Undocumented Migration Project & Jason De Leo n
Anthropologist Jason De León is a 2017 MacArthur Fellow and director of the Undocumented Migration Project is the group that created and spearheaded the Hostile Terrain 94 exhibition. Linked below are interviews, essays, and interactive exhibitions of Hostile Terrain 94 at other locations across the world.
Important resources from the Undocumented Migration Project and Hostile Terrain 94
Many other institutions like Luther have put on Hostile Terrain 94 Exhibits.
Below are some resources from other versions of the project.
Also other Museum projects focused on issues of our southern border.
A Moment of Global Remembrancence for Dia de los Muertos - A video of volunteers reading out the names of those who have died crossing the Southern Border into Arizona.
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Hostile Terrain 94 Munster: Meet the Curator Q&A with Jason de Leon. One hour discussion about the Hostile Terrain 94 exhibition and how it will be developed at over 100 locations.
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Beyond Border: MacArthur Fellows in Conversation with Jason De Leon and Steven Feld. July 22, 2020. One hour discussion hosted by School of Advanced Research (SAR).
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Lecture at Franklin & Marshall College, January 2019 featuring material from his book, Land of Open Graves.
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Radiolab Podcast: Border Trilogy - What Remains featuring Jason De Leon
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Factually! With Adam Conover - Podcast Episode #45 - Why No one Understands Immigration and Why We Need to with Jason de Leon. March 25, 2020
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Armchair Expert *Dax Sheperd PodcastL Live: Jason de Leon Feb 2020
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Simulation | AAA #286 Dr. Jason De León - Contemporary Archaeology, Feb 2019
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Only in America with Ali Noorani: Between a Wall and a Hard Place: Jason De León - January 2020
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Jason De León: Decoding Stories of Border Crossing | Nat Geo Live, August 2013 (15 minutes)
Facebook Live Events from UMP
Human Rights and Immigration Reform - live stream presentation by Jason De Leon, With Amy Knight and Tony Banegas of Colibri.
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ArtsWest: A Conversation on Hostile Terrain 94, November 6, 2020. - Koji Lau-Ozawa leads a conversation among Jason De Leon, artist, curator, and faculty member at UCLA, Angela Garcia, associate professor of anthropology at Stanford, Jon Ayon Alonso, a graduate student in Stanford's department of Art and Art History, and Ekalan Hou, an undergraduate student in Stanford's department of Art and Art History.
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Willy Vlautin: Exploring Race, Gender, and Poverty through Music and Books. Jan 27, 2021
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Storytelling and the Creative Process During the Modern Pandemic Age. A conversation with author Karen Russell (Swamplandia!) Feb 24, 2021
Hostile Terrain 94 Is being presented in the US and in Europe -- over 100 locations are expected to participate from 2020-2022. Some exhibitions are developing important online components of their exhibitions, we share some of those here.
Online Interactive Exhibit HT94 at Franklin & Marshall College -- This includes photographs, artifacts, and accompanying information of the issues.
An interview with Jason De Leon, a professor of Anthropology and Chicano/a studies at UCLA. He speaks about his latest installation titled "Hostile Terrain 94," which is part of his larger Undocumented Migrant Project. (4.20 minutes, in Spanish)
Special Topics: Arizona State Museum Exhibition and Speaker Series 2020
A History of Walls: the Borders we Build- Online Exhibit
Massive Fortification of the US Border: Todd Miller, journalist/writer, addresses the U.S. border wall's history and border-enforcement practices, and discusses how these have affected the U.S./Mexico divide. Mr. Miller has researched and written about border issues for more than 15 years.
Protecting Tribal Lands and Sacred Places. the Honorable Ned Norris, Jr., Chairman of the Tohono O'odham Nation, part of Arizona State Museum's "Border Barriers: History and Impact" series of talks about the history and impact of border barriers on people and the environment.
Invisible Borders of Reservations, Tribal Treaties, and Tribal Sovereignty This discussion is about the invisible borders of reservations, tribal treaties, and tribal sovereignty
Article by Jason De Leon describing the US policy that perpetuates and hides migrant suffering.