Freedom and Expression of Self: Painting Belen's life as a Portrait
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Title
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Freedom and Expression of Self: Painting Belen's life as a Portrait
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Description
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Culture is fluid, identity is dynamic and pride, invaluable. Many immigrants journey to Canada every year, leaving family and friends behind in search for a better life. For the past couple of weeks, I have been working with my community partner and friend, Belen Montefalcone, who migrated to Canada from Argentina. She leads a busy life, being a researcher, instructor and advocate for The Art of Living: London. In this portrait, we explore various facets of Belen’s identity and culture through a relaxed home interview. I took a video recording of Belen while I conducted a short interview with a set of pre-prepared questions. The unintimidating home setting allowed for a comfortable conversation and I was able to personally observe food and other items she described. From the interview I found that Belen has a very good memory of details of her life back in Argentina and that she keeps in regular contact with her family via Whatsapp (cellular phone texting app). These findings suggest that culture is not necessarily maintained by what is displayed around you but can be upheld through constant communication with family and friends, linking you back home to your roots.
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Subject
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Migration to Canada from Argentina
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Creator
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Candice Jennings
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Contributor
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Belen Montefalcone
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Format
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Video
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photos, videos, audio
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Language
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English, Spanish
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Type
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Moving Image
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Coverage
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POINT(-6704444.6240163 -4374949.7503213)|POINT(-9046475.1703479 5313577.3482755)|2|-7831432.1688955|1137765.1658665|osm
Buenos Aires, Argentina and London, Ontario
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Source
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Original
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Publisher
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Bridging Classroom and Community: Languages and Cultures in Action, Western University, Fall 2017
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Date
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December 1, 2017
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Rights
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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Relation
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“IsPartOf” Hispanic Collection.
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Identifier
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zhgljLMumA&t=7s
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Extent
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Run time : 7:54
Editting: 13 hrs
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producer
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Candice Jennings
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director
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Candice Jennings
