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Re-Fusing Refuge

Re-Fusing Refuge. Connecting Separated Cambodian-American Refugees From Philadelphia. Purpose.

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Re-Fusing Refuge

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  1. Re-Fusing Refuge Connecting Separated Cambodian-American Refugees From Philadelphia

  2. 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.

  3. Medium • Online, interactive documentary • or ‘new media documentary’ • Includes use of database • Viewers -> Users = Active Participation

  4. 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 • The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty and • 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

  5. 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

  6. Concerns and Considerations Work in Tandem with Movement The Digital Divide -> Community Workshops

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