Programme
09:45-10:00 – Welcome and Introduction,
Dr Alex Nora Esculapio (University of Brighton)
10:00-10:45 – Keynote
Stitched Resistance and other Genealogies: Fashioning African Sustainabilities in the 20th Century,
Dr Erica de Greef (African Fashion Research Institute & University of Cape Town)
10:45-11:00 – Q&A with Dr Erica de Greef
11:00-11:10 – Comfort Break
11:10-12:30 – Morning Session: Global Perspectives
moderated by Dr Annebella Pollen (University of Brighton)
- Subtropical Fashioning: Care, Community and Ritual in 20th Century Queensland Textiles,
Dr Alice Payne (Queensland University of Technology) and Judith Hickson (Queensland Museum) - Everything New is Non-Well Forgotten Old: Mending Practices in Eastern Post-Socialist Societies,
Iryna Kucher (Design School Kolding) - Reviving Boro: The Transcultural Reconstruction of Japanese Mending Culture,
Dr Leren Li (Royal College of Art) - Straw Craft Production as Contre-Plantation in Haiti and CuraƧao,
Dr Charlotte Hammond (Cardiff University)
12:30-13:00 – Morning Q&A and Discussion
13:00-14:00 – Lunch Break
14:00-15:00 – Afternoon Session: UK Perspectives,
moderated by Dani Trew (University of Brighton and Victoria & Albert Museum)
- Back to the Future of Fashion’s Past: Re-fashioning Future Garment Making,
Dr Matilda Aspinall (Nottingham Trent University) - Pioneer of the Circular Economy: The ‘Waste Products Collection’ of P.L. Simmonds,
Hannah Auerbach George (Victoria & Albert Museum) - Make Do and Mend Spend: Why 1940s Austerity Provides a Poor Model for Sustainable Consumption,
Dr Bethan Bide (University of Leeds)
15:00-15:30 – Afternoon Q&A & Discussion
15:30-15:45 – Closing Remarks
Dr Alex Nora Esculapio (University of Brighton)