At the beginning of June, our researcher, Karina Hoření, had the opportunity to present her work in Prague. She joined the symposium Text, Textile, Context that took place at the Institute of Czech Literature of the Czech Academy of Sciences on June 11th-13th. Her presentation, Koberce z Liberce: Ruční vázání koberců mezi českou a německu kulturou (“Carpets from Liberec: Handweaving Between Czech and German Culture”) was a case study of a carpet from Maffersdorf/Vratislavice, which was produced in the 1920s, lost after the war, and finally restored and displayed in the local library. This case study was presented among other captivating speeches about the historical and political meanings of textile techniques and their reflections in literature. Participants didn´t just talk about making textile, they also tried out the technique of embroidery and its ability to foster dialogue and female solidarity.
