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Dori
Design Anthropologist, engaged in civic design.
Interests: tai chi., reading, traveling
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Hi Steven,
The project is not be lead by Beloit. It was Jennifer Esparaza's comment to me, which was the inspiration. She is writing about this in conference papers. But as a design anthropologist, I, Dori Tunstall, find it important to create the new images of possibility. The intent is to gather more images for an exhibition for if not this year's, maybe the next year's American Association for Anthropology meetings in which we can discuss the issue with publishers.
Hi Cindi,
If there is a gendered bias in images, it has to do with meeting the requirements of the original statement of "white women eating salad." It may be that since the participants were women, we were more interested in women's lives as the subject of anthropological inquiry, not gazing at women.
Rebranding Anthropology Textbooks
Beloit College Anthropologist, Associate Professor Jennifer Esperanza was feeling frustrated. Why is there always images of "exotic" peoples on the cover of anthropology textbooks? "Why can't there be images of, for example, a group of white American women eating salads, on the cover?," she aske...
Days 07 and 08: Swin + NID Danthro Workshop
Posted May 18, 2015 at Living Blue
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Days 05 and 06: Swin + NID Danthro Workshop
Posted May 16, 2015 at Living Blue
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Day 04: Swin + NID Danthro Workshop
Posted May 14, 2015 at Living Blue
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Day 03: Swin + NID Danthro Workshop
Posted May 14, 2015 at Living Blue
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Day 02: Swin + NID Danthro Workshop
Posted May 12, 2015 at Living Blue
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Day 01: Swin + NID Danthro Workshop
Posted May 12, 2015 at Living Blue
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Beijing Institute of Fashion Tech and CAFA Picking Blue Exhibition
Posted Oct 19, 2014 at Living Blue
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Final Presentations: NID Indigo Workshop with Swinburne and CAFA
Posted Jul 12, 2014 at Living Blue
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CAFA Students Ajrakh Block Prints
Posted Jul 12, 2014 at Living Blue
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NID Indigo Workshop: Ajrakh block printing demonstration
Posted Jul 12, 2014 at Living Blue
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Swinburne and CAFA students make the cover of Ahmedabad Paper
Posted Jul 10, 2014 at Living Blue
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The natural indigo vats of Shri Yellappa of Uravakonda
Posted Jul 10, 2014 at Living Blue
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Indigo shopping in Hyderabad
Posted Jul 10, 2014 at Living Blue
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First attempts at shibori indigo dyeing at NID
Posted Jul 4, 2014 at Living Blue
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NID Indigo Demo 01: How to wash the cloth in cow dung
Posted Jul 1, 2014 at Living Blue
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Arashi Shibori Technique (Resist) video
YouTube Video Published on Mar 22, 2013 Clip I made for my Mom, who is newly hooked on indigo. Shows unwrapping arashi indigo dyed shibori. Pattern is Mokume, meaning wood grain. Cotton linen blend fabric. Sorry for poor quality, wasn't planning for this venue. Stuff happens. Continue reading
Posted Jun 30, 2014 at Living Blue
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Mumbai blues day 01: blue jeans and blue tarp
Posted Jun 27, 2014 at Living Blue
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UNESCO video of Chinese Li living blue
An excellent UNESCO video of Chinese Li ethnic group weaving and dyeing Continue reading
Posted May 9, 2014 at Living Blue
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Living Blue wins Wenner-Gren Grant.
The Living Blue project has won one of the prestigious 2014 Wenner-Gren Foundation International Collaborative Research Grants to study the role of designers in the shifting cultural meanings of indigo dyes in contemporary China and India. Continue reading
Posted Apr 24, 2014 at Living Blue
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Blue Colour Terms in Chinese, English, and Telugu 蓝色字在中文,英文,及泰卢固文
blue - 蓝色 lán sè బ్ blū sapphire - 宝石蓝 bǎoshí lán ... Continue reading
Posted Apr 7, 2014 at Living Blue
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Dyeing and Pandanas Weaving
This is a video of Australian Aboriginal women from Katherine, Northern Territory, Australia and their basketing weaving and dyeing of pandanas leaves. Continue reading
Posted Mar 31, 2014 at Living Blue
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Fashioning blue-collars: chambray shirts and indigo-dyed workwear
***Republished from the Conversation, original link here. 20 March 2014, 6.06am AEST Fashioning blue-collars: chambray shirts and indigo-dyed workwear Indigo dyed threads. kolokolchiki/Flickr Australian anthropologist Michael Taussig writes: To slip into the blue of your blue jeans is to slip into a surprising and unexpected encounter with the past …... Continue reading
Posted Mar 25, 2014 at Living Blue
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Welcome to Living Blue
Posted Feb 22, 2014 at Living Blue
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New year msg-Purpose & Passion // A Holiday Wish from CBi China Bridge
"Purpose is the reason you journey. Passion is the... Continue reading
Posted Dec 30, 2013 at Cultures-Based Innovation
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