Collection of Everyday Textile Culture (STAK)
Collection of Everyday Textile Culture (STAK)
The Textile Everyday Culture Collection comprises around 5,000 objects from the areas of clothing, textile objects, writings and dyeing drugs. The chronological focus is on the 20th and 21st centuries. The content is characterised by a cultural studies approach. The objects are therefore scrutinised, for example, with regard to wearing and usage practices, the individual meanings of the pieces for their wearers or the body and gender images expressed in them.
The collection is not only available to students and teaching staff at the Institute, but also to external researchers and everyday experts.
Respect | Object ?! A workshop offer for pupils
The STAK as an extracurricular learning centre
What does ‘respect’ actually mean, and how does it relate to clothing? These questions are explored in the workshop ‘Respect | Object?!’, which can be booked on request with the STAK collections team. Its aim is to explore the theme of ‘respect’ from different perspectives with pupils, using textile objects and their stories as a starting point. This could, for example, be respect for fellow human beings, but also for historical objects and, not least, for the environment and resources. In the run-up to the workshop, we will work with you to determine which class of students you would like to book the workshop for and which aspects of the theme of ‘respect’ should be the focus. We will then compile a list of objects for you and send you a detailed programme.
As an extracurricular learning venue, the STAK offers excellent opportunities to explore theoretical content directly through (historical) objects. On request, we can also tailor workshop programmes to other topics.
Materia - Magazine of the Textile Everyday Culture Collection
During the summer semester of 2024, students worked with Dr Klara von Lindern on a seminar project to produce their own fashion magazine using items from the STAK’s collection. We invite you to discover the STAK and its artefacts from new perspectives – in keeping with the magazine’s subtitle: ‘More than just fabric!’
Traditional costume on display! Student perspectives on the early traditional costume of Schaumburg
During the 2024/25 winter semester, students worked with Dr Klara von Lindern in a project seminar to develop strategies for (museum) outreach on traditional costume. The seminar took place in co-operation with the Bückeburg Museum of Local History and Schaumburg-Lippe Regional History (Dr Anke Twachtmann-Schlichter / Nadine Werel M.A.) as part of the research project ‘Early Schaumburg Traditional Costume: A Fashion Cosmos of Its Own ’, which was jointly proposed with the Institute of Material Culture and funded by Pro*Niedersachsen. The museum provided original artefacts for the seminar, which the students used to develop educational approaches and presentation concepts. The results are available for download in this magazine.
