C 02 69
Concepto Concept: Anna Heringer
Diseño textil Textile design: Veronika Lena, Anna Heringer
Colaborador local Local collaborator: Dipshikha, Shanti
Partnerschaft Bangladesh. V.
Fotos Photos: Studio Anna Heringer (pp. 60-61, 62, 63, 65,
66, 69), Michael Obex (pp. 64, 67, 68)
is dragging labor forces from the villages
all around the country to the urban centers,
mainly to the capital Dhaka. There, the tex-
tile workers, most of them women, end up
living in inhumane conditions for which
they often have to pay a high price. A de-
centralized manufacturing process directly
in the villages can dam up the continuing
migration from rural to urban areas. It also
enhances a more equally distributed eco-
nomic and infrastructural development all
over the country.
By setting up this project, women can stay
with their families in their villages, in the
vicinity of their social network, being able
to do their work in their own homes or in a
community space where they don`t have to
pay for water or sanitation. They get a fair
salary and their kids can play with marbles
and goats in a healthy environment.
Out of the Ordinary
The continuation of this unique textile cul-
ture will be facilitated by the appreciation
that will be revived through Didi Textiles.
For us in the industrialized countries these
textiles can become an inspiration and mo-
tivation towards the art of recycling, as well
as serving to strengthen the sensibility to
discover the beauty in the used and ordinary.
