Recovery of the textile tradition in Santa Perpètua de Mogoda: an approach from artistic practice through Service-Learning

Abstract

Memòria, recuperació d’artesania i Sostenibilitat is a project between the University of Barcelona and the Rovira-Forns and Estela Ibèrica of Santa Perpètua de Mogoda high schools. The project aims to recover the traditional production systems of crafts, applying them to artistic production and design; to equip students with the necessary tools for artisan production linked to local historical memory; to exchange customs and traditions with the population in relation to artisan production; to demonstrate, based on the fundamental precepts of feminist economics, the importance of domestic work. The project is developed through the Service-Learning method: students of the Bachelor of Fine Arts tutor third-year ESO students from both institutes through the Community Service Program of the Santa Perpètua de Mogoda City Council. Through the didactic sheet Identitats truncades (2020) by Eulàlia Grau Costa et al., using Self-Learning method. Students explore the reality of textile and artistic production. The project culminates with a first exhibition and a journal of research and artistic teaching. Social values ??such as reuse and a more sustainable textile model are promoted to directly influence the territory and the community by recovering the rich local textile memory.