CURRENT HOUR
come together -
a world workshop on fashion education for democracy and social & educational justice
to listen to each other in our local concerns, questions and critiques
to share strategies and solutions
to solidarize and support each other
to develop new connections and actions
In light of current politics, we feel a strong need for community and solidarity. We have decided to organise a spontaneous Multilogue, a "Current Hour" to create room for community exchange and enablement on fashion education for democracy and social & educational justice. Many of us are alarmed and directly concerned by austerity measures in education in connection with the rise of the far right, and the weakening of global democratic initiatives for social, climate and educational justice. The current degradation of the US federal government by Trump and Musk is further contributing to and converging social, democratic and climate crises globally.
world café format:
interactive, outcome-oriented, facilitated call-to-reflection and action, with brief provocations / calls-to-action from different global perspectives
P.S. Feel free to bring any resources or readings, you would like to share with the community. We will provide an open shared doc as a community collection point.
What is the Digital Multilogue on Fashion Education anyway?
The Digital Multilogue on Fashion Education wants to create connections and actions within and across different fashion learning cultures and contexts. It was founded in 2019 as a participatory and outcome-oriented space and a series of conferences focused on the learning and teaching of fashion. It aims to explore and illustrate the diversity and complexity of the field and the practices of fashion education, and to foster a greater understanding of its pasts, presents and futures – methods, values and didactic, pedagogic and epistemological questions – creating a global exchange to inspire mutual learning, collaborative research and shared action.
When is the Multilogue 2025 taking place?
20 November 2025
The Digital Multilogue on Fashion Education wants to create connections and actions within and across different fashion learning cultures and contexts. It was founded in 2019 as a participatory and outcome-oriented space and a series of conferences focused on the learning and teaching of fashion. It aims to explore and illustrate the diversity and complexity of the field and the practices of fashion education, and to foster a greater understanding of its pasts, presents and futures – methods, values and didactic, pedagogic and epistemological questions – creating a global exchange to inspire mutual learning, collaborative research and shared action.
When is the Multilogue 2025 taking place?
20 November 2025
What is it about and why?
The two-part edition of The Digital Multilogue on Fashion Education 2025/2026 is about: Learning to Walk, Walking to Learn.
Where is it happening: online / hybrid / in-person?
People are called to come together online to connect with global fashion learning communities. Anyway, everyone is invited to meet locally with friends and peers, joining the global community online.
Who could participate?
Everyone. The Multilogues are always open-access and free for all. As should all education be! And, as Everyone is a fashion learner.
I have more questions, who can I ask?
Please don’t hesitate to contact us on:
multilogue@fashioneducation.org
The two-part edition of The Digital Multilogue on Fashion Education 2025/2026 is about: Learning to Walk, Walking to Learn.
Where is it happening: online / hybrid / in-person?
People are called to come together online to connect with global fashion learning communities. Anyway, everyone is invited to meet locally with friends and peers, joining the global community online.
Who could participate?
Everyone. The Multilogues are always open-access and free for all. As should all education be! And, as Everyone is a fashion learner.
I have more questions, who can I ask?
Please don’t hesitate to contact us on:
multilogue@fashioneducation.org
The Digital Multilogue on Fashion Education wants to create connections and actions within and across different fashion learning cultures and contexts. It was founded in 2019 as a participatory and outcome-oriented space and a series of conferences focused on the learning and teaching of fashion. It aims to explore and illustrate the diversity and complexity of the field and the practices of fashion education, and to foster a greater understanding of its pasts, presents and futures – methods, values and didactic, pedagogic and epistemological questions – creating a global exchange to inspire mutual learning, collaborative research and shared action.
The Multilogues are organized by Franziska Schreiber & Dr. Renate Stauss, who are brought together and driven by their love for making and wearing fashion, for learning and thinking through fashion, and their belief in its connective, educational and transformative potential.
The Multilogues are organized by Franziska Schreiber & Dr. Renate Stauss, who are brought together and driven by their love for making and wearing fashion, for learning and thinking through fashion, and their belief in its connective, educational and transformative potential.
ORGANISERS
Dr. Renate Stauss is Assistant Professor of Fashion Studies at The American University of Paris in the Department of Communication, Media and Culture. She is also a lecturer at the Berlin University of the Arts.
Franziska Schreiber is a fashion designer
and currently holds a professorship for „fashion I body I digitality“ at the
Berlin University of the Arts.
FASHION IS A GREAT TEACHER – THE FASHION EDUCATION PODCAST
Fashion is a great teacher because it provides a fantastic lens to learn about the world and its people, about history, politics and culture. Join Renate Stauss and Franziska Schreiber, to discover the most inspiring voices in fashion education, their take on the how and why of learning and teaching fashion, their doubts and hopes, their lessons from fashion.
MULTILOGUE MOMENTS
This series of Fashion is a great teacher brings you Provocations and a Choir of Ideas from The Digital Multilogue on Fashion Education 2023: De-Fashioning Education; a Critical Thinking and Making Conference. We invited speakers from every continent to share their concerns, questions and ideas: Anjana Das, Mayank Mansingh Kaul, Sandra Niessen, Sunny Dolat, Otto von Busch, and Christina H. Moon, as they navigate the complexities of de-fashioning education, cultural inclusivity, sustainability, and transformative partnerships. This series invites listeners to join a global community rethinking fashion education for essential de-growth and diverse, interconnected futures.
Listen to the latest episode!
MULTILOGUE MOMENTS
Season 2 / Episode 5
Colectivo Malvestidas on ‘Decolonising Decolonisation! / A Decolonizar la Decolonización!'
This episode brings you ‘Decolonising Decolonisation! / A Decolonizar la Decolonización!'–the bi-lingual spoken part of the performance Provocation by Colectivo Malvestidas, at De-Fashioning Education – A Critical Thinking and Making Conference in Berlin – The Digital Multilogue on Fashion Education 2023.
THE FASHION EDUCATORS’ WORLD MAP
Come together! - towards a collaborative community of fashion educators. Join this global community mapping, inaugurated at The Digital Multilogue on Fashion Education 2020
Please join on Padlet!
FASHIONING EDUCATION
Fashioning education is a collaborative research initiative to open, facilitate and formalise the debate on fashion education against the backdrop of global social transformations.
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