Crafts © Farah Khandaker Connecting the dots with bibi russell Our editor meets one of her inspiring mentors to reflect on aspirations for a “good life” with the constraints of a finite planet and solidarity actions for Bangladesh’s crafts people that would continue to have impact beyond this pandemic. © Mahenaz Chowdhury Bangladesh - The quiet frontrunner of circular fashion Although eco-friendly, ethical, and sustainable fashion has only been a recent awakening for the global fashion industry, Bangladesh has been a quiet champion practicing it in silence for multiple generations. Photo (detail): Istelaillustrated I Goethe-Institut Bangladesh Local International 2020 The Two Ends of the Supply Chain Fashion without exploitation: The fourth exchange project by Local International for students of fashion design in Germany and Bangladesh was dedicated to sustainability along supply chains. The students now present their results and responses in an online exhibition. © Goethe-Institut FORMS OF FUTURE COLLABORATIONS IN HANDICRAFTS A reflection on the future of handicrafts. © IstelaIllustrated I Goethe-Institut Bangladesch Rethinking Fashion Rethinking fashion: a German-Bangladeshi exchange programme is in search of solutions for a sustainable textile industry © Humayra Kabir হুমায়রা কবির The vales of resistance in the feminine If all resistance, enunciated in signifiers — isms/counter-isms—is a poetics of un/becoming, what then is a feminist poetics of resistance? © Illustrated by @istelaillustrated Preserving Crafts Learning from Dhaka: In a German-Bangladeshi exchange program, young designers are rethinking crafts – as an arena for cultural and social sustainability
