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Perspectives
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From the Mountain to the World: My Travels with the Chinese Yandong Grand SingersIn 2019, I recorded and produced a CD of traditional Kam songs called “Wanp-Wanp Jangl Kap.”
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“A Body of Culture”: Disability Culture in the Home and ArchiveDisability has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember, but not the Disability community and its culture.
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How Storytelling HealsA Selection of Staff Picks at the Mother Tongue Film FestivalStorytelling provides the vital opportunity to understand elements of our history we most deeply resonate with.
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Annotations on a Moment of Silence: Reflections Following the Atlanta Massacre#StopAsianHate is useful to gain attention, but, like all hashtag activism, it’s incredibly vague.
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Through Cultures of Constraint and Care: The Relentless Art of Aimee WissmanIncarceration changed Wissman’s relationship with everyday objects, making arts supplies and tools rare and valuable.
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Band Kids Never Grow Up: Starred Thoughts from the UMass Marching BandFor four years I faced the world with the UMass Minuteman Marching Band at my back.
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Ella Jenkins, a Hidden Figure in the Fight for Civil RightsTo many, Ella Jenkins is solely the First Lady of Children’s Music.
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What Is a Mother Tongue Film?Language is a lens that allows us to make sense of and interpret the world.
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Our Shared Journey: An International Student Strives for Contact in the Time of COVID-19I begin to understand how our communities, both visible and invisible, support us as closely as one chopstick to another.
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