ESL: Tonguetied
ESL: lenguatrabada
- Collection
- Description
-
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
- Creation Date
- 1994
- Creator
- Sponsor
- Location Of Originals
-
This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 02, Item 038)
- Venue
-
Boehm Gallery, Palomar College
- Physical Description
-
mixed media
- Series
- Geographic
- Genres
- Topics
Format
View formats within this collection
- Identifier
-
Shared Shelf: 16715319
- Related Resource
Online finding aid
- Classification
-
Drawings and Watercolors
Graphic Design and Illustration
Paintings
Sculpture and Installations
- Cite This Work
-
[Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
- Copyright
-
Unknown (US)
Use: This work is available from the UC San Diego Library. This digital copy of the work is intended to support research, teaching, and private study.
Constraint(s) on Use: This work may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Use of this work beyond that allowed by "fair use" requires the written permission of the copyright holders(s). Responsibility for obtaining permissions and any use and distribution of this work rests exclusively with the user and not the UC San Diego Libraries. Inquiries can be made to the UC San Diego Libraries department having custody of the work.
- Digital Object Made Available By
-
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)
- Last Modified
2020-10-28