Gringsing Textiles as Cultural Archives: Designing Story-Making Tools for Conservation

Lira Anindita Utami; Urmila Mohan; Rully Sumarlin

Article Details

Gringsing Textiles as Cultural Archives: Designing Story-Making Tools for Conservation

Authors:

Lira Anindita Utami | Urmila Mohan | Rully Sumarlin

Publisher:

KnE Social Sciences

Journal:

KnE Social Sciences Vol.10 Issue 2, pp.104-117

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

8/2025

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001514881

pISSN:

2518-668X

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Abstract:

 Traditional textiles are central to understanding values and influences integral to regional design forms. For example, the various kinds of gringsing woven in Tenganan Pagringsingan, Bali, Indonesia, have a distinct ecology that is social, natural, and spiritual. How can this be sustained to attract a new generation of weavers and dyers within the community as well as ensure the appropriate use of natural resources? Woven textile motifs and patterns can capture cultural forces, and transcribe them into images, forming visual records or archives of significant relationships, perceptions, events, and stories. These images are semiotic and perceptual tools that can facilitate knowledge conservation by re-connecting textile makers/users with original sources of inspiration, myth, and other cultural information. Contemporary media, such as photography or illustrated books, can also be used as tools of connection when used to document textile motifs and cultural practices within these communities. Based on research conducted over 2014-2019, this article introduces 27 gringsing weaves as well as local knowledge associated with the usage of natural elements. Field observations, interviews, and discussions also helped co-create a story prototype and visual character design with some of Tenganan’s inhabitants. These can be used as tools to help re-identify social-natural-spiritual resources in gringsing’s composition and acquaint the community’s younger generation with their cultural inheritance.

Article Details

Gringsing Textiles as Cultural Archives: Designing Story-Making Tools for Conservation

Authors:

Lira Anindita Utami | Urmila Mohan | Rully Sumarlin

Publisher:

KnE Social Sciences

Journal:

KnE Social Sciences Vol.10 Issue 2, pp.104-117

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

8/2025

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001514881

pISSN:

2518-668X

archives

knowledge conservation

participatory learning

story-making

visual design

Issues

Article Details

Gringsing Textiles as Cultural Archives: Designing Story-Making Tools for Conservation

Authors: Lira Anindita Utami | Urmila Mohan | Rully Sumarlin

Publisher: KnE Social Sciences

Journal: KnE Social Sciences Vol.10 Issue 2, pp.104-117

Document Type: Article

Publication Date: 8/2025

Document Language: English

Document ID (Org No.): 2001514881

pISSN: 2518-668X

archives

knowledge conservation

participatory learning

story-making

visual design

Issues

Authors:

Lira Anindita Utami | Urmila Mohan | Rully Sumarlin

Publisher:

KnE Social Sciences

Journal:

KnE Social Sciences Vol.10 Issue 2, pp.104-117

Document Type:

Article

Publication Date:

8/2025

Document Language:

English

Document ID (Org No.):

2001514881

pISSN:

2518-668X