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Photo: Oki sobaraCentral Java, Indonesia · material knowledge
Central Java, Indonesia. A morning glass begins with women’s work, but the story also holds grief, friendship, independence, and the wish to give a daughter something useful.
Photo: WOMEXKinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo · sound invention
Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Behind instruments made from discarded objects are musicians negotiating embarrassment, ambition, breakage, and the pleasure of finding a sound of their own.
Photo: SorrysorryTokushima Prefecture, Japan
In Tokushima, Japan, aizome indigo dyeing connects fermentation, skilled labor, and the livelihoods that sustain a living craft.
Teotitlán del Valle, Mexico · Making & inheritance
In Oaxaca’s Zapotec weaving traditions, color carries knowledge of land, family, and material. Keeping that knowledge alive also means finding new things to say with it.
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