Gather, gatherer, or gathering may refer to:

Anthropology and sociology

Hunter-gatherer A traditional hunter-gatherer or forager is a human living an ancestrally derived lifestyle in which most or all food is obtained by foraging, that is, by gathering food from local sources, especially edible wild plants but also insects, fungi, ...

, a person or a society whose subsistence depends on hunting and gathering of wild foods *

Intensive gathering Intensive gathering entails the tending-to of wild plants. Intensive gathering or "tending" methods include weeding, discouraging predators, pot-irrigation, and limited harvesting to ensure reproduction. The same system of methods is involved in ...

, the practice of cultivating wild plants as a step toward domestication *

Harvest Harvesting is the process of gathering a ripe crop from the fields. Reaping is the cutting of grain or pulse for harvest, typically using a scythe, sickle, or reaper. On smaller farms with minimal mechanization, harvesting is the most labor-i ...

ing crops

Craftwork

Gather (sewing) Gathering turns the edge of a piece of fabric into a bunch of small folds that are held together by a thread close to the edge. Gathering makes the fabric shorter where it is stitched. The whole of the fabric pops into irregular, rolling folds bey ...

, an area where fabric is folded or bunched together with thread or yarn *

Gather (knitting) In knitting, a gather draws stitches closer together within a row of knitting. Common methods include: * In binding, a yarn loop is passed over 2 or more stitches in the same row (usually adjacent to the binding loop); also known as a ''pullover ...

, a generic term for one of several knitting techniques to draw stitches closer together * Gathering (bookbinding), a number of sheets of paper folded and sewn or glued as a group into a bookbinding

Gathering

*Gathering, any type of party or

meeting A meeting is when two or more people come together to discuss one or more topics, often in a formal or business setting, but meetings also occur in a variety of other environments. Meetings can be used as form of group decision making. Defini ...

, including: **

Bee (gathering) Communal work is a gathering for mutually accomplishing a task or for communal fundraising. Communal work provided manual labour to others, especially for major projects such as barn raising, "bees" of various kinds (see below), log rolling, a ...

, an old term which describes a group of people coming together for a task **

Salon (gathering) A salon is a gathering of people held by an inspiring host. During the gathering they amuse one another and increase their knowledge through conversation. These gatherings often consciously followed Horace's definition of the aims of poetry, "ei ...

, a party associated with French and Italian intellectuals *

Global gathering Global Gathering was an annual dance music festival by Angel Festivals Limited. Festivals are held in countries such as the UK, Poland, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and feature leading electronic music artists from around the globe. The festival ran ...

, a music festival in the United Kingdom *

Rainbow Gathering Rainbow Gatherings are temporary, loosely knit communities of people, who congregate in remote forests around the world for one or more weeks at a time with the stated intention of living a shared ideology of peace, harmony, freedom, and respect. ...

Ricochet Gathering Ricochet Gathering is a collaboration event for electronic music. The name applies both to the event and to the group of musicians involved in the event, where a group of musicians and a usually small group of fans gather at locations around the ...

, a music event in the United States *

Tribal Gathering Tribal Gathering is the original British electronic dance music festival that between 1993 and 2004 catered for different types of dance music cultures such as techno, house and drum & bass. After 18 years, Tribal Gathering returns in 2023 for a ...

, a music festival in the United Kingdom *

Gathering (album) ''Gathering'' is the ninth full-length studio album by American singer-songwriter Josh Ritter. It was released September 22, 2017 on Pytheas Recordings. Critical reception Rolling Stone described ''Gathering'' as a combination of country, gospel ...

, an album by Josh Ritter *

Gathering (animation studio) is a Japanese animation studio based in Chiyoda, Tokyo. History The studio was founded by Kazuhiro Toda, board member of DLE in September 2009. The studio received investment from Asahi Production is a Japanese animation studio establish ...

, Japanese animation studio *

Gathering (LDS Church) Gathering has been an important part of life in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), from gathering as missionaries to gathering for worship services. In the early days of the church, members were asked to gather togethe ...

, a doctrine of the Latter Day Saints

Other

* ''Gather'' (film), a 2020 documentary film about Native American foodways *

Gathering of Developers Gathering of Developers, Inc. (shortened as G.O.D. or GodGames, and branded as Gathering between 2003 and 2004) was an American video game publisher based in New York City. Founded by Mike Wilson and associates in January 1998 and originally b ...

, sometimes called as 'Gathering' *Rag gatherer, an archaic occupation, also known as

rag picker Rag, rags, RAG or The Rag may refer to: Common uses * Rag, a piece of old cloth * Rags, tattered clothes * Rag (newspaper), a publication engaging in tabloid journalism * Rag paper, or cotton paper Arts and entertainment Film * ''Rags'' (1915 ...

* Gather.com, a social networking website *"Gather", song from ''

All the Light Above It Too ''All the Light Above It Too'' is the seventh studio album by American musician Jack Johnson. The album was released on September 8, 2017. The album's lead single, titled "My Mind Is for Sale", was released on July 14, 2017. It is the first relea ...

Anthropology and sociology

Craftwork

Gathering

Other

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