Imagining Future(s): Mining Literacies of Sustainable Consumption
Abstract This study is about mining the past to better understand how we imagine and shape the future. The present report is a deliverable from Work Package 1: “Mine” in the research project IMAGINE: Contested… Imagining Future(s): Mining Literacies of Sustainable Consumption
TPR brought forward in What Fuels Fashion? Report
In the recently published report, What Fuels Fashion?, issued by Fashion Revolution, Consumption Research Norway SIFO’s suggestion for a Targeted Producer Responsibility method has received substantial attention alongside the Plastic Elephant report. In addition, the… TPR brought forward in What Fuels Fashion? Report
Holding on or letting go: Conflicting narratives of product longevity
Authors: Lisbeth Løvbak Berg, Marie Hebrok Abstract Increasing product longevity is seen as an effective way to reduce consumption within the circular economy. This paper explores narratives of product longevity, focusing on textiles, household appliances,… Holding on or letting go: Conflicting narratives of product longevity
SIFO-paper presented at Degrowth conference: More durable, or fewer products?
Three days of multidisciplinary perspectives to overcome our society’s obsession with economic growth, sounds like a good way to round out the month of June? Obviously… Consumption Research’s Irene Maldini took the trip to Spain… SIFO-paper presented at Degrowth conference: More durable, or fewer products?
Letter sent to the EU Council
Tanja Gotthardsen, a Danish anti-greenwashing specialist, Continual, and member of the advisory board for textiles at the Danish Consumer Council, Forbrugerrådet Tænk, has together with Professor Ingun Grimstad Klepp and Tone S. Tobiasson, penned a… Letter sent to the EU Council
On clothing and … love!
June 3rd, 2024, Ana Neto graduated as a Doctor in Design at the Lisbon School of Architecture, University of Lisbon with her research on “Usership in Fashion: A Grounded Theory on Wearer-Clothing Relationships”, which she carried… On clothing and … love!
Socks – the most neglected of all garments
Maria Kupen With’s Master thesis is entitled A new narrative of Neglected Socks. An exploration of new value creation and narratives for materials through creative fashion practice. She recently delivered her Masters at the Department… Socks – the most neglected of all garments
How does repair affect the value of clothes?
Kinga Zablocka is one of the Master students at OsloMet’s Master of Aesthetic Practices in Society (Fashion and Society), Department of Art, Design and Drama. Professor in Clothing and Sustainability, Ingun Grimstad Klepp, has been… How does repair affect the value of clothes?
ECOBALYSE feedback delivered
SIFO has actively contributed with feedback to EU’s Textile Strategy, including on PEFCR, ESPR, the Waste Framework directive, etc. and also – as ECOBALYSE is based on much of the same background data – decided… ECOBALYSE feedback delivered