Tecituras e bordaduras: contextos, narrativas e práticas de bordado em cooperativas

Abstract

This research aimed to understand aspects present in the practice of embroidery within a cooperative setting. The investigation focused on the teaching and learning of embroidery, exploring the connections between the craft's practice, its propagation within a cooperative context, and its role as an instrument for socio-economic transformation. By considering embroidery as an artistic practice and an organizing tool for forms, content, thoughts, and feelings, the study paved the way to contemplate the experience of materializing creative processes by embroiderers. Furthermore, the research examined how experiences are shared, and through the exercise of embroidery, it explored the dynamics of communal living in the Bordana cooperative located in Goiânia, Goiás. The methodological approach involved narrative interviews to share experiences with this craft, considering the reasons that led individuals to pursue learning embroidery. Their learning and teaching histories were investigated, revealing differences and peculiarities in the processes. As a result, the research observed the social impacts promoted by the practice of embroidery, the stance of cooperative members in creative processes, and the role of Design as a collaborative mechanism in these processes. Among the authors of the works surveyed and their references, names such as Mariana Diniz de Carvalho (2017), Jean-Yves Durand (2016), and Maureen Daly Goggin (2009) stand out. Authors like Raimundo Martins and Irene Tourinho (2013, 2017) played a significant role as methodological foundations and opened doors to new references. It is considered that this study may contribute to forming a more attentive view of the significance of artistic practices within cooperative situations, especially the practice of artisanal embroidery as a means of community coexistence and a transformative element for individuals.