Fairuzah Atchulo is a PhD candidate at the Media Studies Department, University of Amsterdam. She is also affiliated with both the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) and the ERC Project China Africa Fashion Power (https://www.chinaafricafashionpower.org) under which she researches on the consumption end of the China-Africa global value chains in Kenya and Mozambique.

Her PhD project is focused on standardized size and sizing systems and neo-colonialism in global fashion; which aims to examine the entangled histories of colonialism in global sizing systems, the inherent neo-colonialism still present in global systems and structures, its impact on fashion consumption in the global South, and how within these global structures, agency can be asserted. Fairuzah’s educational and research career span across three continents; Africa, Asia, and Europe in areas of history, culture, diplomacy, policy, East Asian Studies, migration, and international law. 

Book Reviews

Atchulo, F. M., & Kanis, L. N. (2024). Book Review: Kenya’s and Zambia’s relations with China 1949-2019. Global Media and China, 9(1), 126-130. https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364241236500.

Working Papers

Cetrez, Ö., Atchulo, F., Garosi, I., Hack, A., & Rajon, M. A. (2021). Integration and Determinants of Psychosocial Health – Thematic Report (v.1). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4647688.

Dissertation

Atchulo, F. M. (2021). The Lingering Ravages of Colonialism : A Case study of neocolonialism through Cooperation Agreements in Cote D’Ivoire, and its impact on growth and development. (Dissertation). https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1595739.