BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//ceres.rub.de//events//
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-TIMEZONE:UTC
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Threads of Tradition – Textile Metaphors
DTSTART:20191029T090000Z
DTEND:20191029T170000Z
DTSTAMP:20260409T024510Z
UID:textile-metaphern-6356@ceres.rub.de
CATEGORIES:
DESCRIPTION:The word text derives – as it is commonly known – from lat
 . texere\, to weave. Letters often consist of or are arranged in lines\, a
 nd the Latin word linea\, we learn from anthropologist Tim Ingold\, origin
 ally appears to have meant a thread made from flax\, linum. „If line“\
 , Ingold assumes\, „began as a thread rather than a trace\, so did text 
 begin as a meshwork of interwoven threads.“ (Ingold 2007:61). In differe
 nt parts of the world\, religious tradition is called a „thread“: in C
 hinese\, for example\, the word for „canon“ is related to the vertical
  threads of a cloth.\n\nIn German\, we speak of the „red thread“ witho
 ut which any narration or argument would fall apart. Red threads\, on the 
 other hand\, are distributed to Jewish visitors of the Western Wall in Jer
 usalem and brought along to all parts of the world. In Islamic theology\, 
 the foundations of creed are called ʿaqīdah\, a word derived from the ve
 rb ʿqd meaning „to make knots“. Knots (ʿuqad) are also mentioned in 
 the penultimate Surah of the Qur’an\, where refuge is sought from the wo
 men who perform magic by ‚blowing on the knots‘. From Eastern Europe t
 o Central Asia one can find the tradition of binding pieces of cloth or th
 read into trees\, and in the hills of Istanbul\, there is a saint called T
 elli Baba\, father with the threads\, from whose grave pilgrims cut pieces
  of silver thread to come back later\, when a prayer has been accepted\, i
 n order to leave a piece of thread on the grave themselves.\n\nMany more e
 xamples for the importance of threads and textiles in religious practices 
 and for weaving\, knotting\, spinning\, binding and untying as recurrent m
 etaphors in religious texts could be mentioned. While networks\, fabric an
 d other textile metaphors are prominent in the metalanguage of the social 
 sciences (think e.g. of Clifford Geertz’ definition of man as an „anim
 al suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun“)\, the wide ra
 nge of textile metaphors in religious communication is only rarely dealt w
 ith in its own right. The aim of this workshop is therefore to shed light 
 on textile aspects of religion (from textile to text and back) by focusing
  both on threads and textiles as vital elements in religious practices and
  on textile terminologies in religious texts. The workshop will start with
  the guest lecture by Prof. Tim Ingold (Chair of Social Anthropology\, Uni
 versity of Aberdeen\, author of Making: Archaeology\, Anthropology\, Art a
 nd Architecture\, 2013 and Lines: A Brief History\, 2007). Prof. Ingold wi
 ll also be present during the sessions of the following day. All CERES res
 earchers are most welcome to contribute by presenting a part from their ow
 n work related to textile.\n\nWorkshop programme
LOCATION:CERES Palais\, room "Ruhrpott" (4.13)
URL:https://khk.ceres.rub.de/en/events/textile-metaphern/
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR