 | | | | | Course module | | LET-ACWME0003 | | Category | | - | | Language of instruction | | English | | Offered by | | Radboud University; Faculty of Arts; Cultural Studies; | | Lecturer(s) | | | | | Academic year | | 2020 | | | Period | | | PER 2 | (02/11/2020 to 24/01/2021) |
| | Starting block | | | PER 2 | |
| | Course mode | | | full-time | |
| | Remarks | | - | | Registration using OSIRIS | | Yes | | Course open to students from other faculties | | Yes | | Pre-registration | | No | | Waiting list | | No | | Placement procedure | | - |
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In this course you will learn
- To read, understand, and critically engage with theory and philosophy in relation to fashion.
- To translate the abstract realm of theory and philosophy to the practical field of fashion.
- From a range of theories you will develop skills for observing, describing, analysing, and critiquing fashion as a system of production and consumption, fashion as a field of communication, expression and representation, and fashion design.
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Fashion is a commercial, creative and cultural industry producing and consuming material objects like textile and garments, but also more immaterial values like trends, images, meaning, desire, experience and (beauty) ideals. This course will critically assess fashion as a system of production and consumption, and a field of communication and representation, from the most material to the most immaterial. A wide range of theories will be discussed, from Marxism and semiotics to new materialism and a deleuzian approach, so as to understand how the fashion system is part of the capitalist market, characterised by a logic of continuous change and innovation. We will also explore new and alternative ways of producing, consuming and thinking fashion in relation to contemporary culture and the urgent issue of sustainability. |
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Assumed previous knowledge| A completed Bachelor's degree in a related field. You are required to have a Dutch Bachelor's degree (or equivalent, from a research university) in a field related to Creative Industries: Cultural Studies, Art History or a Bachelor's of Arts with at least 30 EC in Art History, Cultural Studies and/or Cultural Policy. |
| | | Required materialsBook| If relevant for you: please note this book has been translated in Japanese, and will come out soon in Chinese and Russian. |
| ISBN | : | | 9781780767345 |
| Title | : | | Thinking Through Fashion. A Guide to Key Theorists |
| Author | : | | A. Rocamora & A. Smelik (eds) |
| Publisher | : | | London: I.B. Tauris/Bloomsbury, 2016 |
| Syllabus| Title | : | | Syllabus with articles. |
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Recommended materialsBook| Title | : | | The Berg Companion to Fashion |
| Author | : | | Steele, Valerie (eds.). |
| Publisher | : | | Oxford: Berg, 2010. |
| Book| Title | : | | The Fashion Reader |
| Author | : | | Welters, Linda & Lillethun, Abby (eds.). |
| Publisher | : | | Oxford: Berg, 2011. |
| Edition | : | | 2 |
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Instructional modesLecture
GeneralThe course consists of two parts: 1) the first weeks are dedicated to fashion theory and case studies from the field of fashion. The students read the texts and prepare for discussion in class. This part is finished by a take home exam. 2) In the last weeks small groups of students develop a blueprint for an event for the field of fashion. An event can be an exhibition in a museum, a fashion week, a multimedia festival, a documentary, an online film, or a talk show, etc.
RemarkThe course has two seminars every week.
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TestsTake home exam (deadline)| Test weight | | 50 |
| Test type | | Project |
| Opportunities | | Block PER 2, Block PER 3 |
Minimum grade5,5
| Portfolio| Test weight | | 50 |
| Test type | | Project |
| Opportunities | | Block PER 2, Block PER 3 |
Minimum grade5,5
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