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    • PROJECT BRIEF - RESEARCH PROPOSAL needs doing...
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    • PROJECT BRIEF - GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION AND RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS 1, 2 AND 3 >
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      • PROJECT BRIEF - RESEARCH PRESENTATION 1 - ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RESEARCH PROPOSAL needs visuals
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      • PROJECT BRIEF - RESEARCH PRESENTATION 3 - DISCUSSION AND EVALUATION
  • REFERENCING - HARVARD PLEASE!
    • REFERENCING - WHAT IS REFERENCING?
    • REFERENCING (HARVARD) - USING CITATIONS AND QUOTATIONS
    • REFERENCING (HARVARD) - REFERENCE LIST/BIBLIOGRAPHY
    • REFERENCING (HARVARD) - HOW TO REFERENCE ANYTHING
  • BA1 CLASS READINGS AND VISUALS
    • BA1 CLASS READINGS - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS >
      • BA1 CLASS READING - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY - CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION (THE REGULATION OF FASHION) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION (THE HISTORICAL ONE)
      • BA1 CLASS READING - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY - CONSUMER CULTURE (BEAU BRUMMELL) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION (THE PERSONAL ONE)
      • BA1 CLASS READING - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY - TRICKLE-DOWN/BUBBLE-(TRICKLE)-UP (JEANS) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION (THE EASY ONE)
      • BA1 CLASS READING - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY - GENDER AND SEXUALITY (STILETTOS) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION (THE SEXY ONE)
      • BA1 CLASS READING INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY - SEMIOTICS (TIES) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION (THE DIFFICULT ONE)
    • BA1 CLASS VISUALS - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY >
      • BA1 CLASS VISUALS - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY - CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION (THE REGULATION OF FASHION)
      • BA1 CLASS VISUALS - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY - CONSUMER CULTURE (BEAU BRUMMELL)
      • BA1 CLASS VISUALS - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY - TRICKLE-DOWN/BUBBLE-(TRICKLE)-UP (JEANS)
      • BA1 CLASS VISUALS - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY - SEMIOTICS (STILETTOS)
      • BA1 CLASS VISUALS - INTRODUCTION TO FASHION THEORY - SEMIOTICS (TIES)
    • BA1 CLASS READINGS - INTRODUCTION TO TEXTILES AND CULTURE GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS >
      • BA1 CLASS READING - INTRODUCTION TO TEXTILES AND CULTURE - THE FABRIC OF EXISTENCE (TEXTILES IN HUMAN CONSCIOUSNESS) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA1 CLASS READING - INTRODUCTION TO TEXTILES AND CULTURE - THE TIES THAT BIND (SOCIAL MEANINGS) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA1 CLASS READING - INTRODUCTION TO TEXTILES AND CULTURE - CLOTH AND TEMPORAL POWER (MONEY, TRADE, STATUS AND CONTROL) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA1 CLASS READING - INTRODUCTION TO TEXTILES AND CULTURE - CLOTH AS COMMUNICATION (MEANING, MESSAGES AND BEAUTY) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA1 CLASS READING - INTRODUCTION TO TEXTILES AND CULTURE - TEXTILES AND THE SPIRIT (SACRED, SPIRITUAL AND HEALING SIGNIFICANCE) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
  • BA2 CLASS READINGS AND VISUALS
    • BA2 CLASS READINGS - FASHION IN SOCIETY GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS >
      • BA2 CLASS READING - FASHION IN SOCIETY - VEILING GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA2 CLASS READING - FASHION IN SOCIETY - THE SECOND HAND MARKET GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA2 CLASS READING - FASHION IN SOCIETY - FEMINISM AND FASHION GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA2 CLASS READING - FASHION IN SOCIETY - HOMOSEXUAL FASHION GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA2 CLASS READING - FASHION IN SOCIETY - JAPANESE STREET FASHION GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA2 CLASS READING - FASHION IN SOCIETY - FASHION IN INDIA GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
    • BA2 CLASS VISUALS - FASHION IN SOCIETY >
      • BA2 CLASS VISUALS - FASHION IN SOCIETY - THE SECONDHAND MARKET
      • BA2 CLASS VISUALS - FASHION IN SOCIETY - JAPANESE STREET FASHION
      • BA2 CLASS VISUALS - FASHION IN SOCIETY - INDIAN FASHION
    • BA2 CLASS READINGS - TEXTILES IN SOCIETY GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS >
      • BA2 CLASS READING - TEXTILES IN SOCIETY - WEAVING AS POLITICAL SYMBOL (YOU ARE GOING TO LOVE THIS ONE) GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA2 CLASS READING - TEXTILES IN SOCIETY - THE SUBVERSIVE STITCH GROUP SEMNAR PRESENTATION
      • BA2 CLASS READING - TEXTILES IN SOCIETY - GANDHI AND KHADI CLOTH GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA2 CLASS READING - TEXTILES IN SOCIETY - THE FEMALE TRADITION OF TEXTILES GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
      • BA2 CLASS READING - TEXTILES IN SOCIETY - KNITTING AS ART GROUP SEMINAR PRESENTATION
    • BA2 CLASS VISUALS - TEXTILES IN SOCIETY >
      • BA2 CLASS VISUALS - TEXTILES IN SOCIETY - WEAVING AS POLITICAL SYMBOL
      • BA2 CLASS VISUALS - TEXTILES IN SOCIETY - THE FEMALE TRADITION OF TEXTILES
      • BA2 CLASS VISUALS - TEXTILES IN SOCIETY - THE SUBVERSIVE STITCH
  • BA3 CLASS READINGS
    • BA3 CLASS READING - THE FIVE STAGES OF REFLECTIVE WRITING
  • THEORY READINGS AND VISUALS (GENERAL REFERENCE TO SUPPORT YOUR RESEARCH)
    • THEORY READING - WHY STUDY FASHION?
    • THEORY READING - WHAT IS A THEORY?
    • THEORY READING - INTRODUCTION TO BA1 FASHION THEORY
    • THEORY READING - FASHION CYCLES (CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION, TRICKLE-DOWN/UP/ACROSS)
    • THEORY READING CLASS VISUALS - FASHION CYCYES (CONSPICUOUS CONSUMPTION, TRICKLE-DOWN/UP/ACROSS)
    • THEORY READING - KEY TERMS IN FASHION THEORY
    • THEORY READING - TEXTILE METAPHORS
  • FICTION READINGS (FOR WHEN YOU ARE BORED)
    • FICTION READING - ELIZABETH JANE HOWARD'S 'THE BEAUTIFUL VISIT'
    • FICTION READING - ANITA BROOKNER'S 'PROVIDENCE'
    • FICTION READING - RUMER GODDEN'S 'BLACK NARCISSUS'
    • FICTION READING - THE BROTHERS GRIMMS' 'HOW SOME CHILDREN PLAYED AT SLAUGHTERING'
    • FICTION READING - THOMAS HARDY'S 'JUDE THE OBSCURE' - THE PIG SLAUGHTERING (NOT FOR VEGETARIANS OR THE FAINTHEARTED)
    • FICTION READING - THE BROTHERS GRIMMS' 'RUMPELSTILTSKIN'
    • FICTION READING - GREEK MYTHOLOGY'S 'THESEUS AND THE MINOTAUR'
    • FICTION READING - GREEK MYTHOLOGY'S 'PROKNE AND PHILOMELA'
    • FICTION READING - DAWN FRENCH'S 'A TINY BIT MARVELLOUS'
  • MATHS READINGS (FOR WHEN YOU ARE REALLY BORED)
    • MATHS READING - PI (FOR GEEKS)
    • MATHS READING - ON LABOUR'S PROPOSAL TO MAKE MATHS COMPULSORY POST-16 (HE'S GOT A POINT)
    • MATHS READING - WHY WE NEED PYTHAGORAS (WHAT DOES LILY ALLEN KNOW?) ​
    • MATHS READING - FORMULA FOR WORKING OUT AGATHA CHRISTIE WHODUNNIT (I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN APRIL FOOL)
    • MATHS READING - ORDER AND PATTERN AS THE BASIS OF EVERYTHING (ARTY) ​
    • MATHS READING - WRITER SHIRLEY CONRAN'S MATHS EBOOK FOR GIRLS (I FAILED MATHS TWICE)
    • MATHS READING - RELATIVITY VERSUS QUANTUM MECHANICS (I ACTUALLY UNDERSTOOD SOME OF THIS)
    • MATHS READING - WHY WE SHOULD ALL LEARN COMPUTER CODING (VERY LONG... IF YOU MANAGE TO GET TO THE END OF IT I WILL BUY YOU A DRINK)
    • MATHS READING - DO WE REALLY NEED MATHS? (SAYS IT ALL)
    • MATHS READING - THE 'BEAUTY' OF EINSTEIN (I LOST THE WILL TO LIVE)
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  • MY REFLECTIVE JOURNAL
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  • ARE YOU STRESSED?
    • ARE YOU STRESSED? - WRITERS' BLOCK
    • ARE YOU STRESSED? - MANAGING STRESS
    • ARE YOU STRESSED? - PINTEREST FOR STRESS
  • TO DO
  • REFERENCES
  • BA2 BUSINESS STUDIES - GLOBAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
    • BA2 BUSINESS STUDIES PROGRAMME - GLOBAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL
    • BA2 BUSINESS STUDIES PROJECT BRIEF - GLOBAL FASHION AND TEXTILE MANUFACTURING REPORT 2014-15
    • BA2 BUSINESS STUDIES CLASS - GLOBAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL - INTRODUCTION TO CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
    • BA2 BUSINESS STUDIES CLASS - THE ALTERNATIVE PROJECT BRIEF
    • BA2 BUSINESS STUDIES CLASS - GLOBAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL - PEST AND CSR
    • BA2 BUSINESS STUDIES CLASS - GLOBAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL - ETHICS AND DISSERTATION
    • BA2 BUSINESS STUDIES CLASS READING - GLOBAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL - GLOBALIZATION ​
    • BA2 BUSINESS STUDIES CLASS READING - GLOBAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL - ENVIRONMENTAL
    • BA2 BUSINESS STUDIES CLASS READING - GLOBAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL - ETHICAL
  • THE REFERENCING TEST
  BCOT BA Textiles for Fashion
Historical and Theoretical Studies theory classes and readings.

BA1, 2 and 3 - LEARNING OUTCOMES AND PROJECT BRIEFS/STUDY SKILLS

2/10/2013

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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
http://quoteoftheweekblog.tumblr.com


NEWS STORY OF THE WEEK
http://newsstoryoftheweekblog.tumblr.com


AIMS


  1. To introduce course outcomes.
  2. To follow up last week's introduction to fashion and critical debate.
  3. To introduce the project briefs/study skills.


1. COURSE OUTCOMES

See COURSE INFORMATION - LEARNING OUTCOMES PAGE.


Learning outcomes the same for each year except:

BA1 To show analysis of research. 

BA2 To show analysis and synthesis of research.  

BA3 To show analysis, synthesis and evaluation of research. 



This heirarchy of knowledge relates to Bloom's Taxonomy.


See COURSE INFORMATION - BLOOM'S TAXONOMY PAGE.

This course has been re-validated and the learning outcomes have been rewritten. 

This is a previous learning outcome which has been omitted:


Have demonstrated knowledge of and engagement with the environmental and ethical issues surrounding all stages of the development and production of fashion and textiles.

It has been omitted because we are assuming that we all now know to be aware of environmental and ethical issues.



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However Psycho ward costume controversy from last week's Guardian:

The costume had the word "Committed" printed on the back, while the accompanying description on the website exhorted people: "Dress up as the most thrilling psycho killer character of all time in this Psycho Ward costume, consisting of a bright orange, long-sleeved boiler suit  with zip fastener to front, 'Psycho Ward' printed on the chest. The same words [are] printed on the back in larger letters with a prominent 'Committed' stamp just below."

In a statement, Tesco said: "We are really sorry for any offence this has caused and we are removing this product from sale."
(Smithers and Jones, 2013).



Those defending these costumes say they are a bit of fun and we should lighten up. They are not a bit of fun. They are offensive. They commercialise prejudice and stereotype and they reinforce stigma. (Campbell, 2013).


2. FOLLOW UP TO LAST WEEK'S DISCUSSION ON MUSLIM VEIL


More imagery of veil from news stories not to do with veiling.


How positive or negative (ethical) are these stories and this imagery?



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Economic development of women


Saudi Arabia tops the list of countries for laws that limit women's economic potential (Reuters, 2013a).

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Muslim child abuse

This month a new voice was added to the ongoing debate on child sexual exploitation: Asian and Muslim young women who have endured months and sometimes years of sexual violence and who have not been afforded the protection or attention that their treatment warranted. The cases outlined in the report Unheard Voices, published by the Muslim Women's Network UK, paint a damning picture of the sexual abuse of children. (Firmin, 2013).

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Saudi Arabia and women drivers


In an interview published on Friday on the website sabq.org, Sheikh Saleh bin Saad al-Lohaidan, a judicial adviser to an association of Gulf psychologists, said women aiming to overturn the ban on driving should put "reason ahead of their hearts, emotions and passions".

Lohaidan's strong endorsement of the ban demonstrates how entrenched the opposition is to women driving among some conservative Saudis. (Reuters, 2013b).



3. PROJECT BRIEFS/STUDY SKILLS

BA1

Independent research is an important part of Historical and Theoretical Studies assessment.

For this week you were asked to look at the Quote of the Week and News Story of the Week blog and also to read a Vogue article from my Weebly research blog.

These are my ongoing research blogs.

They are time-consuming but always useful for these classes and have already been used today.

See PROJECT BRIEF - RESEARCH FILE and PROJECT BRIEF - REFLECTIVE JOURNAL PAGE.



RESEARCH FILE = paper, but can also include a blog and/or Pinterest.


REFLECTIVE JOURNAL = online blog.

See BA1 CLASS READING FOR 3/10/13 - HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHAT TO WEAR?


Dad fashion from this week's Guardian: 

The older you get, the more important fashion gets because it is the only thing that will stop you looking like a total wreck. You cannot afford bad clothes any more. You can only afford good clothes. (Lott, 2013).


Picture
http://chicquero.com/2011/08/14/fathers-day-in-brazil/


Cool Dads


BA2

Independent research is an important part of Historical and Theoretical Studies assessment.

See STUDY SKILLS - WRITING A RESEARCH PROPOSAL and STUDY SKILLS - ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY PAGES.


See BA2 CLASS READING FOR 3/10/13 - CHRISOPHER KANE'S FLOWERS

This collection was about flowers. "But when I say flowers – I'm not going to do, you know, roses, done to death, blah blah blah." Instead, it was "the sexual undertones of flowers", of anatomy and deflowering, which formed the starting point for the clothes. A visit to his Scottish high school brought back memories of art classes spent dissecting, examining and drawing buttercups and carnations. "I started thinking about how much we take flowers for granted, and how incredible they are, and how the female sexual organs have so much in common with the internal structure of a flower. When I was growing up, my mum always used 'flower' as her word for vagina – it's a Scottish thing. I prefer sex to be an undertone in my clothes, rather than too obvious, so I was interested in how flowers are graphic but concealed and suggestive at the same time." . (Cartner-Morley, 2013).

It is all about sex...

Shunga from this week's Guardian:


Although shunga, meaning "spring picture" or "pillow picture", was a mainstream artistic genre for several centuries, enjoyed by ordinary townspeople as well as aristocrats, it was suppressed in the 20th century when Japan opened up to the west and the country went through an accelerated "modernisation".

At that point, instead of being regarded as a part of the texture of everyday life, presented to brides upon their marriages for instruction, arousal or amusement, shunga "was treated like pornography",
 (Higgins, 2013).


Picture
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Shunga_-_Vulvae.jpg

Japanese vulva prints. 



BA3


See STUDY SKILLS - 7 STRUCTURAL MODELS FOR WRITING and STUDY SKILLS - ORIGINAL RESEARCH REPORT STRUCTURE PAGES.

Remember the importance of referencing:

Lohaidan's strong endorsement of the ban demonstrates how entrenched the opposition is to women driving among some conservative Saudis.

"If a woman drives a car, not out of pure necessity, that could have negative physiological impacts as functional and physiological medical studies show that it automatically affects the ovaries and pushes the pelvis upwards," he told Sabq. "That is why we find those who regularly drive have children with clinical problems of varying degrees."


He did not cite specific medical studies to support his arguments.
(Reuters, 2013b).


Remember the importance of developing your own ideas.

David Bowie booklist from this week's Guardian:

As the Guardian's Alexis Petridis pointed out at the time, the Bowie story is so well-known that "unless it's content to retell a very hackneyed story indeed, David Bowie Is has to find a way of casting new light on some of the most over-analysed and discussed music in rock history." (Bury, 2013).

CONCLUSION

Quote of the Week

He often found, when he concentrated really hard on what someone was saying, that nothing much went in. (Hollinghurst, 2011, p.263).

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED?

WHAT HAVE I LEARNED?



I would rather be in Venice. 


Bon voyage BA2.

REFERENCES


Bury, L. (2013b) 'David Bowie's must-read books revealed', Guardian 1 October [Online] http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/oct/01/david-bowie-books-kerouac-milligan (Accessed 2 October 2013).

Cartner-Morley, J. (2013) 'Christopher Kane revels in the "sexual undertones of flowers" for fashion week', Guardian 17 September [Online]. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/sep/16/christopher-kane-london-fashion-week-flowers (Accessed 17 September).



Campbell, A. (2013) ' "Mental patient" fancy dress shows how deeply offensive stereotypes go in society', Guardian 26 September [Online]. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/26/mental-patient-fancy-dress-mental-health-stigma (Accessed 27 September 2013).

Firmin, C. (2013) 'Myths about victims of sexual abuse can deny young people a voice', Guardian 24 September [Online]. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/sep/24/myths-victims-sexual-abuse-deny-voice (Accessed 25 September 2013).



Higgins, C. (2013) 'British Museum dares to bare with adults-only art display', Guardian 1 October [Online]. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2013/oct/01/british-museum-shunga-explicit (Accessed 2 October 2013).



Hollinghurst, A. (2011) The stranger’s child. London: Picador.


Lott, T. (2013c) 'Dad fashion and why it matters', Guardian 28 September [Online]. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/sep/27/dad-fashion-matters-tim-lott (Accessed 1 October 2013).

Reuters (2013a) 'Women have come a long way, but still have far to go, says report', Guardian 24 September [Online]. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/sep/24/womens-rights-progress-world-bank-report (Accessed 25 September 2013).


Reuters (2013b) 'Saudi Arabian cleric says female drivers risk damaging ovaries', Guardian 29 September [Online]. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/29/saudi-arabia-women-drivers-ovaries (Accessed 1 October 2013).

Smithers, R. and Jones, S. (2013) 'Tesco removes "Psycho Ward" boiler suit costume after consumer anger',Guardian 26 September [Online]. Available at: http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2013/sep/26/tesco-withdraws-psycho-ward-costume-complaints (Accessed 27 September 2013).

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