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Mapping
Our Heritage Project
Ongoing
Mapping Our Heritage Project is a pioneering three-dimensional,
interactive map of New York’s “Old Chinatown”
district that will serve as a national model for how technology
can be applied to a neighborhood’s cultural and historical
preservation. A collaborative effort between MoCA, New York
University Asian/Pacific/American Studies Program & Institute,
Environmental Simulation Center, and Resolution Seven, Mapping
is a fully interactive kiosk that can potentially provide
people with access to a range of information on Chinatown
– such as statistical and biographical data, historical
photos, documents, individual oral histories, and artifacts.
Visitors engage with an 8-block area of New York known as
historic “Old Chinatown” by clicking on or “visiting”
an address to not only see artifacts, photos, documents, and
oral histories connected to that place, but also to submit
their own personal accounts and memories of Chinatown. This
new format provides a new way of exploring and writing the
history of Chinese Americans in New York and expands the public’s
participation in the ongoing process of reclaiming and interpreting
the community’s diverse cultures and histories.
Mapping Our Heritage is made possible with the generous support
of the National Endowment for the Arts, Resources for Change
Technology Grant; the Chevron Texaco Foundation; and Verizon.
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Many
True Stories: Life in Chinatown On and After September 11th
Ongoing
When the 9/11 tragedy occurred, the Chinatown community shared
a common grief and loss. Many True Stories: Life in Chinatown
On and After September 11th documents the events from several
perspectives and retraces the experiences of those affected
by it. Curated by the students from the Dr. Sun Yat Sen Middle
School 131 Oral History Class with the assistance of their
teachers and MoCA staff, the exhibit installation features
interview recordings, photographs and artifacts that the students
collected over a semester. The students also created themed
memory books that include additional interviews and offer
visitors a forum to share their own stories.
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Where
is Home? Chinese in the Americas
Ongoing Where is Home? weaves artists’ creations
and historical interpretation with original documentation
and personal and domestic artifacts to fully explore the Chinese
experience in the Western Hemisphere. Designed by architect
Billie Tsien to resemble the inside of a Chinese lantern,
the gallery is divided into areas dealing with migration,
women, faith, youth, and home. The exhibition actively involves
visitors in questions of personal identity and public perception,
as well as individual stories and common beliefs.
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