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
In the summer semester of 2024, students worked with Dr Klara von Lindern to create their own fashion magazine using STAK holdings as part of a seminar. We invite you to get to know the STAK and its objects from new perspectives - in the spirit of the magazine's subtitle: 'More than just fabric!
Traditional costume on display! Student perspectives on the early traditional costume of Schaumburg
In the winter semester 2024/25, students worked together with Dr Klara von Lindern in a project seminar to develop strategies for the (museum) communication of traditional costume. The seminar took place in co-operation with the Museum Bückeburg für Stadtgeschichte und Schaumburg-Lippische Landesgeschichte (Dr Anke Twachtmann-Schlichter / Nadine Werel M.A.) as part of the research project Frühe Schaumburger Tracht: Ein eigener Modekosmos, which was jointly applied for with the Institute of Material Culture and funded by Pro*Niedersachsen. The museum provided original objects for the seminar, which the students used to develop communication approaches and presentation concepts. You can download the results in this magazine.
