Date of Award
Fall 12-21-2016
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Art
First Advisor
Paul Ramirez Jonas
Second Advisor
Nari Ward
Academic Program Adviser
Susan Crile
Abstract
Fear and Nostalgia in Immigration is a project that uses re-occuring memory and experiential memory to help us understand our common histories. The projects asks individuals to first share a re-occuring memory by writing it on a chalkboard. The next step is to then write an experiential memory about immigration, this can be a story you might have heard or it could be something from your own family history. These two tasks are done on a communal table where several individuals are engage in the same task at the same time. This aim of this exercise is to have something that is personal and intimate be a gateway to a much deeper conversation about immigration issues. This project can be adapted to any situation and to any issue.
Recommended Citation
Matthews, Daniel A., "Fear and Nostalgia in Immigration" (2016). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/126
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