Sociocultural Sustainability and Fashion Culture

1. Fashion culture and identity: fashion as symbolic communication, identity formation, and cultural practice.
2. Social sustainability in fashion: labor rights, equity, inclusion, working conditions, and representation.
3. Cultural sustainability and fashion heritage: preservation of traditional practices, cultural diversity, and decolonial perspectives, cultural appropriation vs. appreciation.

4 credits = 108 hours
Orientation, video lectures and other material: approx. 10 hours
Literature and other reading: approx. 35–40 hours
Learning assignments (e.g. writing, reflection, discussions): approx. 40–45 hours
Peer assessment or other participatory activities: approx. 5–10 hours
Self-assessment and final course assignment: approx. 5–8 hours

Online studies 100%
Learning environment: Moodle.

Literature, recorded lectures, videos, and podcasts.
Quizzes, writing assignments, short essays, and discussion forum tasks.
A final reflective and/or creative project and its documentation.