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Refashioning Collaborations: Crossing Borders During the Pandemic Cover

Refashioning Collaborations: Crossing Borders During the Pandemic

Open Access
|Jun 2021

Abstract

Responding to the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, when news of quarantines, shutdowns, and sheltering-in-place mandates abounded, the organizers of the tenth fashion congress of Ixel Moda in Cartagena, Colombia, decided collectively to develop the content for an unprecedented five-day, 3-dimensional virtual gathering that brought together artisans, designers, chefs, scholars, and other creators from throughout the globe. The event would provide the scenario for exchanges on many facets of Latin American culture—food, music, film, fashion, politics, museum exhibits, performance, decorative arts, sustainability, tourism, and advertising—in the midst of a difficult period. This essay explores Ixel Online 2020 as a showcasing of the creative arts, includes the voices of the cultural organizers, and proposes this event as a model for increased international dialog during a global crisis.

 

Como respuesta a la pandemia de COVID-19 de 2020, cuando abundaron las noticias de cuarentenas, cierres y mandatos de refugiarse en casa, los organizadores del décimo congreso de Ixel Moda en Cartagena, Colombia, decidieron colectivamente desarrollar el programa de un encuentro virtual sin precedentes de cinco días y a 3 dimensiones que reunió a artesanos, diseñadores, chefs, académicos y otros creadores de todo el mundo. El evento proporcionaría el escenario para intercambios sobre muchas facetas de la cultura latinoamericana —comida, música, cine, moda, política, exposiciones de museos, performance, artes decorativas, turismo y publicidad— en medio de un período difícil. Este ensayo explora Ixel Online 2020 como una muestra de las artes creativas, incluye las voces de los organizadores culturales y propone este evento como un modelo para un mayor diálogo internacional durante una  crisis global. 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.23870/marlas.361 | Journal eISSN: 2474-9621
Language: English
Page range: 88 - 96
Published on: Jun 30, 2021
Published by: Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies and Kean University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2021 Regina A. Root, Stephanie N. Saunders, published by Middle Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies and Kean University
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.