Acquisitions

“Non nete” is a textile book that mirrors the notebooks used in Peruvian public schools. Exposing the need to move beyond the limitations of the authorized, western curriculum, Apaza introduces an alternative, indigenous worldview in her conceptual depiction of a Shipibo Konibo origin story. Her work is inspired by kené, the geometric designs created by Shipibo-Konibo women to represent the interlinked waters, trees and animals that make up the landscape of the Ucayali riverine region of the Peruvian Amazon.

Geographical representations in anthropology museums reinforce European perspectives of landscape and history. We have chosen images for our website that illustrate the multiple ways that time and space are represented by Latin American communities. Time can be shown as non-linear and multilayered, while land can be depicted as a dynamic space that includes culturally specific visual codes and cosmology.