{"id":178,"date":"2023-04-26T16:52:59","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T20:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wearingthepast\/?page_id=178"},"modified":"2023-04-27T22:13:26","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T02:13:26","slug":"student-perspectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wearingthepast\/student-perspectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Perspectives"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\u00a0 \u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-342\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wearingthepast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/952\/2023\/04\/10.2307_community.18982477-1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wearingthepast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/952\/2023\/04\/10.2307_community.18982477-1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wearingthepast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/952\/2023\/04\/10.2307_community.18982477-1-680x1024.jpg 680w, 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(max-width: 159px) 100vw, 159px\" \/><\/h1>\n<h1><span style=\"color: #993300\">Involvement &amp; Interest<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There has been consistent student interest in the collection since it began. Over the years, many students have completed internships and research projects surrounding the collection. Therefore, to gain a better understanding of how the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection exists on campus, student viewpoints are also necessary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In order to gather student feedback for this project, I made a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSeAWdj4jCW-9_KtpQSrg_7wiCuHWAgdOzxp8hd89Lg2NqN9fQ\/viewform?usp=sf_link\">Google Form<\/a>. In an effort to collect data from a variety of students, I posted this survey in my house group chat as well as on my personal social media.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Students were asked:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you know anything about the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection?<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If yes, what do you know?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Have you taken a class that used the collection as part of its curriculum?\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If yes, what class and do you think it was beneficial?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Would you take a course focused around the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Would you be interested in learning more about the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection?\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If yes, what would you like to know?\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If Smith were to establish a Center for the Study of Historic Dress, would you be interested in visiting and interacting with the space?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Do you know anything about the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-199 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wearingthepast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/952\/2023\/04\/Wearing-the-Past-300x246.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"357\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wearingthepast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/952\/2023\/04\/Wearing-the-Past-300x246.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wearingthepast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/952\/2023\/04\/Wearing-the-Past-768x631.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wearingthepast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/952\/2023\/04\/Wearing-the-Past.png 822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 357px) 100vw, 357px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>If yes, what do you know?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In general, even students who responded \u201cyes\u201d to having knowledge of the collection still knew very little. Most students who knew of the collection simply knew that Smith had a collection of historic clothing and that it has some relation to the theatre department. A few responses mentioned a connection to Professor Kiki Smith, acknowledging her role as the steward of the collection. Only one student referenced the specifics of the collection as an archive of women\u2019s clothing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Student Responses:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cCollects historic clothing mainly worn by women, especially more middle class and working women. Located in the basement of Mendenhall.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHonestly I know we have it but I\u2019ve only ever heard of it in reference to the class Kiki teaches! Wish it was more accessible to students!\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI know that it exists and is very extensive, and I attended a friend\u2019s final class presentation on an outfit from the collection once, but that\u2019s it!\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThat it exists\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI know that Kiki Smith runs it, and that it\u2019s somehow tied to the theater department\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt is one of the largest collections of historic clothing in the country, the head of the collection is Kiki Smith\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019ve heard that Smith does have a historic clothing collection, but I am not sure what it actually is. My thoughts were that it was a part of the theatre department.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt is managed by Kiki Smith.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe have a collection of articles of clothing that are centuries old.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI worked three for a summer so I\u2019m pretty familiar with the ins and outs\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cIt exists and lives in the Mendenhall basement with Kiki Smith as the curator.\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Have you taken a class at Smith that used the collection as part of its curriculum?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-206 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wearingthepast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/952\/2023\/04\/Wearing-the-Past-copy-1-261x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"261\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wearingthepast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/952\/2023\/04\/Wearing-the-Past-copy-1-261x300.png 261w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wearingthepast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/952\/2023\/04\/Wearing-the-Past-copy-1.png 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>If yes, what class and do you think it was beneficial?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Student Responses:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cReading Dress with Kiki Smith. Yes, I greatly enjoyed researching these \u201ceveryday\u201d garments and connecting with women\u2019s history through clothing.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cANT 281, modern material culture; I think it was a cool addition to the class but we really only spend a day on it. Plus it was a zoom class so we couldn\u2019t visit in person.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI went to Mendenhall once for my FYS. We were shown past articles of clothing dating back to the nineteenth century. Yes, it was an enriching experience.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cReading the Dress and yes very beneficial\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Would you take a course focused around the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-210 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wearingthepast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/952\/2023\/04\/Wearing-the-Past-copy-2-300x266.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wearingthepast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/952\/2023\/04\/Wearing-the-Past-copy-2-300x266.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wearingthepast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/952\/2023\/04\/Wearing-the-Past-copy-2.png 677w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Would you be interested in learning more about the Smith College Historic Clothing Collection?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-211 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wearingthepast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/952\/2023\/04\/Wearing-the-Past-copy-3-230x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"352\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wearingthepast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/952\/2023\/04\/Wearing-the-Past-copy-3-230x300.png 230w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wearingthepast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/952\/2023\/04\/Wearing-the-Past-copy-3.png 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>If yes, what would you like to know?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Overall, students expressed interest in learning more about the contents of the collection and how Smith came to acquire the objects. Students seem to know very little about where the garments came from or their connection to Smith students and alumnae. This feedback was surprising as these questions seem to be about foundational information about the collection which is relatively accessible. Students consistently expressed interest in learning more about the collection. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>Student Responses:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhere are the clothes from, why are they here?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI would like to know more about how the pieces were acquired and how they will be displayed and used in the future.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLiterally everything! Would love to know the range of time periods and locations we have garments from, or if we have any particularly unique pieces\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhat types of clothing it has and from which time periods; why it was established; if it\u2019s still actively collecting or not (and if so, what kinds of things is the collection looking for?)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhere the clothes come from and the stories\/relevance associated with them\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHow the collection was acquired, if active collecting is happening, what kinds of clothing are represented in the collection\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cEverything! What kinds of garments do they have, how did they get them, how do they preserve them, expansion? Etc.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhat\u2019s the oldest piece in the collection? Is there information about the people who wore the clothes?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI just want to explore it more!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhat is going on!\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhat it is\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019d like to know what it is and what you can learn from the collection \u2013 can you see the clothes? What kinds of clothes are in the collection? From where? All around the globe? Or just clothes from a certain place and era?\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cMore details about what\u2019s in it, where it\u2019s located, what it\u2019s used for\/its purpose\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe history of how it came to be!\u201d<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cHow old it is, how to get involved with it, more about period dress in general\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>If Smith were to establish a Center for the Study of Historic Dress, would you be interested in visiting and interacting with the space?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-212 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wearingthepast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/952\/2023\/04\/Wearing-the-Past-copy-4-229x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wearingthepast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/952\/2023\/04\/Wearing-the-Past-copy-4-229x300.png 229w, https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/wearingthepast\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/952\/2023\/04\/Wearing-the-Past-copy-4.png 601w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Involvement &amp; Interest There has been consistent student interest in the collection since it began. 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