulwer, needle-worker incarcerated in the 'lunatic ward' of a UK Workhouse in 1894, created large scale samplers as a way to voice her experience, highlighting her protests at her treatment and grim conditions #womensart

[Clare Hunter @sewingmatters]

This is such a great piece of embroidery. Made by a young mum, stuck at home and desperately trying to find inspiration for doing some creative sewing, she chose this. It’s her washing machine!

[Darya (Дарця) Tsymbalyuk @DaryaTsymbalyuk]

From the textile sessions I occasionally run: @DmitryChepurnoy makes a t-shirt design based on a drawing of #Sviatohirsk from #mentalmap by Oksana which she made during an interview with @fuala_julia (Donbas Odyssey art project). @ThreadsWar #donbas #donbass #publicengagement

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Photos courtesy of @JohnDCole

[Threads, War and Conflict @ThreadsWar]

Our last @ThreadsWar event featured a screening of ‘Scraps of Life’ plus Q&A, and artwork from students ⁦@StAndrewsIR⁩ and beyond. Thanks to all the participants, including students and members of the public, for making this an unforgettable closing event!

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

My city on a tank, 2015 by Lebanon born artist, Zena Assi who lives and works in Beirut #womensart

[Threads, War and Conflict @ThreadsWar]

In this context she asks ‘in an environment rife with visual imagery, how does stitching fit in?’ And ‘what does it mean to do memory’ in this context

[Threads, War and Conflict @ThreadsWar]

@rkrystalli speaks on weaving memory and the politics of former combatants in Colombia #ThreadsConference