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Neither Fish Nor Fowl
The origins of “pato” in Queer Boricua lexicon.
Karla Claudio-Betancourt
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Dyes, saints, and honey: the modern use of the logwood tree in Quisqueya
The Nomadic Pigment Lab cultivates pigment and dye exchanges with artists from around the world. The authors visited Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, this fall to investigate the cultural meaning of the logwood tree.
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A Sigil’s Landscape
For its first destination the Nomadic Pigment Lab travels to La Barbacoa, Dominican Republic to collaborate with artist and botanical enthusiast Eliazar Ortiz, working with natural pigments to create a unique language of sigils.
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The Last of the Gallitos
Residents of the San Mateo and Chícharo neighborhoods in Santurce, Puerto Rico recall gallitos, a long forgotten neighborhood game in which opponents tie strings to the hard seeds of the algarroba fruit and take turns smashing each other’s gallito.
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Chromatic Oracles
Residents of the San Antón neighborhood in Carolina, Puerto Rico create oracles with botanical inks on behalf of loved ones who introduced them to the world of plants.
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On Text, Weaving, and Healing
For our last workshop in the Rewilding Borikén series, we made cordage with local cattail leaves and plantain bark––hands-on exercises that were accompanied by a selection of spoken word readings on the history of weaving and text.
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Decolonizing Natal Care in Trinidad & Tobago
Medically-managed birthing practices in Trinidad and Tobago are bound to the country’s colonial history. A contemporary resurgence of home births attended by midwives marks an important period in contemporary health care in the country.
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A Tea with a Revelation
The third workshop of the Rewilding Borikén series, “Fotorevelado con anamú”, examines the art of making film developers with local plants and deepens our knowledge of silver’s role in analogue photography.
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The Forest Inside Your Gut
The second workshop in the Rewilding Borikén series, “Fermentos con Frutas y Hortalizas” went beyond the basics of fermentation to examine how ecological successions permeate life from the forest to your gut.
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Afectos Cromáticos: Chromatic Affects
The first workshop in the Rewilding Borikén series, “Chromatic Affects” details natural dyeing techniques and how to make watercolors with local mineral pigments.
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Medicina Cultural, Medicina Esencial
An exploration of locally sourced, plant-based, health care among Dominican women living in Puerto Rico.
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Microcosm/Microcosme
Confined to a 9×10 foot bedroom in Ottawa, an artist creates reflects on the visible and invisible connectivity between the material and ephemeral.
