Thesis - In Search of Belonging
Parsons School of Design, Communications Design
2023
In Search of Belonging is a three-part series that explores the identity of someone with a multicultural upbringing. Three books signify three cultures and experiences, the culture of my background, environment, and current space. This piece explores the experience of growing up abroad and how it impacts one’s identity and sense of belonging through real scans of past mementos, more forms of mixed media, and a personal narrative. The lost sense of belonging is a familiar feeling to many with a multicultural upbringing—the feeling of being a foreigner in your own home, the constant search for belonging, and the uncertainty that lies within you and your future. However, we soon find a new identity emerging within one another. We find “home” in people, not in places.