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Tonya Outtram

Design, Nottingham Trent University

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., Baxter, G., Outtram, T., Childs, J. (2024) Nottingham Lace: Stories of Industrial Decline and Textile Heritage (presented online in June 2023 to 'AMPS Heritages: Past and Present' conference) published in Architecture, Media and Politics Conference Proceedings journal Amps-Proceedings 35.3: https://amps-research.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Amps-Proceedings-Series-35.3_2024_B.pdf

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 2024 Nottingham School of Art and Design Research & Innovation Conference, Nottingham Trent University, presentation title: Nostalgia and Identity in Textile Tales Oral Histories
  • 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