4th International Artefacta Conference: Resolutions
Conference, 13-14 February 2025
University of Helsinki, Finland
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Anna Schytte Sigaard
Clothing Care
“And he don’t even care for clothes” sang Nina Simone in “My Baby Just Cares For Me” which is how the chapter “Clothing Care” opens in the new, impressive and comprehensive book “The Palgrave Handbook…
Photo booth boots possible change
As part of the SIFO presence at the recent Friluftsliv conference, Kate Fletcher, ran a “Photo Booth” to record the thoughts (in a thought bubble!) of conference delegates about clothing and nature. Delegates responses ranged…
Decentering Durability: Decarbonizing and Decolonizing Ideas and Practices of Long-Lasting Clothes
Authors: Kate Fletcher and Anna Fitzpatrick Abstract Durability is widely recognized as a key feature of materially resource-ful, lower-carbon clothing lives. Yet most of what is known about long-lasting garments is rooted in Euro-American ways…
Announcing the publication of Decentering Durability: Decarbonizing and Decolonizing Ideas and Practices of Long-Lasting Clothes
Just published in Fashion Theory, an article exploring durability through a decolonial lens. The research it builds on was conducted as part of the LASTING project, led by our very own Kirsi Laitala and funded…
hiWOOL project
Network for heritage and innovation for the future of WOOL
Reading into Norwegian Wool
Summary This is an annotated bibliography intended to orient readers within literature about Norwegian wool. It emphasizes new literature, focuses on clothing textiles, and includes sources written in both Norwegian and English. This research was…