Parsons School of Design MA Fashion Studies program theses
Online Access
Available digital items: https://digital.archives.newschool.edu/index.php/Detail/collections/PC020406.
Abstract
This record group consists of digital text, video, and image files documenting theses created by students in Parsons School of Design's master's program in fashion studies, situated in the School of Art and Design History and Theory.
Dates
- 2018-2023
Creator
- Parsons School of Design. Fashion Studies department (Compiler, Organization)
Extent
1.1 Gigabytes (104 theses, 114 files)
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
The Fashion Studies theses in this collection are available solely in the form of electronic records. All theses have a written component in which students describe their projects in detail. Some also include photographs, diagrams, and video recordings.
The collection inventory should not be considered a definitive list of all program graduates for a particular year. Some students choose not to place their thesis with The New School Archives. Additionally, for pre-2022 theses, The New School Archives may not have received all theses submitted by students in a particular year. For confirmation of graduation from the MA Fashion Studies program, it is necessary to verify with the university's Office of the Registrar.
Conditions Governing Access
Theses are available in electronic form only. Most of the collection is open for research use. For newly accessioned theses, some authors have requested that their theses not be made available online for one year from the date of submission, but have indicated that their theses may be viewed onsite in the New School Archives. In other instances, authors have opted to make their theses completely unavailable for viewing until one year from the date of submission. Please contact archivist@newschool.edu for appointment.
Conditions Governing Use
In accordance with The New School's Intellectual Property Rights Policy, copyright is held by each thesis's respective author. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the user.
Historical Note
Parsons School of Design, a division of The New School university, announced the establishment of a graduate program in Fashion Studies in 2009, with professor Heike Jenss as its inaugural director. Situated within Parsons's School of Art and Design History and Theory, then led by Hazel Clark, the MA Fashion Studies program was intended to be an interdisciplinary approach to understanding fashion using the methodologies of fashion history, design studies, anthropology, and cultural studies. The program launched in the Fall semester of 2010, with the first class graduating in May 2012.
Parsons website text from 2010 describes the program as follows:
Recognizing the growing significance of fashion, MA Fashion Studies offers a new academic route to advance the research and analysis of fashion as a cultural phenomenon. It will be of particular interest to students with degrees in the humanities and social sciences as well as to students with art, design, and fashion industry backgrounds who want to gain a deeper understanding of fashion and its scholarship.
In addition to the MA Fashion Studies program, Parsons School of Design added several new master's level programs in the early 2010s, including the MFA in Fashion Design and Society and the MFA in Transdisciplinary Design.
Bibliography
Fashion Studies (MA). Accessed October 18, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20100912035417/http://www.newschool.edu/parsons/ma-fashion-studies
The New School Communications and External Affairs, "Parsons Launches Graduate Fashion Programs," February 5, 2009. Accessed through Internet Archive, October 18, 2023: https://web.archive.org/web/20101218125858mp_/http://newschool.edu/pressroom/pressreleases/2010/ParsonsFashionGradPrograms.aspx
The New School Communications and External Affairs, "High Line Co-Founder Robert Hammond Addresses New School Graduates," May 18, 2012. Accessed through the Internet Archive, October 18, 2023: https://web.archive.org/web/20120622082445/http://www.newschool.edu/pressroom/pressreleases/2012/Commencement2012Release.htm
Arrangement
Arranged chronologically by year of submission and within each year in alphabetical order.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Theses from 2018-2022 were submitted to The New School Archives by program administrators from the Parsons MA Fashion Studies Department, without student participation in the submission process. As of 2022, electronic theses are submitted directly to The New School Archives by students in the Parsons MA Fashion Studies program, with support from program administrators.
Accruals
Further accruals expected.
Processing Information
All metadata for individual theses received in 2022 and after is supplied directly by the student author to The New School Archives.
- Branding (Marketing) (Subject) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Clothing and dress (Subject) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Fashion -- Social aspects (Subject) Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Masters theses (Type of Material) Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Title
- Guide to the Parsons School of Design MA Fashion Studies program theses
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- New School Archives and Special Collections Staff
- Date
- October 31, 2023
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- April 30, 2024: Katherine Martinez added Series 6. 2023 theses to the container list. Jenny Swadosh updated inclusive date range for the collection.