Webinar | Activist Creatives
| Dates: | 17 June 2025 |
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| Times: | 11:00 - 12:30 |
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| What is it: | Webinar |
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| Organiser: | School of Environment, Education and Development |
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| Who is it for: | University staff, Adults, Alumni, General public |
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| Speaker: | Nat Walton, Vadim Grinevich, Fiona Hackney, Alison Carlin, Bryony Moore, Jo Cramer, Julia Roebuck, Lettie Pattinson |
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This online discussion event explores how fashion activists - from social entrepreneurs and independent designer-makers, to community arts organisations and academic researchers - are working to rethink the fashion system from the ground up.
We introduce Activist Creatives, a new project bringing together artists, activists and researchers in West Yorkshire, Manchester and Oslo investigating the potential of alternative, pro-environmental fashion activism. The event features speakers from Manchester Fashion Movement, The Design Studio, Stitched Up, WOVEN and Thread Republic, who are raising awareness about the damaging effects of clothing consumption and waste on people and planet and inspiring communities to take action on sustainable fashion.
Academics from Oslo Metropolitan University, Manchester Metropolitan University, and University of Bradford will also share their research into the relationship between people, fashion, clothing, and fabric, and how this could act as a catalyst for change.
Register: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/universityofmanchester34/1615394
Speakers
Nat Walton
Organisation: WOVEN in Kirklees
Vadim Grinevich
Organisation: University of Bradford
Fiona Hackney
Organisation: Manchester Metropolitan University
Alison Carlin
Organisation: Manchester Fashion Movement
Bryony Moore
Organisation: Stitched Up, Manchester
Jo Cramer
Organisation: Oslo Met University
Julia Roebuck
Organisation: Thread Republic, Huddersfield
Lettie Pattinson
Organisation: The Design Studio, Manchester
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