Costs of Desire: Ethics of Production in Historic Chintz

Red chintz jacket.

Category

ROM at Home

Audience

Adults

Age

18+

About

Join Deepali Dewan alongside scholars Mark Balmforth and Bessie Cecil as they explore the intertwined histories of textile dye and production in South Asia, considering recent scholarship on slave labour in Sri Lanka.

 Event recorded on June 15, 2021.

Curator Conversations: Costs of Desire: Ethics of Production in Historic Chintz

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