Fashion Knowledge

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Theories, Methods, Practices and Politics

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Fashion Knowledge delves into the evolving field of fashion studies, examining the dynamic interplay between theory and practice. This edited collection presents a blend of academic essays, intellectual activism, visual essays, and artistic interventions, challenging traditional academic approaches. Featuring designers, artists, curators, and theorists, the book explores emerging practice-based research and the complex connections between fashion and politics across both contemporary and historical contexts.
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This book suits scholars, students, and practitioners engaged with fashion studies, critical theory, and cultural politics, particularly those interested in research methodologies and the evolving relationship between fashion and social issues.

Programmatically outlines a paradigmatic shift towards an expanded fashion discourse at the intersection of doing and thinking. Designers, artists, curators and theorists investigate the multifaceted debates on the rise of practice-based research in fashion and thus make a significant step to advance fashion studies. 24 col and 34 b/w illus.

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On theory and method in the changing field of fashion studies.

At a point when fashion studies are expanding and the fashion industry is at a crucial point of change, Fashion Knowledge makes a valuable contribution to the field. The book explores current issues in fashion research, with a focus on the relationship between theory and practice.

This new edited collection assembles academic essays and intellectual activism next to visual essays and artistic interventions, proposing a different concept for fashion research that eschews the traditional logic of academic fashion studies. It features acclaimed designers, artists, curators, and theorists whose work investigates the multi-faceted debates on the rise of practice-based research in fashion.

Contributors look at new forms of fashion knowledge that are forming along with shifting practices, shedding light on the entanglement of fashion and politics in both contemporary and historical moments.

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Fashion Knowledge offers a variety of thought-provoking methods and practices for critical interrogations. Contributors explore decolonization through both historical and contemporary lenses, demonstrating how research methods can challenge existing knowledge and promote equitable practices. This thoughtful collection is lauded as a critical intervention and a significant step forward in fashion studies, with the potential to influence contemporary critical practices deeply.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781789385182

Publisher: Intellect

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 30 June 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Intellect Books

Illustration: 25 Halftones, black and white; 24 Halftones, color

Contributors:

Edited by Elke Gaugele
Edited by Monica Titton

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 170

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Arts & Culture Education & Reference Non-Fiction

About the Author

Monica Titton is a sociologist, fashion theorist and senior scientist at the fashion design department of the University of Applied Arts Vienna (Austria).

Elke Gaugele is a cultural anthropologist and professor of fashion, styles and contextual design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (Austria).