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Hello, The following event may be of interest to you: Designing Ethics: Racial Imaginaries and the Interweaving of Power in Peruvian Ethical Fashion Design Monday, October 15, 2018 In Peru, garments bring together bodies, fabrics, and symbols in a textured weave that has everything to do with power and the power of representation. The expansion of “ethical fashion” - akin to fair trade commodities - has opened a space of dialogue across an intractable racial divide. In this talk, Patricia will trace how fashion designers attempt to create a new post-conflict, inclusive, indigenous-oriented, multicultural “look” for Peru. At stake in her analysis are the ethical claims of design practices in ethical capitalist fashion supply chains.Patricia's film Entretejido will also be presented. Entretejido weaves together the different sites and communities involved in the making of alpaca wool fashions, from animal to runway. The film is a sensorial immersion into the textures that compose this supply chain, bringing viewers into contact with the ways objects we wear are entangled in national racial politics. Time: 4:45 pm – 6:45 pm EDT/GMT-4 Location: Olin Humanities, Room 102 Sponsor: Anthropology Program; Experimental Humanities Program; LAIS Program Contact: Gregory Duff Morton. E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 845-758-7662 If you would like to see more events please visit the following URL: http://anthropology.bard.edu/events/