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When students challenge traditional materials and methods

I teach traditional weaving but my students want to use synthetic materials and I cannot decide if adaptation is evolution or erosion

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What we've seen

The tension between preserving authentic technique and allowing contemporary adaptation creates pedagogical uncertainty.

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Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Indigenous creative traditions?”

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