13. January 2025

New Publication "Dependent: Global Perspectives on the History of Resources and Slavery" New Publication "Dependent: Global Perspectives on the History of Resources and Slavery"

Companion volume to the BCDSS exhibition

In the volume, edited by Martin Bentz, Nikolai Grube and Patrick Zeidler, seven of our cluster members illuminate "strong asymmetrical dependencies" related to fabrics from a cross-cultural and diachronic perspective. However, they also go beyond the resource of textile and examine the diverse spectrum of human dependency relationships in connection with basic foodstuffs and luxury foods. It is the companion volume to the BCDSS exhibition.

New publication "Dependent"
New publication "Dependent" © BCDSS
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For as long as human beings have lived together, they have been dependent on a variety of factors, whether on natural and environmental conditions or on each other. The texts in this book explore the wide range of human dependency relationships, including slavery, captivity, or serfdom, through the lens of three thematic areas: staple foods, textiles and luxury foods, in relation to resources from a cross-cultural and diachronic perspective. The case studies presented in this book take images and other material objects as their starting point. They cover a large geographical area including Europe, parts of Africa, Asia and the Americas, and several millennia: from the sedentarisation of humans through the emergence of early state societies and the fundamental changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution, to the present day, with the threat of global food shortages and the social situation of textile workers far from the Western world. 

The volume is available in German and English from Sandstein Verlag.

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Martin Bentz, Nikolai Grube and Patrick Zeidler, eds.,
Dependent: Global Perspectives on the History of Resources and Slavery
(Dresden: Sandstein Verlag, 2024)
ISBN: 9783954988532

Martin Bentz, Nikolai Grube and Patrick Zeidler, eds.,
Abhängig! Globalhistorische Perspektiven auf Ressourcen und Sklaverei
(Dresden: Sandstein Verlag, 2024)
ISBN: 9783954988525

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