In 2025, the NILT survey explored the complex and often contested relationships between languages, cultures, and identities in Northern Ireland. This exhibition includes 5 arpilleras that address the topic in textile language. @ark-ni.bsky.social cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...

In another exciting development @ulsteruniincore.bsky.social Conflict Textiles will have a resource room/ small display area adjacent to INCORE’s offices. A lovely sign has been made by Deborah Stockdale and we’ll be sharing the new area with you soon!

Here we go. Beautiful freshly painted wall waiting for next rotation of our exhibition @ulsteruni.bsky.social @ulsteruniincore.bsky.social Busy morning ahead!

Our profile image is now La cueca sola / Dancing cueca alone by Gala Torres. Here the women dance alone and in severe black and white, wearing the image of their "disappeared" loved one over their heart. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...

Our exhibition @ulsteruni.bsky.social Belfast campus is comprised of five arpilleras themed on nonviolent action transnationally. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...

Where are They? ¿Dónde están? exhibition in Belfast is taking place at the time of Disappearance Studies Conference in Derry-Londonderry. We invite delegates to visit either Saturday 29th or after the conference Wednesday 2nd September cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext... @ulsteruniincore.bsky.social

Preparations continue for The Silent Vocal Language of Textiles exhibition at D Contemporary London in September. Here we are getting the textiles out of storage and ready to travel. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...

Conflict Textiles Trustees meet today @ulsteruni.bsky.social Belfast campus. A chance to reflect, plan and progress our work.

This arpillera by Aurora Ortiz depicts the actions of the mass student movement in Chile, which in May 2011 initiated a series of mass marches and creative actions spanning 7 months demanding free education … cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...

Preparations are under way for an important event in London in Sept. We will take part in a joint exhibition with D Contemporary to mark International Day of Peace in these turbulent times as a specialist in the textile language to document the cost of war. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...

Details of previous exhibitions are on our online archive. Eg the 2014 The Textile Accounts of Conflicts features first hand testimony in textile form of women’s lived experience of conflict @ulsteruni.bsky.social @ulsteruniincore.bsky.social cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...

Corte de agua / Water cut This #arpillera returns to the traditional style with the background of the Andes mountains and a flaming red sun under which figures toil carrying water. This textile has been exhibited over 20 times. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...

This arpillera, Marcha de las mujeres de los mineros / March of the miners' wives, daughters and sisters by TL, is a replica of an original made in a Mujeres Creativas workshop in 1985. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...

The Conflict Textiles team are animal lovers. Meet some of our cats

This #arpillera is a poignant memorial to Chilean woman Teresa Durán, who died in 2011. Teresa was an anthropologist and human rights academic, whose work led her to focus on the issue of the #Mapuche people identity. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...

Another busy day at Conflict textiles as we continue documenting, cataloging and storing our collection and all the associated ephemera.

Five years ago we made this film Following in the footsteps of the Disappeared. Some of the textiles are shown outdoors. m.youtube.com/watch?v=HYpW...

Following in the Footsteps of the Disappeared

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On Saturday we welcomed the Youth Council of the Basque Country to @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social and @ulstermuseum.org to view our exhibitions. Please see some photos from the event.

Launch of refresh of Inclusive Global Histories Friday 3rd at 2pm @ulstermuseum.org cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...

Violeta Morales has 6 textiles in our collection. This #arpillera depicts a woman mourning alone. The image is cold and forlorn, with a dark sky, snow-capped peaks and a darkened city beyond. we see a plane… cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...

Last few days to see Cimarrón / Runaway slave' on display as part of "Inclusive Global Histories" exhibition @ulstermuseum.org cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...

This is a visually startling piece with simple black background and stark white figures. It shows people being tortured in various ways, portraying them in a dehumanised way with featureless faces… #internationaldayinsupportofvictimsoftorture cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...

In 2012 The exhibition "Poetic Arpilleras" at the Chilean Embassy in Dublin gathered around 30 arpilleras from Chile and other countries. The Chilean arpilleras portray the history, society and culture of contemporary Chile and current issues and challenges. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...

This 1979 arpillera made in one of the Vicaria de la Solidaridad workshops in Santiago, depicts the despair of a mother whose children are missing. A handwritten note hidden in at the back of the arpillera gives us a glimpse of the depth of this mother's grief. cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...

Busy day continuing numbering, checking, rechecking and boxing the textiles and associated materials.

More archival materials being packed up at Conflict Textiles.

Carabineros reprimiendo pobladores con carro lanza agua / Police repressing local residents with water cannon This arpilleraTaller Vicaria de la Solidaridad is now in the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía de Madrid having been acquired from Conflict Textiles cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...

In 2018 Conflict Textiles was invited to exhibit in Edinburgh. The Latin American Village exhibition included 8 textiles cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...

Comedor infantil / Children’s Soup Kitchen In 1975 under Pinochet’s regime, extreme economic reforms were put in place to encourage the country’s struggling economy causing massive inflation and unemployment …https://cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttextiles/search-quilts2/fulltextiles1/?id=481#

Textile artist Deborah Stockdale has 20 pieces documented in the Conflict Textiles online archive. One poignant piece is entitled The Earth Always Remembers / La TIERRA siempre recuerda, and depicts families searching for their #disappeared cain.ulster.ac.uk/conflicttext...