hauntings, displacement and identity

Jan 2020, 495-522

Day 495
Day 495

January 03, 2020

Day 499
Day 499

January 07, 2020

Day 514
Day 514

January 22, 2020

Day 521
Day 521

January 29, 2020

Day 522
Day 522

January 30, 2020

Day 8
Day 277
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Day 495
Day 527
Day 554
Day 586
Day 615
Day 646, June 01, 2020
Day 676, July 01, 2020
Day 813, November 15, 2020
Day 866, January 07, 2021

Through Hnav HMoob, I am able to formulate and ask different kinds of questions relating to what constitutes Hmong identity, culture, gender, and sexuality. The wearing of HMong dress has been challenging because I am always aware of gender and cultural performativity. The performance is not about inciting a certain kind of response from people, instead, I am seeking to understand the history of ancestral dress and body movements experienced by generations of HMong women who have been displaced throughout history. Hnav HMoob is a process of sketching, generating ideas, of asking questions that otherwise could not be asked. Questions such as, how are HMong subjecthood produced, who creates Hmong culture and how do we grieve what has been forgotten or lost is what Hnav HMoob seeks to explore.