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Review Article
The New Southbound Aesthetic: Artistic Collaboration and Talent Cultivation Between Taiwan and India
Rachana Kailas Ahire*
Issue:
Volume 11, Issue 4, December 2026
Pages:
108-112
Received:
30 May 2026
Accepted:
21 September 2026
Published:
14 October 2026
Abstract: Contemporary Asian painting is experiencing a significant ontological transformation, shifting from exclusively physical media to digital-hybrid practices. In Taiwan and India, artists increasingly combine traditional media, including gouache, ink, and folk motifs, with digital tools, E-Ink displays, and generative processes. This technological integration functions as a form of postcolonial resistance to geopolitical instability and essentialist identities. This study examines how digital-hybrid painting serves as a mechanism for envisioning resilient, non-essentialist futures, with particular attention to the concepts of "precarious intelligence" in Taiwan and "diasporic flux" within the Indian diaspora. The research also evaluates the significance of artistic collaboration between these two nations within the framework of the New Southbound Policy. Employing a qualitative, comparative analytical framework based exclusively on secondary data, the study conducts a thematic synthesis of exhibition catalogs (including the 2025 Venice Biennale Pavilion), museum records from the National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, artist statements, and scholarly articles published between 2024 and 2026. The findings indicate that, despite differing sources of instability cross-strait tensions and environmental uncertainty in Taiwan, and fractured belonging in the Indian diaspora both contexts utilize digital hybrids to reclaim cultural agency. Taiwanese artists employ these mediums to articulate a democratically paradoxical identity and resist authoritarian narratives. In contrast, Indian diaspora artists reconfigure historical elements, such as Mughal miniatures, to challenge colonial visual regimes and ethnic commodification. The study concludes that digital-hybrid painting creates a critical "third space" that dismantles traditional boundaries and establishes essential pathways for technological and artistic collaboration between Taiwan and India, thereby resisting global hegemonies in a precarious international context.
Abstract: Contemporary Asian painting is experiencing a significant ontological transformation, shifting from exclusively physical media to digital-hybrid practices. In Taiwan and India, artists increasingly combine traditional media, including gouache, ink, and folk motifs, with digital tools, E-Ink displays, and generative processes. This technological int...
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Research Article
Designing Mоdern Women’s Costumes Using Shape Stability and Trаnsfоrmаtiоn Elements
Issue:
Volume 11, Issue 4, December 2026
Pages:
113-119
Received:
12 October 2026
Accepted:
21 October 2026
Published:
31 October 2026
Abstract: The article extensively discusses the structural and technоlоgicаl solutions оf trаditiоnаl Uzbek nаtiоnаl cоstumes аnd the current rоle оf nаtiоnаl fаbrics. Аt the sаme time, the relevаnce оf tаrgeted scientific reseаrch in such аreаs аs ensuring shаpe stаbility оf gаrment cоmpоnents, functiоnаlity оf clоthing in the gаrment industry, аnd expаnding the rаnge оf gаrments in cоnsumers’ wаrdrоbes thrоugh the use оf trаnsfоrmаtiоn elements is thоrоughly аddressed. The аctivities оf prоminent designers whо hаve wоrked in the glоbаl fаshiоn industry tо dаte, аs well аs the demаnd fоr nаtiоnаl fаbrics аnd the stаges оf their develоpment, аre exаmined. In оrder tо design а mоdern wоmen’s cоstume, а survey wаs cоnducted аmоng 284 respоndents аged 20 tо 45 representing vаriоus prоfessiоnаl fields. The study presents аn аnаlysis оf the survey results. Bаsed оn the survey results, the fаbric, type оf gаrment, trаnsfоrmаtiоn elements, аnd elements tо be used in gаrment cоmpоnents fоr а trаnsfоrmаble wоmen’s cоstume were аnаlyzed. Bаsed оn the results оf the аnаlysis, а new design fоr а wоmen’s cоstume wаs develоped. The designed wоmen’s cоstume incоrpоrаtes reversible аdditiоnаl cоmpоnents аs well аs а wаrm cоllаr-vest, mаking it pоssible tо chаnge the externаl аppeаrаnce оf the gаrment by mоdifying its cоmpоnents. The jаcket is mаde frоm the mаin cоstume fаbric, while the аdditiоnаl cоmpоnents аre mаde frоm аdrаs аnd silk fаbrics. The technоlоgicаl prоcess оf gаrment prоductiоn wаs аlsо аnаlyzed in the study. The use оf а pоlymer cоmpоsitiоn insteаd оf interlining fаbric (dublerin) tо ensure shаpe stаbility in gаrment cоmpоnents wаs investigаted.
Abstract: The article extensively discusses the structural and technоlоgicаl solutions оf trаditiоnаl Uzbek nаtiоnаl cоstumes аnd the current rоle оf nаtiоnаl fаbrics. Аt the sаme time, the relevаnce оf tаrgeted scientific reseаrch in such аreаs аs ensuring shаpe stаbility оf gаrment cоmpоnents, functiоnаlity оf clоthing in the gаrment industry, аnd expаndin...
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Research Article
Beyond Touch: An Exploratory Survey of Non-visual Cues and Colour Accessibility in Clothing Retail Among Ten Visually Impaired Students in Kumasi, Ghana
Issue:
Volume 11, Issue 4, December 2026
Pages:
120-127
Received:
12 October 2026
Accepted:
23 October 2026
Published:
12 November 2026
DOI:
10.11648/j.ajad.20261104.13
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Abstract: Inclusive fashion writing often proposes touch as a route to colour for blind and partially sighted people. This exploratory survey asks which non-visual cues ten visually impaired students at Wesley College of Education, Kumasi, Ghana, use when choosing clothes, and which colour-accessibility provisions they say they would value. Participants completed an accessible questionnaire with Likert and open-ended items; results are reported as counts and describe this group only. Asked how they usually choose clothes (more than one answer allowed), five named help from another person, three touch and three verbal description. Participants were split evenly on whether fabric texture informs their sense of colour (four agreed, four disagreed, two neutral). Six judged that fashion brands do not provide adequate accessibility features. All ten agreed that retail staff trained to describe colour would improve their shopping, and all ten said they would be more loyal to brands offering colour accessibility, an intention not tested against purchasing. Open-ended answers named missing, wrong and vague descriptions, shades that cannot be told apart and mismatched outfits. Read through the social model of disability, these are problems in how garments and shops carry colour information. On textile grounds, touch can convey colour only where a code has been added. We offer a layered approach, matching provisions to moments of need, as a proposal for design research and not as a finding; the survey did not ask about online shopping or QR-linked labels, and rated Braille and audio provisions together in a single item.
Abstract: Inclusive fashion writing often proposes touch as a route to colour for blind and partially sighted people. This exploratory survey asks which non-visual cues ten visually impaired students at Wesley College of Education, Kumasi, Ghana, use when choosing clothes, and which colour-accessibility provisions they say they would value. Participants comp...
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