Repair and Society

Nov 18 2023
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Repair and Society podcast with a particular focus on mending clothing looks at repair as an act of care and attachment, as form of resistance and problem-solving, as a therapeutical and creative gesture, as form of sharing and coping with crisis. Even though we can’t save the world, we can try to mend it!
Author: Liudmila Aliabieva, Russian Fashion Theory Journal Editor-in-chief, founder of the Mendit Research LabEditing: Stanislav MilovidovCover design: Nata Korneeva


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Mending Matters!

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Jo Turney is a Professor and the Doctoral Programmes Director at Winchester School of Art, University of Southampton. She researches everyday fashion, dress and textile practices. She is the author of The Culture of Knitting addressing knitting as art, craft, design, fashion and performance, and as an aspect of the everyday. She is the founder and editor of Clothing Cultures journa

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