Living & learning at the race & gender intersection: developing inclusive education with Fashion Business Management students

Blanchard-Emmerson, Julie (2024) Living & learning at the race & gender intersection: developing inclusive education with Fashion Business Management students. In: Equitas - EDI in Practice in Higher Education Conference, 23 - 24 May 2024, TUS Moylish, Limerick, Ireland. (Unpublished)

Creators:
Blanchard-Emmerson, Julie
Description/Abstract:

The Representation and Inclusion in the Fashion Industry report, published by the British Textiles and Fashion All-Party Parliamentary Group in 2021, highlights that to be black or Asian and a woman is to remain completely under-represented at the higher echelons of the fashion industry. It also suggests that fashion education plays a part in the discriminatory experiences of students who are racialised. In my recently funded research to tackle some of that prejudice, by co-producing knowledge with MA Fashion Business Management students about how best to teach issues related to ethnicity in fashion business education, it became clear that race and gender were intertwined. Predominately black and Asian women took part in the initial focus groups, and it is these students who are least likely to achieve the top roles in fashion businesses. This paper discusses how the intersection of gender and race might be examined and addressed through teaching techniques, subject matter, and wider strategies, within a creative arts institution. The study aims to use intersectionality as a lens through which to explore the ways that unconscious bias and structural racism and sexism could be confronted, developing a more inclusive fashion education system, thereby driving diversity and equity in the fashion industry.

Item Type:
Conference or Workshop Item
Date:
23 May 2024
Funders:
UCA
Event Location:
TUS Moylish, Limerick, Ireland
Schools:
Business School for the Creative Industries
Depositing User:
Dr Julie Blanchard-Emmerson
Date Deposited:
12 Sep 2024 15:19
Last Modified:
12 Sep 2024 15:19
Blanchard-Emmerson, Julie:
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1920-9993
URI:
https://research.uca.ac.uk/id/eprint/6421

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