Joanna Weckman

Joanna Weckman, Doctor of Arts (DA) is an independent costume researcher, lecturer, curator, and costume designer. Her doctoral dissertation (2015) investigated the conditions – the practices, values and ideals – that shaped the work of costume designers in recent Finnish history, through the career of and oral history told by actress and costume designer Liisi Tandefelt. She has published several articles on the history of the costume design work and of costumes for the stage and film in Finland since 2001.

She was a CiF member from 2013–2015, while a doctoral student at the Department of Design, Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture, and 2015–2016 as a post-doc researcher in Costume Design, Department of Film, as part of the FiDiPro Costume Methodologies project, funded by the Academy of Finland.