WHITEWASH Open your eyes to circumstance. Reach across the divide. Uncover the whitewashing of social justice and diversity issues in contemporary American society. CURATOR STATEMENT The United States of America today is as diverse as ever and also as divided as ever. For those born outside the hegemonic power structures of White privilege in the […]
Month: February 2018
AED 815 – Exploration 3 – Narrative Inquiry – Blog Entry 3
Below is a sound story pieced together from a recent interview with my mom, cassette recordings of my mom and myself as a child, and excerpts from an NPR piece on the subject. Please have a listen and then take a look at the photos to enhance the experience. Spoiler alert: If you scroll through […]
AED 815 – Exploration 2 – Arts-based research – Blog Entry 2
Collaborative visual inquiry is an ideal tool through which to activate social change. On Page 4 of Arts-based Research as Social Justice Activism (2011), Keifer-Boyd notes, “ It may be that arts-based inquiry offers visual language forms that crack the hermetic seal of hegemonic perceptions.” In other words, visual language can transcend cultural and socio-economic […]