Agenda
April 19, 2024 – April 20, 2024
Conference
May 21, 2024 – May 21, 2024
Conference
March 16, 2023 – March 17, 2023
Conference
June 03, 2022 – July 10, 2022
Announcement
November 05, 2021 – November 05, 2021
Conference
October 23, 2021
Conference
October 20, 2021 – October 22, 2021
Announcement
October 16, 2021 – October 23, 2021
Presentation

Essay

A Fruiting Body of Collective Labour





In this essay, Hanka van der Voet and Chet Bugter write about the possibility of a new model for fashion (education), drawing inspiration from the distributed networks of mycorrhizal fungi, as well as the symbioses of lichen. By exploring a de-hierarchised and anti-capitalist approach, centering and acknowledging decolonial and intersectional methods, they propose ways for moving away from the traditional modes of fashion education, where the focus remains on the star designer and unhealthy work environments. In the essay, they also show how these ideas are put into practice within the MA Critical Fashion Practices Learning Community.






DATE PUBLISHED September 8, 2022