Digital Research Methods in Fashion and Textile Studies

Digital Research Methods in Fashion and Textile StudiesAre you a researcher struggling to mine and make sense of a mountain of fashion data? Are you interested in learning about how digital methods and tools could enhance your research? Have you thought about ways to spark and engage in academic conversations on social media? Have you wondered how digital technologies are internationalizing the field of fashion and textile studies? Digital Research Methods in Fashion and Textile Studies presents the reader with a variety of digital methodologies to help build skills in searching for, analyzing, and discussing vintage design, photography, and writing on fashion, as well as historic and ethnographic dress and textile objects themselves. Each chapter focuses upon a different method, problem, or research site, including: – Maximalism and mixed-methods approaches to research – Searching large databases effectively – Pattern recognition and visual searching. – Critical reading, use, and citation of social media texts – Digital ethnography and shopping as research – Data visualization and mapping – Images in the public domain From advanced undergraduates and postgraduate students working on research projects to veteran professionals in fashion and textile history and beyond, everyone can benefit from a diverse set of fresh approaches to conducting and disseminating research. In the current age of instant gratification, with users snapping and posting images from runway shows long before the clothes will ever appear instores, the world of fashion is increasingly digital and fast-paced. Research on fashion is, too. Digital Research Methods in Fashion and Textile Studies will help you keep up in this rapidly changing world.Additional ISBNs9781350134478Digital Research Methods in Fashion and Textile Studies 1st Edition is written by Amanda Sikarskie and published by Bloomsbury Visual Arts. ISBNs for Digital Research Methods in Fashion and Textile Studies are 9781350042520, 1350042528 and the print ISBNs are 9781350042506, 1350042501. Additional ISBNs include 9781350134478.