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September 1, 2021
The Acorn: Food to Some, Inedible to Others
Blog post by Jason Inskeep
As a person who claims to love exploring cultures, traveling, and trying different foods, I failed. I recently realized that as a Native Arizonan I had only tried one food from my home state’s Indigenous culinary tradition—Fry Bread.
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June 21, 2021
Street Art in the Plague Years
Blog post by Monica Ruth
Shuttered businesses, deserted streets, and contagion among the people… elements of disarray and decay, signals and signs of the end of – or at least pause from – familiar economic and social patterns. These changes have revealed a wellspring, sparking and spawning of new life and advantageous growth in street art.
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June 6, 2021
Fight or Die Trying – Indigenous Resilience and the COVID-19 Pandemic
Blog post by Robin Keagle
“Kimberly in Red” from Artist Nayan Lafond, A Journal of the Plague Year ArchiveGenocide, stolen lands, and broken promises. Indigenous Peoples have a long history of being silenced. Their voices are muted and are often missing from the archives.
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May 23, 2021
“Kung Flu,” the Power of Words, and the Impact on AAPI Identity
Blog post by Kathryn Jue
Asian and Pacific Islanders are fighting two pandemics – COVID-19 and anti-Asian racism.[i] The rise of anti-Asian crimes is now a focal point in a pandemic year, but this is not something that came out of nowhere.[ii]
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May 10, 2021
“Rural Voices” Pandemic Collection Shares Quiet Stories of Loss and Hope During COVID-19
Blog post by Clinton P. Roberts
As the nightly news rattled off statistical numbers, my grandmother sat quietly in her house, mourning a loss, unable to see her husband’s grave. Her daily visits to the cemetery marked an otherwise unbroken routine for over five years.