Profile

Estibaliz Sienra Iracheta studied Textile Design at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City, where she developed a career in museums, cultural promotion, and textile heritages research. Her Doctoral thesis examined the phenomenon of ‘cultural appropriation’ of traditional textiles from 3 different artisan communities in Mexico. Her post-doc project intends to research the relationships between textile heritages and women from refugee, asylum-seeking, diaspora, and migrant communities.

She is interested in critical heritage perspectives, including multidisciplinary approaches (gender/sexuality, migration/mobility/critical race theories), transculturation processes, as well as qualitative research methodologies and dialogical research practices. 

List of publications

2025 Pending Sienra Iracheta, E.Rebozos: weaving transoceanic connections between Asia and Mexico. In: Decolonising Cloth. Amsterdam University Press (AUP).

2024 Sienra Iracheta, E. Amsterdam University Press (AUP).

The'cultural appropriation'of traditional textiles from Mexico: an analysis of 3 case studies. Diss. BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, 2023.

2022 Sienra Iracheta, E. Bedouin attires. In: Syria - Against Oblivion. A Cultural History of Syria (ed. Abdullah, J.) Kuturamt der Stadt Köln. (90-96)

2019 Sienra Iracheta, E. Weaving textiles. Syrian Textiles Heritage Project. Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin (Available at: syrian-heritage.org/weaving-textiles/)

Sienra Iracheta, E. The Art of Syrian Textile Production. Syrian Textiles Heritage Project. Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin (Available at: syrian-heritage.org/the-art-of-syrian-textile-production/)

Sienra Iracheta, E. The Threads of Life: Syrian Textile Ornamentation. Syrian Textiles Heritage Project. Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin (Available at: syrian-heritage.org/the-threads-of-life-syrian-textile-ornamentation/)

Sienra Iracheta, E. From Animals and Plants: Textile Raw Materials. Syrian Textiles Heritage Project. Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin (Available at: syrian-heritage.org/from-animals-and-plants-textile-raw-materials/)

Sienra Iracheta, E. People of the Desert: Bedouin Clothing. Syrian Textiles Heritage Project. Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin (Available at: syrian-heritage.org/people-of-the-desert-bedouin-clothing/)

Sienra Iracheta, E. Traditional Textiles: An Endangered Tradition. Syrian Textiles Heritage Project. Museum of Islamic Art in Berlin (Available at: syrian-heritage.org/traditional-textiles-an-endangered-tradition/)