About this Event
141 Central Ave, Ithaca, NY 14850
Title: Past and Present of the Ñuu Savi Codices makers
Abstract:
Abstract:
The precolonial Mixtec codices contain the cultural memory of the Ñuu Savi (Mixtec) “People of the Rain”, one of the Indigenous Peoples of southern Mexico. Historically, these documents have been interpreted without fully consulting their cultural heirs, the Na Savi (Mixtec), in the living Mixtec communities or they are taken just as informants. In the last decades, more and more scholars and Mixtec scholars have shown how Ñuu Savi communities have maintained their own worldview, sacred places, cultural practices, and languages, despite the prolonged colonial trauma. It means that there is a cultural continuity, allowing us to understand the codices through the living heritage and cultural values of contemporary communities. In this talk, I will present the results of this methodology and its impact in the Ñuu Savi territory, how the knowledge of the codices is taken into account by the communities themselves to support their identity.
This event is co-sponsored by CIAMS, the Department of History of Art, the Johnson Museum of Art, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and American Indian and Indigenous Studies Program. Thank you.
