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91119 - Fashion Curation

Academic Year 2023/2024

                
                        Docente:
                        Simona Maria Segre Reinach
                    
                        Credits:
                        6
                    
                        SSD:
                        L-ART/03
                    
                        Language:
                        English
                    
                        Teaching Mode:
                        Traditional lectures
                        
                            Campus:
                            Rimini
                        
                            Corso:
                            Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
                            Fashion Studies (cod. 9067)

                                    Course Timetable
                                
from Sep 28, 2023 to Oct 27, 2023

Learning outcomes

It will be discussed the legitimization of fashion as a cultural phenomenon and the role of exhibitions as a unique format in which to present new ideas on both old and new fashions. The staging and visual performance of fashion will be analyzed within different media: the museum, the academy, and the fashion industry as an integrated formula for exhibition display.

Course contents

History of Fashion Curation; Analysis of major fashion exhibitions; New models of representing fashion (store, digital, museum, catwalk).

WORKSHOP FOR ATTENDING STUDENTS + SPECIAL LECTURES BY INTERNATIONAL CURATORS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE LATEST TRENDS IN INTERNATIONAL FASHION CURATION.

Students are warmly invited to attend the International Conference entitled ZoneModa International Conference 2023 - FASHION IN 3D, Decolonizing Deconstructing Decentering to be held from 19 to 21 October 2023 in the halls of the Alberti complex. https://eventi.unibo.it/fashion3d

The Conference will cover the topics related to the course and to Fashion Studies.

- Participation in all days of the Conference will give the opportunity to obtain one point to be added to your degree grade.

Readings/Bibliography

ATTENDING STUDENTS: A DEDICATED BIBLIOGRAPHY WILL BE GIVEN AT THE BEGINNING OF THE COURSE

NON ATTENDING STUDENTS:

Steele, V. "Museum Quality", Fashion Theory 12, 1, 2008, pp. 7-30.

Breward, C. "Between Museum and the Academy", Fashion Theory 12, 1, 2008, pp. 83-94.

Geczy, A. and Karaminas, V. "Fashion and Art. Critical Crossovers in Geczy and Karaminas (eds) Fashion and Art, Berg, London and New York 2012.

Steele, V. "Fashion" in Geczy and Karaminas (eds) Fashion and Art, Berg, London and New York 2012.

Riegels Melchior, M. "Introduction: Understanding Fashion and Dress Museology" in Fashion and Museums edited by Riegels Melchior and Svensson, Bloomsbury, London and New York 2014.

A.M. Vanska and H. Clark, Fashion Curating: Critical Practice in the Museum and Beyond (Introduction only) Bloomsbury 2014.

Teaching methods

Lessons, Digital Sources, videos, student presentations

Workshop: (for attending students only)

Assessment methods

Attending Students: Individual Presentations; Specific Workshop; Participation to the Class.

Non Attending Students:Final Test Multiple Choice based on the readings; 31 questions.

Teaching tools

videos, lessons, discussion in class

Office hours

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