Credits: 3

Schedule: 09.01.2019 - 20.03.2019

Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation): 

Welcome to the course Fashion in Culture!

You can be in contact with the teacher in class or through the MyCourses website.

Teaching Period (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

III-IV 2018-2020

Learning Outcomes (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

After having completed the course the student understands fashion as a diverse cultural phenomenon and is capable of explaining and reflecting on how practices and theories of fashion have been shaped and changed since the emergence of the modern fashion system in the 19th century. The aim of the course is to advance the students’ understanding of fashion as a global, cultural and personal phenomenon as well as to explore in what ways can it inform other disciplines.

Content (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

On completion of the course students should be able to:
1. Understand fashion as a cultural practice through theoretical texts and empirical examples
2. Know essential theories, key concepts and principles of fashion as cultural phenomenon
3. Be able to apply the key theories, concepts and principles in their own (research) projects

Details on the course content (applies in this implementation): 

PROGRAM

 

9.1. Annamari Vänskä: Introduction to Fashion in Culture

 

16.1. Linda Turunen: Luxury and fashion – It’s complicated

 

23.1. Annamari Vänskä: From the Catwalk to the Sidewalk: Fashion, Status, Subcultures

 

30.1. Heidi Härkönen: World cultures and fashion: Questions of ’cultural appropriation’ and intellectual property

 

6.2. Anna-Mari Almila: Fashion, religion and morality

 

13.2. Yvonne Förster: Digital Skins: Understanding Fashion through Technology

 

20.2. NO CLASS!

 

27.2. Linda Turunen: Fashionable second-hand? Consumers’ role in second-hand fashion market

 

6.3. Koko Hubara: Cultural Politics of Fashion: Is Fashion Racist?

 

13.3. Annamari Vänskä: Sexual Politics of Fashion: From Gay to Queer and Beyond

 

20.3. 18–20 Visit to Museum of Modern Art Kiasma tosee the exhibition by Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir a.k.a. Shoplifter

 

Assessment Methods and Criteria (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

Lectures accompanied with small-group discussions.
In order to be able to understand the lecture and to participate in the ensuing discussion, the students will
- Read texts before each lecture
- Prepare 1–3 comments on the most important points of each theme based on the read texts
Assessment methods:
- Presence in class
- Active participation in class
- Quality of the final assignment (for students who choose to pass the course as a 5-credit course)

Elaboration of the evaluation criteria and methods, and acquainting students with the evaluation (applies in this implementation): 

You will be evaluated on the basis of your active attendance in class (3 cr.) or written assignment (5 cr.)

If you pass the course as a 3-credit course, you will be evaluated on the basis of your active participation in lectures.

If you wish to 5 credits, you will you will be evaluated on the basis of your active participation in class and the written assignment.

Workload (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

There are two options to pass the course:
1) As a 3-credit course
2) As a 5-credit course

Workload in the option 1 (3 cr.):
- 80 h total working time
- Lectures: 30 h
- Personal learning time: 50 h (assigned for reading & reflecting the course materials)
- Assignment for passing: Active participation in lectures, reading assigned course material, discussing in class

Workload in the option B (5 cr.):
- 135 h total working time
- Lectures: 30 h
- Personal learning time: 50 h (assigned for reading & reflecting the course materials)
- Assignment for passing: Active participation in lectures, reading assigned course material, discussing in class and writing a reflective learning diary OR a research plan: 55 h

Study Material (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

Reading package that will be posted electronically in the courses’ MyCourses-course site.

Details on the course materials (applies in this implementation): 

Texts pertaining to each lecture will be available under "materials" on the course website.

Grading Scale (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

Pass/Fail

Registration for Courses (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

WebOodi

Further Information (valid 01.08.2018-31.07.2020): 

UWAS course selection criteria: Registration order is not the primary selection criteria for this course. In order to ensure that students from different programs and schools of Aalto University may take UWAS courses, the selection is also based on the variety of students' disciplines. Master's students are also welcome.

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