Stitching time: artisanal collaboration and slow fashion in post-disaster Haiti

The promotion of the textile and garment industries as a development strategy following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti and a US-backed return to garment assembly lines has prompted an interrogation of some of the local impacts of transnational manufacturing practices in this context. This essay seeks to evaluate alternative fashion practices and social enterprises in Haiti that are currently challenging and disassembling the contemporary forms of slavery predominant in offshore low-wage garment manufacturing. These slower “ethical fashion” cooperatives integrate traditional Haitian skills and cultural konesans (knowledge) with international design languages and market savoir-faire to produce unique handcrafted pieces for the global fashion market. Yet, as this paper argues, these collaborations reveal ongoing neo-colonial inequalities that side-line Haitian agency. Their uneven modes of production and marketing strategies often involve short-term interventions by Western fashion designers that undermine Haitian expertise. This examination of artisan “development” therefore seeks to situate these enterprises in a longer history of sustainability in Haiti, and considers how stitching cloth in response to disaster can retrace the stories of loss and survival of communities and mediate cultural knowledge

Start something that matters

189 hlm, 22,6 c

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xi, 222 hlm; 21 x 14,8 c

Start something that matters

In Start Something That Matters, Blake Mycoskie tells the story of TOMS, one of the fastest-growing shoe companies in the world, and combines it with lessons learned from such other innovative organizations as method, charity: water, FEED Projects, and TerraCycle. Blake presents the six simple keys for creating or transforming your own life and business, from discovering your core story to being resourceful without resources; from overcoming fear and doubt to incorporating giving into every aspect of your life. No matter what kind of change you?re considering, Start Something That Matters gives you the stories, ideas, and practical tips that can help you get started

Dari sepatu membangun dunia

xi, 222 hlm; 21 x 14,8 c

Kamus Kartu Anak: Kamus Multilingual Indonesia-Arabinggris

xv, 66 hlm.: ilus.; 25 c

Kamus Kartu Anak: Kamus Multilingual Indonesia-Arabinggris

xv, 66 hlm.: ilus.; 25 c

Dari Sepatu Membangun Dunia

Buku ini memberikan kisah inspiratif dari seorang pengusaha asal Amerika Serikat yaitu Blake Mycoskie. Kisah yang diceritakan dengan tujuan menginspirasi, menghibur, dan menantang. Buku ini juga dapat menjadi pendorong bagi yang tengah berusaha membuat perubahan positif di dunia.xii+224 hlm.: ilus.; 21 cm