> Neue Deadline
> Animal Fashion CFP
>
> The international journal Apparence(s) will publish a special issue
> (Spring 2021) on the complex relationships between animals or animal
> by-products and fashion and dress. The special issue will examine the use
> of animal by-products (be it fur, feathers, cochineal or silk) alongside
> the inspiration animals have long provided to fashion (from the mode
> giraffe in 1830 France to the shark-skin swimsuit of Michael Phelps). We
> want to study sartorial practices, their meanings and impact whether
> cultural, economic or environmental. The volume aims to investigate the
> use of animal by-products in dress and fashion but also shed light on the
> trades and skills of people involved in the transformation of animal
> products for fashion from feather workers to leather tanners, hat
> makers, furriers, or bone cutters
Their aesthetic, social and economic
> importance will be re-contextualised alongside the more general
> technological and environmental issues their trade raises.
>
> Animals have been a source of inspiration for fashion designers but also
> an economic engine for the wealth of nations whilst in some cultures they
> are a crucial spiritual point of reference (the Pacific feather cloaks
> being a case in point) and they provide source material and inspiration to
> contemporary R&D projects (from spider-DNA to goats milk-derived fibres).
> Dress whether fashionable, everyday, technical or ritual has long had
> complex, multi dimensional relationships to animals.
>
> Both as an interface between the body politic and the individual body and
> as defining features of human civilization, dress and bodily decoration
> are key sites in which the relationship between humans and animals are
> defined and constructed.
>
> Yet, despite a few isolated studies, very little scholarly attention has
> been paid to the relationship between animals and dress. Often narrow in
> terms of chronological, geographical or methodological scope, what exists
> has failed to grasp the more complex ramifications of the topic. At the
> crossroads of many disciplinary approaches, the « Animal fashion » special
> issue intends to explore these complex issues without restricting itself
> to a specific century, geographical space or cultural reality.
>
> In this volume we also to intend to address questions raised by the fairly
> recent emergence of animal studies to see what light they can shed on our
> topic. This approach, which often posits animal agency, challenges the
> traditional dichotomic opposition between human subjects and animals seen
> as passive objects be it as source material for fashion or as objects of
> study.
>
> We are calling on historians, economists, archaeologists,
> archaeozoologists, anthropologists and animal studies specialists to send
> their proposals to
> afennetaux@yahoo.com and gabriele.mentges@tu-dortmund.de
>
> Please send complete 6000 word essays in electronic format in French or
> in English by October 30th 2020. The essays should be accompanied by a
> 300-word abstract in English and by a list of 5 keywords. Please refer to
> the journals website for formatting guidelines.
>
> Articles will be subjected to double blind peer review, so please do
> respect the following guidelines for submission:
>
> Submissions are to take the following form:
> – One WORD file (times 12, double spacing) that doesnt bear the name of
> the author which contains the text and footnotes of the article, a
> 300-word long abstract in English and 5 keywords, and a list of figures
> with the full captions of your illustrations.
> – One WORD file with your name, affiliation, a 300-word long biographical
> notice of the author, the title of the article and your contact details
> – A folder with your illustrations as jpg or tiff files titled in the
> following manner
> o YourNameFig1.jpg/.tiff
> o YourNameFig2.jpg/.tiff
>
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> Gabriele Mentges
>
>
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>
> Prof. Dr. Gabriele Mentges
> Lindenplatz 1
> 56859 Bullay
> 06542-961883
>
> www.fk16.tu-dortmund.de/textil/02_personal/mentges.html
>
> Prof. Dr. em. Gabriele Mentges
> Institut für Kunst und Materielle Kultur
> Institute of Art and Material Culture
> TU-Dortmund
> Emil-Figgestr. 50
> 44227 Dortmund
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Gabriele Mentges
Bitte zukünftig für normale Postzustellungen folgende Adresse benutzen/
Prière pour le courrier d´utiliser l´adresse suivante /please forward
normal mail to following adress
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Mentges
Lindenplatz 1
56859 Bullay
06542-961883
www.fk16.tu-dortmund.de/textil/02_personal/mentges.html
Prof. Dr. em. Gabriele Mentges
Institut für Kunst und Materielle Kultur
Institute of Art and Material Culture
TU-Dortmund
Emil-Figgestr. 50
44227 Dortmund
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rechtsverbindlich, wenn sie in herkömmlicherSc hriftform (mit
eigenhändiger Unterschrift) oder durch Übermittlung eines solchen
Schriftstücks per Telefax erfolgen.
Important note: The information included in this e-mail is confidential.
It is solely intended for the recipient. If you are not the intended
recipient of this e-mail please contact the sender and delete this
message. Thank you. Without prejudice of e-mail correspondence, our
statements are only legally binding when they are made in the conventional
written form (with personal signature) or when such documents are sent by
fax.
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