MUO-E1044 - Knowledge Making in Fashion and Textiles, Lecture, 8.1.2024-12.2.2024

Thesis reading guideline: 

Select one thesis from the list provided below or any other Masters' thesis of your choice by searching on https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/. 

Once you have formed your group, divide up the thesis into parts among your group members. You must answer the following questions when reading the thesis:

-Student’s name, thesis name

-What is the approach in this thesis, can you find a clear research question? 

-How is the context of the work been constructed (how has the student positioned their work)?

-What is the theoretical background in this work (what theories, literature has been used in this work)?

-What is the methodology used to carry out the research (identify what method(s) were used)?

Summarize your finding in 2-3 power point slides. Be ready to share your findings with the rest of the class in an informal presentation on 5.2.2024. Please submit your slides here.

FaCT Master thesis examples (scroll down the website so you will find the link to thesis pdf) 

FASHION

• Anja Lisa Hirscher (2013) Joyful participation in new ways of designing and making clothes. - Enabling person-product attachment to potentially reduce unnecessary consumption. (Participatory design)
  https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/61e337a0-8a08-4a7a-964f-ebb465c3d10b 
• Julia Montin (2020) Made In Shanghai - A European's interpretation on Chinese fashion heritage (Ethnography + autoethnography)
  https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/bd0eb6d5-1994-4e33-9d78-95f7a233b343 
• Ida Sofia Tuomisto (2019) Being natural is simply a pose” – a critical intervention into conventionality of clothes through the process of experimental fashion design  (Autoethnography)
  https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/d6f7896a-7617-46fc-a34f-0c6b847cae37
• Heta Vajavaara (2018) Life of Garments (Autoethnography)
  In library 
• Hanne Jurmu. (2019) Tämä ei voi jatkua näin; muodista kohti esitystaidetta (Authoethnography)
  In library
• Antonina Sedakova (2019) Fashion identity under socialism. Fashion as a creative expression of “conformist” and “oppositional” identity in the condition of the suppressive society in the Soviet Russia during the era of "Perestroika"  (Ethnography + Autoethnography)
  https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/e7a7d231-b837-4a7c-a230-890c38e0529f
• Kim Donghan. (2016) Wear the road: The role of clothing in promoting women’s transport cycling in motor-dominated societies. (Ethnography)
  https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/b2f93caf-2f14-4632-8b72-733bade7b4b1 
• Anna Poikonen (2022) Comfort clothes – The emotional and cultural value of slow fashion (Speculative design)
  https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/71260aea-9dbe-4946-898a-d9646180861a
• Kasia Gorniak. (2017) Talking through our bodies: Draping with a moving subject as a fashion design process (Autoethnography)
  https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/ca6d1a4e-17ab-444d-a56e-ca73a407abe4 

TEXTILES

• Kunawong Praejeen (2022) Optimizing the colors of naturally dyed yarns from food by-products by weaving practice (Autoethnography, design process)
  https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/79d547f4-8357-46ca-8497-1f0e14f64324
• Leonardo Hidalgo (2020) Geographies of memory and nostalgia (Autoethnography)
  https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/62ecb1c8-d9fa-4228-a621-5ffc9aead201
• Tiina Paavilainen (2015) Floating and clipping – Woven textiles with weft floats and finishings by clipping, (Design project, commercial)
  https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/681f5d7d-6f4f-45d3-9265-046d11d13840
• Pirita Lauri (2017) Extract – Concept for a coordinated print collection for mass customization (Design process, speculative)
  https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/8c2ee21b-86d3-4e82-aa1d-8fea99f79bb6
• Terhi Laine (2018) Kuljen rinnallasi -kirkkotekstiilikokoelma Uuden lastensairaalan kappeliin (Design process)
  https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/bc37ff28-005a-4655-92a2-7f1cbc09fb78
• Petra Haikonen (2016) Woven sounds / Design exploration and experimentation of acoustic curtain fabrics (Autoethnography in a commercial context)
  https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/3838bb9f-0206-465e-96b3-591a6b773df1
• Helmi Liikanen (2019) Ranta - Embodied thinking in the hand-weaving process  (Autoethnography)
  https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/cddceb16-6572-43a6-b334-41d97b2af311 

Master theses done in connection to some research projects

• Essi Karell. (2014) Planned continuity: Design of sustainable clothing service concept (focus group study and speculative design experimentation)
  https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/f3020382-6c99-4801-beb6-e6cb847f600b 
• Rinna Saramäki (CS) (2021) Communicating clothing quality (survey + participatory)
  https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/d136b550-15dc-442b-94e7-1911cd7640d3
• Eugenia Smirnova. (2017) Colours in a circular economy. (laboratory experimentations + speculative approach in conceptual design)
  https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/3fceb133-58b3-4c61-9188-2198e6bed911
• Hanna Scoones (CS) (2023) Fashion design for disability: examining past and present practice to enable designers and brands to improve access to inclusive everyday wear. (historical analysis + interviews)
  https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/629ea2a3-ee92-432e-ba77-9bc0d96d39cc
• Riikka Piippo. (2020) Quality over quantity – connecting quality and lifespan of garment (interviews)
  https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/items/49c9287e-1e1f-41cd-be9f-f2b68272afdd 

LIST OF GROUPS:

Group 1

• Rasmus Mänty
• Christina Kujala

Group 2

• Auri Lukkarinen
• Miska Kettu
• Alpo Rivera Rentola
• Pauliina Friberg

Group 3

• Laura Harjamäki
• Mila Galle

Group 4

• Oona Linna
• Maike Lauber
• Sofía Dinello Morais
• Ella Fabritius

Group 5

• Laura Balocco
• Nilla Heikkilä
• Elma Leminen

Group 6

• Rita Vaali
• Satu Määttä
• Yiwen Shen
• Alba Arillo García

Group 7

• Xuefei Shi
• Elisa Nicoloso
• Vanessa Agostini

Group 8

• Mira Isomäki
• Tittamari Tolonen
• Ella Siltavuori
• Niklas Järvi