Indigenous Fashion Practices
Parsons School of Design: School of Fashion
CRN: 15390
Credits: 3
This course will introduce Indigenous practices and systems of making from pre-contact to present day, that continue to impact the course of history. Indigenous communities throughout North and South America continue to enlighten global thinking in sustainable design and land-based practices, from agricultural health and environmental activism, to critical issues surrounding cultural advocacy, social justice, gender diversity, plurality, and inclusion. From Indigenous craft to contemporary art, this course will study the distinctive differences between Indigenous communities throughout the Americas. Traditional dress, regalia and body adornment are revered in Indigenous societies as rituals and a way of life -- the ultimate expression of self-identity, belonging, healing, and story-telling through modes of making that connect to the Land and the preservation of Ancestral knowledge, transcending fashion from a visual language into the spiritual realm. This course will critique and challenge Eurocentric worldviews, presenting fashion as a form of protest and concepts based in decolonization and the dismantling of imperialism, capitalism, and patriarchal systems of oppression.
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: 8
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: 7:00am EDT 10/14/2024