Title

Art/Works: The History and Geography of Cotton: What All Fashion Students Should Know

Contributor Names

Beckert, Sven

Silberman, Jeffrey

Gill, Allison

Midyette, Buxton

Rutberg, Carl

Date

2021-04-09

Description

Teaching Business and Labor History to Art and Design Students presents the Art/Works: Teaching Labor and Capitalism in Art and Design symposium.

Panel 8. The History and Geography of Cotton: What All Fashion Students Should Know: Sven Beckert, Harvard University; Jeffrey Silberman, Fashion Institute of Technology; Allison Gill, International Labor Rights Forum; Buxton Midyette, Supima; Chair: Carl Rutberg, Fashion Institute of Technology

Artists and designers aspire to be creative geniuses, and they often are. But they are also bosses, employees, members of professional associations, and citizens of nations that encourage and restrain their creative work in various ways. Art and design students are generally not taught the intricacies of those other roles, how to navigate them, or how to change them. This virtual symposium brings together professionals and educators to explore pedagogical practices in business and labor history for Art and Design students and curricula. In a series of panels and networking sessions, professionals, educators, and students discuss how art and design industries and careers are shaped by labor practices, unions and collectives, workplace equity (or lack thereof), internships, and the history of racial discrimination, cultural appropriation, and other topics in art and design.The Teaching Business and Labor History to Art and Design project is directed by Daniel Levinson Wilk, Ph.D., and Kyunghee Pyun, Ph.D.

Teaching Business and Labor History to Art and Design Students has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Humanities Connections Implementation Grants.

Type

Moving Image

Lectures

Subject

Cotton

Cotton trade

Fashion

Political culture

Social responsibility of business

Unfair labor practices

Labor unions

Work environment

Diversity in the workplace

Capitalism

Race discrimination

Racism

Clothing trade

Fashion designers

Artists

College students

College teachers

Rights

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Identifier

FIT Repository ID: aod_000057