This course will guide you toward articulating and communicating your position as a fashion or textiles designer in relation to current social, cultural, political, ethical and environmental concerns. You will be introduced to a range of perspectives to critique issues concerning fashion and textiles design, production and consumption-these could include for example, the body, functionality, materiality, gender, spirituality and ritual, indigeneity, and the environment. You will develop an individual response which reflects on design strategies and principles that address issues in a local or global context.