A Vital Matters Perspective: Unlearning and Relearning through Engagement with Ancestral Fiber Practices
Unlearning and Relearning through Engagement with Ancestral Fiber Practices
Tanya Aguiñiga reflects on how engaging with ancestral Mesoamerican and pre-Columbian fiber practices has deeply transformed her artistic approach. She explains that revisiting knowledge that was lost or forgotten through forced migration and colonization allows her to “unlearn” formal, Eurocentric educational models and reconnect with alternative ways of understanding the world; it also shifts her perspective on relationships to people and the natural environment.
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