“Bejay (water) is our sister”: Wearable speculations to entangle collectively.
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DRS2024: Boston, pp. 1-16, Proceedings of Design Research Society
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Inspired by the feeling-thinking-making of the tšombiach, a traditional belt or sash woven by the Kamëntŝa people (authors 2023) this paper explores the potential of a collection of wearable speculations to entangle collectively in matters of care (Puig de la Bella Casa 2017) relating to water in a territory. Through five speculative, hand-woven garments we (2 Kamëntŝa and 2 sn̈ená/foreign women) open dialogues on how wrapping/involving, in a tšombiach logic, can be a practice of care: of the body and of the territory. The pieces are speculative in the sense that they are not actual garments, nor are they tšombiachs, instead they are pieces woven to feel-think-make with. Through them we invite each other, and other people, to physically engage with situated stories of bejay -water- our sister; to wear these pieces as a call to care, but also to be involved and entangled in the stories.Description
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Botero, A, Sánchez-Aldana, E, Cuarán Jamioy, A & Chicunque Agreda, S P 2024, “Bejay (water) is our sister”: Wearable speculations to entangle collectively. in C M Gray, E C Chehade, P Hekkert, L Forlano, P Ciuccarelli & P Lloyd (eds), DRS2024: Boston. Proceedings of Design Research Society, Design Research Society, pp. 1-16, Design Research Society International Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 23/06/2024. https://doi.org/10.21606/drs.2024.263