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

Q3 Social Sciences
Lud Pub Date : 2023-11-10 DOI:10.12775/lud107.2023.08
Sergio González Varela
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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.
身体传记:墨西哥纹身艺术家的学徒和具体化经验研究
本文根据笔者在墨西哥长期的实地工作经历,描述了纹身艺术家的学徒经历。它涉及一门手艺的学习过程,艺术家如何发展技能和技巧,以及他们如何与他人分享知识。文章认为,纹身界创造的团结不仅通过艺术家和客户之间的关系,还通过专业人士之间的交流和互惠,通过他们的身体相互纹身,在作者所谓的身体传记中。这篇文章还描述了社交媒体在促进艺术家作品方面的重要性,以及一个人如何成为专家或专业人士。最后,它分析了纹身日益流行和它所创造的饱和市场,在这个市场上,艺术家们为了客户、声望和金钱而竞争。
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