Project Description:

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  This project took place in two phases. In the first part, participating parents were asked to choose a song that was taught to them by their parents or grandparents and share the melody and words with their child. Afterwards, the child taught a cockatiel (parrot) the same song, exemplifies the oral tradition of utilizing imitation and repetition to strengthen families and communities by “passing down the cultures.”

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   For me, the transference of songs throughout generations and then back to nature creates a glimpse into “characteristic messages echoing across different generations of a specific culture in time.” Through this collective, creation process with Casita Maria’s families and youth, I look into the cultural identity of each individual family as well as the community as a whole. “Seeding Echoes Along the Wind,” offers a living metaphor for the fluid connections between individual cultural identities and a universal holistic humanity.