FAITH LAPIDUS: But MOCA is not just interested in the past. It wants to look at what it means to be Chinese-American today and what it will mean looking forward.
One of its projects is called the MOCA StoryMap. This online project allows Chinese-Americans across the country to tell about their history and experiences. Google technology allows each person who tells a story to show where he or she lives on a map of the United States.
TING-CHI WANG: “And once again, it’s about the journey. It’s about locality. So we want people to pinpoint where they are now and to tell a story related to their own immigrant experience.”
BOB DOUGHTY: One woman in Indianapolis, Indiana wrote about feeling very un-American while celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday with her parents.
Another man in Seattle, Washington writes about his family’s terrible experience fleeing first from China, then from Cambodia and Vietnam before arriving in the United States.
Ting-Chi Wang says the online stories are part of the MOCA collection that she hopes will become part of the permanent exhibit.
FAITH LAPIDUS: The Museum of Chinese in America also has temporary shows. Its current exhibit includes the work of twelve artists of Chinese ancestry who live in New York. The show is one of MOCA’s many efforts to move beyond generational, geographical and cultural boundaries in exploring Chinese-American identity.
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