Colonization and Design Education in Brazil: action research and decoloniality experiences in Fashion teaching

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https://doi.org/10.5965/25944631012026e8128

Keywords:

Decoloniality, Fashion education, Curriculum, Actionresearch, Epistemologies of the South

Abstract

This article presents the path and results of the research project Colonization and Design Education in Brazil – an analysis of the Fashion Design program curriculum at the Federal University of Ceará (UFC), developed within the NAÏF – Center for Studies in Art, Innovation, Fashion and Design. The qualitative, action research– based study used the methodology of life history and formative narratives as a critical-reflective tool for analyzing fashion education. It sought to understand how the coloniality of knowledge manifests itself in fashion design curricula and to propose decolonial pedagogical practices. Among the main outcomes are the publication of Decolonial Zine: Fashion and Decoloniality in Brazil, produced in partnership with the Research Collective for Decoloniality and Fashion (Netherlands), and the creation of the course Fashion and Activism, which expands the debate on diversity representation and epistemologies of the South in the field of fashion.

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Cyntia Tavares Marques de Queiroz, Universidade Federal do Ceará

Graduated in Stylism and Fashion from the Federal University of Ceará (1998); Degree in Social Communication - Publicity and Propaganda
from the University of Fortaleza (2000); Specialization in Educational Planning from Universidade Estadual Vale do Acaraú (1999);
MBA in Branding, Marketing and Growth from PUC-RS (2022); Master in Design and Marketing from the University of Minho (2004);
and Doctorate in Education from the Federal University of Ceará (2014). She is an Associate Professor of the Design-Fashion course
at the Institute of Culture and Art (ICA) of the Federal University of Ceará, and is currently in the Course Coordination.
Teaches disciplines in the areas of Fashion, Marketing, Consumption, Communication and Research. She is one of the Coordinators of the
Bolsa Arte Moda Extension Projects; Amor Salva and @ativismonamoda. She is a researcher linked to the NAÏF Research Group - Center for
Studies in Art, Innovation, Fashion and Design. He holds the position of president of the scientific event Colóquio de Moda,
as well as being part of its Scientific Committee. He is vice president of the Brazilian Association of Studies and Research in
Fashion - Abepem. He serves on the Editorial Board of ENSINARMODE - Teaching in Arts, Fashion and Design Magazine.
Develops volunteer work at Associação Lua Rosa, in the areas of communication, project management and marketing.
She is the creator and volunteer of the social project Amor Salva, which encourages reading among children who are in a situation
of social vulnerability.

Michelle Medrado, Universidade Federal da Bahia

Antropóloga, professora e ativista da moda decolonial, é doutoranda em Antropologia (UFBA), com pesquisa em Luanda (Universidade Agostinho Neto), e mestre em Artes. Pesquisa cultura, economia política e moda no Sul Global, com abordagens decoloniais.

Natalia Epaminondas, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Doutoranda em Artes, Cultura e Linguagens (UFJF), com mestrado em Design e formação em Design de Moda. É pesquisadora dos grupos NAÏF (UFC) e História e Cultura de Moda (UFJF), coordenando o grupo Às Avessas: Moda, Gênero, Sexualidades e Decolonialidades

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2026-02-01

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DE QUEIROZ, Cyntia Tavares Marques; MEDRADO, Michelle; EPAMINONDAS, Natalia. Colonization and Design Education in Brazil: action research and decoloniality experiences in Fashion teaching. Revista de Ensino em Artes, Moda e Design, Florianópolis, v. 10, n. 1, p. 1–14, 2026. DOI: 10.5965/25944631012026e8128. Disponível em: https://periodicos.udesc.br/index.php/ensinarmode/article/view/28128. Acesso em: 2 feb. 2026.

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Vol. 10 No. 1 (2026): Moda, Extensão e Gestão Educacional

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