hauntings, displacement and identity

June 2020, Day 641 - 675

Day 646, June 01, 2020
Day 646, June 01, 2020
Day 647, June 02, 2020
Day 647, June 02, 2020
Day 648, June 03, 2020
Day 648, June 03, 2020
Day 649, June 04, 2020
Day 649, June 04, 2020
Day 650, June 05, 2020
Day 650, June 05, 2020
Day 651, June 06, 2020
Day 651, June 06, 2020
Day 652, June 05, 2020
Day 652, June 05, 2020
Day 653, June 08, 2020
Day 653, June 08, 2020
Day 654, June 09, 2020
Day 654, June 09, 2020
Day 655, June 10, 2020
Day 655, June 10, 2020
Day 656, June 11, 2020
Day 656, June 11, 2020
Day 657, June 12, 2020
Day 657, June 12, 2020
Day 658, June 13, 2020
Day 658, June 13, 2020
Day 659, June 14, 2020
Day 659, June 14, 2020
Day 660, June 15, 2020
Day 660, June 15, 2020
Day 661, June 16, 2020
Day 661, June 16, 2020
Day 662, June 17, 2020
Day 662, June 17, 2020
Day 663, June 18, 2020
Day 663, June 18, 2020
Day 664, June 19, 2020
Day 664, June 19, 2020
Day 665, June 20, 2020
Day 665, June 20, 2020
Day 666, June 21, 2020
Day 666, June 21, 2020
Day 667, June 22, 2020
Day 667, June 22, 2020
Day 668, June 23, 2020
Day 668, June 23, 2020
Day 669, June 24, 2020
Day 669, June 24, 2020
Day 670, June 25, 2020
Day 670, June 25, 2020
Day 671, June 26, 2020
Day 671, June 26, 2020
Day 672, June 27, 2020
Day 672, June 27, 2020
Day 673, June 28, 2020
Day 673, June 28, 2020
Day 674, June 29, 2020
Day 674, June 29, 2020
Day 675, June 30, 2020
Day 675, June 30, 2020
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Day 277
Day 330
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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.