More Than Just Books: From Oral to Written Cultural Memories

This session introduces two Gerimis Art publications created in collaboration with Tompoq Topoh: the Mah Meri Animal Folklore and Adat & Alam: The Mah Meri Ancestral Spirit Flowers. Together, we explore how bookmaking can serve as a community archive for the Orang Asli in Peninsular Malaysia and as a medium where oral histories, cultural practices, and Indigenous knowledge can be documented and carried forward.

About the Speaker

Wen Di Sia is a writer and researcher. She was trained as a journalist, has 10 years in the advertising industry, and now dedicates herself as a collaborative partner to Orang Asli communities through her collective, Gerimis Art.

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