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Journalists' journey through the world of garments, Sudwind Agentur

The Journalists' Journey through the World of Garments by Südwind Agentur, Austria, is a board-game that enables learning about the garment industry in a playful way. The game takes students, as journalists, on a research tour to different countries and illustrates parts of the garment production process. Players visit organic and conventional cotton plantations, tour dyeing factories in India, interview seamstresses in Central America, visit European design metropolises and second-hand clothing markets in Ghana.

This teaching activity has been taken from Parker, L. and Dickson, M.A. (2009) Sustainable Fashion: A Handbook for Educators, Bristol: Labour Behind the Label.  Download the whole publication here

1. Level

Pre-16, FE

2. Pre-requisite knowledge required by educators

A. No background knowledge required

3. Pre-requisite knowledge required by students

A. No background knowledge required

4. Number of students

4 to 10

5. Length of time required

45 minutes

6. Type of activity

Interactive activities, Discussion and debate

7. Discipline

Cross-curricular, Interactive

8. Topics covered

Agriculture, Companies, Environment, Globalisation, Health and safety, Organic, Prices, Second hand clothes, Textiles, Trade, Workers' rights, Working conditions





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