Textured counter-archives

Disrupting the colonial archive, an overview of contemporary textile practices in Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, México

Authors

  • Mariana Almaraz Reyes Universidad Libre de Berlin

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17561/rae.v22.6570

Keywords:

Against Archives. Colonial Archive. Contemporary textile. Decolonization. Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxac

Abstract

Museums are places that are characterized as neutral but in reality, are often charged with a latent coloniality that represents the very seat of the colonial archive-temple of power because they reflect the material and symbolic dispossession of local heritage. As part of the state idealization and market pressures, we have fallen victim to a folklorization and an imposition of picturesque images that dramatize cultural traditions which hide different conflicting, contradictory and unexpected realities. In an attempt to propose alternatives that contribute to the decolonization of the archive, I will take the opportunity to ground the discussion in textiles, which beyond being decorative or ritual elements, represent a possible decolonizing alternative with a double function: They are archives in itself; but at the same time, they become counter-archives capable of refuting the textuality of the colonial archive. They meanwhile have created their own channels outside the institutional or museum spaces where memories flow and transmute in the form of various archives. Using textile art itself, they confront hegemonic practices, reinventing language and questioning the way in which tradition is viewed, which turns them into means of protest, social action and decolonizing practices.

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Medios digitales

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Perfiles personales en redes sociales

Taller 8: https://www.instagram.com/tallerocho8/ y https://www.facebook.com/tallerocho8

Alberto Ruíz: https://www.instagram.com/zaporuiz/

Ismael Gutiérrez: https://www.instagram.com/isma_rugs/ y https://www.tiktok.com/@isma_rugs

https://www.tiktok.com/@isma_rugs?

Personas entrevistadas

Alberto Ruíz Gonzáles nacido en 1979 es un artista textil contemporáneo originario de Teotitlán del Valle Oaxaca. Actualmente es uno de los activistas culturales más importantes de su localidad, trabaja como es curador en el Centro Cultural Comunitario, Lazz Galnazak Xtee Xigyae, Teotitlán del Valle y es fundador de Taller 8, un espacio de experimentación textil fundado en el 2010.

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Published

2022-04-01

How to Cite

Textured counter-archives: Disrupting the colonial archive, an overview of contemporary textile practices in Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, México. (2022). Antropología Experimental, 22, 15-26. https://doi.org/10.17561/rae.v22.6570

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