Thinking the person through weaving: a proposal for interpretation based on the example of Jalq'a weavings (Bolivia)
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This text aims to present an interpretative proposal to explore in what ways the person can be considered to be identified, presented and constituted, in social and ontological terms, through weavings in the Andes. Using traditional Jalq'a clothing (Bolivian Andes) and its particular style of woven decoration as an example, I propose three approaches to contribute to this discussion: presenting traditional clothing as an ethnic distinctive, paying attention to the relationships that are generated around the practice of weaving, and considering the use of weavings as clothes wrappings that envelop the body to form a person as runa.
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