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Journal

Lud

2023 | 107 | 1 | 223-247

Article title

Body biographies: a study of apprenticeship and embodied experience among tattoo artists in Mexico

Content

Title variants

PL
Biografie ciała: studium nauki rzemiosła i ucieleśniania doświadczenia wśród meksykańskich artystów tatuażu

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Abstracts

PL
Opierając się na wieloletnim doświadczeniu autora w pracy w terenie w Meksyku, ten artykuł opisuje doświadczenie zawodowe tatuatorów. Zajmuje się procesem uczenia się rzemiosła, tym, jak artyści rozwijają umiejętności i techniki oraz jak dzielą się swoją wiedzą z innymi. Tekst argumentuje, że solidarność, jaką tworzy społeczność tatuażu, przechodzi nie tylko przez relacje między artystami a klientami, ale także przez wymianę i wzajemność między profesjonalistami poprzez wzajemne tuszowanie ich ciał, w tym, co autor nazywa biografiami ciała. Artykuł przedstawia również znaczenie mediów społecznościowych w promowaniu twórczości artysty oraz to, jak dana osoba staje się ekspertem lub profesjonalistą. Wreszcie analizuje rosnącą popularność tatuaży i nasycony przez nią rynek, na którym artyści rywalizują o klientów, prestiż i pieniądze.
EN
Based on the author’s long-term fieldwork experience in Mexico, this article describes the apprenticeship experience of tattoo artists. It deals with the learning process of a craft, how artists develop skills and techniques, and how they share their knowledge with others. The text argues that the solidarity that the tattoo community creates passes not only through the relationship between artists and clients but also through the exchange and reciprocity between professionals through the mutual inking of their bodies, in what the author calls body biographies. The article also depicts the importance of social media in promoting an artist’s work and how a person becomes an expert or a professional. Finally, it analyzes the growing popularity of tattoos and the saturated market it creates, where artists compete for clients, prestige, and money.

Journal

Lud

Year

Volume

107

Issue

1

Pages

223-247

Physical description

Dates

published
2023

Contributors

References

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Document Type

Publication order reference

Identifiers

Biblioteka Nauki
19322531

YADDA identifier

bwmeta1.element.ojs-doi-10_12775_lud107_2023_08
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