Abstract:
Photography is drawing with light. It is a series of selfie (self-portrait photograph) with light and computer algorithm. Initially, it began with an interactive art, Bei...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
Photography is drawing with light. It is a series of selfie (self-portrait photograph) with light and computer algorithm. Initially, it began with an interactive art, Being Ignored Version 1.0, to recognize the dignity and humanity of those who are homeless, being invisibly treated, and ignored, in Porter County, Indiana, which is relatively a wealthy county, compared with neighboring counties in Indiana. Later it has extended to the project, the Social Homelessness on US Campuses. It was inspired by the book, “Here I am, Faith Stories of Korean American Clergy-women”. It defines that social homelessness has no friends with whom they can associate or count on, they have no place to go. They seem to be very isolated, and alienated [1]. Asian female faculty on US campuses may experience the highest levels of isolation, and marginalization on US campuses [2], compared with other minority faculty groups. Particularly the Asian female faculty from predominantly patriarchal Asian cultures may be deeply challenged to navigate where they belong between two distinguished communities, Asian, and American. For instance, their conventional social role as being a full-time mother would be more supportive, inclusive and welcome in their traditional ethnic groups, but working as Asian female faculty may occasionally face less hospitable and somewhat harsh responses from the groups since their existences may impact negatively their patriarchal hierarchy led by men. Simultaneously the Asian female faculty may invisibly being demanded to be more persistent, dutiful, and non-complaining for extra service activities without compensatory supports on US campuses. Also, they may be subject to harsh teaching environments by student resistances and lower student evaluations on US campuses. It is routinely challenged for the Asian female faculty to find psychological comfort zones to rest between two exclusive communities, Asian, and American. The social homelessness on US campuses is a mult...
Published in: 2019 IEEE Games, Entertainment, Media Conference (GEM)
Date of Conference: 18-21 June 2019
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 26 August 2019
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