Activity 3.8 - Economic view on textiles

Learning Aims:

Students come into contact with economic perspectives of the textile industry
Materials:

    Information material, internet, exemplary material

      Suggestions for use:
        • This activity can be compiled together with colleagues from the social sciences department.
        • Focus can be laid either on the ratio of current producers (producing countries) of different textiles or on working conditions in different countries, etc.
        • Providing an opportunity for incorporating ICT: include aspect where students can create/watch podcasted interviews with experts working in the production or the management, giving information on how and why decisions are taken and a new process is initiated etc.
          Source of data in exemplary material:

          Industrievereinigung Chemiefaser e.V. http://www.ivc-ev.de/live/index.php?page_id=43