Sustainable Fashion-practices, strategies, and meanings
(2016) SMMM20 20161Department of Service Studies
- Abstract
- Title: Sustainable Fashion – practices, strategies, and meanings.
Aim: To understand the practices and strategies of sustainable fashion consumers and the
meanings that are being attached to the execution of sustainable fashion consumption.
Methodology: This thesis is based on an ethnographic-inspired methodology to fulfill its aim. Based on a purposive sample 15 semi-structured interviews and 7 wardrobe observations were carried out to achieve understanding about sustainable fashion practices consumers perform and what is involved in their practices in terms of competence, materiality, and meanings.
Results: The results indicate that consumers incorporate various sustainable fashion practices in their daily lives. What enables... (More) - Title: Sustainable Fashion – practices, strategies, and meanings.
Aim: To understand the practices and strategies of sustainable fashion consumers and the
meanings that are being attached to the execution of sustainable fashion consumption.
Methodology: This thesis is based on an ethnographic-inspired methodology to fulfill its aim. Based on a purposive sample 15 semi-structured interviews and 7 wardrobe observations were carried out to achieve understanding about sustainable fashion practices consumers perform and what is involved in their practices in terms of competence, materiality, and meanings.
Results: The results indicate that consumers incorporate various sustainable fashion practices in their daily lives. What enables and shape these practices are specific sets of competence and material artifacts. The multiple meanings consumers ascribe to the practices are what drive the different practices of sustainable fashion consumption.
Key words: sustainable fashion; sustainable fashion consumption; practice theory; ethnographic-inspired study; socio-cultural. (Less)
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- author
- Hasanspahic, Maida LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SMMM20 20161
- year
- 2016
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- keywords
- sustainable fashion, sustainable fashion consumption, practice theory, ethnographic-inspired study, socio-cultural.
- language
- English
- id
- 8879292
- date added to LUP
- 2016-08-31 17:21:33
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abstract = {{Title: Sustainable Fashion – practices, strategies, and meanings.
Aim: To understand the practices and strategies of sustainable fashion consumers and the
meanings that are being attached to the execution of sustainable fashion consumption.
Methodology: This thesis is based on an ethnographic-inspired methodology to fulfill its aim. Based on a purposive sample 15 semi-structured interviews and 7 wardrobe observations were carried out to achieve understanding about sustainable fashion practices consumers perform and what is involved in their practices in terms of competence, materiality, and meanings.
Results: The results indicate that consumers incorporate various sustainable fashion practices in their daily lives. What enables and shape these practices are specific sets of competence and material artifacts. The multiple meanings consumers ascribe to the practices are what drive the different practices of sustainable fashion consumption.
Key words: sustainable fashion; sustainable fashion consumption; practice theory; ethnographic-inspired study; socio-cultural.}},
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language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Sustainable Fashion-practices, strategies, and meanings}},
year = {{2016}},
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