Brazilian Indigenous Fashion Design: More Than Human Perspectives to Fashion Design Practices

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Abstract

This paper looks into de-centring the current mainstream anthropocentric western fashion design discourse and practice by investigating the work of contemporary Brazilian indigenous fashion designers. Today, the practices and relationships established by fashion design industry are at a state of transition as we — designers, researchers and wearers — foresee responsible ways to stay with the Earth. Contemporary articulations through indigenous and ancient knowledge systems are seen as an opportunity to reestablish relationships of care and respect. Interested in this opportunity and its possible implementations in the field of fashion design, this paper investigates how contemporary indigenous fashion designers in Brazil challenge western value systems and enmesh indigenous thinking in their practice. The paper starts by laying out discussions on indigenous knowledge systems and its relationships with design. Following, two cases are introduced and analysed through data collected via interviews and desktop research, namely the work of designers Dayana Molina and We’e’na TIkuna. This is done from the perspective of a fashion designer-researcher with roots in Brazil. To conclude, possible more than human directions that challenge the current fashion practices are exposed.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2023
MoE publication typeNot Eligible
EventFashion in 3D: Decolonizing, Deconstructing, Decentering - University of Bologna, Rimini, Italy
Duration: 19 Oct 202321 Oct 2023
https://eventi.unibo.it/fashion3d

Conference

ConferenceFashion in 3D
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityRimini
Period19/10/202321/10/2023
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