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Cultura21 eBook Vol. 6: Sustainable Fashion

August 12, 2012Cultura21Anthropological Aspects, Berlin Germany, Consumer Behavior, Copenhagen Denmark, Cozzolino, Creative Industries, Current Developments, Discursive, Ebook, Ebooks, Fashion Field, Fashion Industries, Fashion Link, Francesca, Kagan, Kajsa, Koefoed, Mexico City, Mindset Change, Oleg, Paris France, Production Sector, Rana, Sacha, Sustainable Fashion, Sustainable Practices, Vitality

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New Approaches within the Fashion Industries

Our 6th volume in the Cultura21 eBooks series â€“ by Rana Ã–ztÃ¼rk

This eBook analyzes current developments in the fashion industries related to the debate on the Cultural and Creative Industries. The authorâ€™s approach includes the particularities of the debate about social, economic, aesthetic and anthropological aspects and, lastly, the current discursive and practical changes towards the idea of sustainable development.

The focus lies on two main aspects: First, the implementation of new sustainable practices within the production sector of the fashion field, and second, a mindset change in consumer behavior.

Rana Ã–ztÃ¼rk: Sustainable Fashion. Link: eBook Vol. 6 as PDF

Cultura21 is a transversal, translocal network, constituted of an international level grounded in several Cultura21 organizations around the world.

Cultura21â€²s international network, launched in April 2007, offers the online and offline platform for exchanges and mutual learning among its members.

The activities of Cultura21 at the international level are coordinated by a team representing the different Cultura21 organizations worldwide, and currently constituted of:

– Sacha Kagan (based in LÃ¼neburg, Germany) and Rana Ã–ztÃ¼rk (based in Berlin, Germany)
– Oleg Koefoed and Kajsa Paludan (both based in Copenhagen, Denmark)
– Hans Dieleman (based in Mexico-City, Mexico)
– Francesca Cozzolino and David Knaute (both based in Paris, France)

Cultura21 is not only an informal network. Its strength and vitality relies upon the activities of several organizations around the world which are sharing the vision and mission of Cultura21

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Vol. 3 in the Cultura21 eBooks Series on Culture and Sustainability

February 20, 2011Cultura21Berlin Germany, Conceptualization, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Denmark, Cozzolino, Creative Cities, Creative Class, Cultural Perspectives, Culture, Debates, Disciplinary Perspectives, Dissemination, Ebooks, Field Of Sociology, Frameworks, Francesca, Hahn, Kagan, Kajsa, Koefoed, Members, Mexico City, Neighbourhoods, Oleg, Paris France, Rana, Sacha, sustainability, Tendencies, Vitality

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The Cultura21 eBooks Series on Culture and Sustainability presents findings from inter- and trans-disciplinary perspectives in research and practice. The eBooks are published openly online by Cultura21 Institut e.V. in order to support broad dissemination and to stimulate further debates in civil society and further action-research in the field.

The city today is increasingly conceptualized using terms such as â€˜creative citiesâ€™ or â€˜creative classâ€™, stressing the importance of culture. The effects this can have on cities and neighbourhoods has been criticised from the wider field of sociology.Â This critique can be examined and placed in the context of the analysis of a culture of unsustainability, in order to identify how the concept of creative cities may bring about unsustainable tendencies. Building on this, a re-conceptualization of creative cities, based on an understanding of the role of the artist in cultures of sustainability is possible. Rethinking terms such as creativity can help form possible frameworks, which support sustainable creative cities.

Julia Hahn (1981) studied Applied Cultural Sciences (2003 â€“ 2010) at the Leuphana University of LÃ¼neburg.

Vol. 3: Julia Hahn: Creative Cities and (Un)Sustainability â€“ Cultural Perspectives (PDF download)

Cultura21 is a transversal, translocal network, constituted of an international level grounded in several Cultura21 organizations around the world.

Cultura21â€²s international network, launched in April 2007, offers the online and offline platform for exchanges and mutual learning among its members.

The activities of Cultura21 at the international level are coordinated by a team representing the different Cultura21 organizations worldwide, and currently constituted of:

– Sacha Kagan (based in LÃ¼neburg, Germany) and Rana Ã–ztÃ¼rk (based in Berlin, Germany)
– Oleg Koefoed and Kajsa Paludan (both based in Copenhagen, Denmark)
– Hans Dieleman (based in Mexico-City, Mexico)
– Francesca Cozzolino and David Knaute (both based in Paris, France)

Cultura211 is not only an informal network. Its strength and vitality relies upon the activities of several organizations around the world which are sharing the vision and mission of Cultura21
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Vol. 2 in the Cultura21 eBooks Series on Culture and Sustainability

February 18, 2011Cultura21Advocacy Campaign, Arid Region, Berlin Germany, Climate Change, Copenhagen Denmark, Cozzolino, Debates, Disciplinary Perspectives, Dissemination, Ebooks, Ecole Des Hautes Etudes, Ecole Des Hautes Etudes En Sciences Sociales, Ehess, Environmental Disasters, Francesca, Kagan, Kajsa, Koefoed, Mexico City, Oleg, Paris France, Pastoralists, Phd Thesis, Professional Activities, Rana, Sacha, sustainability, Vitality, Vol 2

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Karamoja, a semi-arid region located north-east of Uganda, is the land of Karimojong pastoralists. It is also a region in crisis: it is affected by arms trafficking, a demographic boom, climate change as well as other complicated development issues. More than that, Karamoja isÂ a place where questions of â€œdevelopmentâ€ and â€œsustainabilityâ€ intermingle in all their dimensions: environmental, historical, cultural, economic and political. This publication aims at presenting the complexity of all those challenges through the exploration of an innovative methodology to analyze environmental disasters: the Syndrome Approach.

David Knaute (1981) has coordinated in 2008-2009 an advocacy campaign on the crisis in Karamoja (www.karamoja.eu). He currently lives in Paris where besides his professional activities, he prepares a PhD thesis at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (EHESS).

Cultura21 is a transversal, translocal network, constituted of an international level grounded in several Cultura21 organizations around the world.

Cultura21â€²s international network, launched in April 2007, offers the online and offline platform for exchanges and mutual learning among its members.

The activities of Cultura21 at the international level are coordinated by a team representing the different Cultura21 organizations worldwide, and currently constituted of:

– Sacha Kagan (based in LÃ¼neburg, Germany) and Rana Ã–ztÃ¼rk (based in Berlin, Germany)
– Oleg Koefoed and Kajsa Paludan (both based in Copenhagen, Denmark)
– Hans Dieleman (based in Mexico-City, Mexico)
– Francesca Cozzolino and David Knaute (both based in Paris, France)

Cultura211 is not only an informal network. Its strength and vitality relies upon the activities of several organizations around the world which are sharing the vision and mission of Cultura21

Go to Cultura21