What is it about?
The perception of symbols and meanings hold profound significance, reflecting the rich cultural traditions and beliefs embedded in the society's heritage. The perception of symbols in cultural traditions depicts the visual language, communicating history, values, and identity. Symbols are generally perceived to be merely decorative and not recognized as carriers of deep meanings, handed down through generations, encapsulating stories, proverbs, and spiritual beliefs. This study aims to describe the meaning of symbols rooted in Ghana's rich cultural traditions by creating designs and meanings based on inspirations from Adinkra symbols. The study employed phenomenology and creative arts-based research methods under the qualitative research design
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Why is it important?
The study results showed the perceptual gap between the actual meanings of the symbols and what the respondents meant by interpreting these symbols through the lens of their cultural upbringing, historical knowledge, societal values and the new symbols as a continuation of Ghana's rich cultural heritage, bridging the past with the present.
Perspectives
This paper is about newly created symbols out of a basic design class with meanings that project culture, traditions. It also project the extend with which it can be used the world of design. Though developed in Ghana it can be used in different culture as inspiration for any design concept. i will encourage you to read and be inspired, entertained, educated and Motivated.
Dr Michael Ato Essuman
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
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This page is a summary of: Visual Eisegesis on Newly Created Ghanaian Cultural Symbols with Inspirations from Existing Adinkra Symbols in Ghana, Indigenous Jurnal Ilmiah Psikologi, July 2024, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta,
DOI: 10.23917/indigenous.v9i2.5795.
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