Justification of Training Sustainability in Fashion and Textile Design in Higher Education: a Perspective from Turkey

Аннотация

Today, the concept of sustainability influences several disciplines and is a frequently discussed issue. To recognize the significance of sustainability today, and its increasing importance during the recent years, it is necessary to consider environmental, economic, and sociological problems of late. Increasing environmental problems in the world, the dangers natural resources face, consumption and other negative developments affected the field of fashion and textile design, as were the other fields. Findings demonstrate that textile and fashion industry is among the leading industries that pollute the environment. Today, within the context of the discussion on sustainable development, educational concerns are debated in addition to environmental and economical sciences. The objective of the present study is to discuss the possible contributions of the integration of the concept of sustainability into Fashion and Textile Design education to sustainable development. This study is the first implementation of the project named „A Study on Sustainable Development in Fashion Design: ApproachestoSustainability in Fashion Design EducationanditsContributionsto a Fashion Designer‟ which supported from Anadolu University Scientific Research Project Unit. The approaches and proposals of academicians and students that were interviewed for the above mentioned project and approaches on the training phase of sustainable development had been analyzed within the scope of the project.

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