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The Abstract Text: Adinkra Symbolism As A Narrative In Drawing, Sherae Rimpsey
The Abstract Text: Adinkra Symbolism As A Narrative In Drawing, Sherae Rimpsey
Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection
Objectives:
i. Discuss the history of Adinkra textiles and its processes.
ii. Establish the origin and significance of Adinkra symbols.
iii. Situate the Adinkra symbols within Abstraction and examine its narrative potential as a non-discursive mode of communication in drawing.
iv. Create iconography to be in dialog with Adinkra symbols as part of a constructed narrative.
Methodology: I utilized the three key principles of methodological research – participation, observation, and interview in order to have direct experience with Adinkra cloth processes. I felt that this was necessary in order to effectively make sense of and analyze Adinkra symbols. I interviewed …