CAN WE THINK OF SEWING AS A GRAPHIC FOR ANTHROPOLOGY?

Authors

  • Emiliano Dantas Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22456/1984-1191.132413

Keywords:

Sewing, Colonial wound, Photography, Letter of the Bad Encounter

Abstract

This text deals with the idea of how sewing has become a tool for the development and survival of the human species and, therefore, has become an inscription on skin, fabric and bodies which tells many stories over time. My starting point was the exhibition Cartas do Mau Encontro, an art installation that made me realize the importance of sewing as a means to think about a critique within photographs. In this text colonial photography is seen as a wound that needs to be healed, sutured by artistic and creative processes.

Keywords: Sewing. Colonial wound. Photography. Letters of the Bad Encounter

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Author Biography

Emiliano Dantas, Instituto Universitário de Lisboa (ISCTE)

Doutor em Antropologia pelo Instituto Universitário de Lisboa/ISCTE. Na mesma instituição, compõe a equipe do Laboratório Audiovisual do CRIA-ISCTE.      

Published

2023-05-11

How to Cite

DANTAS, Emiliano. CAN WE THINK OF SEWING AS A GRAPHIC FOR ANTHROPOLOGY?. ILUMINURAS, Porto Alegre, v. 24, n. 64, 2023. DOI: 10.22456/1984-1191.132413. Disponível em: https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/iluminuras/article/view/132413. Acesso em: 15 oct. 2026.