hauntings, displacement and identity

September-December 2020, 738-859

Day 813, November 15, 2020
Day 813, November 15, 2020
Day 820, November 22, 2020
Day 820, November 22, 2020
Day 830, December 02, 2020
Day 830, December 02, 2020
Day 831, December 03, 2020
Day 831, December 03, 2020
Day 833, December 05, 2020
Day 833, December 05, 2020
Day 844, December 16, 2020
Day 844, December 16, 2020
Day 857, December 29, 2020
Day 857, December 29, 2020
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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.