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Botánica: A Pharmacy for the Soul

This museum exhibition opens at the Mathers Museum of World Cultures, in Bloomington,Indiana on March 21, 2008.

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Community Events as family memories

Selina Morales (me) with a lizard on my head! Typical.
Memories of these events became highlights of our botánica memories.

Lela, who has always revered the power of snakes, was delighted at the opportunity to introduce her young granddaughter to a serpent. When I showed Maxine (about 1 year old in the picture) the photo at her high school graduation party everyone was in stiches about the expression on Lela as well as Max's face.




Ariel Morales and Sebastian Llull are still a dynamic duo.








Omar Morales Armstrong and Selina Morales. We showed this picture to Omar's baby girl Erica who was amazed at her father's bravery. Her mouth dropped open even wider as we showed her another photo where he was holding a white RAT!
Posted by Selina at Tuesday, July 10, 2007

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What is the blog?

This blog was created to document the process of creating the museum exhibit Botanica: A Pharmacy For the Soul. From the first post we see the ideas of the exhibit developing, continuing up the ideas become reality as I listen to the words of my family, apply for grants, collect materials, catalog the collection, involve my students and the IU community, and finally curate the exhibit. Enjoy!

Some Things to Know

I realize while reading this blog you may need to know some of the terms used in the interviews: Lela is short for Abuela which means Grandmother in Spanish. Titi is short for Tia which means Aunt in Spanish. Tio means Uncle.

Elias and Selina

Elias and Selina

About Me

Selina
Bloomington, Indiana, United States
I am a graduate student in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University, Bloomington. Five years ago I began a project with my abuela, documenting her life as a Puerto Rican espiritista healer. Since we began I have made a short video about cooking Sancocho, curated an installation about her spiritual use of domestic spaces, and recorded hours of video and audio footage in which she speaks about her life and powers. Currently I am working with my grandmother to curate an exhibit in which we will create a replica of a botánica she owned when I was a child. This project is dedicated to my family.
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  • IU Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology
  • Mathers Museum of World Cultures

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