Postponed to this Friday, February 27, 2:30PM
Mapping the Hidden Threads of “Made in Italy”: Fashion Museums, Material Culture, and Cultural Heritage as Drivers of Value
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OPENING REMARKS
Barbara Faedda (Executive Director, Italian Academy)
SPEAKERS
Eugenia Paulicelli (Professor of Italian Studies, Comparative Literature, and Women's Studies at Queens College and The CUNY Graduate Center)
Fashion, cultural heritage and "Made in Italy"
Samuele Briatore (Assistant Professor at Sapienza University of Rome)
The plural value of Italian fashion museums: from inventory to cultural mapping
Romana Andò (Associate Professor at Sapienza University of Rome, Head of the Master Programme in Fashion Theory and Practices)
From cultural policy to integrated heritage-industry strategy
Francesca Granata (Associate Professor in the School of Art and Design History and Theory at Parsons School of Design)
Fashion criticism: a delay in legitimization
ABOUT THE EVENT
This event is part of the Academy's International Observatory for Cultural Heritage (IOCH), established in 2016 by Executive Director Barbara Faedda. IOCH is dedicated to the preservation, conservation, and study of cultural heritage, with fashion as one of its key areas of focus. In 2019, the Academy organized the conference Cultural Heritage Practices & Critical Fashion Theory to explore fashion's interpretation of cultural heritage, alongside the exhibition "Full of Enthusiasm": American Buyers Captured by Italian Fashion in the 1950s, which examined the emergence of Italian fashion designers in the American market.
To mark the 10th anniversary of the IOCH, Barbara Faedda invited Romana Andò to present her groundbreaking research project at Columbia University's Italian Academy. Professor Andò leads a research initiative in Rome that maps, connects, and enhances Italian fashion-related collections preserved in museums, foundations, and archives across Italy. She uses a multidisciplinary and technology-driven approach, and in this gathering she will talk about her progress and converse with other experts in the field.
ABOUT THE RESEARCH INITIATIVE
The project, called “CHANGES—Cultural Heritage Active Innovation for Next-Gen Sustainable Society,” is being developed within the SARAS Department at Sapienza University of Rome; it is funded by the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), a national program designed to support innovation, sustainability and digital transformation in strategic sectors, including cultural heritage.
Co-Sponsor:
Sapienza University of Rome
Organizer:
Romana Andò (Sapienza University of Rome)
