ASU Virtual Migration Museum

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We have created this project to showcase the migrant connections and influences on the ASU campus and the impact of migrant groups on our community at large. Showcased below are the exhibits shown in the ASU Virtual Migration Museum we have created, and the unique connection each exhibit has with a distinct migrant group.

AR Experience: https://integraloftheday.github.io/migration-asu/

Meet us on April 26th 2023 at 12:05pm outside the back of Durham Hall

Exhibition Sites of the Virtual Migration Museum

Charles Trumbull Hayden

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Charles Trumbull Hayden, a descendant of the English settlers who arrived in the Connecticut River Valley in 1630, was the first district probate judge of Arizona, and trader in Tucson in which he often traded goods with the Pima and Maricopa tribes, as well as often traveling south to trade with residents of Mexico. He established the first ferry across the Salt River, called Hayden’s Ferry, which was later the namesake for the settlement established on Native American lands. The Hayden’s Ferry settlement, which is now Tempe, was established further south along the Salt River from Fort McDowell, connected by a canal system envisioned by Hayden to other settlements. Hispanic workers from Mexico were hired as laborers to build the canal system. Hayden founded settlements in both the Gila River and Salt River Reservations. Many of these settlements established by Hayden were home to Anglo-Males; products of European settlement in the United States following westward expansion, whereas European women were scarce. These male settlers fathered many children with Mexican and Native American women, creating a generation of mixed-race children in Arizona.

Barbara and Craig Barrett

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Husband and wife, Barbara and Craig Barrett, are the namesakes of the Barrett Honors program, due to the success of both Barbara and Craig in their respective industries. Barbara Barrett founded a program in which she trained and mentored female Afghan entrepreneurs during her time as the President of the Thunderbird School of Global Management. Additionally Barbara served as the US ambassador to Finland, Senior Advisor of the U.S. mission to the United Nations, member of the U.S.-Afghan Women’s Council, and President of the International Women’s Forum. Barbara Barrett’s career has been dedicated to building international relationships with the U.S. and abroad, and she has shown great dedication to Afghan migrants in the U.S, and now leads the department of the Air Force. Barbara’s husband, Craig Barrett served as the chairman of Intel Corporation until 2009. Intel has one of the highest rates of employing of foreign workers, applying for 9369 H1-B visas and 2831 greencards from 2020-2022. Intel is ranked number 16 among all visa sponsors. Craig Barrett has also served on the President’s Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiation, the Board of Trustees for the U.S. Council for International Business, the Clinton Global Initiative Education Advisory Board, and the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering. Craig Barrett also migrated to work as a Fullbright Fellow in Denmark and a Postdoctoral Fellow in England. Both Barbara and Craig Barrett have had massive impacts on migration and migrants in the U.S.

Tempe Normal School

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Tempe’s Normal School Library is a place that has served students that were trying to get their education back in the early 1900’s. The first librarian for Tempe Normal Schools Library was Gracia Fernandez. She was from St. Johns, Arizona and served as a Professor of Spanish at the Tempe Normal School from 1907-1914. She is the only faculty member at Tempe Normal School ever to be photographed in cap and gown! She advocated for the teaching of Spanish in schools, writing that “a practical knowledge of Spanish has become a recognized factor in modern education.” Gracia held a joint appointment for many years as Librarian of the Tempe Normal School library—the first bilingual-bicultural Latina woman to be appointed librarian--and as Professor of Spanish. Gracia’s advocacy for teaching Spanish in schools continued throughout her life, eventually legitimizing Spanish as a course of study. With support from her principal, Arthur John Matthews, she integrated the Tempe Normal School into the larger Normal School movement in the United States, thereby opening higher education to students from diverse cultural, economic and religious backgrounds—especially for women.

The Old Church

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The Old Church, also known as St. Marys. Back in 1903 it was Tempe's first Catholic Church and a place for the local Mexican community who worked at Charles Trumbull Hayden’s flour mill or the railroad to gather and worship. It was a pinnacle point in the community at this time and still remains to be to this day. The church was built with real adobe bricks made by the Mexican craftsmen and artisans who lived here in Tempe. The Mexican Catholics were extremely important to many contributions throughout history to Arizona State University’s Tempe campus.

Chicano Bush on Hayden Lawn

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In the middle of Hayden Lawn there used to be something called a Chicano bush. This was a popular meeting spot in Arizona State University’s past for Mexican American students where they could meet and chit-chat, share notes for research, or have tables for fundraising. Manuel "Manny" Gonzales Marin obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Science in Business Administration at ASU and earned a real estate license with the Bud Crowley School. As a student at ASU, Manny was among the students who formed the university's chapter of MECHA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicanos de Aztlan). He and the MECHA students held fund-raisers for Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers and sponsored Semana de la Raza cultural events on the Hayden Lawn and near the famous Chicano Bush in front of the Hayden Library on Cady Mall.

ASU Indigenous peoples Land Acknowledgement

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The ASU Library acknowledges the twenty-three Native Nations that have inhabited this land for centuries. Arizona State University has four campuses that are located in the Salt River Valley on ancestral territories of Indigenous peoples, including the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and Pee Posh (Maricopa) Indian Communities. These people care and make contributions to these lands allows us to be here today.

ASU Virtual Migration Museum Tour Flyer

Use this link for the Augmented Reality Tour: https://integraloftheday.github.io/migration-asu/

ASU Virtual Migration Museum Card

Thank you!

Would you fill out this form for us?

Here are some of the responses we recieved to our form.

Question: How did this Virtual Museum affect your view on the history of ASU's campus?

Answer: I feel like this virtual museum made me a lot more knowledgeable about the buildings that were presented. Before I didn’t know that each building had its own history.

Q: Was the experience of the Virtual Migration Museum impactful to you? and why

A: Yes, because it makes me more aware of my campus, especially central locations that I go to and did not know too much about.

Q: Did you enjoy learning about ASU's migrant history through this QR code/ Augmented Reality experience?

A: Yes I did I felt like it was a lot more engaging including technology vs a typical presentation.

Q: Was it more impactful to learn about ASU's migrant history through this QR code/ Augmented Reality experience?

A: Yes, because it gives a real spatial connection to the information.

Bibliography

Pérez-Sanagustín, Mar, et al. “Using QR Codes to Increase User Engagement in Museum-Like Spaces.” Computers in Human Behavior, vol. 60, 2016, pp. 73–85, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.02.012.

In this article Pérez-Sanagustín, Mar, et al. reviews the ways that user-engagement can be increased when using a QR code within a museum or varying exhibition environments. The author uses this data to gain insight into ideas such as; (1) amount of information consumed by visitors; (2) the time visitors spend at the exhibit; and (3) the visitors’ perceived quality of the experience; which shows us the best way to go about using QR codes. This research specifically focuses on assessing how QR codes are used in museums and how this increases engagement as compared to the experience without this technology. This article is useful to my specific research project, as Pérez-Sanagustín, Mar, et al. suggests that there is a large increase in user engagement when a QR code is used with an exhibit, rather than without. The main limitation of this article is that it does not have a specific perspective on an outdoor exhibition, like ours. This information will be used to further understand the quality as well as other factors of our QR code museum experience. This article will help us significantly for the research project because it gives us insights into what type of information is best received, how long people will need at each stop, and the quality of the experience with the QR codes.

Jung, T., tom Dieck, M.C., Lee, H., Chung, N. (2016). Effects of Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality on Visitor Experiences in Museum. In: Inversini, A., Schegg, R. (eds) Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2016. Springer, Cham. https://doi-org.ezproxy1.lib.asu.edu/10.1007/978-3-319-28231-2_45

In this article, Jung, et al. investigates the influence of VR/AR enhancements on a visitors' enjoyment of attending a museum. The AR took the form of additional text, images, and animations overlaid on museum attractions. The researchers obtained data by asking museum visitors to use their VR and AR applications during their visit, of which 163 agreed and completed a questionnaire. Their research focuses on understanding what aspects of experiences are improved by using VR/AR and the practicality of it in Museum settings. The article is useful to the research topic, as it demonstrates an improved user experience when AR/VR are used in the context of museums, which provides motivation and backing for the outdoor museum premise. The main limitations of this article is that the VR and AR experiences were used by all participants, which could distort the results for either individual technology. However, the authors believe that such an effect does not mitigate the beneficial findings of AR individually or VR individually, and point to the possibility of future work addressing each technology in separate studies. Overall, the authors conclude that VR and AR can be used to enhance the user's experience and contribute to the social experience. This article does not form the basis of the research that will be incorporated into the project, but instead forms a solid justification for the AR museum implementation.

M, Christine, et al. “The Chicana/Chicano Experience in Arizona.” Chicano Experience in Arizona, https://www.asu.edu/lib/archives/website/. Accessed 2 Mar. 2023.

In this archival website, Christine eta al. outlines the Mexican history intertwined with Arizona and the United States through events such as the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, the Gadsden Purchase, and Mexican migration into Arizona and the southwest. The authors leverage mostly primary sources in the forms of photographs to outline the lives of Mexicans in Arizona. Their archival website spans ranching, mining, agriculture, organizations, family, occupations, and landmarks. This website is useful to the research topic by providing an abundance of time-period photographs and information about them, which can be incorporated into the AR museum walk. The main limitation of this article is that some of the photographs have limited information about them, which increases the difficulty of incorporation. Overall, the article effectively outlines the day-to-day lives of Mexicans in Arizona and provides images that enhance the information. This article will help with the identification of important sights around Tempe and allow us to proved the AR experience with images to show how the area looked in the past.

Brimhall, Lloyd R. “Institutional Policy toward Foreign Students: Case Studies of Four Arizona Postsecondary Institutions.” ProQuest, 1993, www.proquest.com/docview/304039666?fromopenview=true&pq-origsite=gscholar.

In this article, Brimhall goes over how universities all over the United States are seeing an increase of foreign students on campus. He also talks about the processes that are involved when admitting international students and also what other policies would need to be made for these students. While studying all of these policies from four different universities, regarding the international students, it is shown that only one out of the four has given a statement stating that they will be a part of the international education exchange, which was The American Graduate School of International Management (AGSIM). The other three were Mesa Community College (MCC), Grand Canyon University (GCU), and Arizona State University (ASU). It is shown however, that both AGSIM and GCU are actively recruiting students from abroad, with MCC being passive and ASU semi-participating. Most of the international students are from Asia and Europe, as they have more of a desire and means to study here in the U.S. Another thing to mention is, all of these universities have programs letting international students to attend respective campuses, exploring the environment and culture there. This article is helpful as we can see our Universities with international students, and give us an insight to which group of international students were attending ASU.

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