Asaasa :  The Cloth Metaphor for Connectedness

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Zanj: The Journal of Critical Global South Studies

Volume 5, Issue 1/2

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Asaasa : The Cloth Metaphor for Connectedness

Author(s): Naa Densua Tordzro ¹ ^,

Publication date (Electronic): 15 June 2022

Journal: Zanj: The Journal of Critical Global South Studies

Keywords: Global South, migration, Asaasa, connectedness, inequality, development , diversity, family, economic development, metaphor

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Abstract

Asaasa is not just a cloth that emerged from an old practice where remnants of fabrics or wax prints are stitched together to create a bigger piece of cloth or a piece quilt, but rather a metaphor for connectedness in life. This piece of work tells a story of migration, inequality, development, diversity, family and community through the Asaasa cloth, using it as a metaphor for connectedness as it emerges from poverty as a result of the various inequalities people face as they move from one country to the other in the Global South. Textiles are used in this article to tease out the idea of connectedness which is part of MIDEQ’s aim in the context of migration in the Global South. The piece is representation of how we capture our migration experiences and communicated them through the Asaasa cloth.

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Title: Zanj: The Journal of Critical Global South Studies

ISSN: 2515-2149

Publication date (Electronic): 15 June 2022

Volume: 5

Issue: 1/2

Pages: 228-233

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[1 ] University of Glasgow

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Naa Densua Tordzro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2649-872X

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DOI: 10.13169/zanjglobsoutstud.5.1.0014

SO-VID: dfb4669f-06a1-4106-8591-be0bc555c234

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ScienceOpen disciplines: Economic development,Political science,Arts,General social science,Development studies,Cultural studies

Keywords: Global South,migration,Asaasa,connectedness,inequality,development ,diversity,family,economic development,metaphor

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[1] The Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts. 2010. Routledge. [Cross Ref]

[2] Knowing Bodies, Moving Minds. 2004. Springer Netherlands. [Cross Ref]

[3] Glăveanu Vlad P.. What Can be Done with an Egg? Creativity, Material Objects, and the Theory of Affordances. The Journal of Creative Behavior. Vol. 46(3):192–208. 2012. Wiley. [Cross Ref]

[4] Kendall Julie E, Kendall Kenneth E. Storytelling as a Qualitative Method for IS Research: Heralding the Heroic and Echoing the Mythic. Australasian Journal of Information Systems. Vol. 17(2)2012. Australian Journal of Information Systems. [Cross Ref]