The potential and Problems of Global Fashion and Design Histories

Potter, Cher (2018) The potential and Problems of Global Fashion and Design Histories. In: KpaKpaKpa: Connecting Places and Practices, 18 - 22 February 2018, Museum of Contemporary African Art (MOCAA), Cape Town, South Africa.

KpaKpaKpa: Connecting places and practices conference poster

Type of Research:	Conference, Symposium or Workshop Item
Creators:	Potter, Cher
Description:	How are South African and Senegalese fashion designers and stylists - like the Sartists, the Smarteez, Lukhanyo Mdingi, Selly Rabe Kane, and others - reviving and adapting 20th Century urban (activist) fashion movements – for example the Swenkas and the Pantsulas – as a way of forging local histories of dress? Delivered at: ‘KpaKpaKpa: Connecting places and practices’, Museum of Contemporary African Art (MOCAA), Cape Town (167 attendees). Organisers: Cher Potter, Prof M’Rithaa, Mark Coetzee (MOCAA). Eighteen speakers including Dr Tanya Bosch (Media Studies, University of Cape Town), Dr Erica DeGreef (Senior Curator, MOCAA), Mokena Makeka (Makeka Design Lab), Xzavier Zulu (Sartists) investigated pan-African connections in games design, robotics, wearables; and African urban identity through fashion, social media, built environment.
Official Website:	http://afridesignx.com/
Your affiliations with UAL:	Colleges > London College of Fashion
Date:	2 February 2018
Funders:	Leverhulme Trust
Related Websites:	https://zeitzmocaa.museum/
Related Websites:	https://zeitzmocaa.museum/
Related Publications:	Potter C. Our Tribe: The Sartists’ depiction of post-subculture in Johannesburg. In Pinther K, Ndjio B and Kastner K (eds) Fashionscapes, Bloomsbury Publishing (2022)
Event Location:	Museum of Contemporary African Art (MOCAA), Cape Town, South Africa
Date Deposited:	25 May 2021 16:00
Last Modified:	18 Oct 2022 14:41
Item ID:	16890
URI:	https://ualresearchonline.arts.ac.uk/id/eprint/16890

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