is a designer and anthropologist studying DPhil Anthropology at the University of Oxford. Her research is part of an ongoing exploration into textile techniques, aesthetics and histories, focusing on the social, environmental and economic relationships that are formed during the production process. Using long-term participant observation and apprenticeship, her current research based in Japan looks at the contemporary production of textiles associated with the Oshima tsumugi industry of Amami Oshima. Her work questions the preservation of tradition looking at how traditions evolve to find their place in contemporary society, and the role that traditional crafts play in sustaining rural social networks, economies, and ecologies, particularly in light of issues surrounding internal migration and sustainability. A graduate of Central Saint Martins, London, and the Royal College of Art, London, before studying anthropology Charlotte worked as a textile print and garment designer in the fashion and textiles industry in London, New York and Paris.
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