Aude LeGuennec
Aude LeGuennec
- Reader in Design Anthropology - Research Lead
- ORCID
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8708-8337- Job Title
- Reader in Design Anthropology - Research Lead
- School or Academic Area Supervised for
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- A.LeGuennec@gsa.ac.uk
- Professional Address
- Bourdon Building 167 Renfrew St Glasgow G3 6RQ
- Country
- United Kingdom - Scotland
Biography
Reader in Design Anthropology, Aude is the Research Lead of the Mackintosh School of Architecture. From her academic background and first career as the keeper of the textile and fashion Museum of Cholet (France), Aude has developed a specific interest in the way the heritage informs our communities. As the Director of Fashion Studies at Heriot-Watt University (2013-2019), she has educated students to the creative potential of heritage. Specialising in Children’s material culture, she has completed a PhD addressing the socialisation of children through clothing in the Global North (Sorbonne University). Expert in her field, she has published extensively on this topic both in the UK and internationally. As a curator and consultant for the industry, board member of Designing for Children's rights, Aude explores innovative approaches to an inclusive, sustainable and participative heritage, with a specific interest in its creative interpretation and influence on cultural policies. Championing Public Engagement,
Latest Additions
- LeGuennec, Aude, ed. (2025) The fabrics of childhood: interactions, imagination and learning. Strenae.
- Anderson, David, Le Guennec, Aude, Castilla, Americo and Scarff, Lynn (2025) Museums as the Catalysts for a Democratic Revolution in Cultural Policy. Cultural Trends. ISSN 0954-8963
- Le Guennec, Aude and Coutant, Nicolas (2025) Enjeux et apports de la patrimonialisation des usages vestimentaires scolaires : l’exemple de l’exposition S’habiller pour l’école présentée au Musée National de l’Éducation. In: Vêtements, religions et espace scolaire public scolaire: La loi du 15 mars 2004, 20 ans après. IFJD (Institut Francophone pour la Justice et la Démocratie), pp. 49-72. ISBN 9782370324368
- Le Guennec, Aude (2024) Fabrics of Identity: School Uniforms. Online, 25.08.2024
- Le Guennec, Aude (2024) L’habit fait-il le genre de l’écolier ? La question de la mode genrée à l’épreuve de l’institution scolaire dans la France de la deuxième moitié du XXème siècle à nos jours. [Gender construction in the school environment, France, from the 1950s onwards]. In: Le vêtement de l’eleve : un objet d’education (XIVe-XXIe siècles). Le vêtement scolaire (XVIe-XXIe siècles) . Septentrion, Université de Lille, Lille, France. ISBN 9782757441404
- Le Guennec, Aude and Rose, Clare (2024) Children’s clothing collections, problems and perspectives: A case study of French and British Museums. In Situ, 52. ISSN 1630-7305
- Coutant, Nicolas and Le Guennec, Aude, eds. (2023) S'habiller pour l'ecole (Dressed for School). Canope, Paris. ISBN 9782240056160 (print); 9782240056177 (online)
- Le Guennec, Aude and Coutant, Nicolas (2023) S'habiller pour l'ecole (Dressed for School). National Museum of Education, Rouen (France), 23rd June 2023 - March 2024
- Le Guennec, Aude (2023) Children and clothes: childhood stories, tales of families. In: Dress as a Biography. Bloomsbury, London.
- LeGuennec, Aude (2023) Children’s clothing vs children’s fashion: the construction of childhood in fashion. Contextual and design approaches of the childrenswear apparel in the Global North. In: Pioneering New Perspectives in the Fashion Industry: Disruption, Diversity and Sustainable Innovation. Emerald Publishing Limited, pp. 139-153. ISBN 9781803823485
