External Email - Exercise Caution ...I recently arranged for this information about the work of a colleague, Daniela K. Rosner, to appear on the CIETA blog. But as our efforts to locate appropriate research have been slow, I thought I'd repost here. The more the merrier! Daniela Rosner, Associate Professor at the University of Washington, is searching for existing scholarship and related archives on the topic of textile bias (“the cross” as it might be known in the UK). She is particularly interested in locating materials that trace the development and use of textile bias across time; that probe the technical qualities of bias and its functionality within a textile or woven form; and that relate textile bias to other mechanical and electronic formats, woven or otherwise. She has been probing interactions between discourses of textiles and algorithmic bias across a series of experiments, including a recent article (https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcatalystjournal.org%2Findex.php%2Fcatalyst%2Farticle%2Fview%2F37867&data=05%7C01%7Ctexcons%40si-listserv.si.edu%7Cf2bcc423669e47a33cf408db814b0dd4%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C638245931573118973%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5xz16a5cFj6QYz1seyNV3xZCkrboXR0Fdawi6iAQe34%3D&reserved=0) and a course (https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fonthebiasthinking.com%2F&data=05%7C01%7Ctexcons%40si-listserv.si.edu%7Cf2bcc423669e47a33cf408db814b0dd4%7C989b5e2a14e44efe93b78cdd5fc5d11c%7C0%7C0%7C638245931573118973%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=XxzbuBYp2lcvAVkYi5Le1FXYwwvI4DXT8DNfFukNDdU%3D&reserved=0) co-developed with Afroditi Psarra and Gabrielle Benabdallah. If you have any leads on textile bias scholarship, please reach out to me directly at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Many thanks! Cheers! Sarah Sarah Lowengard Textiles Conservator (and a couple of other things) [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> New York City +1 212 860 2386
