It often appears the word ‘indigenous’ encompasses a large array of meanings, with indigenous food, indigenous art, and indigenous dress, to name only a few, which also demonstrates the wide breadth of application for the term. Unfortunately for some, the term indigenous can also carry a pejorative definition since, by Western colonial standards, it often refers to people living in a more rural, unsophisticated environment. Yet the original reference to the term itself, one describing something occurring naturally in a particular geographic location, best illustrates the very nature of the term we have embraced for the Instagram and Facebook site called IndigenousClay, an Internet site dedicated to the presentation and preservation of ceramic works produced by people living in a particular place using both locally available materials and reflecting their unique cultural ethos. Through this daily presentation of ceramic objects from indigenous people within various communities and cultures, it is our hope that we can both share and illuminate work that helps other ceramists locate and appreciate makers from across the globe.
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