Katrina Sark

Dr Katrina Sark is the founder of the Canadian Fashion Scholars Network, the co-founder of the Urban Chic book series published by Intellect and the co-author of Berliner Chic: A Locational History of Berlin Fashion (2011), Montréal Chic A Locational History of Montreal Fashion (2016) and Copenhagen Chic: A Locational History of Copenhagen Fashion (2023) all published by Intellect. Her other publications include Branding Berlin (Routledge, 2023), Social Justice Pedagogies (University of Toronto Press, 2023), a Special Issue on ‘Ethical Fashion and Empowerment’ in Clothing Cultures (2021), as well as the Special Issue on ‘Creativity, Craft, Gender and Fashion’ also in Clothing Cultures (2024). For over fifteen years, she has taught at different universities across Canada, Denmark and Germany, developing programmes and many interdisciplinary courses in fashion studies, history, theory, cultural studies, media studies, gender studies, design studies and creativity studies. She is the creator of the Chic podcast and has launched The Critical Pulse, an online magazine, to create a platform for young critical voices and established experts to help reform fashion media, industry, education, as well as fashion practices and consumption.

Contact: University of Southern Denmark, Syddansk Universitet Kolding, Universitetsparken 1, 6000 Kolding, Denmark.