Fashion academia x fashion activism: co-creating a ‘data for sustainable fashion’ course

Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas; Michelle Gabriel; Liv Simpliciano; Kathleen Grevers

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-50252-1_11

Fashion academia x fashion activism: co-creating a ‘data for sustainable fashion’ course

Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas^*, Michelle Gabriel, Liv Simpliciano, Kathleen Grevers

^*Corresponding author for this work

GCU London

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Abstract

This paper shares the motivations, intentions, operations and outcomes of the first Data for Sustainable Fashion Certificate course developed by Glasgow Caledonian New York College (GCNYC) and Fashion Revolution USA bringing sustainability experts across academia, activism and industry together and which first ran as an online synchronous delivery in Winter 2022. The paper explores how the team co-designed a 3-part course to deliver impactful, interactive sessions for current fashion professionals working in a variety of functions across Europe, Asia and North America. Our collaborative classroom provided a rich and vibrant space a community of practice (Wenger, 1998), within which sustainable fashion advocates could investigate and interrogate the sustainable fashion landscape. By developing data literacy and understandings as to data’s use in supporting policy development as well as designing powerful internal and external data-rich communications to help move the needle on sustainability in their own areas of work.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Fashion for the Common Good: Proceedings Global Fashion Conference November 16th - 18th 2023
Editors	Isabel Cantista, Elaine L. Ritch, Linda Shearer, Silvia Pérez-Bou, Sonika Soni Khar
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Pages	191-207
Number of pages	18
ISBN (Electronic)	9783031502521
ISBN (Print)	9783031502514, 9783031502545
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50252-1_11
Publication status	Published - 2 Apr 2024
Event	2023 Global Fashion Conference: Fashion for the Common Good - Glasgow Caledonian University (& Online), Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 16 Nov 2023 → 18 Nov 2023

Publication series

Name	GFC: Global Fashion Conference
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
ISSN (Print)	None

Conference

Conference	2023 Global Fashion Conference: Fashion for the Common Good
Abbreviated title	GFC23
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Glasgow
Period	16/11/23 → 18/11/23

Documents and Links

10.1007/978-3-031-50252-1_11

Embargoed Document

Author accepted manuscript
Author accepted manuscript, 271 KB
Embargo ends: 2/04/25

1 Anthology/Edited Book
1 Conference contribution

Endeavoring policy for the global fashion industry: learnings from the New York State Fashion Act
Gabriel, M. B., 2 Apr 2024, Fashion for the Common Good: Proceedings Global Fashion Conference November 16th - 18th 2023. Cantista, I., Ritch, E. L., Shearer, L., Pérez-Bou, S. & Khar, S. S. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 275-290 16 p. (GFC: Global Fashion Conference).
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
Fashion for the Common Good: Proceedings Global Fashion Conference November 16th - 18th 2023
Cantista, I. (Editor), Ritch, E. (Editor), Shearer, L. (Editor), Pérez-Bou, S. (Editor) & Khar, S. S. (Editor), 2 Apr 2024, Palgrave Macmillan. 349 p. (GFC: Global Fashion Conference)
Research output: Book/Report › Anthology/Edited Book

Cite this

Radclyffe-Thomas, N., Gabriel, M., Simpliciano, L., & Grevers, K. (2024). Fashion academia x fashion activism: co-creating a ‘data for sustainable fashion’ course. In I. Cantista, E. L. Ritch, L. Shearer, S. Pérez-Bou, & S. S. Khar (Eds.), Fashion for the Common Good: Proceedings Global Fashion Conference November 16th - 18th 2023 (pp. 191-207). (GFC: Global Fashion Conference). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50252-1_11

Radclyffe-Thomas, Natascha ; Gabriel, Michelle ; Simpliciano, Liv et al. / Fashion academia x fashion activism: co-creating a ‘data for sustainable fashion’ course. Fashion for the Common Good: Proceedings Global Fashion Conference November 16th - 18th 2023. editor / Isabel Cantista ; Elaine L. Ritch ; Linda Shearer ; Silvia Pérez-Bou ; Sonika Soni Khar. Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. pp. 191-207 (GFC: Global Fashion Conference).

@inproceedings{d49956fca82f439bb3d78ae1754b1c92,

title = "Fashion academia x fashion activism: co-creating a {\textquoteleft}data for sustainable fashion{\textquoteright} course",

abstract = "This paper shares the motivations, intentions, operations and outcomes of the first Data for Sustainable Fashion Certificate course developed by Glasgow Caledonian New York College (GCNYC) and Fashion Revolution USA bringing sustainability experts across academia, activism and industry together and which first ran as an online synchronous delivery in Winter 2022. The paper explores how the team co-designed a 3-part course to deliver impactful, interactive sessions for current fashion professionals working in a variety of functions across Europe, Asia and North America. Our collaborative classroom provided a rich and vibrant space a community of practice (Wenger, 1998), within which sustainable fashion advocates could investigate and interrogate the sustainable fashion landscape. By developing data literacy and understandings as to data{\textquoteright}s use in supporting policy development as well as designing powerful internal and external data-rich communications to help move the needle on sustainability in their own areas of work.",

author = "Natascha Radclyffe-Thomas and Michelle Gabriel and Liv Simpliciano and Kathleen Grevers",

year = "2024",

month = apr,

day = "2",

doi = "10.1007/978-3-031-50252-1_11",

language = "English",

isbn = "9783031502514",

series = "GFC: Global Fashion Conference",

publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",

pages = "191--207",

editor = "Isabel Cantista and Ritch, {Elaine L.} and Linda Shearer and Silvia P{\'e}rez-Bou and Khar, {Sonika Soni}",

booktitle = "Fashion for the Common Good: Proceedings Global Fashion Conference November 16th - 18th 2023",

note = "2023 Global Fashion Conference: Fashion for the Common Good, GFC23 ; Conference date: 16-11-2023 Through 18-11-2023",

}

Radclyffe-Thomas, N, Gabriel, M, Simpliciano, L & Grevers, K 2024, Fashion academia x fashion activism: co-creating a ‘data for sustainable fashion’ course. in I Cantista, EL Ritch, L Shearer, S Pérez-Bou & SS Khar (eds), Fashion for the Common Good: Proceedings Global Fashion Conference November 16th - 18th 2023. GFC: Global Fashion Conference, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 191-207, 2023 Global Fashion Conference: Fashion for the Common Good, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 16/11/23. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-50252-1_11

Fashion academia x fashion activism: co-creating a ‘data for sustainable fashion’ course. / Radclyffe-Thomas, Natascha; Gabriel, Michelle; Simpliciano, Liv et al.
Fashion for the Common Good: Proceedings Global Fashion Conference November 16th - 18th 2023. ed. / Isabel Cantista; Elaine L. Ritch; Linda Shearer; Silvia Pérez-Bou; Sonika Soni Khar. Palgrave Macmillan, 2024. p. 191-207 (GFC: Global Fashion Conference).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

TY - GEN

T1 - Fashion academia x fashion activism: co-creating a ‘data for sustainable fashion’ course

AU - Radclyffe-Thomas, Natascha

AU - Gabriel, Michelle

AU - Simpliciano, Liv

AU - Grevers, Kathleen

PY - 2024/4/2

Y1 - 2024/4/2

N2 - This paper shares the motivations, intentions, operations and outcomes of the first Data for Sustainable Fashion Certificate course developed by Glasgow Caledonian New York College (GCNYC) and Fashion Revolution USA bringing sustainability experts across academia, activism and industry together and which first ran as an online synchronous delivery in Winter 2022. The paper explores how the team co-designed a 3-part course to deliver impactful, interactive sessions for current fashion professionals working in a variety of functions across Europe, Asia and North America. Our collaborative classroom provided a rich and vibrant space a community of practice (Wenger, 1998), within which sustainable fashion advocates could investigate and interrogate the sustainable fashion landscape. By developing data literacy and understandings as to data’s use in supporting policy development as well as designing powerful internal and external data-rich communications to help move the needle on sustainability in their own areas of work.

AB - This paper shares the motivations, intentions, operations and outcomes of the first Data for Sustainable Fashion Certificate course developed by Glasgow Caledonian New York College (GCNYC) and Fashion Revolution USA bringing sustainability experts across academia, activism and industry together and which first ran as an online synchronous delivery in Winter 2022. The paper explores how the team co-designed a 3-part course to deliver impactful, interactive sessions for current fashion professionals working in a variety of functions across Europe, Asia and North America. Our collaborative classroom provided a rich and vibrant space a community of practice (Wenger, 1998), within which sustainable fashion advocates could investigate and interrogate the sustainable fashion landscape. By developing data literacy and understandings as to data’s use in supporting policy development as well as designing powerful internal and external data-rich communications to help move the needle on sustainability in their own areas of work.

U2 - 10.1007/978-3-031-50252-1_11

DO - 10.1007/978-3-031-50252-1_11

M3 - Conference contribution

SN - 9783031502514

SN - 9783031502545

T3 - GFC: Global Fashion Conference

SP - 191

EP - 207

BT - Fashion for the Common Good: Proceedings Global Fashion Conference November 16th - 18th 2023

A2 - Cantista, Isabel

A2 - Ritch, Elaine L.

A2 - Shearer, Linda

A2 - Pérez-Bou, Silvia

A2 - Khar, Sonika Soni

PB - Palgrave Macmillan

T2 - 2023 Global Fashion Conference: Fashion for the Common Good

Y2 - 16 November 2023 through 18 November 2023

ER -

Radclyffe-Thomas N, Gabriel M, Simpliciano L, Grevers K. Fashion academia x fashion activism: co-creating a ‘data for sustainable fashion’ course. In Cantista I, Ritch EL, Shearer L, Pérez-Bou S, Khar SS, editors, Fashion for the Common Good: Proceedings Global Fashion Conference November 16th - 18th 2023. Palgrave Macmillan. 2024. p. 191-207. (GFC: Global Fashion Conference). doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-50252-1_11

Fashion academia x fashion activism: co-creating a ‘data for sustainable fashion’ course

Abstract

Publication series

Conference

Documents and Links

Embargoed Document

Fingerprint

Research output

Endeavoring policy for the global fashion industry: learnings from the New York State Fashion Act

Fashion for the Common Good: Proceedings Global Fashion Conference November 16th - 18th 2023

Cite this