Saturday, October 22, 2016, 10am-5pm
327
Bloor St. West, Toronto
Toronto, 2014, photo by K. Sark
Symposium Schedule
10:15am – Welcome remarks and introduction by
organizers Kat Sark and Elizabeth Semmelhack
Research areas and interests: cities and
fashion, cultural analysis and cultural history, gender, identity, photography,
film, theatre, media, fashion and technology
Symposium goals: foster a community between Canadian fashion
scholars and professionals
10:40am – Juni L. Yeung, University of
Toronto
jt.yeung@mail.utoronto.ca
Research areas and interests:identity and
nationalism, internet and digital/collaborative scholarship, Hanfu (Chinese
ethnic dress)
Symposium goals:To seek new connections for potentially
expanding the scope of my research, or to provide useful interdisciplinary
comparisons and inspiration
10:50am – Ketzia Sherman, Ryerson University
Research areas and interests: fashioned body, body modification, cosmetic, culture
Symposium goals: connect with other
fashion scholars and continuefashion research dialogue
11:00am – Alison Matthews David, Ryerson University
Research areas and interests: material culture, crime, history, identity, interdisciplinarity
Symposium goals: promote the new,
blind peer-reviewed, open-access Fashion Studies journal hosted by Ryerson that
accepts critical and creative work; promote Nouveau Reach conference in May
2017
11:10am – Elena Siemens, University of Alberta
Research areas and interests: fashion photography, fashion exhibitions
Symposium
goals: interaction,
dissemination, promoting new publications and exhibits
11:20am – Deirdre
Macdonald, University of King’s College, Halifax
Research areas and interests: Milliner
Lily Jamon (El Jamon); Canadian fashion history, with a particular interest in
the crafting of hats and their social context
Symposium goals: network with Canadian fashion scholars
11:30am –Laura Snelgrove, independent fashion scholar, Montreal
Research areas and interests: vintage, retail,
Montreal, oral history
Symposium goals: research feedback and guidance about
publishing in Canada. I’d be eager to speak with other scholars about the
balance required for presenting rigorous scholarship in an accessible tone.
11:40am –
Marie O'Mahony, OCAD
University
Research areas and interests: wearable technology, information gathering,
storage and transmittance in textiles, smart materials, sustainability
Symposium goals: Collaborations that interest me relate to
teaching and research with academics and industry and my goal for this
symposium is to explore these further.
11:50pm – Francesca
D’Angelo, Humber College
Research areas and interests: material culture, fashion theory, feminist studies, cross-cultural
studies, phenomenology
Symposium goals: I would be interested in collaborating with others who are doing
cross-cultural comparative work related to fashion and fashion consumption,
especially with regards to accessories. I am also interested in collaborating
with scholars in literary studies or film studies.
12:00pm – SHORT BREAK (10min)
12:10pm – Suzi
Webster, contemporary fashion artist
Research areas and interests: technology,
being and the body, intersections
between object and performance, fashion and art, the body and its context,
public and private,art, sex, handbags
Symposium goals: After last year's symposium where I presented
the third and final piece in my electric trilogy, I am excited to present a new
cycle of work that explores sexuality, the body and fashion through the object
of the handbag.
12:20pm – Nathaniel
Weiner, York University
Research areas and interests: consumption, masculinity, men’s fashion, online communities
Symposium
goals: discuss online culture’s
discursive construction of “menswear” and “style” as
categories distinct from fashion. Connect with other scholars who work on the under-theorised
subject of men’s fashion and to discuss other forms of style that sit at the
margins of what is usually understood as fashion. I would also be interested in collaborating
with or attending workshops presented by industry practitioners who could share
insights on the materiality of menswear.
12:30pm – Esther
Berry, Ryerson University
Research areas and interests: hair trade,
hairstyle, hair fashion satire, fin-de-siècle
visual culture,
Chinese exclusion
era
Symposium
goals: network with fashion
scholars
12:40pm – Madeleine Goubau, Université du Québec à Montréal,
and fashionjournalist at Radio-
Canada
Research areas and interests: fashion, communication, media, journalism, diplomacy
Symposium goals: to share my thoughts
and findings on the journalistic coverage of the fashion scene by the Canadian
traditional and digital media. Establish contacts with researchers whose works
could become good stories for Radio-Canada.
12:50pm –Joanna Berzowska, Concordia University
Research areas and interests: Biometric SmartWear
Symposium
goals: network with designers,
manufacturers, innovators
1:00pm – Alexis Walker, McCord Museum Montreal
Research areas and interests: lingerie, Wonderbra, Canadelle, marketing, technology
Symposium goals: The McCord Museum
recently acquired the Wonderbra archive from the Canadelle Company of Montreal.
I hope my work would promote this company as a worldwide leader in design,
technological innovation, and creative marketing throughout the second half of
the 20th century.
1:10pm – Ingrid
Mida, Ryerson University
Research areas and interests: Material culture,
Collections, Drawing, Curatorial Practice
Symposium goals: object-based research, collection management,
engaging students with material culture, using drawing as a research tool,
being a curator in the digital age
1:20pm – Alexandra Kim, Acting
Curator, Montgomery’s Inn (Museums & Heritage Services, City of
Toronto),
editor of Costume,
Journal of the UK Costume Society
Research areas and interests: royal
dress, 19th c. dressmakers, British couture, museum collections
Symposium goals: connect with others researching Canadian fashion past and present; I’d
be especially interested in those working on early 19th century
dress in Toronto. Making connections between collections (both in museums and
beyond) and making these more accessible to wider audiences.
1:30pm – Lauren Nadine Osmond, Queen's
University
Research areas and interests: conservation methods, fashion wearables, interactivity
Symposium
goals: From the symposium I hope to make connections with other fashion
scholars
to inform my analysis of how new
media works that involve interactive wearables can be better
cared for into the future.
1:40pm– Kathryn
Franklin,York University
Research areas and interests: glamour, fashion, celebrity, Canadian literature
Symposium goals: My interest is to
network with other scholars exploring fashion as a literary form. As an
emerging scholar I would be interested in workshops that would look into
publishing and teaching options for our particular research.
1:50pm – LUNCH BREAK(40min)
2:30pm – Nigel Lezama, BrockUniversity
Research areas and interests: luxury, fashion, dandyism, counter-discourse, identity
Symposium goals: I would enjoy
discussions on the challenges and benefits of collaboration between the academy
and industry and workshops on working with fashion objects, fashion and gen y,
fashion and national identity, among others.
2:40pm – Jennifer Triemstra-Johnston, Fashion Arts and Creative Textiles Studio
(FACTS)
Research areas and interests: sustainable design,
education, local production
Symposium goals: My preferred discussion topics are education,
sustainable design and local production. I would like to collaborate with local
designers interested in fibreshed, upcycling and surfacedesign. My goals for
this symposium are to forge future relationships and interest for
FACTS. I am
interested in workshops on product lifecycles and local production.
2:50pm – Myriam
Couturier, Ryerson University
Research areas and interests: material culture, glamour, visual culture, and fashion exhibitions
Symposium goals: My main goal for this
symposium is to meet and collaborate with other fashion scholars working in
visual, material culture, and fashion history studies, as well as museum
professionals with an interest in developing research-focused fashion exhibits
in a Canadian context.
3:00pm– Katherine Bosnitch, FashionDesignStudioNBCCD(NewBrunswickCollegeofCraftandDesign)
Research areas and interests: Fashion illustration,drawing,sketching,art,visualcommunication
Symposium goals: I am interested in working as an illustrator
in concert with other fashion scholars.
3:10pm – Anastasia Pearce, Saskatchewan Fashion Week, Designer –Gaistazia,
Founder - Brand Canada
Research areas and interests: new media studies,
fashion and arts history, branding and digital
marketing,
fashion technology, scenography
Symposium
goals: To connect with
Canadian fashion industry professionals
3:20pm – Rebecca
Halliday, York University
Research areas and interests: fashion show, spectacle, media, street style, luxury
Symposium goals: My research helps to
inform discussions of the future of Fashion Week events in Canada. I would
participate in any creative collaborations and/or workshops.
3:30pm –Lori Moran, University of Alberta
Research areas and interests: clothing & textile collection, clothing
History, design inspiration, conservation, graduate programs
Symposium goals: to bring to the attention of students and
scholars the existence of the
Department of Human
Ecology’s Clothing and Textile
Collectionand its value as a
research and design resource. Ours is a
teaching
Collection but remains somewhat of a ‘hidden gem’. I believe there also may be unrecognized
opportunities for collaboration and study with other fashion scholars who may
not be aware of our Human Ecology graduate program specialties in Material
Culture and Design Studies and in Textile Science.
3:40pm – Shelley Haines, Ryerson University
Research areas and interests: sustainable fashion, fashion design, environmental psychology
Symposium goals: I would be interested in workshops focused on
sustainable fashion, creative design, and apparel
production and supply chains. The expert audience attending this event would
provide me with valuable feedback and future directions for my master’s
research project. Ultimately, I hope this experience will lead to potential
collaborations and open the door for future employment opportunities in fashion
design or related fields.
3:50pm – ValérieLamontagne, Concordia University and designer of 3lectromode
Research areas and interests: fashion technology
Symposium
goals: My goal for the
symposium is to get feedback from the fashion community on
the use of
technology with fashion, as well as share my knowledge in wearables.
4:00pm – Jessica P. Clark, Brock University
Research areas and interests:beauty culture, history of appearance,
cosmetics, identity, representation, race and ethnicity
Symposium
goals: Collaborations on
representations of fashion and identity
4:10pm – Natalie Nudell, independent fashion scholar
Research areas and interests:American fashion
industry, fashion system, labour and fashion,
20th century
fashion and material culture, gender
Symposium goals:presenting my research, which is the basis for
the forthcoming fashion documentary “Ruth Finley’s Fashion Calendar,” and Ruth
Finley Collection at FIT
4:20pm – SHORT BREAK (10min)
4:30pm – Workshops (30min, offered concurrently):
1: Fashion, Wearable Technology + the Circular Economy: Brainstorming session developing sustainable strategies for fashion
and wearable technology(
Marie O’Mahony)
2: Methodologies and challenges in Fashion Studies(Francesca D’Angelo)
3: Fashion Journalism in Canada: how to effectively suggest a fashion related topic to journalists
(Madeleine Goubau)
5pm – Closing remarks by organizers Kat Sark and Elizabeth Semmelhack
ImportantInformation:
Because of the high volume of presenters this year,
the presentations will be limited to 5min
max., leaving 5min for questions after each presentation. Please do not prepare formal papers –
the purpose of the presentation is to briefly and informally introduce
yourself and your work. You may also announce any current projects you are
working on.
If you are planning to do a visual presentation of
your work, please send your presentation to Kat Sark no later thanOctober 20, 2016.
Presenters will be able to visit the Bata Shoe
Museum free of charge.
This year, the symposium will not be open to the public as seating is limited.
Participants are encouraged to bring promotional materialsfor display on
current publications, exhibitions, and other fashion-related projects.
For Toronto
restaurant recommendations, please see:
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Attendees:
Bruce Sinclair, Humber College's Fashion Management Bachelor of Commerce Program
Research areas and interests: textile laws
Symposium goals:
Katherine Seally, University of
Toronto, Museum Studies
Research areas and interests: museum studies
Symposium goals: network with fashion scholars
Shuengit
Natasha Chow/ Swannjie,
Maison des Artistes, France
/ Ontario Association of Architects
Research areas and interests: Performance Attire for Guqin Music
Symposium goals: network with fashion scholars, designers, makers
Toronto, 2014, photo by K. Sark
