Si Wi Yah: Sartorial Representations of the African Diaspora

Conference

Friday 4 May 2018 10am - 7pm Venue: London College of Fashion, 20 John Princes Street, London, W1G 0BJ Early Bird fee: £35 + booking fee (until 23/02/18) Standard fee: £50 + booking fee Concession fee*: £35 + booking fee

Workshops

Saturday 5 May 2018 10am - 1.30pm Venue: Senate House, , , London, WC1E 7HU Standard fee: £20 + booking fee Concession fee*: £15 + booking fee

Conference Package

Friday 4 May - Saturday 5 May2018 Conference & Workshop Standard fee: £65 + booking fee Concession fee*: £45 + booking fee

*Concessions apply to all students with valid ID The Costume Institute of the African Diaspora ’ s first dress conference seeks to under- stand how Diaspora communities came to be visually represented or have developed the agency to represent themselves and establish their identities through clothing and adorn- ment.

This conference brings together researchers from across the globe who are working within the field of African Diaspora studies. The work presented here will look at the myriad of differing fac- tors which have affected the way people of African heritage have represented themselves in the world.

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Conference programme (London College of Fashion, RHS Centre)

09.30 Registration and coffee (RHS Terrace) Sartorial Resistance and the Politics of Redress in the Black Atlantic 10.15 Welcome & Introduction Jonathan Michael Square, lecturer, Harvard Teleica Kirkland founder and Creative Director of University the Costume Institute of the African Diaspora Observations of Resistance in Dress: The Impact of 10.30 Keynote + Q&A the Jonkunno Festival Costumes on Early 19th

Century Caribbean Culture Contextually Speaking “ Every mistake is a Kenisha Kelly, lecturer, Vassar College New York, fashion ” USA Carol Tulloch, Professor of Diaspora and 15.15 Break Transnationalism, UAL:

11.30 Culture & Spirituality + Q&A 15.30 Identity and Style + Q&A

Size Me Up! Gede, Ritual Practice and Sartorial The Feeling of BlaQueer Style: Queer Black

Innovation in Haitian Vodou Women ’ s Embodied Activism in Digital Spaces

Eziaku Nwokocha, ethnographic researcher Donnesha A. Blake, PhD candidate, University of

Maryland, USA

Vestimentary (re)presentation and religiosity. Vestimentary strategies of male church-goers in Saga Bwoys, Rude Bwoys + Saggers the German Black community of the African Dr Michael McMillian, associate lecturer London College of Fashion, and research Diaspora

Nanza Ortansia Capitao, postgraduate student, associate University of Johannesburg, South Af-

Technical University Dortmund, Germany rica

Open and Closed: Aesthetics and Identities in The difference is in the details

Global West African Fashion Dr Shaun Cole Associate Dean of Postgraduate

Rebecca Fenton PhD candidate, Indiana Communities, London College of Fashion, and

University, USA Vice Chair, Costume Society UK

12.45 Lunch (RHS West Space)

Networking & merchandise 16.45 Keynote + Q&A

14:00 Self Representation & Resistance + Q&A Maxhosa By Laduma: A Journey of An Entrepreneur - The Story Behind the Brand & Its Constructing Identities in 1950s Colonial Jamaica Impact On The African Design Space Eli Michaela Young, PhD candidate, Brighton Laduma Ngxokolo, knitwear designer University 17.45 Close and drinks reception

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Workshop programme (Senate House, Ground Floor)

Saturday 5 May 2018, 10.30 am - 1.30pm

10.00 Registration and coffee

10.30 Workshop 1: Defining the Diaspora, Room G22 In this workshop you will have the opportunity to learn about and discuss ideas of what the African Diaspora means to you and create a flag or emblem that visually represents

what you believe the African Diaspora to be. Resources provided.

Workshop 2: Biography of the Headwrap, Room G26

In this workshop you will learn about the history of head-wrapping for people of African

heritage in the West and have the opportunity to try out head-wrapping styles whilst photographing yourself in a classic frame. Resources provided.

Workshop 3: The Yorùbá Blues - What can we learn from Yorùbá indigo dyed textiles? , Room G34

Textile artist and indigo dyer Lucille Junkere ’ s takes inspiration from her 2017 Winston Churchill travel Fellowship to south western Nigeria for this salon style workshop. She will introduce you to the visual language of Yorùbá indigo dyed cloths through photographs, video and textiles. The session includes an experimental mark making class where you will explore different techniques to create your own patterns which speak to your personal

cultural identity. Resources provided.

This conference is kindly supported by :