Humanitarian Handicraft

History, Materiality and Trade, c. 1840–1980

Rebecca Gill, Claire Barber, Helen Dampier , Bertrand Taithe

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Manchester University Press
07 October 2025

History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; History of fashion; Social & cultural history; Aid & relief programmes; International relations

Series: Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches

This book uncovers the overlooked history of artisanal textiles in projects aimed at social uplift and moral reform.

The contributors ask what the implications of this form of gendered craft production are for our understanding of the humanitarian imagination, relations of humanitarian production and the generation of meaning and social and artistic value.

It also opens a dialogue with contemporary socially-engaged textile artists to engender critical reflection on the socially-situated meaning of textile craft in past and present humanitarian contexts.

Edited by: Rebecca Gill, Claire Barber, Helen Dampier, Bertrand Taithe
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 17mm
Weight: 603g
ISBN: 9781526188021
ISBN 10: 1526188023
Series: Humanitarianism: Key Debates and New Approaches
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 07 October 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Claire Barber is Senior Lecturer in Textiles at the University of Huddersfield Helen Dampier is Reader in Social and Cultural History at Leeds Beckett University Rebecca Gill is Reader in Modern History at the University of Huddersfield Bertrand Taithe is Professor of History at the Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute, University of Manchester