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Graduate Programs in International Affairs joins with Parsons School of Art and Design History and Theory to present series 3 of Decolonizing International Affairs -Decolonizing Global FashionÂ
There are increasing calls to decolonize global fashion. This event explores the colonial roots and persistent coloniality of global fashion - as an industry and cultural expression - and the power of Eurocentrism that continues to define the norms of beauty, aesthetics, method, art, as well as the extractivism that exploits the labor, environmental, and cultural wealth of the Global South. Join the conversation with decolonial fashion researchers and activists to ask what does decolonization of global fashion look like? How do we engage in anticolonial action?
Speakers:
Erica de Greef - Curator, Author and Co-Founder of the African Fashion Research Institute (AFRI), University of Cape Town, South Africa
Siviwe James - Researcher and Social Media/Communications Manager, African Fashion Research Institute (AFRI), University of Cape Town, South Africa
Serkan Delice - Research coordinator in Cultural and Historical Studies, London College of Fashion, UK
Discussant:
Hazel Clark - Professor of Design Studies and Fashion Studies, Director, MA Fashion Studies, Parsons School of Design, The New School
Moderator:
Sakiko Fukuda-Parr - Professor of International Affairs, The New School
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Dr Erica de Greef is a curator, author and co-founder of the African Fashion Research Institute (AFRI). She works collaboratively to promote redress and invite decolonial (re)imagination, with projects spanning museums, creative platforms, educational institutions and grassroot spaces. She holds a PhD in African Studies from the University of Cape Town with a thesis titled ‘Sartorial Disruptions’.
Siviwe James is a researcher, arts practitioner and archivist whose work speaks through visual and sonic archaeology, as reconstructions of place and meaning. James' practice inserts fragments of time in the voids of history, creating (k)new imaginaries as landscapes of knowledge of the lives and worlds of Xhosa people, working with both personal and public audio-visual archival materials and everyday interviews.
Serkan Delice is in the political economy of fashion, with a focus on how shifts and crises within capitalism shape the global fashion industry. Drawing on anti-colonial, dependency, and world-systems theories, Delice critically examines forms of labour exploitation and cultural appropriation, while also exploring possibilities for reparations and wealth redistribution. Delice is currently conducting a comparative study on how broader forces—capitalism, ethno-nationalism, and displacement—have impacted the fashion heritage of Armenian, Palestinian, and Kurdish communities, particularly their diasporas in the UK.
Hazel Clark teaches fashion studies and design studies in the School of Art and Design History and Theory (ADHT) where she initiated the MA in Fashion Studies, and the former MA in Design Studies as Dean of the School of ADHT. In Spring 2015 she served as Interim Dean of the School of Fashion, and in fall 2018 as Acting Director, MA Fashion Studies at Parsons Paris.
The Julien J. Studley Graduate Programs in International Affairs at The New School in New York City are designed to prepare engaged, reflective global citizens who can contribute to making the world more inclusive, just, and sustainable. The most pressing contemporary challenges — from the rise of authoritarian regimes and refugee crises to youth unemployment and climate change — demand the deep understanding of complex global systems, new perspectives, real-world experience, and commitment to social justice that our programs provide.
Named among the top international affairs programs by the Foreign Policy Association, our Graduate Programs in International Affairs are distinctive in The New School tradition: critical, engaged, and truly global.
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