{"product_id":"mbuchi-turtle-words-on-the-forbidden-mother-tongues","title":"Mbuchi: Turtle Words.  On the Forbidden Mother Tongues","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Mbuchi: Turtle Words. On Forbidden Mother Tongues, delves into Eva’s long-term research on language, mother tongues and decolonial transmission practices through different generations and geographies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book explores in seven chapters the human as a turtle, the turtle as a human and the environment that intertwines Binnizá cosmologies with poetry, dreams, lullabies, migration policies, children books, family wounds, language resistance and its modes of becoming in this epistolary narrative.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEva invited artist Valentina Jager to join this adventure with translation as an artistic practice and artist Alan Sierra, accompanies with his illustrations as a lyrical interpretation of the reading.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA freeform essay that weaves together research on non-hegemonic languages and the author’s experiences with Dutch immigration policies, the text — translated by \u003cstrong\u003eValentina Jager\u003c\/strong\u003e — is interspersed with seed-based illustrations by \u003cstrong\u003eAlan Sierra\u003c\/strong\u003e, the concept of the seed pops up throughout the text as well, graphic design by \u003cstrong\u003eDongyoung Lee.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSoft cover, 18,5 x 11,5 cm, 64 pages, ed\/300, Rotterdam 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Posas, Eva","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57105414062420,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0015\/8656\/1083\/files\/PosasMbuchiTurtleWords.OntheForbiddenMotherTongues.jpg?v=1789138858","url":"https:\/\/boekiewoekie.com\/products\/mbuchi-turtle-words-on-the-forbidden-mother-tongues","provider":"Boekie Woekie, books by artists","version":"1.0","type":"link"}