Blog 1. Lecture reflection
Blog 1. Lecture reflection
Weeks ago were held different lectures that helped to build links upon major industries and fashion itself. After attending versatile lectures it became clear how powerful and even districting the fashion industry is, that makes sense for the unit called Better Lives.
The most grasping lecture for me, was by Jekaterina Rogaten on well-being and fashion, as this session reflected all my thoughts and affords to make connections between these two vital for me industries, fashion, and psychology. The lecturer helped me to puzzle all my contemplation, as I paid great attention to cognitive aspects of fashion psychology, as in some way is the impact that sometimes is invisible but very strong in outcomes. As well as behavioristic psychology which has a big impact on human well-being.
It was extremely engaging to remind one more time some basics of psychology and find a place of fashion aspect in it. Essentially, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a vivid example of it, as fashion plays multiple roles in this famous theory, as expressing oneself through the cloth, enhancing self-esteem, belonging to one or another social group and last and not least self-actualization which encompasses a lot of self ‘building’ aspects which as well are shown with the help of fashion.
To my point of view, the lecture was highly actual as nowadays fashion became a very negatively influenced industry at different levels of one. Maintaining a well being and positive attitude seems to be difficult not only for consumers but for future and existing professionals. It’s not news that the fashion industry is very stressful and disbalancing as it always has a direct dialogue with our psychological portrait. It was remarkably intriguing to learn ways of improving personal well-being taking into account the number of theories of such scientists as Mayer, Richins, Csikszentmihalyi, Masuch & Hefferon, Belloti & Rogaten, Tassel & Bardey, and others.
After having attended the lesson, my head was full of different thoughts, which has provoked me to make small research because from my knowledge in the field of evolutionary psychology I started questioning myself if all this is the outcome of the recent evolution of the human brain. Since such a major organ of the human body as the brain is always in the prosses of developing because it is cognitively influenced by lifestyle and technological development of the century. This prosses is revealed in the research of Japanese scientists Daki Sato and Masakado Kawata from Tohoku University, which gives evidence that the brain has overcome a few mutations that make people more prone to anxiety.
According to the beforementioned information, it is crucial to talk widely about maintaining the well-being of the mind using fashion and changing ruining features of this business making it more fruitful in making the world better not only at psychological level but other negative effects such as ecological crisis, ethical issues, diversity and inclusivity, and monopoly. Also, with the received knowledge I became more conscious of a healthy mind in terms of fashion phycology and its problems from both sides consumers and professionals.