Textiles UnTangled : textiles impacts and solutions game workshop
Textiles UnTangled : textiles impacts and solutions game workshop
Sat, Feb 18, 2023 4:00 PM CET (+01:00)
€10 - €30
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Textile Tales of Pua Kumbu with Dr Welyne Jeffrey Jehom
Listen to tales of Pua Kumbu and learn about its history and its making.
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When and where
Date and time
Location
Online
About this event
ARTIST BACKGROUND
Dr Welyne Jehom is a senior lecturer at the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Universiti Malaya. Her most successful research and sustainable community engagement has been the development of the Indigenous knowledge of the traditional textile, the Iban Pua Kumbu, which has led to a series of exhibition, the "Textile Tales of the Pua Kumbu" since 2015.
CLASS SUMMARY
- History and function of Pua Kumbu
- Screening of an animation of the origin of Pua Kuumbu
- The ritual involved in the making of Pua Kumbu
- The preparation of the threads
- The preparation of weaving
IMPORTANT NOTES
- Class will be conducted in English
- Suitable for students and beginners
- Expand your knowledge and interest in ethnic heritage and history