Tools to teach through comics!

1. ERASMUS+ GLAS PROJECT
FIRST BROCHURE
Teaching through comics.
An alternative way to spread values and sensitize new generation on the problem related the
fabrication of t-shirts.
The CSC San Francesco started to work on the GLAS triangle platform performing a
particular workshop with adults and children. It has been proposed 3 times during the
Christmas Holidays.
Starting from a presentation of the draft of the comics “The adventure of my t-shirt” pupils
and adults take part in a particular workshop, discovering how many thousands km their t-
shirts have made and knowing all the terrible aspects that there are behind the production.
We used a t-shirt because it’s a common universal object, very easy to know, to study and
help to better understand the global economy situation.
WHY COMICS?
We decide to produce a handmade comic because it’s the best way to communicate all these
processes to pupils, catching their attention and inspiring their creativity.
After the read of the comics the participants are divided in 2 group, one will colour and add
text to the comic the other one will attend the workshop concerning old way to work textile
fibres like canapé, lane, agave, broom, silk…
A second workshop it’s focused on the production of comics, how to design it, story telling
strategies, use of colours text and image.
The waste of water… 2700 lt for one t-shirt

2. In the 18th Century Europe discover their passion for the cotton and starts to import it… but
the Indian production wasn’t enough. UK invents the first machine to work the cotton and
other fibres but needs a lot of row material furnished by the American Colonies under the
37° parallel (Texas, Florida, Georgia).
STARTS THE FIRST MONDIALIZATION AND AFRICA FOR HER MISFORTUNE JOINS THE
“DANCE”!
To collect cotton USA need arms!

3. West Africa, 18 million workers, production 10 times less then….
America, few workers, and automatize collection.
One more problem CHILD LABOR.
A wall of silence.
One more problem, the transport of the items, one t-shirt travel more then 45000 miles.
From USA (cotton) to China (textile become t-shirt) to USA (to be coloured) and then in the
world market.

4. The t-shirts coming back from China arrive to Miami where are coloured and printed.
After it the t-shirts are shipped world wide ready to be sold.
BUT THE HISTORY IT’S NOT FINISHED YET… NOW START THE SECOND LIFE OF THE
T-SHIRT…
OUR T-SHIRT CAN:
BE RECYCLED and used as
RAGS TO DUST
or
FOR CREATIVE ACTIVITIES LIKE BRICOLAGE OR PAINTING
BUT
for us the best way to recycle a t-shirt is this one….

5. We advice to collect them in a specific place, with specific containers and then a national
association it’s in charge to…
collect them and ship them to AFRICA

6. On the road (see) to Africa.
Our t-shirt will have a new life… here the children call these t-shirt MITUMBA.