Art Pluriverse: A Community Science Series - 1st edition, Textile Heritage and Weaving Communities

Description
The zine publication documents "Art Pluriverse", an annual community science series initiated by the Biennale of Western Balkans in 2020 as part of its year-round programme, in connection with the History of Art Laboratory, School of Fine Arts, University of Ioannina in Greece. Art Pluriverse aims to uplift intangible cultural heritage through community science, by engaging communities and the public in co-creative research in close collaboration with artists and researchers. Drawing on art, intangible cultural heritage and open knowledge, the programme foregrounds communities that safeguard local practices in the Balkans, by documenting their artistic heritage and traditional knowledge through open, educative and participatory methods. The collaborative process leads to the co-creation of research-based art and the development of digital community archives based on open-access principles, envisioning an Art Pluriverse for collectively experiencing and sharing tradition anew.

Communities
Rizarios Crafting School, Roma Community Office Aliveri, FEX Progressive Union of Xanthi, SEN Heritage Looms, Di Moullieri, Crimean Tatar Community

Artists
Inês Neto dos Santos, Konstantinos Gkarametsis, Mina Kouvara, Maria Varela, Maria Juliana Byck

Researchers
Eleonora Geortsiaki, Cecilia Palmér, Victoria Manganiello, Kirila Cvetkovska, NGO ALEM (Esma Adzhiieva & Vlada Fomina)

Students
Sofia Kalakou, Maria Patmanidou, Anna Gkoufa, Vasilios Dimos, Athanasios Kokkalis, Despina
Kritikou, Evangelos Ntaflos, Maria Mparlou, Antonia Papavasileiou, Ioannis Papageorgiou, Ileana Pantazopoulou, Vasiliki Spiliopoulou, Elisavet Tsatsaroni

Tutors
Brigitte Vézina, Konstantinos Stampoulis, Iason Pantazis, Manvi Seth, Nikos Voyiatzis, Simone da Silva, Puspita Ayu Permatasari, Susanna Ånäs

Scientific Coordinator
Dr Christos Dermentzopoulos

Committee members
Dr Janis Jefferies (Goldsmiths, University of London)
OLOOP design group [Tjaša Bavcon, Jasmina Ferček, Dr Katja Burger Kovič] (University of Ljubljana)
Dr Vasiliki Rokou (University of Ioannina)
Evelin Heidel (Creative Commons)
Dr Cleo Gougoulis (University of Patras)
Dr Dorina Xheraj-Subashi (University Aleksander Moisiu)

Advisory Board
Georgia Angelaki (National Documentation Centre)
Villy Fotopoulou (Ministry of Culture and Sports)
Dr Evangelos Kyriakidis (Heritage Management Organisation)

Citation
Ziku, M., Leventaki, E., Papageorgiou A., & Zachou, K. (Eds.) (2021). Art Pluriverse: A Community Science Series (1st ed.) Textile Heritage and Weaving Communities. Pluriverse Publications. https://doi.org/10.12681/pluriverse.68

Graphic design
These are a Few of our Favourite Things (Tasos Papaioannou, Panayiota Theofilatou)

Published by
Pluriverse Publications

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