LEArning workshops
Dynamic learning experiences that engage participants
with a pluriverse of
onto-epistemologies,
& methods—
enabling DIVERSE learnings toward sustainable
fashion-textile design
praxis.
Central to my PhD research was the creation of innovative methods and methodologies that engage and inspire fashion-textile design practitioners, students, educators and researchers with multifaceted approaches to sustainability.
For holistic sustainability to emerge, there must be a delinking and unlearning from certain modern fashioning practices that are detrimental to life on this planet.
Fashion-textile practitioners remain deeply entrenched in existing methodologies and onto-epistemologies, which continue to be taught in many fashion schools.
Through the notion of a pluriverse—a world where many worlds fit—
I create learning environments where participants can explore divergent ontologies that are relational, place-based, holistic & autonomous.
The methods employed encompass various experiential, embodied, material, and contemplative processes, encouraging participants to think about sustainability in diverse ways.
These workshops explore new possibilities for the evolution of fashion-textiles beyond traditional frameworks, introducing approaches that foster a holistic perspective on sustainability.
This is a dynamic space for social learning and sharing with one another, a space to learn other ways of being in the world and how these may serve the transformative transitions needed at this time.
Co-creatively, we foster an environment where we sit in ambiguity, emergence, and not-knowing. From this place, other ways of sensing into the world and fashion-textiles can unfold.
In-person workshop experiences range from 4 hours to 5 days in length. Due to their experiential nature, the more time we have to play, the deeper we can go.
These workshops culminate my past four years of doctoral research and practice, 15+ years working in the fashion industry and academia, and 10+ years undertaking personal transformational and contemplative work. Read more about me here.
Based in Australia, I travel globally several times yearly to facilitate and share my work. Please get in touch with your details and to book a chat to learn more.
