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Erik de Maaker

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A video made to communicate the "Localizing Global Garment Biographies" research project, funded by the Dutch National Science Agenda (NWA). The term ‘biography’ here refers to the history of a garment – the story it tells.

The NWA funds projects that aim to utilize sci ...

Tales of a T-shirt

Questioning the global garment chain from a co-creative student perspective

This book is the outcome of an experimental research and teaching project, aimed at rethinking how the garments we wear create relationships between producers, designers and wearers. The project has researched these relationships centered on the production of a dedicated t-shirt, ...

Garment Connections

Localizing Global Garment Biographies

Are your T-shirts some of the least valuable pieces of clothing in your wardrobe? Or are they very important to you? Have you ever wondered about the origin of your T-shirts, how they were made, where, or by whom? Join us on a journey to explore the places where the cotton for T- ...
Heritage—natural and cultural, material and immaterial—plays a key role in the development of sustainable cities and communities. Goal 11, target 4, of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) emphasizes the relation between heritage and sustainability. The International LDE Heri ...