hauntings, displacement and identity

July-August 2020, 676-737

Day 676, July 01, 2020
Day 676, July 01, 2020
Day 678, July 03, 2020
Day 678, July 03, 2020
Day 683, July 08, 2020
Day 683, July 08, 2020
Day 684, July 09, 2020
Day 684, July 09, 2020
Day 685, July 10, 2020
Day 685, July 10, 2020
Day 689, July 14, 2020
Day 689, July 14, 2020
Day 690, July 15, 2020
Day 690, July 15, 2020
Day 691, July 16, 2020
Day 691, July 16, 2020
Day 692, July 17, 2020
Day 692, July 17, 2020
Day 694, July 19, 2020
Day 694, July 19, 2020
Day 702, July 27, 2020
Day 702, July 27, 2020
Day 703, July 28, 2020
Day 703, July 28, 2020
Day 705, July 30, 2020
Day 705, July 30, 2020
Day 707, August 01, 2020
Day 707, August 01, 2020
Day 717, August 11, 2020
Day 717, August 11, 2020
Day 729, August 20, 2020
Day 729, August 20, 2020
Day 732, August 26, 2020
Day 732, August 26, 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.