The world is changing. Fashion and design education must address potentially catastrophic climate change, environmental degradation, protecting the Earth’s finite resources, North-South asymmetry and social and racial inequalities. We have become aware of the ways in which Western cultures have colonised indigenous international cultures.
Fashion and design education has always equipped students with the skills and knowledge they need to join an industry that we now know requires significant change. Therefore, let us join together to consider the new skills, knowledge and values that fashion and design graduates need for a future that may be unrecognisable from the past or from present and which requires new pedagogical approaches. In this one-day online symposium, we will share ideas together about what and how we teach, creatively and holistically, in the Anthropocene.
Questions:
What are the specific priorities for international fashion and design education in a rapidly changing social, environmental, cultural and political landscape?
How do we make sure that our students are equipped with the knowledge and skills to respond to environmental and other ethical imperatives through their disciplines and their global citizenship?
How do we promote responsible practices throughout the learning journey?
How might international fashion and design educational institutions respond to the need to decolonise their curricula?
What role does, and will, digital technology play in international fashion and design education? What are the opportunities that this presents, as well as the limitations?
What will the fashion and/or design curriculum of the future look like?
Keywords:
International; fashion and design education; decolonisation; global citizens; responsibility; new paradigms; new approaches; holistic thinking; ethics; digital technologies; critical thinking; collaboration; futuring.
We invite abstracts for 15-minute paper presentations.
Please send to: research@istitutomarangoni.com
Key Dates:
• 300 word (maximum) abstracts to be submitted by June 24th, 2022.
• Notification to authors: 15th July, 2022.
• Symposium date: 29th September, 2022 – time and duration tbc.