- Noting from the blog that a vintage/second-hand market has emerged in China and suggesting the idea of interviewing the founders to understand their motivations, responses, and customer demographics.
- Reflecting on the contrast between China and the UK in terms of clothing attitudes and second-hand purchases, and the potential to learn from the UK’s experiences to address China’s clothing waste issue.
- Mentioning Orsola de Castro and providing her link for reference.
- Emphasizing the need to follow outlined notes, use quantitative data to highlight research scale, define key terms, create a research timeline, and ask essential questions throughout the journey. Also, allocate time for learning journals and the Evaluative Report.
- Suggesting watching Victor Margolin’s 3-minute video for insights into research techniques, even though his focus is on a larger scale of writing.
Email from Eliz
Thank you and well done for a fascinating evening and for resending the link to your blog. From your blog I note that you have identified the start of a Vintage / Second hand market in China. Have you interviewed the people who started these businesses to find out how and why they started and what has been the response, who is buying, etc. If, as you identify, China is in a different place to the UK in relationship to attitudes to clothing, and buying new and second-hand clothing, how can you learn from the mistakes and successes of the UK to speed up a better use of the huge quantity of thrown away clothes in China?
Have you checked out Orsola de Castro https://www.fashionrevolution.org/uk-blog/interview-with-orsola-de-castro-co-founder-of-fashion-revolution-day/
As we move toward completion, please think through our discussion at the tutorial and take time to;
- Review and follow the notes Jasminka outlined at the beginning of the evening.
- Use independent quantitative references to identify the scale of the issue at the heart of your research and the context of your study.
- Using a triangulated approach, define ALL the key terms.
- Create a timeline of your research and identify each of the important points and interventions along the way.
- Remember to continually use the What, Why, How, What if questions to clarify each important point in your research journey.
- Be specific, identify names, places, methods used, etc.
Allow time to complete your learning journals and your Evaluative Report.
It can be challenging to capture the essence of such a rich and sometimes wide-ranging research journey. Try watching Victor Margolin’s advice on the 3 minute video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxyy0THLfuI . Whilst Margolin is discussing a far greater scale of witing, the principles are the same and the technique is well worth considering.