Convocation - January 20, 2022

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On January 20, 2022 the class held a convocation.

"Hostile Terrain 94 is a participatory exhibition created by the Undocumented Migration Project, a non-profit organization that focuses on the social process of immigration. The exhibit is composed of approximately 3,400 handwritten toe tags that represent migrants who have died trying to cross the Sonoran Desert from the mid-1990s to 2020. These tags are geolocated on a large wall map of the Arizona-Mexico border, showing the exact locations where human remains were found. The event will consist of the screening of the film Border South, and a gallery talk with local immigrant rights activist Chris Claunch. Participants will be invited to engage in the physical act of writing out the names and information for the dead to witness and stand in solidarity with those who have lost their lives in search of a better one."

Silhouettes of students in front of wall display of toe tags. The city name "Phoenix" is visible on wall above tags.
Student reads a label.
Students read display labels.
Student in N95 mask watches while another hands out manila envelops.
Students in foreground are filling in toe tags. Student in background sits at a desk with arms folded on desk and chin resting on hands.
Two students read gallery labels.
Student with head close to desk, fills out toe tag.
Three people in N95 masks having a discussion in the gallery.
Students seated and in coats fill out toe tags.
Yellow and white toe tags pinned to the wall near the point marked "Phoenix".
Student looks at the wall of toe tags.
Someone pins a toe tag to the wall.
Label which reads" My dad crossed the border when he was 17. He could've easily been one of those bodies. I wouldn't be where I am if he didn't make it."
Two students in masks talk in the gallery
Three masked students seated and in conversation in the gallery.
Two seated, masked students fill out toe tags in front of the display.
White and yellow toe tags, pinned to wall.
Someone fills out a toe tag with information from a spreadsheet.
Woman in a mask looking at something outside of the image frame.