PSOF
2301

Fashion and Disability Justice

Parsons School of Design: School of Fashion

Non-Liberal Arts
Undergraduate Course
Degree Students
Fashion and Disability Justice
Spring 2025
Taught By: Ben Barry
Section: A

CRN: 15389

Credits: 3

In this course, students develop a deeper understanding and practice of social justice in the context of disability and fashion design. Students are introduced to Critical Disability Studies and Mad Studies as frameworks to reimagine design processes and practices. They learn to center community relations and collaboration, and they reconsider material and form from the perspectives of disability. The course focuses on a single project in which students create a fashion output.

Open to: BFA and AAS Fashion Design majors only. Pre-requisites: PUFD 2220 Design Studio 1 and PUFD 2240 Creative Technical Studio 1; OR PAFD 1100 Core 1 and PAFD 1110 Technical Studio.

College: Parsons School of Design (PS)

Department: School of Fashion (SOF)

Campus: New York City (GV)

Course Format: Seminar (R)

Modality: In-Person

Max Enrollment: 16

Add/Drop Deadline: February 3, 2025 (Monday)

Online Withdrawal Deadline: April 15, 2025 (Tuesday)

Seats Available: Yes

Status: Open*

* 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: 8:10am EDT 10/7/2024

Meeting Info:
Days: Wednesday
Times: 4:00pm - 6:40pm
Building: TBD
Room: TBD
Date Range: 1/22/2025 - 5/7/2025