constructs a transnational architecture for conversations and collaborative research projects between artists, writers, and researchers across multiple global sites. Migratory Times is an online archive and journal that documents and builds on a year long project (2016-2017) by the Institute of (im)Possible Subjects. The project engages artists and researchers in projects and events that emphasize the times and spaces of human migration in and from a Global South perspective. The Migratory Times online space documents these projects while also building on them, inviting new works by artists, writers and researchers. The online sessions last for three months, with the inaugural session commencing on March 8, 2019. The sessions are punctuated by events, including online conversations with artists and authors, and invited commentary on published essays.
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Session #1
Session #1: Translating Geographies of Displacement
Sierra Holmes
In La Güera, Cherríe Moraga writes about her experience in defining how intersectionality plays a role in her life. She describes her cultural accustoms being half Chicana, half Anglo. She reveals her guilt in accepting her privilege of “looking white” and stripping herself of most of her Chicana background until coming to terms with her identity as a lesbian woman. When she confronts this part of her identity, her eyes are opened to what it was like for her mother to be Chicana, poor, and speaking little English. Moraga addresses how she believes dialogue needs to take place across intersectional lines. She addresses how her own and others’ lack of understanding oppressions that exist in our lives contributes to a world of misunderstanding. Moraga’s story is an example of the walls and borders that still exist in the lives of migrants beyond just the physical ones. These walls exist through generations and along multiple lines of intersectionality.