Film
Ever since 2017 there has been a close cooperation between the Ethnologisches Museum, the Indigenous high school ENOSIMAR (Escuela Normal Superior IndÃgena MarÃa Reina), its community museum in Mitú as well as the Indigenous community of Macucu in Vaupés, Colombia. Over the years, the project’s intense engagement with historical collections from the region has led to a revival of disappearing material practices and traditional knowledge.
Numerous workshops on basket weaving, the construction of a traditional longhouse, ceramics and the environment’s annual ecological cycle have been held in Macucu since 2018 and are being documented on film. This practice serves as long-term documentation that is expanded with each activity, both for the community and the museum.
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CoMuse: The Collaborative Museum at the Ethnologisches Museum
CoMuse: The Collaborative Museum at the Museum für Asiatische Kunst
Research project: Living Things in the Amazon and in the Museum – Shared Knowledge in the Humboldt Forum
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