Ser artesana: un trabajo entre otros. Un video etnográfico sobre los ritmos laborales de una bordadora tseltal
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Videos, photographs, and descriptions of crafted textile production in Mexico, often made to promote the products or to document social impact projects, tend to emphasize the craft as an age-old practice or one that empowers women artists on a path to a better future. Both of these focuses, however, overlook the actual form this work takes in these women's day-to-day lives. This short film depicts a day in the life of Antonia, a Tseltal embroiderer from the town of Tenejapa in the Chiapas highlands. It seeks to provide a more faithful depiction of the place that craftsmanship occupies in the daily lives of women artisans.
Source: Encartes
Author: Rachel Barber
Language: English
Topic: Crafts, Textile, and Design
Subfield: Museology
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4408695873