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Global Fashion & Textiles: Object Lessons
Object Lessons reveals the ephemeral and physical social and cultural histories of objects in the museum’s collection of global textiles and fashions through interviews with makers, donors and historians. Veronika Gervers: Research Fellowship in Textiles & Fashion History Barbara Kostner,
Veronika Gervers: Research Fellowship in Textiles & Fashion History
The Veronika Gervers Research Fellowship was established in 1979 to honour the work and memory of Veronika Gervers, a pioneer textiles and costume scholar. It exists to promote innovative scholarly research from new and established researchers that is based upon objects in the global collection of
Ceramic Petrology Laboratory
A core part of the archaeological science research at the ROM is the Ceramic Petrology Laboratory. Petrology or Petrographic analysis is a technique developed in the earth-sciences for observation of rocks and minerals. It involves creating a "thin-section" of the material being studied,
Le projet Photos de famille
La photo de famille, c’est quoi, au juste? Comment influence-t-elle nos souvenirs? Que nous révèle-t-elle sur les expériences migratoires? Que nous raconte-t-elle sur nos histoires nationales? Le réseau FAMILY CAMERA NETWORK, dans lequel s'inscrit le projet appelé Photos de famille, est
Le tissage artisanal à Madagascar
Ce projet de recherche de longue durée vise à documenter en détail les traditions dynamiques du tissage artisanal et du vêtement à Madagascar, une grande île située au large de la côte est de l’Afrique. Madagascar a toujours été l’un des principaux centres de tissage de la région. On
Adaptive radiation, convergent evolution and speciation in Neotropical cichlids
Adaptive radiation is recognized as one of the most important processes responsible for the origin of biological diversity. Because adaptive radiations produce diversification through ecological specialization, they are essential for understanding how ecological forces can drive evolutionary
Portable Bits of Divine Energy
Pilgrim tokens or “portable bits of divine energy” were made from the sanctified earth found at pilgrimage sites and stamped with sacred images. They were valued for their power to avert evil and cure an ailment when consumed or when mashed with a liquid and applied to an afflicted area of the
Cloth Cultures: Future Legacies of Dorothy K. Burnham
An International Conference at the Royal Ontario Museum November 9–11, 2017 During Canada’s 2017 Sesquicentennial celebrations, the Royal Ontario Museum hosted an international conference to explore the material culture of textiles through the work and legacies of Dorothy K. Burnham
Southern Alberta Dinosaur Project
The Southern Alberta Dinosaur Project (SADP), designed to fill in gaps in our knowledge of Late Cretaceous dinosaurs and study their evolution, is lead by palaeontologists David C. Evans (Royal Ontario Muserum) and Michael J. Ryan (Cleveland Museum of Natural History). This project focuses on
Long Distance Interaction in the Ancient Andes
The focus of Justin Jenning's fieldwork is on the impact of the Wari (AD 600- 1000) and Inca (AD 1430- 1532) states in the Cotahuasi, Majes, and Siguas Valleys of southern Peru. Excavation at Quilcapampa, a Wari-influenced site in the Sihuas Valley, Peru (2015-2017) Petroglyphs located just