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Come together!

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We invite collaborative contributions in the following formats:

• 15-minute collaborative papers (in-person)
• 120-minute collaborative workshops (in-person)
• 10-minute learning project presentations (in-person)
• 90-minute local-global fashion walks (hybrid)
• learning to de-fashion films (hybrid)

_{^{See details below. All submissions will be reviewed in a double-blind process by a scientific committee. A selection of contributions will be published}}.

_^timeline:

• 15 March 2023: deadline for all proposals (except film)
• 30 April 2023: publication of selection of papers, workshops, presentations, walks
• 15 May 2023: submission of learning to de-fashion films
• 30 May 2023: publication of selection of films
• 15 June 2023: publication of preliminary programme
• 15 June 2023: registration opens

_^details:

• principal language of conference is English
• all proposals will be reviewed in a double-blind process by a scientific committee. A selection of contributions will be published.
For all contributions, please submit until 15 March 2023 following submission button above
• abstract of 250 words with indication of format, title and five keywords
• collaborators’ information (name, job title, affiliation, contact details, 60-word bio blurb)

_^formats:

15-minute collaborative papers (in-person)

• share research & practice concerning didactic, pedagogic and epistemological questions around de-fashioning education
• explore and illustrate the diversity and complexity of the field and practices of learning & leading learning fashion
• inspire collaborative research and action
• paper exchanges will be recorded
• locations: James Simons Gallery Auditorium and Berlin University of the Arts

120-minute collaborative workshops (in-person)

• interactive small-scale workshops for up to 15 participants – mini-multilogues that enable all voices to sound
• provide an opportunity for fashion learners of different levels, institutions and specialisms to meet, exchange experience, and develop ideas together around de-fashioning education, and/or consequent pedagogic, didactic and epistemological challenges
• foster cross-disciplinary and trans-cultural reflection and collaboration through short inputs and different exploratory practices of making, debating, writing, performing, drawing, dancing, crafting etc.
• workshops will not be recorded
• locations: Haus Bastian – Centre for Cultural Education and Berlin University of the Arts

10-minute learning project presentations (in-person)

• foster an exchange on the best, the worst, the most radical, risky, transformative or humorous projects
• presented as part of a learning laboratory for collegial enrichment
• provide cross-cultural learning exchanges & inspire future collaborations
• presentations will not be recorded
• locations: Haus Bastian – Centre for Cultural Education and Berlin University of the Arts

90-minute global/local fashion walks

• curate theme-based walks rooted in local practices and knowledges
• celebrate and showcase local fashion cultures, communities, histories, people and places: introduce the unknown, unusual, unofficial, undervalued, unrecognised – to a global audience
• walk locally, stream globally – enable cross-cultural connections
• make people experience local tastes, sounds and sensations
• walks will be scheduled for 24 consecutive hours across different time zones on the conference days (please suggest a convenient time for your location)
• local registration required & organized by respective curators/guides
• online participation unlimited and free
• livestreams organized by respective local curators/guides, links published in conference program
• walks will be recorded

Learning to de-fashion films

• share inspiring, innovative and instructive video tutorials dedicated to the rich plurality of fashion making
• de-hierarchize fashion learning for an audience of everyone
• share imitable and adaptable knowledges and skills around acts and techniques of de-fashioning – to inspire active making cultures, self-teaching and -empowerment
• celebrate the connective, creative potential of opensource co-learning and de-fashioning
• submission deadline 15 May 2023
• please submit link to online screener (e.g. You Tube/Vimeo), and video descriptor of 250 words with title, thematic and visual concept, wider relevance, and five keywords
• screenings will take place on both conference days on location and online for in-person or remote sessions

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