Jimil Ataman, PhD, MSEd

Area of Study / Keywords

Sustainable Fashion Ethnography Digital Culture Cultural Anthropology Feminist theory

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About

Dr. Jimil Ataman (she/her) is an anthropologist of slow and sustainable fashion, a feminist scholar, and an experimental ethnographer. She earned a joint PhD in Cultural Anthropology and Education, Culture, and Society from the University of Pennsylvania in 2024. She also holds graduate certificates in Media Policy and Communication and Experimental Ethnography. Jimil’s research examines sustainable fashion production and consumption as an innovative fashion system, a digital economy, and a consumer movement. Her dissertation follows the slow fashion community on Instagram and in the Pacific Northwest through their daily work to transform how clothing is made bought and sold. She explores how the transformative potential of sustainable fashion is not without contradiction and traces how consumers, makers, industry professionals, and online community members navigate these constraints. 

HECOL 241 - Fashion Industries

An introduction to the soft goods industry including an overview of the apparel sector, apparel production, channels of distribution, fashion oriented products, global competitive influences, and career opportunities.

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HECOL 441 - Textiles and Apparel in the Global Economy

Production and distribution of textiles and apparel in a global context; issues and policy related to international trade agreements; impact of national and international consumer, labor and environmental standards. Prerequisite: HECOL 241.

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Krystal Strong, Jimil Ataman

Journal of African Cultural Studies. 2023 January; 10.1080/13696815.2022.2158788

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Jimil Ataman

SAGE Publications, Ltd.. 2022 January; 10.4135/9781529608946

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