Reading paths / 08 · 24 min

Through working hands

Carry, paint, dye, print and organise: follow skills across six records without assuming a single political identity.

What labour is hidden by the finished surface?

Stations / 06

01

Noken, a knotted carrying bag ↗

The labour inside the net

02

Painted rickshaws of Dhaka ↗

A moving surface, a working body

03

Adire, resist-dyed cloth ↗

The pattern is also a refusal

04

Đông Hồ woodblock printing ↗

A print begins before the paper

05

Textile work on Taquile ↗

An everyday skill, a public relation

06

SEWA and the organisation of informal work ↗

A workplace without a factory gate

Read the accompanying essay ↗