Design and production of garments and accessories as a social action against sexual abuse of women in Ghana
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2021-06-22
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Abstract
The ‘mass media’ in Ghana has given a lot of attention to the subject of ‘sexual abuse
of Ghanaian Women’ and this has highlighted the inconsequential transformation on
the part of the fashion and textiles industry. This project work is oriented towards
bridging the gap between work done by social activists in different parts of the world
on the subject of sexual abuse of women, the mass media’s view on sexual abuse of
Ghanaian women and the expectations clothing and textiles consumer in Ghana. The
research work also identifies societal challenges associated with female victims of
sexual abuse through the perspective of the Ghanaian Fashion and Textiles Designer.
Fluctuations in the Clothing and Textiles Industry are believed to be affected by
societal norms and vices, which mean that Design is not autonomous, but is also
dependent on cultural and economic factors; these views were obtained using a welldesigned research module to communicate the researcher’s ideas. The project work
shows that fashion design and the fashion industry itself can be used as a beneficial
research material in analyzing sexual abuse and efficient ways to curb these many
forms of sexual violence against Ghanaian women. The Art studio-based research
module was adapted from design stage to the construction of the final four Garments.
Data was collected from the Domestic Violence and Victim Support Unit in Accra
and also from the Department of Fashion Design and Textiles (Accra Technical
University), data collected was then translated through various stages and finally into
garments; Textiles techniques, such as lettrism, dyeing, stenciling, applique and
pictorial batik, were used to create designs and patterns on already sewn garments
contrary to the conventional way fabric and garment production. The art studio-based
research module was used with descriptive research methodology; Instruments such
as observation, administration of questionnaires and interviews were utilized` in thexiii
gathering relevant information from the respondents. Systematic procedures of the
design and construction stages of the garments are also outlined in the project.
Description
A thesis submitted to the School of Graduate Studies
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
in partial fulfilment of the requirement
For the Degree of
Master of Fine Art Textile Design)
Faculty of Art and Built Environment.
Keywords
Design and production of garments, Accessories as a social action, Sexual abuse of women, Ghana