Modelling Collaborative Networks: Developing an International Fashion Studies

At present, networks for the studying of fashion exist globally in Europe, the United Kingdom, and the United States, among others. Canada, too, is home to some of these collaborative sites, for example the Canadian Fashion Scholars and the Canadian Arts & Fashion Awards. Many of these networks have flourished through the publishing of an academic journal, seen for example through the Association of Dress Historian’s publication Journal of Dress History and the Costume Society of America’s publication DRESS: Journal of the Costume Society of America. Building on the work of Fashion Studies, the first open-access, academic publication in Canada and North America, Modelling Collaborative Networks: Developing an International Fashion Studies proposes to further innovate the field by creating international collaborative networks across the fashion industry and research centres. Led by the Co-Founders and Editors of the journal, Dr. Ben Barry and Professor Alison Matthews David as the international and host supervisors respectively, and interned by the Managing Editor of the journal, Jaclyn Marcus, this project will model what expanding current sites of fashion might look like, with the goal of establishing a North American collaborative network.

Faculty Supervisor:

Alison Matthews David

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Partner:

Parsons School of Design

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

New and Digital Media; Education; Other

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

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