hauntings, displacement and identity

March 2020, 554-581

Day 554
Day 554

March 02, 2020

Day 558
Day 558

March 06, 2020

Day 568
Day 568

March 15, 2020

Day 578
Day 578

March 25, 2020

Day 579
Day 579

March 26, 2020

Day 580
Day 580

March 27, 2020

Day 581
Day 581

March 28, 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.