Biblioteca Digital de VanguardiaKnit and Resist. Audiovisual ethnographies and textile narratives
The knitting as narrative has been a very old strategy, used mainly by women, where they have shaped and perpetuated their stories and the story of their towns through a very unique vision. Weaving had have diverse objectives, from the most obvious that is to dress the body, until ritual or politica...
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Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (Ecuador)
2017
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| description | The knitting as narrative has been a very old strategy, used mainly by women, where they have shaped and perpetuated their stories and the story of their towns through a very unique vision. Weaving had have diverse objectives, from the most obvious that is to dress the body, until ritual or political functions.The weaving is a language that can only be understood and transmitted by those who experience it through the body.This article reflects on the development of an audiovisual methodology applied to a P.H.D research about the relation between knitting and memory from an ethnographic, political and resistance perspective, but also as a creative process.This article also explores in the process of filming five documentary videos as a creative approach to the various ethnographic questions that were raised throughout the research, and at the same time, as a way of interacting with the communities of weavers and negotiate my presence in the field. The audiovisualwork, in addition to an exhibition of textiles and workshops, were together the methodological route that allowed to build a bridge to connect weavers at different latitudes, mainly among amuzgas weavers in the State of Guerrero, Mexico and weavers of memory in Colombia. Both collectives were able tostablish a symbolic dialogue through their woven stories. Generating a powerful reflection as women, recognizing the value they deserved to their manual and artistic work related to memory. This process has given those women the possibility to transform positively their lives. |
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| spelling | oai:revistas.ups.edu.ec:article-18802019-09-12T18:49:22Z Knit and Resist. Audiovisual ethnographies and textile narratives Tejer y Resistir. Etnografías Audiovisuales y Narrativas Textiles Rivera García, Mariana Xochiquétzal Audiovisual ethnography methodology sensory anthropology creativity textile narratives visual anthropology Etnografía audiovisual metodología antropología sensorial creatividad narrativas textiles antropología visual The knitting as narrative has been a very old strategy, used mainly by women, where they have shaped and perpetuated their stories and the story of their towns through a very unique vision. Weaving had have diverse objectives, from the most obvious that is to dress the body, until ritual or political functions.The weaving is a language that can only be understood and transmitted by those who experience it through the body.This article reflects on the development of an audiovisual methodology applied to a P.H.D research about the relation between knitting and memory from an ethnographic, political and resistance perspective, but also as a creative process.This article also explores in the process of filming five documentary videos as a creative approach to the various ethnographic questions that were raised throughout the research, and at the same time, as a way of interacting with the communities of weavers and negotiate my presence in the field. The audiovisualwork, in addition to an exhibition of textiles and workshops, were together the methodological route that allowed to build a bridge to connect weavers at different latitudes, mainly among amuzgas weavers in the State of Guerrero, Mexico and weavers of memory in Colombia. Both collectives were able tostablish a symbolic dialogue through their woven stories. Generating a powerful reflection as women, recognizing the value they deserved to their manual and artistic work related to memory. This process has given those women the possibility to transform positively their lives. El tejido como narrativa ha sido una estrategia muy antigua, utilizada principalmente por mujeres, en donde han plasmado y perpetuado la historia de los pueblos desde su propia visión. Tejer ha tenido objetivos diversos, desde el más evidente que es vestir el cuerpo, hasta cuestiones rituales o políticas. El tejido es un lenguaje que solo puede ser comprendido y transmitido por quien lo experimenta a través del cuerpo. Este artículo reflexiona sobre el desarrollo de una metodología audiovisual aplicada a una investigación doctoral en torno al tejido y la memoria desde una dimensión etnográfica, política y de resistencia, pero también como un proceso creativo. Este artículo explora el proceso de realización de cinco videos documentales como un abordaje creativo a los diversos cuestionamientos etnográficos que se fueron suscitando a lo largo de la investigación, y al mismo tiempo, como forma de interacción con las comunidades de tejedoras y negociación de mi presencia en campo. El trabajo audiovisual, sumado a una exposición itinerante de tejidos y talleres, fue la metodología que permitió ir más allá de la etnografía convencional, para hacer de la investigación, la posibilidad de tender puentes entre grupos de mujeres tejedoras, principalmente entre tejedoras amuzgas en el Estado de Guerrero en México y tejedoras por la memoria en Colombia, pudiendo entrar en diálogo a través de sus relatos tejidos, generando una reflexión potente como mujeres tejedoras y dando un lugar de valor y reconocimiento al trabajo manual que realizan cotidianamente y que ha transformado de manera positiva sus vidas. Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (Ecuador) 2017-08-31 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf application/pdf text/html application/octet-stream https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/27.2017.06 10.17163/uni.n27.2017.06 Universitas; No. 27: (September 2017- March 2018): Changes and continuities in contemporary audiovisual anthropology: A Latin American View; 139-160 Universitas; Núm. 27: (septiembre 2017- marzo 2018): Cambios y continuidades en la antropología audiovisual contemporánea: Un enfoque L.A.; 139-160 1390-8634 1390-3837 10.17163/uni.n27 spa eng https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/27.2017.06/1854 https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/27.2017.06/2027 https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/27.2017.06/2043 https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/27.2017.06/2044 Derechos de autor 2017 Universidad Politénica Salesiana |
| spellingShingle | Rivera García, Mariana Xochiquétzal Knit and Resist. Audiovisual ethnographies and textile narratives |
| title | Knit and Resist. Audiovisual ethnographies and textile narratives |
| title_full | Knit and Resist. Audiovisual ethnographies and textile narratives |
| title_fullStr | Knit and Resist. Audiovisual ethnographies and textile narratives |
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| title_short | Knit and Resist. Audiovisual ethnographies and textile narratives |
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| url | https://universitas.ups.edu.ec/index.php/universitas/article/view/27.2017.06 |