Medieval Icelandic Textiles

An expert on Icelandic and Scandanavian textiles, Michele Hayeur Smith will explore current research on archaeological textile collections from ten Viking Age (AD 874-1100) mortuary sites and eleven settlements from the medieval period (AD 1100-1600), as well as medieval records, to shed new light on age-old associations between female embodiment and power in Norse culture and their transformations through time. Her interdisciplinary work integrates art, narrative, textile production, gender, power, and fertility.

Co-sponsored by the Women's and Gender Studies Program

Anthropology Distinguished Lecture
Bridgewater State University

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[sarah w]

Fascinating so far, but would be much easier to concentrate on the spoken words without the music!

[Maciek Bugajski]

this music is annoying

[redfaelady]

I loved the movie. Facinating :)

[metatron327]

I think the older civilizations were more comfortable in their roles than we are today but then again they had no concept of political correctness; why didnt men want to knit? probably the same reason they dont tend to knit today, they harbor very little inclination towards it; why did the men stay away from the women knitting? that role was a female one and they respected it... the strengths of each gender were different and held in reverence, a more truer form of equality IMO

[Caro Synke]

I totally agree.