Aalto Summer Fashion Studies Seminar 2019

[Pages:1]Summer School: Aalto Fashion Studies Seminar Fashion ? Places and Spaces (5 ECTS-credits)

Dates: 3.6.?14.6.2019, optional kick off seminar in Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland, 29.5. Prices: Aalto University Master and PhD students: 0 EUR, students from other universities and professionals: Early Bird 400 EUR (until 15 April) / normal fee 500 EUR. Venue: Aalto University campus, Espoo, Finland Language: English Criteria for selection: Previous knowledge on fashion studies is desirable but not mandatory. Selection is made on the basis of your background knowledge and your motivation which you will explain in the application form Responsible teachers: Adjunct Professor Annamari V?nsk? (Aalto University) and Professor Hazel Clark (Parsons School of Design, New York)

Are you an MA- or a PhD-student with some background or interest in fashion and a desire to gain more informed perspectives on fashion? Or are you a professional working in the field in need of updating your knowledge? If so, we invite you to join the first-ever Aalto Fashion Studies Seminar `Fashion ? Places and Spaces' organized by Aalto University, the leading Finnish university in fashion design.

This exciting new course provides a unique focus on fashion and Helsinki. Led by two professors of fashion studies with international knowledge, the course will dive into global and local geographies, and specific places and spaces of fashion, aided by texts, images, discussions and field trips to Helsinki-based fashion brands, retail spaces, museums and galleries. You will be encouraged to observe and critique fashion and consider its relationship to time, geography, national identity, gender, and museums, amongst other topics.

After completing the Aalto Fashion Studies Seminar, you will understand fashion as a global phenomenon viewed through a local lens. You will know the key concepts and paradigm shifts in the field, key scholars who have influenced fashion studies and key disciplines that have informed them. You will gain appreciation of Finnish fashion and how Aalto Fashion has become an international phenomenon. You will be required to contribute to class discussions and presentations, participate in field trips and to complete the course with a presentation at the end of the course.

Deadline for applying: 22 April 2019

Fill in the application form and return it to natalia.sarmakari@aalto.fi. She will also answer any questions you might have about the course.

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