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This directory presents craftswomen and craftsmen from Regions 1, 3 and 9 who were engaged in the project Conserving Nature through Traditional Craft and Culture in Guyana funded by the National Geographic Society.
This directory provides descriptions, stories and beliefs about the plant resources used to make Indigenous crafts in Guyana today.
This pamphlet provides practical advice on starting a craft business in Guyana, based on the experiences of Indigenous crafters.
This poster provides crafters advice and outlines recommendations and guidelines that village councils in Guyana can implement to help safeguard Indigenous crafting.
This directory presents craft items that have significant livelihood importance and are currently being made and used in Indigenous communities throughout Guyana.
Mistry, J. (2020). Rekindling the Indigenous practice of pottery in Guyana. A collaborative sketchbook. Cobra Collective, UK.
de Ville de Goyet, G., Albert, G., Buckley, A., Roberts, J., Butler, K. and Haynes, L. (2018). 33 Amerindian Tales from the North Rupununi, Guyana. Pantani Book
This book is a visual tale of local solutions to global challenges from Indigenous communities who participated in the EU funded Project COBRA. COBRA (Community Owned Best practice for sustainable Resource Adaptive management in the Guiana Shield, South America) aimed to better understand the impacts of new global policies at the local level in a region of the world known as the Guiana Shield. The project investigated how far the priorities of global environmental policies match the aspirations of Indigenous communities to thrive in their traditional homelands in a fast changing global policy climate. COBRA supported Indigenous communities to make recommendations, based on their own understandings and observations, which will be used to facilitate the establishment of strong policies in support of community owned solutions in European international and national funding mechanisms and policies.
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