PSOF
2142

Contemporary Indigenous Fashion

Parsons School of Design: School of Fashion

Non-Liberal Arts
Undergraduate Course
Degree Students
Contemp Indigenous Fashion
Fall 2024
Taught By: Jessica Metcalfe
Section: A

CRN: 17091

Credits: 3

This course will survey Indigenous Fashion from a contemporary perspective. Students will explore how Indigenous fashion designers are reinterpreting traditional dress and techniques, while keeping traditional practices alive, and honoring ancestral knowledge. This course will highlight some of the leading Indigenous fashion designers of today and how they are bringing ancestral craft practices and worldviews into contemporary contexts. Through their work, Indigenous designers are revolutionizing fashion systems, reclaiming cultural memory and transforming the world into a more inclusive and sustainable space. Students will leave with a better understanding of fashion as a form of community, fashion as politics, and fashion as harmony with the natural world. This course is part of a series of courses centering Indigenous knowledge, Land-based practices, and fashion systems.

Open to: All University undergraduate degree students. Pre-requisite(s): None. Graduate students should register for the cross-listed course, PSOF 5142 Contemporary Indigenous Fashion.

College: Parsons School of Design (PS)

Department: School of Fashion (SOF)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: Online - Synchronous

Max Enrollment: 13

Add/Drop Deadline: September 15, 2024 (Sunday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: November 19, 2024 (Tuesday)

Seats Available: No

Status: Closed*

* Status information is updated every few minutes. The status of this course may have changed since the last update. Open seats may have restrictions that will prevent some students from registering. Updated: 12:12am EDT 10/13/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Tuesday
Times: 4:00pm - 6:40pm
Building: Online Course
Room: 999
Date Range: 9/3/2024 - 12/3/2024