Journal Report

Student’s Name: Tutor: Class: Date: Journal Report The article Material Culture, Indigeneity, and Temporality: The Textile as Legal Subject by Chacón (2020) explores the intersection of textiles, indigeneity, and intellectual property in Mesoamerica, providing viewpoints into how traditional weaving is more than just cultural artifacts, representing multifaceted systems of knowledge, rights, and human expressions. The article offers significant information on different areas, such as material culture, indigenous rights, and efforts toward decolonization. This work examines how textiles, especially those produced by indigenous communities in Mexico and Guatemala, work as carters of traditional knowledge and cultural identity. Such textiles, mostly developed by women, represent more than artistic or functional items. They hold the beliefs, values, and histories of their creators. Chacón’s (50) study highlights that such textiles have historically been construed through a gendered and cultural lens, emphasizing how they work as a steadiness approach for Indigenous identities across generations. It displays an area where anthropological and literary disciplines converge, viewing textiles as forms of literary and symbolic expression with epistemological importance. The primary focus of the article involves the consistent issue of cultural appropriation, particularly in the fashion industry. The author underscore...