As a key component of the mainstream fashion system, fashion schools and educators have a unique role in shaping the next generation of fashion leaders. Today many institutions are committing themselves to ‘indigenizing’ their curriculums and repairing relationships with Indigenous students. In this panel, a wide range of activists, educators, scholars and students will discuss their projects and comment on the role that fashion education has in supporting Indigenous design.
Moderator(s)
Riley Kucheran
Riley Kucheran is an Indigenous fashion researcher who supports a global community of Indigenous makers who are leading design resurgence.…
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Adrienne J. Keene
Adrienne J. Keene is an Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown University. Her research areas include…
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Ben Barry
Ben Barry (he/him) is a fashion educator, scholar and academic leader who is committed to liberation in fashion education and…
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Dori Tunstall
Elizabeth (Dori) Tunstall is a design anthropologist, public intellectual, and design advocate who works at the intersections of critical theory,…
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