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Decolonising 'Witchcraft'

March 20, 2017

Forever interested in collaborations between photographers and academics, this one is worth a flag. "Decolonising Witchcraft - Portraits of traditional healers in Bolivia", by photographer David X Green and Geographer Dr Kate Maclean at The Peltz Gallery, Birkbeck is well worth a visit.

Photographs of chifleras and amanitas. The indigenous wisdom in these women's work involves the rituals, artefacts and medicines that play a central role in culture, health and spirituality in Bolivia although it has been sidelined as "witchcraft" under colonial powers. 

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