Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Upcycling and the Circular Economy: Ghanaian Creative Solutions to Global Textile Waste
The Hopenclass and The Revival
This course explored the background of circular economy and how it relates to the problem of fashion waste in Ghana. Learners grasped the concepts and approaches that The Revival Takes to driving their mission of eliminating waste in fashion. The course demonstrated how a creative collective can use upcycling to make a difference in your localized circular economy, through an ethnographic experience with The Revival.
2 weeks, 2 hours per week
Lanre Shonoiki
Vice-President
The Hopenclass
Yayra Agbofah
Founder & Creative Director
The Revival
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Apply contemporary visual arts and upcycling culture as a tool to shape popular consciousness and foster positive fashion action around the globe
- Describe the cultural, economic and environmental impacts of fast fashion and foreign "fashion aid/textile donations" in Ghana
- Explore how THE REVIVAL built a global, textile waste enterprise through organic, digital collaboration and trust
- Living-the-data: introduction to concept of ‘ethnography’ and story-based research powered by communities, for communities
Syllabus
- Circular economy (sustainable fashion) & perspectives on the dynamics between global North & South
- Introduction to Kantamanto market, in Accra, and the impacts of global textile waste coming to Ghana
- Practical demonstrations of upcycling and its applications in communities, using denim and leather as a case study
- Bottom-up, community-led initiatives: how to create awareness and transformation through creativity, collaboration and ethnographic research
Issued on 28th February 2024
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