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Textiles: Humanity’s early tech boom | Virginia Postrel | Big Think
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@bigthink 3 жыл бұрын
Have you ever considered the history of everyday objects?
@DJWESG1 3 жыл бұрын
Like capital and material history?
@madnecessity 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing Just got her book and am excited to do a deep dive
@manueleliseo4233 3 жыл бұрын
I realize it is kinda randomly asking but do anyone know of a good place to watch newly released series online?
@amirrandy742 3 жыл бұрын
@Manuel Eliseo i would suggest FlixZone. Just google for it :)
@keatonsergio3480 3 жыл бұрын
@Amir Randy Yea, have been watching on Flixzone for since march myself :D
@AntonioSilva-ld4dq 2 жыл бұрын
When i went to italy i just took a trip to Venezia just to see a store of fabrics, a name that appeared in time regained books from proust, i cant remember know the name, a book that i fall i love with, and was a great experience that city has a tradition in fabrics well and venezia mixed with that beatiful book that marcel proust wrote is like a straight combination.
@richarddeese1087 2 ай бұрын
A wealth of history & knowledge in 6 minutes! If history had been taught this way in school, I'd have really learned something. tavi.
@BubbaSmurft 3 жыл бұрын
Missed two majors "textile" notes... saboteurs and that the entire basis of modern computing was based on the punch cards of the looms.
@kaithleen3872 3 жыл бұрын
so interesting! i wish there was a little more of indigenous history here and not just centered around european history. pre-incan civilizations used weaving to count their people like a census and would keep 10 years of food inventory thru these patterns made in cloth. the garments made were just as luxurious and colorful with intricate patterns and dyed materials!
@TheAegisClaw 3 жыл бұрын
As a resident of Cottonopolis I know most of this stuff.
@zawwin1846 3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful, Wonderful video. It shows the human creativity and resourcefulness.
@importantname 3 жыл бұрын
to survive we need a lot, however to prosper we need machines and art.
@TheMarianaaShark 3 жыл бұрын
Anybody ever wonder what the world would have looked like with out the hemp ban meaning we could have biodegradable hemp plastic that doesn't emmit co2 during the decaying process?
@user-tk1lf5hi6f Жыл бұрын
It would be the same.
@mrseanpaul81 3 жыл бұрын
Extremely interesting! I may want to learn more about weaving!
@kaithleen3872 3 жыл бұрын
In Peru these practices are so sacred and the need to preserve them is strong, there are escuelas of manualidades where people learn weaving, pottery, carving, and all sorts of things with your hands. It tends to be used as labor for exportation and tourism which is sad but at least the culture is staying alive
@mikerphone. 3 жыл бұрын
This lady is a gamer. Check out that headset lol
@karenness5588 3 жыл бұрын
In Panajachel, one of the textile hubs in Guatemala, today, I happened to hear the following conversation between two locals, one a teacher who had just bought himself a nice looking jacket at a Paca, that's a used clothing store. The other was a shoe repairman, sitting on the sidewalk, repairing shoes. The teacher had come to sit between the shoe repairman and myself to try on the jacket. I was sitting rearranging my local market purchases in my backpack so they would not end up as mash when I got home. The teacher said he had gotten the jacket for Q5, that's US$0.66. The other man said: Ten years ago, it cost the [Mayan Indians = hoi polloi)] Q1000 (US$150+-) to dress decently. Now, everybody can for Q5. Thanks to this amazing invention. To think I was going to skip this video...
@Andrew-vo9tg 7 ай бұрын
I am a new weaver and I LOVE YOUR BOOK! It was so helpful and interesting. Thanks for the education.
@PabloHernandez-tt9wc 3 жыл бұрын
Technology, Textile and Text. U just blew my fucking mind.
@Nature-ss1gj Жыл бұрын
Nothing about role of india, which was historically major silk and textile exporter, to Europe.
@antonyarulprakash3435 3 жыл бұрын
Wonders of humans ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@antonyarulprakash3435 3 жыл бұрын
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@jaydearien8624 3 жыл бұрын
Textiles are the first technology of any civilization and it will be the first thing we have to get going in space. That culture may use human hair, hair of long-hair cats, and plants like hemp (since they’re so hardy and productive). And lots of recycling!
@gsilcoful 3 жыл бұрын
Wow. So cool. Never looked at textiles like that.
@rahul-ik8cc 3 жыл бұрын
Love your work ❤️
@rahul-ik8cc 3 жыл бұрын
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@andreadiamond7115 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting
@valerieprice1745 Жыл бұрын
The industrial revolution was the nail in the coffin for fashion and fine clothing. Innovation has declined ever since, and the knowledge base among average people.
@martijnkeisers5900 4 ай бұрын
On the contrary, fashion started blooming because of it.
@valerieprice1745 4 ай бұрын
@@martijnkeisers5900 you should study the actual textiles, instead of consuming propaganda. The Dakha muslin vanished due to early industrialization by Colonialition. Beautiful silks were replaced by nasty, toxic rayon that causes skin cancer. Crochet still can't be done by machines, and most lace is horrible, molded polyester that feels like the petroleum product it is. Good grief! Haven't you ever seen needle lace? If you want to express a valid opinion, look into the matter first. Beautiful clothes have been replaced by jeans and t-shirts, and Burmuda shorts. Give me a break!
@martijnkeisers5900 4 ай бұрын
@@valerieprice1745 Hi! Thanks for responding! I understand what ur saying but there is a difference between fashion and craftsmanship. The materials u describe were extremely expensive and only accessible for the elite. Fashion only changed slowly over decades and garments were constantly repaired and adjusted. From the moment equipment arrived to make textiles easier and faster and sowing machines were invented it became an industry on its own. Fashion is all about creativity, experiment, zeitgeist and ofcourse also craftsmanship. All the fabrics and techniques that came with the industrial revolution contributed to so many fashions afterwards and because of that became one of the biggest industries in the world. And i am sure ur closet is filled, not with brocade and handwoven silk but machine stitched rayon, polyester, stretch and nylon fabric blends. Fashion IS, and always was a reflection of society whether you agree or disagree it moves on anyway.
@thijs199 3 жыл бұрын
They used to collect pee in a city nearby where I live to not have to buy ammonia, to clean the textile
@DrawRedLion 3 жыл бұрын
Channel dedicated to drawing..... "Drawing is my passion, not a gift"
@steverino6954 3 жыл бұрын
Interesting. I guess I've always just taken textiles for granted. I imagine it would be pretty amazing for someone way back when, to see someone draped in one of the earliest pieces of fabric. Something that is not animal skin. You would have to touch it and you would definitely want some for yourself.
@ST-iv2ej 3 жыл бұрын
A man called James Hargreaves invented the "spinning jenny" and began the industrial revolution.
@belindahanley7582 3 жыл бұрын
I think it’s important to mention the larger abundance of fiber that supplied the industrial revolution was the labor of slaves. We need to right the wrongs of humanity
@J-masterz 3 жыл бұрын
This makes me feel useless as a modern person knowing that people back then just knew how to make their own clothes.
@1p6t1gms 3 жыл бұрын
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@DJWESG1 3 жыл бұрын
Didnt Marx already wrote this book?
@valerieprice1745 Жыл бұрын
Those must have been some lazy women. I spin miles with drop spindles. I haven't bothered with a spinning wheel. No need for it.
@williamsmith7221 3 жыл бұрын
She reminds me of Hilary g Clinton
@MINI-ME666 4 ай бұрын
You verginia soud like yiu have problem in everyday bowl functions..
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