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Professor Smelik is project leader of three research programs on fashion, all subsidised by NWO (the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research):

1. 'Crafting Wearables', is a research project on fashionable technology, 2013-2018; together with ArtEZ Fashion Academy and Technical University Eindhoven, and private partners such as Philips and Textile Museum Tilburg. Please read the interview in Fashion United 'Technologie als modevriend' (in Dutch); or the short Summary or Samenvatting.
   See for more information the 'Crafting Wearables' website. In Dutch: Kort televisie interview met Anneke Smelik en Pauline van Dongen over wearable technology (NPO 2, De kennis van nu, 14 mei 2015, 16.05 uur, op ong. 17 min.).
   
2. KIEM project for innovation in the creative industries: "Vlisco: Made in Holland, adorned in West-Africa". This short research project  on cultural hybridity will run from February till September 2015. The research will be done by Dani�lle Bruggeman.
    
3. 'Dutch Fashion in a Globalised World' was a research project on the cultural dynamics of Dutch fashion that finished in 2014. It was done together with ArtEZ Fashion Academy, University of Amsterdam, Saxion University Enschede, and several private partners. Read this interview in Radboud Magazine (2014) and an interview in ELLE (2013). See earlier interviews in the Dutch press: NWO on 'impact' (valorisatie); NWO Experiment NL, Fashion United, and Nederlandse mode onder de loep in De Telegraaf (2008). Here is a short summary of the project in Dutch/English. The research programme resulted in four dissertations, which can be fully downloaded:

• Dani�lle Bruggeman, More Than Meets the Eye: Dutch Fashion, Identity and New Materialism, Radboud University Nijmegen, 2014; article in Fashion United on Dani�lle's research.
• Anja K�ppchen, Mind the Gap: Balancing Design and Global Manufacturing in Dutch Fashion, Radboud University Nijmegen, 2014; article by NWO on Anja's research.
• Maaike Feitsma, Nederlandse Mode? Een Verkenning van Mythevorming en Betekenissen (allow time for downloading); Radboud University Nijmegen, 2014; interview with Maaike. In January 2015 she won the Hermesdorf price of the Radboud University for the publicity she received for her dissertation.
• Constantin-Felix Von Maltzahn, The Construction of Brand Identities by Designers and Consumers, University of Amsterdam, 2013; interview with Constantin.

In 2015 the book From Delft Blue to Denim Blue. Contemporary Dutch Fashion (edited by Anneke Smelik) will be published by I.B. Tauris.

Publications on fashion by Anneke Smelik in English

Forthcoming:

• 'Cybercouture: The Fashionable Technology of Pauline van Dongen, Iris Van Herpen and Bart Hess'. In: From Delft Blue to Denim Blue: Contemporary Dutch Fashion, London: I.B. Tauris, forthcoming 2016
• 'From Mac&Maggie to CoraKemperman: Successful Co-Creation in Production and Consumption' (with Anja K�ppchen and Constantin Von Maltzahn). In: From Delft Blue to Denim Blue: Contemporary Dutch Fashion, London: I.B. Tauris, forthcoming 2016.
• 'Vivid Colours: From the Local to the Global and Back Again: Oilily, Mac&Maggie and CoraKemperman' (with Dani�lle Bruggeman and Maaike Feitsma). In: From Delft Blue to Denim Blue: Contemporary Dutch Fashion, London: I.B. Tauris, forthcoming 2016.
• 'Introduction: The Paradoxes of Dutch Fashion'. In: From Delft Blue to Denim Blue: Contemporary Dutch Fashion, London: I.B. Tauris: forthcoming 2016.
• ‘Jeans: from an American Icon to Dutch Denim’ (with Maaike Feitsma). In: C. Decker and A. B�ger (eds). Transnational Mediations. Negotiating Popular Culture between Europe and the United States. Winter: Heidelberg, 2015: forthcoming. 
• 'Gilles Deleuze: Bodies-without-Organs in the Folds of Fashion'. In: Agn�s Rocamora and Anneke Smelik (eds), Thinking Through Fashion: A Guide to Key Theorists, London: I.B. Tauris, 2015: forthcoming.
• 'Introduction to Thinking through Fashion' (with Agn�s Rocamora). In: Agn�s Rocamora and Anneke Smelik (eds), Thinking Through Fashion: A Guide to Key Theorists, London: I.B. Tauris, 2015: forthcoming.

Published:

• ‘Fashioning the Fold: Multiple Becomings’. In: Rosi Braidotti & Rick Dolphijn (eds), The Deleuzian Century: Art, Activism, Society, Amsterdam: Rodopi, 2014: 35-49.
• Cybercouture: Emotional Jeans or a Twittering Sweater.  Blog by Department of Cultural Studies, Culture Weekly.
• Fashionable Technology. In: Mode@MOTI: Design for Debate. Breda: Museum of the Image, 2013: 54-61.
• The Performance of Authenticity. In: Address. Journal for Fashion Writing and Criticism, vol. 1, no 1, September 2011: 76-82.
• Skin-deep and hair-raising: The meaning of skin and hair colour. In: Anne van der Zwaag & Jan Brand (eds), Colour in Time. Arnhem: Terra Artez Press, 2011: 52-57.
• The Danger of Hair. In: Jan Brand & Jos� Teunissen (eds), Fashion & Accessories. Arnhem: Terra/Artez Press, 2007: 172-177.
• Fashion and Visual Culture. In: Jan Brand & Jos� Teunissen (eds), The Power of Fashion. About Design and Meaning. Arnhem: Terra, Artez Press, 2006: 152-171.

Publications on fashion in Dutch

• Cybercouture: je mobieltje opladen met je jurk. In: Het beste idee van 2014. Uitgeverij De Wereld, 2014: 168-9.
• Cybercouture: twitteren met je trui. In: Het beste idee van 2013. Uitgeverij De Wereld, 2013: 116-7. English version on blog Culture Weekly.
• Monique van Heist weerstaat de verleiding van constante verandering, In: VanHeistInHeerlen bij Glamcult. Independent Style Paper, jrg 10, maart 2013: 34-37.
• Hoofdstuk 7 'Draagbare technologie: cybercouture en technomode', In: Anneke Smelik, Ik, cyborg. De mens-machine in populaire cultuur. Delft: Eburon, 2012: 127-155 .
• Mode en media. In: Premsela Seizoensbrochure, april 2011: 16-17. 
• Met huid en haar. De betekenis van huidskleur en haarkleur. In: Anne van der Zwaag en Jan Brand (eds), Kleur in beeld. Arnhem: Terra/Artez Press, 2011: 52-57.
• Het tijdperk van de gladjanus. Het ideaal van het haarloze lichaam. In: Deux Ex Machina, 34 (133) 2010: 18-25.
• Het intermediale sprookje van de modeshow. In: Oosterling, Slager en van der Vall (red.), Intermediale Reflectie, Rotterdam: DAF-cahiers, 2007: 64-72.
• Het gevaar van haar, In: Jan Brand en Jos� Teunissen (red.), Mode & Accessoires. Arnhem: Terra/Artez Press, 2007: 172-177.
• Mode en de media: van haute couture naar beeldcultuur. In: Jan Brand en Jos� Teunissen (eds), De macht van mode. Over ontwerp en betekenis. Arnhem: Terra, Artez Press, 2006: 152-171.