Aboriginal Fashion in Canada
Aboriginal
FashiOn in CanAda
Identification and Contact Zones
lunedì 4 maggio 2009
Sede universitaria Valgimigli, via Santa Chiara 40, Rimini
9.30 _ Greetings
GIORGIO CANTELLI FORTI (Rimini Campus President); CARLA GIOVANNINI (Dean of Arts and Humanities);
GIOVANNI MATTEUCCI (President of CLAM); MARIA GIUSEPPINA MUZZARELLI (History of Fashion and Costume, CLAM);
NICOLETTA BARBARITO (Academic Relations, Embassy of Canada); MARIELLA LORUSSO (English for the Fashion Industry, CLAM)
Chair: CARLA COMELLINI Ass. Prof. of English Literature, University of Bologna
10.00 _ The Elegance of Tradition
Interview with DOROTHY GRANT (Haida Fashion Designer)
10.45 _ Manitou Wayan and Mekis: Stitching Old Meanings, Creating New Forms in Northern Algonquian Clothing, 1670-1820
SHERRY FARRELL RACETTE (Métis) PhD, Visual Artist and Art Professor at Concordia University, Montreal
Coffee Break
11.40 _ Book Presentation: La Moda in Canada di Giovanna Franci e Rosella Mangaroni (eds.), 2008
GIOVANNA FRANCI Professor of American Literature, University of Bologna and Director of Centro Canadese in Bologna
12.15 _ Aboriginal Women: Fascinating the West
MARIELLA LORUSSO PhD in Literatures and Cultures of the English Speaking Countries – Native Studies, University of Bologna
Break
14.30-16.30 _ Workshop with the students
DOROTHY GRANT: The Creative Process
SHERRY FARRELL RACETTE: Creativity as Continuity and Resistance: Current Trends in Contemporary Aboriginal Art in Canada
