May 3, 2021

    Situating the Dressed Body in the Social World

    Dress lies at the margins of the body and marks the boundary between self and other, individual and society. This…
    May 1, 2021

    Fashion, Identification and Emergent Socialites

    According to Maffesoli (1988, 1991, 1996), we are currently witnessing a resurgence of basic forms of community, a move away…
    April 30, 2021

    Manliness, Modernity and the Shaping of Male Clothing

    At the turn of the nineteenth century writers in the trade press for the men’s garment industries found themselves caught…
    April 29, 2021

    Changing Educational Landscapes

    Landscapes change. Virgin forests are cut down and turned into wheat fields and pasturelands; contaminated swamps are drained to become…
    April 29, 2021

    Embodying the Single Girl in the 1960s

    The dominant position in feminist studies exemplified by scholars such as Susan Bordo (1997) claims that consumer culture oppresses women…
    April 28, 2021

    The Question of This Modern European Symposium and the Comparative-Historical Approach

    The contemporary question that I shall discuss at this symposium may be articulated simply as follows: “What education, knowledge and…
    April 27, 2021

    The Educational Culture of the Athenians

    If one were to apply modernist terminology, one would say that education in ancient Athens, but for certain extenuating circumstances,…
    April 27, 2021

    The growth of children and adolescents

    Designers of children’s clothes should be aware of the way that a child’s body shape changes as it grows and…
      April 16, 2021

      The city and the spaces of fashion culture

      This is the greeting given to telephone callers to Diesel Industries HQ in Molvena, Italy. Diesel makes no secret of…
      March 1, 2021

      Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Systems

      Several megawatts of electrical power are produced in the United States by pumped-storage hydroelectric systems. This type of system operates…
      March 19, 2021

      Eat the right type and amount of fats and oils

      Introduction In the old days we simply said ‘eat less fats and oils’, based on the observation that the typical…
      April 1, 2021

      Managing the recruitment revolution

      Christine Shewry is Global Head of People and Culture at Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG). IAG is an international general…
      March 3, 2021

      Modern Power Systems

      There are many residential, commercial, and industrial customers of electrical power systems in the United States today. To meet this…
      April 15, 2021

      Reviewing food fashions and the case against ingestion

      Peering into other people’s food trolleys is a voyeuristic game we can all play when queuing at the checkout (as…
      April 30, 2021

      Manliness, Modernity and the Shaping of Male Clothing

      At the turn of the nineteenth century writers in the trade press for the men’s garment industries found themselves caught…
      March 2, 2021

      Coal-fired Plant Operation

      Since the majority of electrical power produced today is from coal-fired systems, we will discuss the basic operation of this…
      March 23, 2021

      The principles of everyday eating

      To many people, sports nutrition is about carbo-loading for a competition, or having the latest sports food or supplement. However,…
      April 25, 2021

      Approaching Fashion and Consumption

      Perhaps the most influential approach towards the study of fashion within the social sciences has been that associated with writers…
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