ERC Consolidator Grant · 2025
DYE-a-LOG: A Global Reinterpretation of Synthetic Dye History in Non-European Textiles
DYE-a-LOG bridges the gap between the chemistry of synthetic dyes and the economic, social and cultural implications of their introduction in non-European textile-making practices, offering a new ground-breaking understanding of the complex dynamics underpinning this global phenomenon. It shifts from dominant Eurocentric perspectives that frame the development and spread of synthetic dyes as positive industrial progress to outward-looking narratives that restore agency to the various local and global stakeholders involved in the production, consumption and trade of 19th-century textiles, by asking: “What was the history of the adoption of synthetic dyes in different parts of the world? What…
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