Presentasjon av foreløpige funn fra Wasted Textiles PhD
14. mars, 2023, kl 10-12. Athene 1 (auditorium), Pilestredet 46, OsloMet.
Nytt forsknings-senter i København basert på garderobe-studier
Da CHANGE mesterklasseseminaret fant sted ved Det Kongelige Danske Akademi i København 30. september 2022 var det samme dag duket for nok en interessant anledning. Dette var lanseringen av KLOTHING – Center for Apparel, Textiles…
CHANGE: Anledning i forandring
Er uformelt og formelt på vei for å smelte sammen? Dette spørsmålet dukker opp både i forskning og når man ser på forbrukertrender for klær og mote. Som en del av CHANGE-prosjektet er et spor…
Clothing Research contributes to new report on over-consumption
The Clothing Research Group, SIFO at OsloMet, has contributed to the recent Hot or Cool Institute report Unfit, Unfair, Unfashionable: Resizing Fashion for a Fair Consumption Space (download report here). The contribution is in the…
Local clothing: What is that? How an environmental policy concept is understood
The textile industry is characterized by global mass production and has an immense impact on the environment. One garment can travel around the world through an extensive value chain before reaching its final consumption destination.…
Global differences in consumer practices affect clothing lifespans
Most studies of clothing and related habits are carried out within a country. However, apparel production and sales are a highly globalized industry, with many of the same large chains operating worldwide. It is thus…
Uniformity Without Uniforms: Dressing School Children in Norway
This chapter discusses the relationship between Norwegian schools’ ideals of equality and the way in which school clothes are regulated. Interviews with a teacher in a transitional language learning group for newly arrived immigrant children,…
Clothing Reuse: The Potential in Informal Exchange
Reuse organised by non-profit and commercial actors is a strategy that recently received a lot of attention. This article discusses the question: what do we know about the amount of clothes that circulate outside the…