Vision
Social Redress is a cultural design studio, and alternative learning and production infrastructure that leverages sociocultural research and skills-based learning to reinvigorate American cultural, national, and economic identity by championing academic/industrial cooperation and by promoting material and knowledge production on a local scale.
Values
Critical, Collaborative, Constructive*
American Possibility
Mentorship
Ethical Capitalism
Mission
We believe that the American culture is a direct reflection of the people designing and building it. Therefore, we're all about production—producing products and knowledge. We take a center-right, pro-American approach to facilitate skills competency and ingenuity in the creative and cultural sectors. Social Redress provides a curated collection of projects and services to provide a low-risk/high-reward alternative-education pathway to personal, skills, and national development.
Objectives
Bridge the age-old theory/practice gap between academia and industry
Fortify the economic and social value of skilled labor within the creative fields
Sponsor the collaborative cultivation of knowledge, cultural curiosity, and ingenuity
Destabilize institutionalized gatekeeping of expertise and reconstitute epistemic authority around competence and potential.
Matthew Porter
Principal Researcher
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Matt Porter is a mentor, designer, and sociocultural anthropologist based in Ft. Worth TX. His work is fundamen-tally interdisciplinary and is driven by his dedication to, critical inquiry, intrepid pedagogy, and human ingenuity. Matt’s central aim is to blend qualitative research, creative practice, and local partnerships to generate actionable insights towards designing a better American culture.
Paired with his commitment to student development and ability to cultivate meaningful intellectual networks, Matt’s expertise in fashion and social theory has led to instructional and project development work at a variety of non-profits and universities including: University of North Texas, Parsons School of Design, University of Texas, UC Irvine, Heterodox Academy, and Unbuilt Labs. Matt’s research and creative work has been presented interna-tionally and published in leading outlets such as Quillette, Journal of Veterans’ Studies, and Fashion, Style, & Pop-Culture. Prior to his instructional and research work, Matt held custom design positions in men’s fashion in both Dallas and New York.
Matt’s current projects include building Social Redress offering and a book on conservative fashion.
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Labor & Education Systems
Fashion Practice & Theory
Right-Wing Cultural Experience
US Military/Veterans
Epistemology
Masculinity
Curriculum Strategy
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Right over Left: Conservative Fashion Theory and Social Practice
“Fashioning the Far Right: Demystifying the Proud Boys’ and Patriot Front’s Prep Style”
“War Work: Biocapital, Necropolitics, and the Political Economy of Military Labor”
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Deplorable by Proxy: Sartorial Semiosis and the Rendering of an Underclass (Fashion, Style, and Popular Culture)
Dialectical MAGA: Sociopolitcal and Legal Perspectives of a Little Red Hat (Journal of American Culture)
The Rise of Regulations for Sustainability Messaging in Apparel Industry (Unbuilt Labs)
Sounds Green to Me! Rendering Sustainable in US Online Apparel Marketing (Unbuilt Labs)
The Green Divide: Bridging the Attitude-Behavior Gap in Sustainable Apparel Consumption (Unbuilt Labs)
The Society of Cultural Anthropology’s Campaign to Present American Populism as Fascism (Quillette)
Review: Fashion History, A Global View (Fashion, Style, & Popular Culture)
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