Elisa Palomino

Working at the intersection of anthropology, education, and sustainable fashion, I research on
Indigenous knowledge, participatory design, and heritage. I hold a PhD from the London College of
Fashion with a thesis on ‘Indigenous Arctic Fish Skin Heritage’. For a decade I was Fashion Print
Pathway Leader at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. I have received fellowships
from Fulbright, Kluge Library of Congress, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science,
Kunsthistorisches Institut in Florenz Max Planck Institute, Koç University ANAMED and Fondazione
Cini. I am currently a Research Associate at the Smithsonian Arctic Studies Center.