re-fusing refuge connecting separated cambodian- american refugees from philadelphia
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Re-Fusing Refuge
Connecting Separated Cambodian-American Refugees From
Philadelphia
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Purpose
Re-Fusing Refuge traces the challenges confronting Cambodian-Americans, illustrating their perseverance in the face of trauma and a devastating legal system that divides loved ones; it is the conduit through which affected community members can amplify the injustice in deportation without judicial discretion, while moving toward positive change by aggregating data that supports the movement.
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Medium
• Online, interactive documentary – or ‘new media documentary’
• Includes use of database• Viewers -> Users = Active Participation
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Background• 120,000 refugees welcomed to the US after the fall of the Khmer Rouge
• Regan-omics create few social welfare support programs for Cambodian-American refugees
• Placed throughout the US in at risk neighborhoods
(1) The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty and (2) Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant
Responsibility Acts of 1996
• Retroactive Law
• The US – Cambodian Repatriation Agreement of 2002
• Number of Deportations up 70% in the winter of 2011
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Conceptual Approach
• medium and narrative structure reflects separation of families
• Interactivity– Breadth and Depth and Database– Engaging audience• One Millionth Tower
– Tool for Movement• Citivox.com
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Concerns and Considerations
Work in Tandem with MovementThe Digital Divide
-> Community Workshops