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| Project Leader: | Jyothis James jyothis@tamu.edu Philosophy |
| Faculty Mentor: | Jaima, Amir PhD; Howard, Nathan PhD; Brady, Emily PhD |
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Meeting Times:
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TBD |
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Team Size:
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4
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| Open Spots: | 4 |
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Special Opportunities:
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I expect students to be able to investigate a project that will be either presented at a conference or sent in for publication.
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Team Needs:
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I need people who can organize tiktoks, Instagram handles, and other social media information somehow with excel. I will need help from people familiar with programming and computer science to figure out organizing the visual data. |
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Description:
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With the expanse of European fashion globally, there has been a trend to eschew traditional textile practices in favor of changing preferences. Consequently, specific color palettes generated for a European (white) clientele get exported with the templates. This trend is especially true in menswear, where they privilege a dark palette for formal wear. However, if one looks at the textile tradition of the heavily melanated world from Oceania, Black Africa, India to Mesoamerica, there has been a rich textile tradition and embracing colors that accentuate their skin. This project requires digging deep into the visual history of dark/black-skinned peoples and see if different cultures have a common understanding of what suits black/dark skin. I am especially looking for social media savvy people, graphic designers, and computer scientists to help. |