15 October 2019
From Seeds to Rags: Textile Production in Dendi and Borgou (North Benin)
The project aims primarily at documenting cotton cloth production in North Benin, from cotton growing activities to thread production (ginning, […]
15 October 2019
The project aims primarily at documenting cotton cloth production in North Benin, from cotton growing activities to thread production (ginning, […]
15 October 2019
In the islands of Melanesia, people have developed extremely complex value and exchange systems that seem to work like currencies. […]
15 October 2019
This project will translate, record, articulate, preserve, and disseminate craft knowledge related to paper clothing (kamiko) made from sheets of […]
15 October 2019
The traditional natural broom and fibre rope crafts of the Urhobo people of Nigeria are highly endangered by the introduction […]
15 October 2019
ឧបករណ៍ផ្ទាត់ «អង្កួច» អ្នកចេះធ្វើអង្កួចដែលប្រហែលជាងតិចជាងដប់នាក់ប៉ុណ្ណោះដែលត្រូវបានគេស្គាល់ទូទាំងប្រទេសកម្ពុជា ហើយរបៀបនៃការធ្វើអង្កួចនេះមិនទាន់ត្រូវបានបានចងក្រងឱ្យស៊ីជម្រៅនៅឡើយ។ ដោយសហការជាមួយអង្គការសិល្បៈខ្មែរអមតៈ និងអ្នកចេះធ្វើអង្កួចនិងអ្នកលេងបីនាក់ គម្រោងមួយនេះបានចងក្រងអំពីសង្គមវប្បធម៍នៃឧបករណ៍អង្កួច និងរបៀបធ្វើអង្កួច នៅភូមិចំនួនពីរក្នុងខេត្តសៀមរាប។ លទ្ធផលនៃគម្រោងរួមមាន៖ វីដេអូឯកសាររយៈពេល២០នាទី ដែលធ្វើឡើងជាភាសាខ្មែរដែលមានអក្សររត់ជាភាសាអង់គ្លេស ហើយវីដេអូនេះនឹងយកមកផ្សព្វផ្សាយជាសាធារណៈតាមរយៈ EMKP Digital Repository of the British Museum […]
15 October 2019
The borderland between Sudan and Ethiopia has historically been a refuge to an extraordinary diversity of indigenous groups that still […]
15 October 2019
Reed, a comb-like element of a weaving loom which is responsible for separating warp and beating weft yarn, is one […]
15 October 2019
The Batek are hunter-gatherers who dwell in lowland rainforest across the states of Terengganu, Kelantan, and Pahang in Peninsular Malaysia, […]
15 October 2019
This research aims to document technological aspects of Bidayuh, Iban and Penan native blades and, changes occurring with them. A […]
15 October 2019
This project aims to document the dwindling practice of beekeeping amongst the Sengwer communities living in the Embobut Forest, western […]
15 October 2019
We will study, document and digitize over a period of one year, from September 1, 2019 to August 21, 2020, […]
15 October 2019
For centuries, Indigenous wild silks have been traded across West Africa and used in Marka-Dafing’s textiles production in the Mouhoun […]
1 October 2019
This project aims to digitize the glass bead making process in Ile-Ife, Southwest Nigeria, in order to produce a digital […]
30 September 2019
The Upper Xingu (Mato Grosso, Brazil) is an area of exceptional ecological, socio-historical and cultural diversity in Amazonia, which is […]
27 September 2019
Asapan, the initiation ceremony of the pastoral-nomadic Turkana of northern Kenya, is a ceremony that draws together an extraordinary array […]