Costurando sonhos: reflexões sobre as oficinas de corte e costura na Comunidade do coqueiro da praia

Abstract

Workshops experiences designed to capacitate a group of women who lived in Vila do Coqueiro da Praia community, through cutting and sewing techniques taught are reported in this research. Those workshops have happened within the scope of the Ateliê Escola, an extension project of the Graduate Program in Arts, Heritage, and Museology at the Federal University of Delta do Parnaíba, Piauí, Brazil. Concepts such as “social museology” and “territory” is the background for this analysis also considering the cultural heritage of the Vila do Coqueiro da Praia, Luis Correia neighborhood. The activities realized during the workshops were based on several exercises in which ones could be capable of developing abilities to work with the sewing machines and do different types of sewing. Through the techniques taught, women based on Vila do Coqueiro da Praia could transform the feminist protagonist in this territory giving them the chance to increase their incomes by making textile products that are in demand from the local business. Those products are designed with local cultural symbols and references. The research also shows the analysis of the results from the workshops and the learned content throughout the narratives from those women who attended.