CULTURAL STUDIES // FASHION

Theme - Cultural Appropriation Statements   Culture is not a costume. Culture is such a beautiful thing to keep up when not used as violence. Cultural appropriation is when traditional clothing and history is used as fashion Cultural exchange is good should not be used as costume - bindis - kimonos (japanese traditional costumes) - headscarves  - native american traditional dress - braids --> disregarded if culture is used as costume when for example America is fighting for controlling their image. - Unisex toilets? can be used by any person regardless of their gender. - Gustav Klimt - used some ornaments of japans culture from kimonos in his art ------------------------------------- Where is the line between cultural appreciation and cultural appropriation in fashion and media? http://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/gallery/20742/21/valentino-ss16 http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/hip-hop/7495440/mia-zayn-malik-new-song-fr...

Manifesto of Surrealism (1924) M50 André Breton  1) Surrealism is a 20th century avant-garde movement in art and literature which was about releasing ideas from the unconscious mind for example like Breton describes through dreaming.  2) A sewing machine and an umbrella both are part of the civilisation  3) Surrealism is a way of thinking which just happens without realising which can also happen with cultural appropriation - both are very common in art and fashion. Cultural appropriation for example when white people wear braids like Africans just for accessory reasons is not thought through but can cause trouble between cultures.Surrealism doesn't criticise cultures that way but can cause misunderstandings as well. 4) The manifesto could be addressed to all of us - anyone on planet earth as we are all humans with minds. 5) Insanity describes doing the same thing over and over again.

          1 How does Mbebe differentiate between “person” and “slave”? (Mbebe, 2001: p. 235)  —>     A slave is a ‘thing’ which is the body, the life, the work forenamed ‘slave’. The slave might be attacked and can be degraded. A person has the right to fight his/her will.           2 How does Mbebe relate the ‘colonized individual’ to the animal?  Do you think this an effective analogy? (Mbebe, 2001: p.236) —>     The colonised individual is being excluded from the human character. Mbebe says that the animal is a native. To him the native principle and the animal principle are not too different but the animal hasn't got a language to speak but has got senses (veins, muscles etc.) He criticises both animal and native to not being able to stand on their feet and says they are imperfect and cause errors etc.            To me he criticises animals and natives too m...

Fashion or the enchanting spectacles of the code - Jean Baudrillard 2 quotes from the text with an image which relates - "THIS FLOTATION IN THE ECONOMIC ORDER IS RECENT: IT REQUIRES THAT 'PRIMITIVE ACCUMULATION' BE EVERYWHERE FINISHED, THAT AN ENTIRE CYCLE OF DEAD LABOUR BE COMPLETED." (pg. 467) Website - https://jcsr.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40991-016-0004-6 - 18/10/17  I have chosen this pyramid as it relates to social conformities - looking at fashion in society and its economy sector it just fits in fine. As shows there are responsibilities for us citizen - ethical and legal ones which are at the top of the pyramid and also important as a base of our society there are the economic responsibilities. Without those we could not be able to afford even making garments for the society and if the pyramid would not work between us then there could not be a market for fashion. It all comes together and sits in place if we work together in economy and ...

- Questions - Littler, Jo (2010) 'What's wrong with ethical consumption?' A Critical Introduction. London: Routledge, pp. 27-39 1) There are a lot of issues to be analysed in ethical consumption. The problem is - where is the starting point and where does it stop? It seems more of an endless analysation. The audience of consumption is very broad and varied that there isn't any way to specify ethical consumption. Individuals may be living in a good ethical way but this part is small in comparison to the whole earth population. 2) Consumption is based on a daily basis, it is everyone's personal choice. Then some don't have the choice as they may not have the funds (f.e in LDC's/ global south). Consumerism holds a much bigger network with society + government. It also has the responsibility of world trade organisations. 3) There is a clothing company with an anti communist approach called 'zero waste daniel' which has a fair wage for their work...