Engaging with its intended communities, this project opened up conversations around Third Culture Kids (TCK) identity that would benefit both TCKs and monoculture individuals. TCKs—especially those who are not aware of this shared identity, generally feel affirmed of their experiences and fosters a sense of community. It also surfaced processes of reflection and grieving, helping […]
Category: Year 2
Project 1: Cultural Fragment Cards on GCD.STUDIO Below is the link to the finished project exploring identity building of Third Culture Kids (TCK) based on relational aspects between cultural fragments instead of cultural labeling.
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U2 Symposium and Essay
Book End Statement Full Essay (GDrive) An amalgamate is one who is a freak. It identifies as an individual, yet shares appearance of many. It lies in the uncanny valley, a nudge away from ressemblance missing the mark by a hair, a plural identity within a singular. As a third culture kid (TCK) myself, I […]
Debbie is Lost! In this workshop, Rebecca Ross led us to explore the applications of graphic design in a communal context. We can see the difference when graphic design as a discipline is applied in this way, compared to when it is geared towards commercial means. There seems to be a shift in style and […]
Zarina Hashmi’s Letters from Home became a key reference point in this project. Her work, shaped by displacement after the India–Pakistan partition, expresses cultural homelessness through sparse maps, Urdu letters, and the ache of a home that no longer exists. Zarina’s practice resists any singular cultural identity; instead, it lingers in the in-between, revealing how […]
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Cross Years Visual Essaying
In this workshop, we learned the foundations of visual essaying. We were grouped together in pairs (I was paired with Neyomi) and we were tasked to write a quick essay of sorts then create a visual story board. Me and Neyomi decided to explore what Home meant to us as Third Culture Kids. We presented […]