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Colores Culturales: Weaving Patterns of Education in Guatemala

Eberhardt, Sarah
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1242622333

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2009, MARCH, University of Cincinnati, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture (Master of).
The global economy is growing competitive, yet poverty and illiteracy prevail in rural Guatemala where indigenous cultures fight extinction. Peasants struggle for freedom from a system of corrupt law that has bound them to practices that do not celebrate their own traditions and culture. The place in the landscape itself bespeaks intensity - of color, of weather and of climate - that requires a sensitive built approach. Locals can exploit their existing materials and methodologies to arrive at more sensible strategies, relating back to native practices of weaving, harvesting, following sun movement, and gathering in communal workgroups. Tulan, a non-profit organization working to educate indigenous adults in the rural areas, has limited funding but is in need of an insightful, meaningful space to strengthen their mission. This thesis proposes strategies they can use to establish building workshops for their own students to come together and fabricate the new building. Through empowerment and education in a new headquarters for indigenous-run Tulan, their own cultural colors can shine through, weaving new patterns across Guatemala.
Vincent Sansalone (Committee Chair)
Rebecca Williamson (Committee Chair)
105 p.
Architecture
culture; tradition; color; weaving; pattern; texture; education; Guatemala; indigenous rights; critical regionalism; rural community

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  • Eberhardt, S. (2009). Colores Culturales: Weaving Patterns of Education in Guatemala [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1242622333

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Eberhardt, Sarah. Colores Culturales: Weaving Patterns of Education in Guatemala. 2009. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1242622333.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Eberhardt, Sarah. "Colores Culturales: Weaving Patterns of Education in Guatemala." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1242622333

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