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INSITE Journal_06 is dedicated to Common Thread, a project developed in Lima, Peru by guest editor-curator Miguel A. Lo?pez for INSITE Commonplaces from 2021 to 2023. The project unfolded through several components, including this publication, a commission with the Shipibo-Konibo artist Olinda Silvano (Reshinjabe) and the Shinan Imabo (Our inspirations) collective of artisan mothers from Cantagallo, an exhibition at the Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Lima, as well as Conversations with artists and other practitioners. This publication brings together newly commissioned texts from Mari?a Eugenia Yllia, Ronin Koshi, Mery Fasabi, and Giuliana Vidarte, together with fragments of a text by Agustina Valera Rojas (Ranin Ama) and Pilar Valenzuela (Metsa? Rama).It also includes Conversations with the artists Olinda Silvano, Cristina Flores Pescora?n, Santiago Yahuarcani, and Cecilia Vicun?a; the documentation of the artists' commission and exhibition; and a new Shipibo Glossary developed by Gala Berger and Metsa? Rama (Pilar Arce).