How to be After

This thesis looks for the reverberations of El Salvador's civil war (1980-1992) within the Salvadoran Diaspora in Washington, D.C. It examines the complexities of repression and marginalization with the Salvadoran psyche following the failures of the post-war truth and reconciliation process. The persistence of grief and trauma, of being stuck in a state of limbo-- between nations, time and memory--are painfully present in the immigrant community. Over a fifth of El Salvador's population lives in the United States, with over 500,000 living in D.C. Forced from their homes by rampant violence, and now living in a country that denies their human rights grievances, the lack of refugee status cripples healing. Presented as a lens-based documentary project, archival video and collaborators' personal artifacts, the project locates the paradoxes and pain within the Salvadoran community in the aftermath of war and migration.

Author

• Lacey, Caroline H.

Language

• en

Keyword

• Photojournalism
• New Media
• Social Practice
• Documentary
• Art

Date created

• 2015

Type of Work

• Master's Thesis

License

• All rights reserved

Rights statement

• In Copyright

GW Unit

• Corcoran School of Arts and Design

Degree

• M.A.

Advisor

• Sterner, Susan S

Committee Member(s)

• Bulisova, Gabriela
• Frankfurter, MIchelle

Persistent URL

•  https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/etd/9p290942h