Thesis title:
Challenging the de-industrialisation narrative: East Midlands textile workers 1980-2005
Research Area
- Design
- Design History, Theory and Practice
Publications
Briggs-Goode, A., Outtram, T. and Dean, D. (2022) Lace Legacies: How partnerships enhance understanding of craft and heritage Craft Research 13:2 Craft Research Journal 09-2022
Briggs-Goode, A., Outtram, T. and Dean, D. (2021) Heritage and Conservation of Nottingham Lace Through Collaboration: Developing Partnerships through Museums, Industry, Community and Education Form Academic 14:2 Form Academic Journal
Conferences
- June 2023 Oral History Society Annual Conference, Nottingham Trent University, presentation title: 'I did my part towards that': Partnerships, Power and Textile Tales'
- June 2023 Architecture, Media, Politics, Society conference, Prague [online presentation] (co-written with A. Briggs-Goode, G. Baxter and J. Childs) 'Nottingham Lace: Stories of Industrial Decline and Textile Heritage'
- November 2022 Science Museum Group annual conference: 'Historical Threads', Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester, presentation title: 'It was like a family' Tales from East Midlands Textile Workers
- Sept 2022 Association of Fashion and Textile Courses Conference: Futurescan 5: Conscious Communities, University of Leeds/online, presentation title: 'Connected Communities': Oral Histories and Textile Tales
- July 2022 Oral History Society Annual Conference, London Met University, presentation title: 'It was like a family': the effects of industrial change on identity, place and community
- June 2022 NTU School of Art and Design Research Conference, Nottingham Trent University, presentation title: Workplace Families in the East Midlands Textile Industry
- April 2022 International Foundation of Fashion Technology Institutes (IFFTI) Conference, Nottingham Trent University, presentation title: Fine Lace and Fancy Dress: Tales from the East Midlands Textile Industry
- Dec 2021 UN75+1 'The Challenge of Change' Conference, Nottingham Trent University, presentation title: Everything from the Cradle to the Grave: Textile Tales in the East Midlands
- May 2021 Biennial International Conference for the Craft Sciences (BICCS2021) University of Gothenburg, Sweden (co-presented with A. Briggs-Goode and D. Dean) presentation title: Heritage and Conservation of Nottingham Lace Through Collaboration: Developing Partnerships through Museums, Industry, Community and Education
- 2020 East Midlands Oral History Archive Oral History Festival presentation title: Textile Tales: Stories from an East Midlands Industry
- 2018 Conservation Matters in Wales Conference, Cardiff (More than an Object, Conserving our Intangible Heritage) presentation title: Lace is a family business: The Conservation of Nottingham Lace Sample Books
Other Research Interests
- Intangible Heritage
- Social and cultural history
- Memory Studies
- Oral History
- Textile Heritage
- Costume and textile history
- Conservation of historic objects (costume and textiles in particular)
- Conservation ethics
Memberships
- Institute of Conservation (ICON)
- Costume Society
- Museums Association
