[Commlist] cfp: The Inclusive Turn: Fashion's ‘Other’ Bodies

*Call For Papers*

The Inclusive Turn: Fashion's ‘Other’ Bodies
AAANZ Conference, Auckland, 3-6 December 2019.
Ngā Tūtaki – Encounter/s: Agency, Embodiment, Exchange, Ecologies.

Paper proposals are welcomed for Conference Session - The Inclusive 
Turn: Fashion's ‘Other’ Bodies

The 21st century fashion industry has embraced what might otherwise be 
expressed as ‘The Inclusive Turn’.
Moving beyond the archetypal fashion model (tall, slim, white), corporal 
variations are now appearing on the
runway and in media campaigns. Historically marginalised 
bodies—non-white, nonbinary, transgender, older,
plus-size, and differently-abled—are beginning to receive recognition, 
propelling the agentic capacity of fashion’s
‘Other’ bodies to represent themselves, and be represented. With 
organisations like the Council of Fashion Designers
of America (CFDA) now routinely running ‘Diversity Reports’, fashion 
designers are coming under increasing pressure
to revise their practices for greater inclusion, translating the 
rhetoric of diversity into action through production. In addition
to industry scrutiny, the expansion of fashion from the traditional 
centres toward the peripheries has increased global
investment and interest in fashion, necessitating broader visions of 
diversity and inclusion. In this panel, extended, productive
dialoguesthat question the barriers leading to diversity and inclusion 
in fashion practice, broadly defined, are encouraged.
Multidisciplinary papers exploring the possibilities, challenges and 
problematics of achieving this aim are therefore welcomed.
Papers will address topics that include, but are not limited to: 
Adaptive/accessible fashion; analyses of fashion media and/or
exhibitions; body positivity; decolonising fashion; the economics of 
inclusivity; size-inclusive fashion; feminist/queer interpretations
of diversity in fashion; idealised bodies in fashion history; historical 
precedents of diversity in fashion; modest fashion; and,
visibility and representation.

250-word paper proposals that reflect one or more of the topics 
indicated above are welcomed. Papers should present the
aim/objectives of the work, the methodological approach, the results, 
and the conclusion.

Proposals should include:
Name, contact details, institutional affiliation (if applicable)
Bio (max. 200 words)

Please submit proposals to: (l.burton /at/ griffith.edu.au)

For Session Format, Paper Submission Process and Submission Guidelines, 
please visit:
http://aaanz.info/aaanz-home/conferences/2019-conference/nga-tutaki-encounter-s-call-for-papers/

Deadlines & Dates
-2 August 2019: Deadline for paper proposals is 5pm NZST.
-9 August 2019: Applicants will be notified of the acceptance of their 
proposal.

Website: http://aaanz.info/aaanz-home/conferences/2019-conference/


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