Conference papers, Publications and Exhibitions
Winter 2026 (in press) chapter Unforgetting: Reimagining British Fibre, Textile and Fashion Vernaculars as Decolonial Resistance to Capitalist Fashion in book Sustainability Challenges in the Fashion Industry: Racism, Patriarchy, Colonial Violence, Cultural Extractivism, edited by Miguel Angel Gardetti.
October 2026 Materialising resistance: the quiet activism of vernacular fibres, textiles and clothing to be presented at Making Futures Conference, hosted by Plymouth Arts University, Plymouth.
September 2026 Materialising resistance: the quiet activism of vernacular fibres, textiles and clothing. Practice-based research selected for exhibition at the Textile Intersections Conference, hosted by Imperial College, London.
September 2026 Unforgetting: Reimagining British Fibre, Textile And Fashion Vernaculars As Decolonial Resistance ToCapitalist Fashion opening presentation at the 1st Symposium of Decolonial Fashion & Textiles, hosted by the Centre for Sustainable Textiles, Buenos Aires.
May 2026 Unforgetting: reconstructing local vernaculars to counter capitalist fashion research paper presented at Cumulus 2026: Roots | Routes of Design Conference, hosted by University of West Attica, Athens
May 2026 Panellist at the Great British Wool Summit, discussing education, hosted by Dumfries House, Dumfries.
February 2026 Practice-based research in the Colours for Change exhibition at Bishop's Palace in Wells.
February 2026 Radically Local presentation at the Working With Wool: A British Textile Heritage Symposium hosted by Istituto Marangoni London https://www.researchiml.com/events
February 2026 Radically Local research included in a presentation as part of the Crafting Futures Symposium, hosted by UAL/LCF, London.
October 2025 Radically Local research paper presented at the What Is Fashion? Conference hosted by Westminster University, London.
July 2025 RL practice based research on exhibition at Groundswell, regenerative farming festival, selected by British Wool.
June 2025 Heirlooms: heritage aesthetics, fibres, colours and textiles for post growth, local fashion futures presented at the 11th International Degrowth Conference, hosted by University of Oslo, Oslo.
May 2025 Heirlooms: heritage aesthetics, fibres, colours and textiles for regenerative local fashion futures, research presented at Defashion Dorset, Stour Provost
May 2025 Heirlooms research paper presented at the Listening for the Echoes Symposium, hosted by Istituto Marangoni London.
February 2025 Practice based research from the RL project exhibited as part of the Making Sense, practice based research exhibition at Istituto Marangoni London.
Practice based research, January 2026, part of the Radically Local project, designed and knitted by Kirsten Scott, yarn from Fernhill Farm, russet and dark brown colour dyed by Emma D'Arcey using English and Black walnut from Bishop's Palace in Wells.