Educating the First Generation of Textile Researchers: The Drawing School for Women and the Development of Textile Research as a Field of Knowledge

Authors

  • Morten Grymer-Hansen University of Copenhagen
  • Ulrikka Mokdad University of Copenhagen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36368/njedh.v11i2.1060

Keywords:

textiles, women’s education, emancipation, applied arts, archaeology, textile research

Abstract

This article explores the role of the Drawing School for Women (Tegneskolen for Kvinder) in the development of textile research as a field of knowledge, as well as its contribution to women’s education and social status in Denmark. Through an examination of the lives and work of early textile researchers associated with the Drawing School for Women, the article first considers the emancipatory potential of knowledge in relation to the professionalization of textile crafts. It then sheds light on the ideals and potentials expressed by the advocates of textile research – as well as how, and to what extent, these were realised. Specifically, it suggests a close relationship between textile research, women’s emancipation, and Danish nationalism. It concludes that the proponents of textile research were successful in making women’s textile craft – and the study of it – a matter of national pride and interest, furthering the opportunities for women in the field.

Author Biographies

Morten Grymer-Hansen, University of Copenhagen

Historian and Academic Research Officer at the Centre for Textile Research (CTR), the Saxo Institute

Ulrikka Mokdad, University of Copenhagen

Weaver and Art Historian, Academic Research Officer at the Centre for Textile Research

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Published

2024-05-22

How to Cite

Grymer-Hansen, Morten, and Ulrikka Mokdad. 2024. “Educating the First Generation of Textile Researchers: The Drawing School for Women and the Development of Textile Research As a Field of Knowledge”. Nordic Journal of Educational History 11 (2):81-99. https://doi.org/10.36368/njedh.v11i2.1060.

Issue

Vol. 11 No. 2 (2024): Special Issue: Crossing Borders – Women and Higher Learning in a Nordic Perspective, 1860–1960

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Copyright (c) 2024 Morten Grymer-Hansen, Ulrikka Mokdad

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