New book examines role of textiles in humanitarian projects

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Humanitarian Handicraft: History, materialisty and trade 1840-1980 (Manchester University Press), co-edited with Dr Rebecca Gill, Dr Helen Dampier and Professor Bertrande Taithe from Huddersfield, Leeds Beckett and Manchester universities respectively, looks at how handicrafts have been used to tackle social and economic challenges from nineteenth century to the present. Humanitarian Handicrafts