Zusammenfassung
- Was Lesung | Vortrag — Weaving Philippine Textiles' Future
- Wann 14.07.2021 from to (Europe/Berlin / UTC200)
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Beschreibung
Habi: Weaving Philippine Textiles' Future
Online Panel Discussion
Organized by
Advancing Philippine Studies, Institute for Asian and African Studies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
with the support of the Philippine Embassy in Berlin
July 14, 2021
10-12:00 (Berlin) / 16-18:00 (Manila)
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Agabel Tayo! (Let's Weave): Textile Revitalization in the Philippine Cordillera
In northern Luzon and the rest of the Philippines, there is a locally instigated form of cultural revival on weaving and textiles to stimulate interests on the diminishing cultural tradition. In 2014, the Cordillera Textiles Project (CordiTex) was convened under the auspices of the Emerging Interdisciplinary Research (EIDR) of the University of the Philippines System to undertake research on weaving traditions.
CordiTex, now on its fifth year, is a multi-disciplinary research that uses different approaches in the social and natural sciences to analyze traditional textiles and examine how they are transformed in the contemporary period. Specifically, CordiTex research focuses on the anthropology, history, mathematical symmetry, technology, art, ergonomics, ethnobotany, and science of Cordillera textiles. The project documents extant textiles that can no longer be woven by local communities, due to the demise of master weavers and the decline in significance of traditional weaving. CordiTex also facilitates the reconstruction of vintage textiles through digital loom technology to rejuvenate interest in traditional weaving in the region. As an example, Cordillera weaving practices have emerged as a venue for cultural expressions and economic ventures for local groups. This development has led to heritage conservation programs supported by income from weaving.
However, this has also opened the floodgates for appropriation. The research presents a new narrative to empower local weavers, engender ethnic identity, and sustain Cordillera weaving.
About the speaker:
Analyn Salvador-Amores, Ph.D. is professor of Anthropology and Director of the Museo Kordilyera at the University of the Philippines Baguio. She earned her masters and doctorate in Social and Cultural Anthropology from Oxford University, UK. She is the Project Leader of the CORDITEX (Cordillera Textiles Project) composed of an interdisciplinary team conducting research on textiles in Northern Luzon. Her research interest includes non-Western aesthetics, material culture, ethnographic museums and colonial photography in the Philippine Cordillera. Included in her work is the two time award-winning book: Tapping Ink, Tattooing
Identities: Tradition and Modernity in Contemporary Kalinga Society (UP Press, 2013). She is one of Metrobank’s Outstanding Filipinos (2015) and an Outstanding Young Scientist in the field of Social Anthropology conferred by the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST, 2014). She continues to carry out anthropological fieldwork among the indigenous communities in Northern Luzon, and have published extensively on this subject.
Piña Weaving and Embroidery in the Philippines
This talk focuses on the piña-seda fabric or garment, the craft and skills behind it, and efforts to support this cultural heritage. A piña-seda fabric or garment, made from pineapple fibers, is a product of diligence, hard work, and passion. Twelve people are needed to produce the fabric, about three people to do the embroidery work, and two to design and sew. This means that a handwoven and embroidered piña-seda blouse would entail at least seventeen people to complete one piece. To ensure the sustainability of the local textile industry, there is a need for convergence among the agencies of government involved—from the production of raw materials, to the conduct of trainings and workshops, provision of equipment and materials, product development and promotion program, and to facilitate a systematic marketing system. The strengthening of the local fabrics industry, such as the piña-seda, is attuned to our advocacy of promoting sustainable development, preserving our cultural identity, and showcasing Filipinos' creativity, ingenuity and excellent craftsmanship.
About the speaker:
Deputy Speaker Loren Legarda has long been an advocate of cultural preservation. She has supported Schools of Living Traditions, sponsored the documentation of indigenous knowledge and traditional practices, and organized regional assemblies and the first national indigenous cultural summit that served as avenues for dialogues between indigenous peoples and various sectors of society. She has been engaged in efforts to revive the age-old tradition of weaving, creating the country’s first permanent textile gallery, Hibla ng Lahing Filipino at the National Museum; leading the launch of the Hibla Pavilion of Textiles and Weaves of the Philippines, which displayed different weaving traditions; and supporting the National Museum’s Lecture Series on Philippine Traditional Textiles and Indigenous Knowledge. Senator Legarda also initiated the creation of the Museum's Baybayin Gallery and Manlilikha ng Bayan Gallery. She furthermore supports the promotion of Philippine Studies abroad, namely SOAS in London; Ruhr University and Humboldt University of Berlin in Germany; the ISEAS Institute in Singapore, the New York University in New York; and the Universidad de Complutense in Spain.
