The Stitchery collective : more than pretty clothes for pretty people

As a cultural field, the world of fashion is usually associated with ‘exclusive’ qualities such as celebrity, glamour and the value of being young beautiful and size 10. By and large fashion design courses adhere to this model of fashion production and consumption training their graduates to compete successfully in an industry that seems far removed from the notions inclusivity and connection of community engagement. However, alternative models can and do exist. This presentation tells the story of ‘the stitchery collective’ a group of graduates from QUTs Creative Industries Fashion program who are developing an innovative model of fashion practice focussed around the ideas and values both of community engagement and community cultural development. Their work to date has included projects that target specific community groups – such as “Fashioning Social Inclusion” (2010-2011) that works with Brisbane women who belong to migrant and refugee communities, as well as more recently “WARM” a workshop delivered to children at the 3rd International Kids’ Carnival hosted by La Biennale in Venice (February 2012). A common thread across these programs is a desire to investigate the premise that clothing and dress can potentially act as a lingua franca that enables connection and communication; and that in fact aspects of ‘fashion’ culture can be mobilised in a community focussed context to enhance cultural exchange. The issue of how ‘learning’ happens in these contexts provides rich scope for analysis and discussion – given the innovative and engaged nature of the work our discussion will particularly highlight the ‘leaning through doing’ that occurs as well as the ‘collective’ nature of the design processes we develop and promote. The story will include the voices and perspectives of several of the stitchery collective’s members as well as community partners.

Fritz Gottschalk outdoors dressed in his hiking clothes Portraits Men

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Fritz Gottschalk outdoors dressed in his hiking clothes Portraits Men

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The Emperor's new clothes: Eclecticism in autism treatment

Increasingly, Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is internationally recognised as the scientific basis for teaching and treatment in autism spectrum disorders. Yet, many governments and professionals across Europe promote an eclectic model as more child-centred and pragmatic. This paper addresses the issues of eclecticism and ABA by exploring how misinformation stands in the way of evidence-based procedures that are truly unified, practical, and child-centred.

CLOTHES : una experiencia multimedia interactiva para el alumnado de Educación Primaria.

Se plantea la aplicación didáctica multimedia en lengua inglesa de Clothes. Este programa permite un acercamiento al campo semántico de las ropas agrupado en torno a las estaciones del año, facilitando la adquisición del léxico tanto a nivel oral como escrito. Sus objetivos son: a) Incluir las TICs de manera real en el currículo; b) Motivar al alumnado en la elaboración de tareas y proyectos que se manejan utilizando el ordenador; c) Fomentar la desinhibición del alumnado a la hora de expresarse oralmente en lengua inglesa; d) Potenciar el aprendizaje de una segunda lengua como un hecho de disfrute y entretenimiento; e) Manejar las herramientas básicas de navegación del programa Flash; f) Reforzar la autoestima del alumnado en la elaboración de tareas cercanas y significativas; g) Favorecer el respeto hacia los trabajos y tareas realizados por los compañeros y compañeras en el ámbito del aula; h) Incidir en valores como el gusto por la tarea bien hecha y el esfuerzo y dedicación en los pequeños detalles. La aplicación está orientada fundamentalmente al alumnado de tercer ciclo pero puede ser utilizada y trabajada en segundo o primer ciclo si se estima conveniente.

Response to intervention : are the emperor's clothes really new?.

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Capital flows to emerging economies: does the emperor have clothes?

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Automatic clothes segmentation for soft biometrics

[EN]During the last decade, researchers have verified that clothing can provide information for gender recognition. However, before extracting features, it is necessary to segment the clothing region. We introduce a new clothes segmentation method based on the application of the GrabCut technique over a trixel mesh, obtaining very promising results for a close to real time system. Finally, the clothing features are combined with facial and head context information to outperform previous results in gender recognition with a public database.