This workshop positions weaving as the entanglement of theory, craft, and technology, offering an embodied lens to explore how these domains influence and shape one another in practice.

Weaving serves as both a metaphor and method for intra-action: the patterns and structures reflect conceptual and symbolic thinking, the act of weaving engages embodied and tactile knowledge, and the loom itself exemplifies the mediating role of technology in shaping creative processes. By engaging participants in weaving, the workshop fosters embodied and collaborative knowledge production, creating a space for reflection on the biases embedded in tools and methods across fields.

Weaving invites participants to reimagine their own tools and practices, offering a critical lens on the disciplinary boundaries of art, architecture, and design. As a process-oriented and inclusive activity, weaving facilitates interdisciplinary connections and a shared community of practice, enabling participants to not only critique canonical narratives but also propose alternative, more equitable frameworks of knowledge-making.

COLLABORATORS

Hayri Dortdivanlioglu (Organizer, Dartmouth College) is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Dartmouth Society of Fellows, affiliated with the Studio Art Department. His scholarship examines the intersection of craft, architecture, and technology, focusing on how established frameworks have historically separated theoretical knowledge from material and embodied processes in architectural discourse. His research critiques the canonical foundations of the architectural discipline, addressing the exclusionary practices that have shaped the field of architecture.

Vernelle A. A. Noel (Carnegie Mellon University) is an architect, design scholar, artist, TED Speaker, and Director of the Situated Computation + Design Lab at Carnegie Mellon University, where she investigates traditional and automated making and their intersections with society. Using interdisciplinary approaches, she builds new frameworks, methodologies, and tools to explore social, cultural, and political aspects of computation and emerging technologies for new reconfigurations of practice, pedagogy, and publics.

Jacqueline D. Wernimont (Dartmouth College) specializes in long histories of digital media, histories of quantification, and technologies of commemoration. She also has active research on the resource consumption of intensive computing applications, using digital tools to understand and communicate medical history and practices, and on the use of off-the-shelf tools to transform data into something we can engage with all 5 senses (data visceralization).

Pamela Wilson is a multidisciplinary artist working in clay, fibers, and artist-made pigments. Her work, rooted in traditional techniques and community engagement, offers a vital hands-on perspective that complements the workshops’ focus on embodiedknowledge. As co-conductor of the weaving workshop, Wilson will guide participants through the tactile and collaborative processes of weaving, fostering a direct engagement with the themes of craft, technology, and theory. Her practice exemplifies the transformative potential of making as a form of knowledge production.