Outputs (34)

There’s no b’ness like ho b’ness: Deconstructing the hip-hop ‘ho’ (2019)
Book Chapter

Fashion has long been used to differentiate between prostitutes and ‘respectable’ members of society. Whether through state enforced sumptuary laws or less formally imposed but equally codified visual markers, the identity category of ‘prostitute’ h... Read More about There’s no b’ness like ho b’ness: Deconstructing the hip-hop ‘ho’.

Editorial: Intersectional dress (2018)
Journal Article

The study of dress and adornment practices is perforce the study of the materialisation of intersecting identities. Class, gender, sexuality, age, race, dis/ability and other identity markers are all writ large on an individual’s clothed body and Cre... Read More about Editorial: Intersectional dress.

Ageing by design: The role of the art school in creating a sustainable future (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Many designers in the UK - including graphic designers, communication designers, textile designers, interior designers and fashion designers, to name but a few - all start their professional training in an Art School. The educating of designers along... Read More about Ageing by design: The role of the art school in creating a sustainable future.

Relational ethics and the institution as 'intimate other' (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper will explore the responsibilities and risks attendant to engaging in autoethnographic research wherein the researcher’s gaze is turned on the context in which they are operating and their employing institution becomes an identifiable other... Read More about Relational ethics and the institution as 'intimate other'.

Unravelling Miss Marple: Knitting, intuition and ageing femininity (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

'I envisage you knitting more jackets, head scarves and a good many other things of which I do not know the name. If you prefer to continue knitting, that is your decision. If you prefer to serve the cause of justice, I hope that you may at least fin... Read More about Unravelling Miss Marple: Knitting, intuition and ageing femininity.

Auditing creativity? The UK Art School in the age of neoliberalism (2018)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Short abstract

This paper will examine the role that the HEI Art School plays in both normalising and resisting the standardisation of the artist/designer in the UK and reflect on the growing influence of systems of 'coercive accountability' (Shor... Read More about Auditing creativity? The UK Art School in the age of neoliberalism.

Editorial: Why ageing matters! (2017)
Journal Article

The special issue of Clothing Cultures that this editorial introduces is concerned with the relationship between ageing and dress or, more specifically, ‘old age’ and dress.

It outlines the rationale behind why the Special Issue: Ageing and Dres... Read More about Editorial: Why ageing matters!.

Othering the elderly: Autoethnography as counteractive methodological strategy (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper will first establish that 'the elderly' are habitually othered in the texts that endeavour to describe 'them' and their 'needs'. It will then argue that an intersectional conceptualising of identity construction aids a researcher who is en... Read More about Othering the elderly: Autoethnography as counteractive methodological strategy.

Age-appropriate dress? (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper aims to contribute to the developing body of literature spanning dress, fashion and sociological theory which is concerned with unpicking the way in which the category of ‘old age’ is enacted within a symbolic economy of difference. More s... Read More about Age-appropriate dress?.

Spirit of ‘68.The ‘next’ role of the art/design school? (2017)
Journal Article

From the current political and cultural landscape, the workshop sought to develop discussions surrounding the potential for art and design education to instigate and make socio-political comment and change. The rationale for the study coincides with... Read More about Spirit of ‘68.The ‘next’ role of the art/design school?.