Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Textile Matters

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
GRAP3040	Brunswick Campus	Undergraduate	350H Fashion & Textiles	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2025

Course Coordinator: Tassia Joannides

Course Coordinator Phone: 9925 1284

Course Coordinator Email: tassia.joannides@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 511.03.008A

Course Coordinator Availability: Please email

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Recommended Prior Study 

If you are completing this course as part of the Textiles and Material Design minor, you should have satisfactorily completed 'GRAP2816 Introduction to Textiles Materials' before you commence this course.

Course Description

This course focuses on investigating textile materials, including their interconnection to humans, nonhumans, flora and fauna. To understand where textile materials come from, you will examine the connections between materials, land, place, and community with a focus on sustainability, regenerative practices and social justice. Central to this is a commitment to recognizing and respecting the agency, knowledge, and heritage of indigenous peoples as local custodians and caretakers of textile knowledges and histories.  

You will develop an understanding of the social, political and environmental contexts of textiles to enable you to make ethical and responsible decisions to inform your textile design practice.  

In this course, you will also undertake learning activities/assessment to engage and connect you with industry relevant to your current studies. 

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course will complement the RMIT capabilities you are developing in your program. 

Course Learning Outcomes 

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to: 

1. Identify and explore how materials are connected to people, place, Country and local communities 

2. Develop practical and ethical approaches to working with textile materials that respect and protect people, place and Country. 

3. Apply skills, techniques and learning to make informed ethical and responsible choices for your processes and outcomes. 

Overview of Learning Activities

Your learning will be facilitated via a range of activities that will require both individual and collaborative engagement. Class activities promote a deeper understanding of materials and their relationship to people, Country and place.  

Learning will occur in-class during scheduled class time and through independent study and activity. Learner directed hours will require engagement with materials, exploring how these are derived from humans, nonhumans, flora and fauna. Collaborative group work will help you better understand the collective and community role Textiles Materials have, and their integral role in ecosystems.  

Delivery of this course will be on-campus at Brunswick.  

You will engage in activities such as foraging, image making, reflective writing and experimental making. 

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery is face to face.

Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through our online systems, including Canvas.   

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal. 

Overview of Assessment

You will be assessed on how well you meet the course learning outcomes and on your development against the program learning outcomes. 

Assessment Tasks 

Assessment Task 1: Observing and Noticing' Material Diary (30%) CLO1 and CLO2 

Assessment Task 2: 'Foraging and Making' Folio and Samples (40%) CLO1, CLO2 and CLO3 

Assessment Task 3: ‘What Matters’ Textile Outcome and Presentation (30%) CLO1, CLO2 and CLO3 

Feedback will be given on all assessment tasks. 

If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more. 

Your course assessment conforms to RMIT assessment principles, regulations, policies, procedures and instructions.