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À l’occasion de l’exposition “Tomorrowear. A French Story”, qui aura lieu à Oslo en Norvège, Oslo Metropolitan University accueillera les 11 et 12 juin 2019 une conférence internationale intitulée “Labor in the Creative Industries: The Case of Fashion”. La conférence est organisée par Johanna Zanon et Romy Wyche, en collaboration avec le séminaire “Histoire &#38; Mode” à l’Institut d’Histoire du Temps présent à Paris.Cette conférence entend jeter un nouveau regard sur le travail dans les industries créatives, en s’attachant plus particulièrement au cas de la mode. La conférence s’intéresse au sujet sans limites chronologiques ni géographiques, et encourage les contributions venues de différentes disciplines, ainsi que les contributions interdisciplinaires. Les intervenant.e.s peuvent s’exprimer sur un vaste éventail de problématiques, depuis la dimension collective du travail dans la mode, jusqu’au travail éthique, en passant par la professionnalisation des nouvelles activités. Véronique Pouillard, Professeure en histoire à l’Université d’Oslo en Norvège réalisera la conférence inaugurale.Call for PapersOn the occasion of the exhibition “Tomorrowear. A French Story” at Villa Stenersen, this internationalconference will shed new light on labor in the creative industries, with a special focus on fashion. Thepresent conference intends to do so without chronological nor geographical limitations.Since the exhibition explores the work of emerging fashion designers, the conference encouragespapers that research so-called canonical figures of the fashion industry, such as fashion designers,photographers, and models, provided that they uncover new aspects on said figures, and challengehistoriographic accounts of them.Beyond the framework of the exhibition, the conference welcomes papers on all workers of the fashionindustry from fashion PRs to sewing workers, buyers, influencers, etc. Of particular interest are papersthat analyze overlooked fashion professions, forgotten professions, and emerging professions, togetherwith professionalization of new practices.We invite papers that consider questions of work processes and networks, as well as structural andinstitutional aspects of labor in the global fashion industry.We welcome relevant papers from many different fields of research, including but not limited to history,sociology, anthropology, management, marketing, organization, and literature. Additionally, we lookforward to papers fostering an interdisciplinary approach.We are open to those providing a comparative approach, not only between fashion and other creativeindustries such as music, but also in terms of geographical areas (countries, regions, clusters, cities,etc.) Given the exhibition’s focus on France, we particularly encourage papers comparing labor in theFrench fashion industry with labor in foreign industries.Papers may address one or several of the following areas, but are not limited to them:- The creative class and creative labor in the fashion industry, including questions on the redefinition (orlack thereof) of the profession of fashion designer, personalization of fashion in the fashion designer,and issues of transfer of creativity within fashion companies;- Affective labor in the fashion industry;- New and old fashion jobs, including the professionalization of new fashion activities;- Collective labor and invisible labor in the fashion industry;- Representations of fashion labor;- Ethical labor and labor conditions in the fashion industry;- Fashion education and the training of fashion workers;- Professional organizations; trade unions; labor movements and activists.Available formatsSpeakers have the possibilities to choose between three formats:- 20-minute talk (followed by an anticipated Q&#38;A: the audience will write three questions in advanceand ask the ones that remained unanswered during the presentation).- 5-minute diamond presentation (speakers will show 20 images, and comment each for 15 seconds).- Poster session (preceded by lightning talks: speakers will pitch their work 2 minutes before presentingtheir poster).Speakers who wish to submit a proposal but are unable to travel to Oslo have the possibility to deliver apre-recorded 20-minute talk, which will be followed by a live Q&#38;A (through Skype). NB: remote deliverymust be specified when submitting the proposal, and will not be available for any speaker choosing oneof the three other formats.SUBMISSIONPlease send a 250-word abstract and a 100-word shortbiography, specifying your format of election.DEADLINE: April 7, 2019, by midnight CEST.Send all relevant documents to the following address:fashionlabor.conference@gmail.comThe papers will be delivered in English.CONVENORS:Johanna Zanon &#38; Romy WycheCo-convenors:Eirin Sæther &#38; Lillegerd HansenMaude Bass-Krueger &#38;Sophie KurkdjianVENUE: OsloMet, Oslo