Techne DTP

'Indigo dyeing as embodied practice'. Viveca Mellegård is a Techne-funded research student in partnership with @kewgardens and @royalholloway , and her work uses an ethnographic approach to document and visualise embodied practice - the tacit knowledge and skills – embedded in the cultivation and production of natural indigo dye in Bengal, India. She’s working within the Economic Botany Collection at Kew, but is currently in West Bengal, India with a group of indigo farmers who have just harvested their latest crop and are now dying with the freshly picked Indigofera leaves. You can hear more about her work on the @technepodcast #techne #techneDTP #RoyalHolloway #KewGardens #EthnoBotany #EconomicBotanyCollection #Indigo #Indigodying #embodiedpractice #WestBengal #ResearchStudent #ArtsAndHumanities

Hello! We’ve been quiet around here, but inspired by the Place and Space conference we thought we would start creating a space and place for our Techne community on this platform. We can’t make any promises yet as we navigate the world of Instagram, but we want to showcase you and your work. If you would like us to share anything: tag us, make us a collaborator on your posts or email us a suitable image with caption at [email protected] #techne #techneconference #techneDTP #Artsandhumanities #research #AHRC #PHDconference #placeandspace

What an inspiring and insightful day at the 'Place & Space' student-led conference – never before have these themes seemed more pertinent and dynamic! Thank you to our keynote @etaylorsoprano for sharing your story and to @allan_david_johnson for leading a mindfulness session. Big thank you to @emmahaughton_musician and our other dedicated student organisers and the venue @marywardhouse for hosting a wonderful day! #techne #techneconference #techneDTP #Artsandhumanities #research #AHRC #PHDconference #PlaceandSpace