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encouraged to develop their understanding of professional
practice in the design industries, within the context of
social, cultural, political, economic and technological change.
Contentious issues that students have addressed have been
wide-ranging, including current political issues impacting
on society, and different design disciplines including fast
fashion, size 0, politics of fake, ethics of labour, trade tariffs,
authenticity of brand, reporting and news, sustainable
fashion and ecology of fashion textiles.

Stacey Skold and Wendy Weiss, University of Nebraska-
Lincoln, USA, provide an outline of a course implemented
in the context of a Design Issues and Perspectives
graduate-level seminar. Students gain an insight into global
issues in relation to how garments are manufactured, and
the experience of the clothes we wear, through readings,
research, seminar discussions, interactive activities and
visiting speakers. Students express resulting views and
opinions via a creative object or installation. These ideas are
presented in Implementation of an Introductory College
Course/Curriculum: Globalization and Labor in Textiles.

In Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: School Project,
Dorothea Odörfer from the Modeschule Hallein, Austria,
describes how 120 students and 13 teachers from six
school classes were involved in a year-long Responsible
Consumption project. Various events were held during the
project including a fashion show, workshops for students,
and a panel discussion involving local politicians and fair
trade organisations. In addition, the students developed a
label for local businesses relating to sustainability.

teaching Materials

There is information about a range of teaching resources,

films, exhibitions and images on the Fashioning an Ethical

Industry website at http://fashioninganethicalindustry.org/

resources/. Also, see the Interactive Activities chapter for

relevant activities.

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