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Title
ESL: Tonguetied
Contributor
InSITE94
Date Created and/or Issued
1994
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
inSite Archive: Selections
Rights Information
Unknown
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Description
Graphic Design and Illustration
Sculpture and Installations
Paintings
Drawings and Watercolors
The Border Art Workshop/Taller de Arte Fronterizo's project, "ESL: tonguetied/lenguatrabada," dealt with the subject of cultural identity and the difficulties encountered in learning a language other than one's mother tongue. The project specifically referenced the impact of the recently adapted Proposition 187, a 1994 California ballot initiative designed to limit social services, health care, and public education for undocumented workers. At the same time, the project provided a space for responding to the implications of differentiating between "legal" and "illegal" immigrants. The installation consisted of a mock classroom with written questions on all surfaces and blackboard walls where viewers were invited to express their thoughts on the issues. -- inSITE94
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 02, Item 038)
[Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Boehm Gallery, Palomar College
Type
image
Format
Mixed media
Form/Genre
sculpture (visual work)
installations (visual works)
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb4337487c
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Prejudices
Classrooms
Identity (Philosophical concept)
Immigrants
Education
Political art
Undocumented immigrants
Language
Border art
Sculpture (visual work)
Installations (visual works)
Mexican-American border region
InSITE94
Place
Mexican-American border region

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