Poster Session
Asynchronous Session
Environmental Art in History and Civic Education View Digital Media
Poster Session Julie Taylor
Using multimedia, the presenter shares the findings of research on environmental art in the holdings of a public, national library and two museums. The researcher has identified ten works of art that are appropriate for history and civic instruction in both elementary and secondary classrooms. Open-ended questions and methodological strategies for integrating the artwork will be shared in this interdisciplinary, virtual poster presentation.
Lived Experiences, Migration Journey, and Resilience Depicted in Drawings by Latino Children Crossing the U.S.-Mexican Border View Digital Media
Poster Session Doroty Sato
Every year thousands of children from Central America are forced to flee their country of origin due to organized crime, poverty, search for better education, and widespread violence. They endure a hazardous journey, arriving at the U.S. Border seeking asylum and refuge, initially to be incarcerated in an ICE detention center for up to 37 days. There is a paucity of research documenting this experience and children's overall journey. This study sought to fill this gap by employing Art-based approaches to give voices to children's experiences by analyzing 63 drawings gifted to the Arte de Lágrimas: Refugee Artwork Project made by children between the ages of 7 and 17, who had crossed the U.S. Border in 2014-2016, 2019, and 2021. Participatory visual research methodologies (PVRM) guided the overall analysis. Thematic analysis identified themes related to memories of homeland and sense of community before migrating, facing fears and dehumanization linked to the border crossing, and religious coping and spirituality as strategies relied on to counter the hardships faced in their migration journey. Additionally, it was found that children's drawings can be a powerful source of data for amplifying and giving voices to displaced children's lived experiences by telling their stories.
How to Sustain a Life of Hikikomori: Research on the Hikikomori Person who Lives with the Friends at the La Borde Clinic View Digital Media
Poster Session Hiroki Fujitani
The presenter is a person who has experienced Hikikomori. One of the problems of the Hikikomori persons is how to sustain their lives while respecting their lifestyles. This study focuses on that theme. The presenter conducted fieldwork at the La Borde Clinic, a psychiatric facility in France. And, the presenter met a patient who lives like a Hikikomori, but with his friends. He is engaged in creative activities there. Through a survey of his life to date and his current life, the presenters consider the relationships and environments that sustain a life of Hikikomori.
