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3rd Global Conference - Fashion: Exploring Critical Issues
Given the ongoing discussion of "Pagne," I thought this conference might be of interest to many.
3rd Global Conference
Fashion: Exploring Critical Issues
Thursday 22nd September - Sunday 25th September 2011
Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom
Call for Papers
Fashion is a statement, a stylised form of
expression which displays and begins to define a
person, a place, a class, a time, a religion, a
culture, and even a nation. This interdisciplinary
and transdisciplinary conference seeks to explore the historical,
social, cultural, psychological and artistic
phenomenon of fashion. Fashion lies at the
very heart of persons, their sense of identity and
the communities in which they live. Individuals
emerge as icons of beauty and style; cities are
identified as centres of fashion. The project will
assess the history and meanings of fashion;
evaluate its expressions in politics,
music, film, media and consumer culture; determine
its effect on gender, sexuality, class, race, age
and identity; examine the practice, tools, and
business of fashion; consider the methodologies of
studying fashion; and explore future directions
and trends.
Papers, presentations, workshops and pre-formed
are invited on issues related to any of the
following themes:
1. Understanding Fashion
~ Fashion, Style, Taste-Making, and Chic
~ Fashion and Fashionability
~ Fashion and Zeitgeist
~ History of Fashion
~ Fashion Theory
~ Fashion, Politics, and Ideology: e.g., 'message'
fashion; fashion as a political platform, fashion
as defiance; graffiti as a fashion statement
2. Studying Fashion
~ Tools and Methodology; disciplines and
perspectives; professions and trades
~ Documentation
~ Identifying, defining and refining concepts:
e.g., 'style,' 'fashion,' 'look,' 'fad,' 'trend,'
'in & out'
~ 'Chasing' Fashion: Studying fashion collections,
archives, and museums
~ Fashion collections; fashion archives
~ Designers and Muses
3. Cultures of Fashion
~ Fashion in the City
~ Men and Fashion; Children and Fashion
~ Fashion Subcultures: e.g., pets and fashion,
sports and fashion, supermodels, The Red Carpet,
celebrity, vintage, glamour, gothic, etc.
~ Fashion and Nostalgia
~ Fashion and Professional Dress: e.g., Fashion
and the Law
~ Ethical Issues in Fashion: e.g., cruelty free
fashion; PETA anti-fur movement; slave labour,
sweatshops, child labour; the growing 'fakes' market
4. Fashion and Identity
~ Fashion, Culture, and the Human body (e.g.,
beauty standards, body art, weight, plastic surgery
~ Self-fashioning: e.g., fashion as performance;
body modifications, including make-up, hair
design, piercings, tattoos, body sculpting,
plastic surgery
~ Fashion and Social Status: Gender, Sexuality,
Class, Race, Age and Fashion
~ Fashion and National Identities
~ Fashion and Transnational Identities
~ Fashion and Religion
5. Fashion, Representation, and Evolving Patterns
of Communication &
Criticism
~ Fashion Photography, Magazines, Blogs, and Twitter
~ Fashion Icons
~ Fashion, Film and the Performing Arts
~ Fashion and Music
~ Fashion and Fantasy
~ Fashion and Television
6. Fashion Practice
~ Fashion and Curatorial Practice: e.g.,
possibilities and problems of creating fashion
Archives; creating and accessing private and
public fashion collections
~ Fashion Design
~ Fashion Specialists: e.g., pattern makers,
fitters, embroiderers, tailors, textile experts
~ Fashion Economies and the business of fashion,
e.g., traditional markets, the luxury industry,
the design industry, producing and displaying
fashion (building showrooms, production sites, runway)
~ Beyond Dress: e.g., architecture, food,
furniture, kitchens, perfume
~ Style Guides and Makeover Shows
7. The Future of Fashion
~ Trends and Cycles; predicting fashion
~ The Materials of Fashion: e.g., eco-fashion,
intelligent textiles, nano-technology, etc.
~ The rise of the Accessory as the Driving Force
of Fashion: e.g.,
handbags and shoes
~ Branding, the Mass Market, and Consumerism:
e.g., designer collections at H & M, Top Shop, M &
S, Target, Wal-Mart
~ Celebrities as Fashion Designers: e.g. J. Lo,
Jessica Simpson, Kate Moss, Victoria Beckham, P.Diddy.
~ Anti-Fashion
Papers will be accepted which deal with related
areas and themes.
The 2011 meeting of Fashion - Exploring Critical
Issues will run alongside our project on
Multiculturalism, Conflict and Belonging and we
anticipate holding sessions in common between the
two projects. We welcome any papers considering
the problems or addressing issues of
Fashion and Multiculturalism, Conflict and Belonging.
Papers will be considered on any related theme.
300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday
4th March 2011. If an abstract is accepted
for the conference, a full draft paper should be
submitted by Friday 22nd July 2011.
300 word abstracts should be submitted to the
Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word,
WordPerfect, or RTF formats, following this order:
a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d)
title of abstract, e) body of abstract
E-mails should be entitled: Fashion Abstract
Submission
Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain
from using any special formatting, characters or
emphasis (such as bold, italics or
underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to
all paper proposals submitted. If you do not
receive a reply from us in a week you should
assume we did not receive your proposal; it might
be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look
for an alternative electronic route or resend.
Organising Chairs
Jacque Lynn Foltyn
Chair, Dept of Social Sciences, College of Letters
and Sciences,
National University, CA, USA
E-mail: ***@nu.edu
Rob Fisher
Network Founder and Network Leader,
Inter-Disciplinary.Net, Freeland,
Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
E-mail: ***@inter-disciplinary.net
The conference is part of the Critical Issues
series of research projects. The aim of the
conference is to bring together people from
different areas and interests to share ideas and
explore various discussions which are innovative
and exciting. All papers accepted for
and presented at this conference are eligible for
publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may
be invited to go forward for development into
a themed ISBN hard copy volume.
For further details about the project please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/fashion/
For further details about the conference please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/fashion/call-for-papers/
Given the ongoing discussion of "Pagne," I thought this conference might be of interest to many.
3rd Global Conference
Fashion: Exploring Critical Issues
Thursday 22nd September - Sunday 25th September 2011
Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom
Call for Papers
Fashion is a statement, a stylised form of
expression which displays and begins to define a
person, a place, a class, a time, a religion, a
culture, and even a nation. This interdisciplinary
and transdisciplinary conference seeks to explore the historical,
social, cultural, psychological and artistic
phenomenon of fashion. Fashion lies at the
very heart of persons, their sense of identity and
the communities in which they live. Individuals
emerge as icons of beauty and style; cities are
identified as centres of fashion. The project will
assess the history and meanings of fashion;
evaluate its expressions in politics,
music, film, media and consumer culture; determine
its effect on gender, sexuality, class, race, age
and identity; examine the practice, tools, and
business of fashion; consider the methodologies of
studying fashion; and explore future directions
and trends.
Papers, presentations, workshops and pre-formed
are invited on issues related to any of the
following themes:
1. Understanding Fashion
~ Fashion, Style, Taste-Making, and Chic
~ Fashion and Fashionability
~ Fashion and Zeitgeist
~ History of Fashion
~ Fashion Theory
~ Fashion, Politics, and Ideology: e.g., 'message'
fashion; fashion as a political platform, fashion
as defiance; graffiti as a fashion statement
2. Studying Fashion
~ Tools and Methodology; disciplines and
perspectives; professions and trades
~ Documentation
~ Identifying, defining and refining concepts:
e.g., 'style,' 'fashion,' 'look,' 'fad,' 'trend,'
'in & out'
~ 'Chasing' Fashion: Studying fashion collections,
archives, and museums
~ Fashion collections; fashion archives
~ Designers and Muses
3. Cultures of Fashion
~ Fashion in the City
~ Men and Fashion; Children and Fashion
~ Fashion Subcultures: e.g., pets and fashion,
sports and fashion, supermodels, The Red Carpet,
celebrity, vintage, glamour, gothic, etc.
~ Fashion and Nostalgia
~ Fashion and Professional Dress: e.g., Fashion
and the Law
~ Ethical Issues in Fashion: e.g., cruelty free
fashion; PETA anti-fur movement; slave labour,
sweatshops, child labour; the growing 'fakes' market
4. Fashion and Identity
~ Fashion, Culture, and the Human body (e.g.,
beauty standards, body art, weight, plastic surgery
~ Self-fashioning: e.g., fashion as performance;
body modifications, including make-up, hair
design, piercings, tattoos, body sculpting,
plastic surgery
~ Fashion and Social Status: Gender, Sexuality,
Class, Race, Age and Fashion
~ Fashion and National Identities
~ Fashion and Transnational Identities
~ Fashion and Religion
5. Fashion, Representation, and Evolving Patterns
of Communication &
Criticism
~ Fashion Photography, Magazines, Blogs, and Twitter
~ Fashion Icons
~ Fashion, Film and the Performing Arts
~ Fashion and Music
~ Fashion and Fantasy
~ Fashion and Television
6. Fashion Practice
~ Fashion and Curatorial Practice: e.g.,
possibilities and problems of creating fashion
Archives; creating and accessing private and
public fashion collections
~ Fashion Design
~ Fashion Specialists: e.g., pattern makers,
fitters, embroiderers, tailors, textile experts
~ Fashion Economies and the business of fashion,
e.g., traditional markets, the luxury industry,
the design industry, producing and displaying
fashion (building showrooms, production sites, runway)
~ Beyond Dress: e.g., architecture, food,
furniture, kitchens, perfume
~ Style Guides and Makeover Shows
7. The Future of Fashion
~ Trends and Cycles; predicting fashion
~ The Materials of Fashion: e.g., eco-fashion,
intelligent textiles, nano-technology, etc.
~ The rise of the Accessory as the Driving Force
of Fashion: e.g.,
handbags and shoes
~ Branding, the Mass Market, and Consumerism:
e.g., designer collections at H & M, Top Shop, M &
S, Target, Wal-Mart
~ Celebrities as Fashion Designers: e.g. J. Lo,
Jessica Simpson, Kate Moss, Victoria Beckham, P.Diddy.
~ Anti-Fashion
Papers will be accepted which deal with related
areas and themes.
The 2011 meeting of Fashion - Exploring Critical
Issues will run alongside our project on
Multiculturalism, Conflict and Belonging and we
anticipate holding sessions in common between the
two projects. We welcome any papers considering
the problems or addressing issues of
Fashion and Multiculturalism, Conflict and Belonging.
Papers will be considered on any related theme.
300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday
4th March 2011. If an abstract is accepted
for the conference, a full draft paper should be
submitted by Friday 22nd July 2011.
300 word abstracts should be submitted to the
Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word,
WordPerfect, or RTF formats, following this order:
a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d)
title of abstract, e) body of abstract
E-mails should be entitled: Fashion Abstract
Submission
Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain
from using any special formatting, characters or
emphasis (such as bold, italics or
underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer to
all paper proposals submitted. If you do not
receive a reply from us in a week you should
assume we did not receive your proposal; it might
be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to look
for an alternative electronic route or resend.
Organising Chairs
Jacque Lynn Foltyn
Chair, Dept of Social Sciences, College of Letters
and Sciences,
National University, CA, USA
E-mail: ***@nu.edu
Rob Fisher
Network Founder and Network Leader,
Inter-Disciplinary.Net, Freeland,
Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
E-mail: ***@inter-disciplinary.net
The conference is part of the Critical Issues
series of research projects. The aim of the
conference is to bring together people from
different areas and interests to share ideas and
explore various discussions which are innovative
and exciting. All papers accepted for
and presented at this conference are eligible for
publication in an ISBN eBook. Selected papers may
be invited to go forward for development into
a themed ISBN hard copy volume.
For further details about the project please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/fashion/
For further details about the conference please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/ethos/fashion/call-for-papers/