Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Artistic and research interests
Sofia Pantouvaki founded Costume in Focus (2013), the first research group on performance costume and led the research project Costume Methodologies (2014-2018) funded by the Academy of Finland. Her research currently focuses on the theory and practice of performance costume with a special interest in design for opera and dance, costume and technology, and costume and sustainability; curation and exhibition design; scenography as theatre education; and clothing in the concentration camps of World War Two.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Doctoral degree, Arts and Design, University of the Arts London
Award Date: 1 Dec 2008
Keywords
- Scenography
- Costume in Focus
- Costume design
- Costume in action
- Concentration Camp Clothing
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Costuming the Extreme: A Critical Analysis of Concentration Camp Prisoner Costumes in 'Schindler's List' (1993)
Pantouvaki, S., 7 Mar 2024.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › Scientific › peer-review
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Emergent voices and recovered practices
Osmond, S. & Pantouvaki, S., 2024, In: Studies in Costume and Performance. 9, 1, p. 3-7 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific › peer-review
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"Moonshine Prince (Månskensprinsen)" (Costume design) exhibited in 'World Costume in Action' exhibition at Bucharest Scenography Biennale 2024
Pantouvaki, S., 23 Oct 2024Research output: Artistic and non-textual form › Exhibition › Art in coproduction › peer-review
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Researching with and through Costume: Proposition for a Research Framework
Pantouvaki, S., 16 Dec 2024, Insubordinate Costume: Inspiring Performance. Marshall, S. (ed.). 1st ed. New York / Oxon: Routledge, p. 129-140 12 p. 8Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review
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Studies in Costume and Performance, Issue 9.1 (open themed)
Pantouvaki, S. (Editor) & Osmond, S. (Editor), 29 Jul 2024, In: Studies in Costume and Performance. 9, 1, 97 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › Scientific › peer-review
Projects
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TICP: Technological Innovations in Costume Practice (TICP): Enabling the adoption of new manufacturing technologies by live performance costume professionals
Pantouvaki, S. (Principal investigator)
15/11/2024 → 14/12/2025
Project: EU: MC
Prizes
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Gold Medal PQ2015 for Best Exposition in the Student Section, Prague Quadrennial 2015
Pantouvaki, S. (Recipient), 22 Jun 2015
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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Student prize: Young Golden Award of Costume Design
Siren, M. (Student prize recipient) & Pantouvaki, S. (Supervising professor), 2018
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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Student Prize: AURINGONPISTOS (Mad from the Sun), fiction, 2020, dir. Anna Äärelä, MA film
Äärelä, A. (Student prize recipient), Saarela, S. (Supervising professor), Lakanen, A. (Supervising professor), Koskinen, P. (Supervising professor), Talvio, R. (Supervising professor), Ronkainen, R. (Supervising professor), Mäkinen, K. (Supervising professor) & Pantouvaki, S. (Supervising professor), Aug 2021
Prize: Award or honor granted for a specific work
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Student Prize: HÄÄVALSSI (Wedding Waltz)
Koivusalo, S. (Student prize recipient), Heiskanen, A. (Supervisor), Ronkainen, R. (Supervising professor), Koskinen, P. (Supervising professor), Lakanen, A. (Supervising professor), Mäkinen, K. (Supervising professor) & Pantouvaki, S. (Supervising professor), Nov 2020
Prize: Invitation or ranking in competition
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Student Prize: KOTIMATKA (Homebound)
Harjusaari, M. (Student prize recipient), Saarela, S. (Supervising professor), Mertsola, I. (Supervisor), Simanis, D. (Supervising professor), Koskinen, P. (Supervising professor), Lakanen, A. (Supervising professor), Ronkainen, R. (Supervising professor), Mäkinen, K. (Supervising professor), Kuttner, I. (Supervising professor) & Pantouvaki, S. (Student prize recipient), Mar 2020
Prize: Invitation or ranking in competition
Activities
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Poor Things; The Costumes, In Conversation with costume designer Holly Waddington
Pantouvaki, S. (Speaker), Waddington, H. (Invited speaker) & Thanopoulos, P. (Contributor)
12 Jun 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Public talk to non-academic audience (public outreach)
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Sustainable Threads: Initiatives and Actions for Ecological Costume Practice
Pantouvaki, S. (Keynote speaker)
25 Aug 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Academic keynote or plenary lecture
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Exploring transmedia and transmaterial costumes
Pantouvaki, S. (Speaker)
16 Oct 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Conference presentation
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Critical Costume
Pantouvaki, S. (Chair), Nadoolman Landis, D. (Organiser) & Rubin, N. (Organiser)
6 Mar 2024 → 9 Mar 2024Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Chair of a conference, workshop, panel, session, tutorial or event
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Critical Approaches to Costume Practice + Research
Pantouvaki, S. (Speaker)
4 Sept 2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited academic talk
Press/Media
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GLOBAL ROUND UP SECTOR WEEKLY: UNIVERSITY NEWSLETTER OF WEEK-ENDED DEC 17, 2023
Liski, M., Pantouvaki, S., Vuorinen, T., Kallio, T., Viitala, R., Korkeamäki, T. & Verma, I.
18/12/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Award-winning Finnish Student Exhibition at the Prague Quadrennial 2023
16/06/2023
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Costume as a Way of Thinking – Interview with Professor Sofia Pantouvaki
20/01/2022
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Sofia Pantouvaki: Αντί να πλένεις θα πρέπει να ποτίζεις το κοστούμι [Instead of Washing, You’ll Need to Water the Costume]
12/01/2021
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Media appearance
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Sofia får älvorna att skimra
01/01/2020 → 01/03/2020
2 Media contributions
Press/Media: Media appearance