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I am Unit Leader for Fashion Histories on MA Fashion Cultures and Histories at LCF. Last year I was able to shape content and modify a brief. The unit is structured around weekly guest lectures and seminars. It has two … Continue reading →

For the object-based microteaching exercise I planned to spend 5 minutes establishing access to Padlet (fig. 1), the aims of the session (fig. 2), a succinct theoretical framework (fig. 3) and practical instructions (fig. 4). The latter included participants choosing … Continue reading →

I was invited to give three lectures for MA Fashion Photography, with an open brief but the implicit rationale of highlighting academic research for practice-based students. I did not have a sustained relationship with the group or course. From available … Continue reading →

Here, I reflect on bell hooks’ chapter Talking Art as the Spirit Moves Us (1995). hooks’ (1995) theme of needing to be initiated in order to see, and indeed see past internalised cultural biases, resonates with Stuart Hall’s (2013) discussion … Continue reading →

Here, I reflect on the set reading by Judy Willcocks and Kieran Mahon (2023), which examined the potential of using object-based teaching approaches online. I know Willcocks because I take MA students to the CSM collections for object handling sessions. … Continue reading →

Hello, I’m Paul and I’m an Associate Lecturer in Historical and Cultural Studies across institutions, degrees and degree levels. Most of my work is now at London College of Fashion, but I also supervise BA dissertations at Central Saint Martins … Continue reading →

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I teach Historical and Contextual studies and hope the PGcert will give me new ways to engage students.