Homo Viator. Dressing Nomads, Travelers, Migrants and Pilgrims. Ethical Challenges and Implications
The nomadic lifestyle is connected with the beginnings of many civilizations, but it is also an important feature of the culture of numerous contemporary societies. This Costume and ICEthics invites submissions for research papers that explore the multifaceted relationship between dress and nomadic cultures, focusing on the ethical challenges and implications that arise from these interactions and also the issue of clothing for different kinds of journeys, in all aspects of this phenomenon and from all of communities, regions and times.


Clothing traditions of ancient and modern nomads often hold deep symbolic meaning, reflecting identity, status, and worldview. However, the study, preservation, and representation of these traditions, particularly in an increasingly globalised world, raise complex ethical questions.


This session addresses these issues by bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives from archaeology, anthropology, fashion studies, cultural studies, history, and ethics.

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Dubai World Trade Center 12th November 2025, 14h30-16h00
PAPER SESSION A-8 COSTUME X ICETHICS
HOMO VIATOR. DRESSING NOMADS, TRAVELERS, MIGRANTS and PILGRIMS
ICOM COSTUME CHAIR CORINNE THEPAUT-CABASSET
ICOM ICETHICS CHAIR LINA GEBRAIL-TAHAN

Ghia Haddad (ICOM UAE) member of COSTUME, Threading the Journey: Palestinian Embroidery and Displacement

Tobias Moerike (ICOM Austria) member of COSTUME, Social Fabric Textile Histories in the North African and West Asian Collections at the Weltmuseum Wien

Aldona Jedrusik (ICOM Slovakia) member of COSTUME, Textiles in Armenian Books as Witnesses of Cultural Migration

Xiaofen Ji (ICOM China) member of COSTUME, Research on the Evolution and Form of the Gold Belt System in Song Dynasty