Location
Roy O. West Library - Wood Study
Event Website
https://depauw.campuslabs.com/engage/event/12454496
Start Date
6-5-2026 12:30 PM
End Date
6-5-2026 1:30 PM
Presentation Type
Thesis
Description
This project, composed of a contextualising research paper and an autoethnographical writing creative component, explores the conceptualisation of Anzaldúa's (2021) borderlands by applying to the author's own experience as a Vietnamese-native student growing up along multiple cultural points of inquiry (primarily the American culture). The core research question of this paper is What does it mean to be at the crossroads of many cultures? In the research paper, the author first contextualises the current discourse on borderlands, along with a justification for their usage of storytelling as a mode of inquiry. The author implements a framework theorised through Loveless (2019) A Manifesto for Research-Creation, balancing between scholarly research and creative creation, which leads to implementing autoethnographical writing as the format to contextualise further their own borderland spaces and experiences. The creative component produced alongside (and as a result of) the research paper entails all of their written entries reflecting on the lived experience, presented in a more poetic language. The paper analyses these entries to demonstrate a collection of experiences with some similarities to Anzaldúa's conception of the borderlands in her 1987 publication, while remaining different due to the author's cultural upbringing. The project helps contribute further to the discourse of borderlands, particularly in how the theoretical concept problematises the assumption of culture and identity as necessarily fixed and stable objects.
Dictionary of a Vietnamese- American borderland: various kognitions
Included in
Dictionary of a Vietnamese-American* borderland
Roy O. West Library - Wood Study
This project, composed of a contextualising research paper and an autoethnographical writing creative component, explores the conceptualisation of Anzaldúa's (2021) borderlands by applying to the author's own experience as a Vietnamese-native student growing up along multiple cultural points of inquiry (primarily the American culture). The core research question of this paper is What does it mean to be at the crossroads of many cultures? In the research paper, the author first contextualises the current discourse on borderlands, along with a justification for their usage of storytelling as a mode of inquiry. The author implements a framework theorised through Loveless (2019) A Manifesto for Research-Creation, balancing between scholarly research and creative creation, which leads to implementing autoethnographical writing as the format to contextualise further their own borderland spaces and experiences. The creative component produced alongside (and as a result of) the research paper entails all of their written entries reflecting on the lived experience, presented in a more poetic language. The paper analyses these entries to demonstrate a collection of experiences with some similarities to Anzaldúa's conception of the borderlands in her 1987 publication, while remaining different due to the author's cultural upbringing. The project helps contribute further to the discourse of borderlands, particularly in how the theoretical concept problematises the assumption of culture and identity as necessarily fixed and stable objects.
https://scholarship.depauw.edu/library_symposium/2025-2026/Spring2026/14
Comments
Completed as part of EDUC490 Education Studies Senior Seminar