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    "summary_title": "Hair, Untold Stories",
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            "value": "How do you relate to the fibre that grows from your head?\nAt the Horniman we are currently researching within our collections, and beyond, to create a new exhibition \u2013 Hair, Untold Stories \u2013 which will open in October 2021. \nHair is so familiar to us that we rarely stop to think about what an extraordinary fibre it is.\nThe exhibition will showcase unexpected stories about hair, from personal stories in south London salons to tales of global hair trade networks. Through our collections we will explore how hair has been used in ingenious ways by many communities across the world for making things like jewellery, clothing and rope. \nWhy are we so emotionally invested in our hair? Do we feel differently about it once it is cut from our heads?\nHair is far from being a neutral material \u2013 it is fraught with expectations about beauty, identity, age, gender and race. We will showcase both personal contributions about hair from our south London communities as well as a range of hair artworks made by local and international artists.\nThe exhibition will be co-curated by Horniman staff with anthropologist Professor Emma Tarlo, Goldsmiths, University of London, The lead curator for the Horniman is Dr Sarah Byrne."
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