‘Fourteen Frames’ aims to create discussions on race, identityPosted in Articles, Arts, Campus Life, Identity Development/Psychology, United States, Videos on 2014-11-15 17:41Z by Steven |
‘Fourteen Frames’ aims to create discussions on race, identity
The Daily Northwestern
Evanston, Illinois
2014-11-11
Shane McKeon, Reporter
A group within Global Engagement Summit launched a Tumblr page and physical gallery profiling 14 Northwestern students and their experiences with race and identity.
“Fourteen Frames” opened at Norris University Center on Nov. 5, the same day the Tumblr page went live with supplemental videos of some of the gallery’s subjects. The OpenShutter Project, a group within GES that focuses on discussing social change through art and visual media, organized the exhibit.
The page contains links to short videos of some of the students, who discuss what race and identity mean to them. In addition, other students can submit their own views on race through a text field linked on the page.
Medill junior Kalina Silverman, co-founder and co-president of the Mixed Race Student Coalition, was featured in the gallery and said it is important to discuss race on college campuses.
“Race is a tricky phenomenon to navigate on campus, especially when you grow up defining yourself a certain way,” Silverman said. “Then you come to campus and your philosophies and political views are also swayed as you learn more and more. It’s up to you to choose how to define yourself, and that can be very tricky.”…
Read the entire article here.