Marie Riegels Melchior – författare

Konsten att gestalta individualitet, samtid och sammanhang genom olika estetiska uttryck är idag en växande praktik som balanserar mellan olika former av kommersiella och konstnärliga fält. Sådana gestaltningspraktiker bildar tillsammans det fenomen som brukar kallas mode. På senare år har mode även blivit ett forum för vetande av olika slag. Inom akademin har mode etablerat sig som ett expanderande kunskapsområde och från politiskt håll finns förhoppningar om att design-, livsstils- och upplevelseindustrin ska kunna skapa stark tillväxt för samhällsekonomin. I Öresundsregionen talas det, som på många andra platser, allt oftare om betydelsen av kultur och kreativa näringar. Här finns bland annat Nordens största modevecka liksom det första kandidatprogrammet i modevetenskap. När design och mode har blivit viktiga nyckelord i samtiden och ett betydelsefullt regionalt drivmedel för tillväxt finns ett behov av att belysa och problematisera mode som konst, materialitet, kultur och arbete. I antologin À la mode samlas nordiska forskare från olika discipliner och med ett intresse för moderelaterade företeelser i historia och nutid. Med hjälp av nedslag i pälsindustrin, bland filmidoler från 1940-talet och hos den historiska gestalten "sprätthöken" ställs frågor kring hur modets marknad kan förstås som gränsöverskridande uttrycksform, gestaltningspraktik och tillväxtmotor. Genom exempel från modefotografer och butiksinnehavare, klädkonsumenter på nätet och professionella garderobsrensare, illustreras och analyseras fenomenet mode i relation till såväl historia som nutid. Texterna i boken visar nya dimensioner av villkoren för modets olika näringar och för dem som arbetar där ur bland annat antropologiska, etnologiska, idéhistoriska och tjänstevetenskapliga perspektiv.

Why is fashion "in fashion" in museums today? This timely volume brings together expert scholars and curators to examine the reasons behind fashion's popularity in the twenty-first century museum and the impact this has had on wider museum practice.Chapters explore the role of fashion in the museum across a range of international case studies including the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Fashion Museum at Bath, ModeMuseum in Antwerp and many more. Contributions look at topics such as how fashion has made museums accessible to diverse audiences and how curators present broader themes and issues such as gender, class and technology innovatively through exhibiting fashion. Drawing on approaches from dress history, fashion studies, museum studies and curatorship, this engaging book will be key reading for students and scholars across a range of disciplines.

Why is fashion "in fashion" in museums today? This timely volume brings together expert scholars and curators to examine the reasons behind fashion's popularity in the twenty-first century museum and the impact this has had on wider museum practice.Chapters explore the role of fashion in the museum across a range of international case studies including the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Fashion Museum at Bath, ModeMuseum in Antwerp and many more. Contributions look at topics such as how fashion has made museums accessible to diverse audiences and how curators present broader themes and issues such as gender, class and technology innovatively through exhibiting fashion. Drawing on approaches from dress history, fashion studies, museum studies and curatorship, this engaging book will be key reading for students and scholars across a range of disciplines.

Why is fashion "in fashion" in museums today? This timely volume brings together expert scholars and curators to examine the reasons behind fashion''s popularity in the twenty-first century museum and the impact this has had on wider museum practice.Chapters explore the role of fashion in the museum across a range of international case studies including the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Fashion Museum at Bath, ModeMuseum in Antwerp and many more. Contributions look at topics such as how fashion has made museums accessible to diverse audiences and how curators present broader themes and issues such as gender, class and technology innovatively through exhibiting fashion. Drawing on approaches from dress history, fashion studies, museum studies and curatorship, this engaging book will be key reading for students and scholars across a range of disciplines.

Why is fashion "in fashion" in museums today? This timely volume brings together expert scholars and curators to examine the reasons behind fashion''s popularity in the twenty-first century museum and the impact this has had on wider museum practice.Chapters explore the role of fashion in the museum across a range of international case studies including the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Fashion Museum at Bath, ModeMuseum in Antwerp and many more. Contributions look at topics such as how fashion has made museums accessible to diverse audiences and how curators present broader themes and issues such as gender, class and technology innovatively through exhibiting fashion. Drawing on approaches from dress history, fashion studies, museum studies and curatorship, this engaging book will be key reading for students and scholars across a range of disciplines.

Looking at the crossroads between heritage and religion through the case study of Moravian Christiansfeld, designated as a UNESCO World Heritage site in July 2015, this anthology reaches back to the eighteenth century when the church settlement was founded, examines its legacy within Danish culture and modern society, and brings this history into the present and the ongoing heritagization processes. Finally, it explores the consequences of the listing for the everyday life in Christiansfeld and discusses the possible and sustainable futures of a religious community in a World Heritage site.