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Virginia Postrel
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Featuring videos from Virginia Postrel, the author of The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World. Her previous books include The Power of Glamour: Longing and the Art of Visual Persuasion, The Substance of Style, and The Future and Its Enemies. She is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. Her website is at vpostrel.com. Follow her on Instagram and Twitter @vpostrel.
Podcast: Talking political factions and abundance with Steve Teles
This is the first of two conversations with Steve Teles, a political scientist at Johns Hopkins University and the Niskanen Center. In this conversation, which was recorded on September 13, we talk about why American political parties need more factions, why the abundance movement needs to be one, and how scarcity emerged when, as Steve says, “we traded majority tyranny for minority tyranny.” Also, what the Never Trumpers got wrong.
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Virginia's Podcast with Sam Bowman of Works in Progress and Stripe Press.
Просмотров 15228 дней назад
We discuss how Works in Progress got started, what's striking about America, and how Britain can get its economic mojo back.Also, his discovery that fatherhood wasn't as "apocalyptic" as expected and what the "housing theory of everything" is all about. For a transcript of this conversation, go to vpostrel.substack.com/p/sam-bowman-on-how-works-in-progress Show Notes: Works in Progress worksinp...
Talking books with Joel Miller, author and publisher.
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Joel Miller on how book publishing works, why Paul Revere deserves more attention, and how audiobooks took publishers by surprise. Also, how Joel organizes his many books and why he writes in them (and with what). Subscribe to my Substack, which includes podcasts and transcripts: vpostrel.substack.com/ Miller’s Book Review: www.millersbookreview.com/ The story of Joel’s current book-in-progress...
Virginia's Podcast: Interview with Dean Ball
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In the inaugural episode of the cleverly named Virginia’s Podcast, which complements the cleverly named Virginia’s Newsletter (vpostrel.substack.com), I talk with Dean Ball. Dean writes the excellent Hyperdimensional on Substack and is a research fellow in the Artificial Intelligence and Progress Project at George Mason University’s Mercatus Center. It’s a wide-ranging conversation and I hope y...
Milk, Mussolini, & the "Textile of Independence"
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In the 1930s, an Italian chemist developed a way to make fibers out of abundant extra milk. The new material was called Lanital, combining the Italian word for wool (lana) with the name of Italy itself. Was it a miracle? A product of genius? A nationalist weapon? It's definitely one of the quirkier detours in textile history. To hear all of Carlo Buti’s “Il Miracolo della Lana,” visit www.youtu...
Some of the freight trains I saw on my road trip from Los Angeles to Wichita.
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Especially in Europe, people often think that the U.S. lacks train infrastructure, but in fact the freight train network is extensive and vital to the economy. It's just that the country is so big that passenger airlines make more sense in most places than passenger trains.
LEGO Movie: Dynamism versus stasis
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In my book The Future and Its Enemies I argue in favor of a view of the world that values open-ended, bottom-up discovery and innovation ("dynamism"), as opposed to top-down stability and control ("stasis"). People sometimes ask whether there are any examples of popular culture that illustrate this dichotomy. The LEGO Movie is a good example, as illustrated in this short clip. The book: amzn.to...
The Most Surprising Thing I Learned About Textile History
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A century before the Industrial Revolution, Italians were building multi-story, water-powered machines to twist fine silk filaments into strong silk threads. Here I visit the Filatoio Rosso di Caraglio (www.filatoiocaraglio.it/), a museum in a restored factory that first opened in 1678 and operated into the 1930s. It houses impressive recreations of the machines that were state-of-the-art in th...
The Fabric of Civilization: A short introduction
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The story of textiles is the story of human ingenuity in all its manifestations: artistic and technical, economic and cultural. Author Virginia Postrel gives a short overview of some of the themes in her acclaimed book. Buy the book: amzn.to/3xh1M6O
What Is Humanomics?
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Since August 2021, I've been a visiting fellow at the Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy at Chapman University. One of the Smith Institute's distinctive programs is offering courses that combine the humanities and economics. I produced this video of students talking about their experience. For more on the Smith Institute, visit the website here: www.chapman.edu/research/instit...
June SCHG meeting with Michèle Hayeur Smith
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The June 2021 meeting of the Southern California Handweavers' Guild, featuring a presentation on Norse weaving and women's roles from archaeologist Michèle Hayeur Smith, as well as an introduction to the Guild's new meeting place and members' show & tell.
SCHG April 2021 Meeting with Deborah Jarchow
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The Southern California Handweavers' Guild hosts weaver and teacher Deborah Jarchow for a trunk show of pieces woven on rigid heddle looms.
Gambling for Cloth
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As Christians observe Good Friday, Virginia Postrel explains why Roman soldiers would have drawn lots to divide up Jesus's garments. Buy The Fabric of Civilization: amzn.to/3ssNHh6
Cochineal Dyeing
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Following up on her video on the history of cochineal ("Precious Pests"), author Virginia Postrel tries her hand at cochineal dyeing, experimenting with different mordants and fibers as well as both cultivated and wild cochineal. One in a series of videos inspired by The Fabric of Civilization. Buy The Fabric of Civilization: amzn.to/3ssNHh6
SCHG Halloween Meeting with Karina Grömer
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The Southern California Handweavers' Guild hosts an encore talk by textile archaeologist Karina Grömer of the Natural History Museum in Vienna. She talks about her discoveries about the everyday clothing of ancient salt miners, who were preserved as mummies when the mine collapsed in an earthquake.
Precious Pests: The Story of Cochineal
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Precious Pests: The Story of Cochineal
Textile archaeology with Karina Grömer
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Textile archaeology with Karina Grömer
Forbidden Fabrics: The Strange Story of Calico Prohibition
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Forbidden Fabrics: The Strange Story of Calico Prohibition
"Anatomy of a Tapestry" with Jean Pierre and Yadin Larochette
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"Anatomy of a Tapestry" with Jean Pierre and Yadin Larochette
The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
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The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
How old clothes become new textiles: a Zoom meeting with Adam Minter, author of Secondhand
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How old clothes become new textiles: a Zoom meeting with Adam Minter, author of Secondhand
SCHG July Zoom meeting with Helena Loermans
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SCHG July Zoom meeting with Helena Loermans
Silk throwing machine in Abbadia Lariana
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Silk throwing machine in Abbadia Lariana
Silk throwing machine at Filatoio Rosso in Caraglio, Italy
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Silk throwing machine at Filatoio Rosso in Caraglio, Italy
Very interesting. Funny, I don't like prints of any kind but I still enjoyed the video.😂 Thanks 🖖
You should read the comments on your videos! Many folks trying to let you know that lowering the music volume in these videos would make them much more watchable & garner many more views. All your hard work & excellent content is being drowned out by the over-loud--uncomfortably loud--music.
wow. super. barbarians killing people for wearing "not the right" kind of clothes. Fascists.
Thank you for share your knwoledge. For sure i will buy your book.
All of this has application for what is happening in the world today. Supposedly living in an enlightened age, and yet we are back, sliding into fear and nationalism.
This is sooo fascinating!! And the reference images are delightful, too
Really interesting, but with all respect - the music is quite overpowering
Who can read THAT fast 😅
Sorry hon, can't take the background music that loud. Very hard to understand you.
The music is super loud... 😔
I REALLY WANTED TO WATCH YOUR VIDEO BUT YOUR BACKGROUND MUSIC WAS TOO LOUD AND YOUR VOICE TOO SOFT.
So, again, it comes from India.
Kinda sounds like the situation with the dock and wharf workers here in the United States. They want protection fpr their jobs from the automatic machinery that would replace some of them, yet, it would be better for the country to have more automation when it comes to the supply chain now wouldn't it? A pandemic would be much less likely to cripple a countries ability to still import and export goods thereby keeping the quality of life better for everyone during a difficult time. Of course the wharf workers don't see it that way. They already make between 81K and 200K and yet want a 75% pay increase? There is greed wherever you go. From the CEO on top, to the common employee on the bottom. I so wish India had been allowed to continue its marvelous trade of calico with the rest of the world. Such a shame and loss of superior artistry. But this is what happens when capitalism is meddled with. Protectionism is not capitalism. It can be associated with nationalism, but it is different than capitalism. If capitalism had been allowed to run it's course without interference, then the calico trade would be alive and well today.
Why isn't cochineal color-fast today? I just bought a tube of cochineal Schmincke watercolor. It is not lightfast. Alas.
I probably own close to 50 bandanas right now I always had one on when riding my motorcycle and usually a couple tied to the back seat just in case. I’ve worn them as halter tops to headbands and now share them with my dogs. My vet often comments on what my girls are wearing when they have an appointment!
some indian cotton weavers had their hands chopped off too
Your talk is fascinating, but it would be easier to hear if the music was lower
The content of this video was very interesting, and the history of Indian calico and the impact it had on both fashion and law in Europe is fascinating. The musical track is too loud, though, and distracting. Also, sorry, but I found that you are not looking at the camera but rather to the side as you're reading was creepy. I dont know why, but it was.
I played the flute music at 2:43 in high school!
He's miles from myself in politics, but makes various good points. On housing his discussion of flat-dwelling families begs the point 'how much space/amenity does one need'? In the '30s the influence of Bauhaus designers meshed quite neatly with the trend for city-dwellers to occupy small city units. These days employers are becoming more receptive to distance working but key service workers often cannot join this trend, therefore the issue becomes 'how can we service large cities'? The Blitz created opportunities for radical housing solutions & medium-rise estates such as Golden Lane were intended to house key City workers. This concept has become frayed; privatisation combined with a pause in building social housing & massive inernational investment eroded supply & left key workers physically on the margins. We need fewer Canary Wharfs & fewer rich people buying into iconic blocks plus a reform to rental & lease legislation
We just need to build more homes.
White people stole everything from others
How dreadful! The wicked government protecting its workers who were free to demand a fair wage, against imported goods from countries where garments were made by enslaved or colonised workers. I've never heard a scholar defend Temu before, but here we are. How enlightened.
Bravo🔥
save jobs 😅 classic American outcry 👎🤡 more like save our US right to over price and rob from others another classic American mark😡
Very interesting and informative and imagine the humble Calico causing so much strife!
I'm afraid of wearing prints and textiles, I don't know why, maybe it just looks too fancy for me. But I never expected that people could be arrested or executed over wearing clothes. That sounds insane, but I guess there's a lot about history that would shock people.
Watching the video from Calicut/ Kozhikode, town in India which was produced this fabric and hence the name of the town was given to the fabric. This was a new information for me as well!
To the creator, please turn down the background music. It’s way too loud and distracting. Thank you
Textured linen underwear 😂
Real fashion police, and from France!
Your background music is WAYYYYYY TO LOUD!
I’d love to watch it all the way through, but the music is annoying and distracting.
It's really hard to focus on what you're saying with that loud music in the background, I love the subject matter but that music made this video on watchable I'm sorry
Vocal fry makes narrative unlistenable. A horrible, nasal racket 😡
This is just fascinating! Luv it
Love the got milk joke on the shirt!
Well presented; very informative.
As a fellow fiberartist I'm intrigued with this material. I wouldn't make anything as large as a garment but something small, perhaps crochet jewelry, could be a way to showcase this unusual fiber. (I live in a climate that seems to be hard on some textiles, not only are wool and silk vulnerable but even stored rayon can come out with "moth holes.")
A teacher from Costa Rica told me his carpenter grandfather dyed wood with an avocado dye. Maybe they let it evaporate?
Wow! great documentary! 👍I believe the italians went for Ethiopia because the world carvers had suddenly included the USA, and Africa had been chopped up without taking Italy into account . It was also a new country. By then the world was changing, the idea of self determination had been launched, though politicians today still see the world as their own. Israel for example is caught up in the arrogance of those days. And look what sanctions have done to Russia, from BRICS to tech.
Love your shirt. 😁 🥛 I’ll look for your book.
I'm reading your book and really enjoying your videos... thank you Virginia!
I forgot about you!!! Your channel is perfection.
I'm not even a textile person!!
When I have enough guts (bravery) to watch, I'll not watch any other cochineal tutorial. smile
Love the language, love the learning. Brilliant lady Postrel, thank you for your passion.
Virginia, the wild cochineal I harvested from my own yard turned into a dry paste consistency when I ground. I was able to form it into a pliable brick. Do you have any idea why this occurred and if I should do anything to it?
Did you dry the cochineal in the sun (or an oven on a very, very low setting)? It sounds like you have more water in the cochineal than I did when I ground mine. But I'd think you could still get it to dissolve in hot water.
Reading?
Fabulous thank you
Now cotton from India is terrible quality though wash it once in water and it's done because it's so low quality so something must have changed.
Very interesting. I love Indian cotton and although I don’t sew, I use it in my crafting to decoupage furniture. So thin, such high fiber count and the most wonderful Indian motifs! 👏👏👏👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼🥰🥰🥰🥰