Fios e tramas: O saber-fazer e a oralidade de fiandeiras e tecedeiras do Xixá

Abstract

Recently, at a time when the advanced world of technology and industry, and the world of popular traditions and craftsmanship began to coexist, the notion of “cultural references” introduced the possibility of including subjects and groups in the debate on “new heritages” and forms of preservation. This article aims to present, as a cultural reference, the spinners and weavers women from the ancient Xixá (a neighborhood of Itapuranga, GO), highlighting the work of memory and the preservation of spinning and weaving techniques in this municipality. As methodological steps, we carried out: 1) bibliographic review; 2) interviews with spinners and weavers, through the methodology of identification of the “snowball” effect, and the use of Oral History techniques, whose objective was to portray and record the narratives of life stories and individual and collective memories about the know how to do; 3) analysis of photographs taken during field research, inserting them in the field of visualities. We consider that, more than a heritage being valued and inventoried, artisan spinning and weaving is a local “know-how” to be reintroduced and strengthened among residents as an instrument that enhances the solidarity economy.