ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This project was generously supported by:
Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship, The Ohio State University
Arts & Humanities Graduate Research Small Grants Program, The Ohio State University
Columbus Printed Arts Center
Dr. John E. Parish Fellowship, Rice University
Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme, The Ohio State University
School for International Training, Czech Republic: Arts and Social Change
The Center for Folklore Studies, The Ohio State University
Thomas J. Watson Foundation
Visual Studies Workshop
Yale University Summer Session at the Institute for Studio Studies, Auvillar, France
Thank you to:
George Rush, Ann Hamilton, and Carmen Winant, who have gifted me with mentorship allowing me to realize forgetting the cemetery is a way to remember it, and that my experience is an archive I store in my body.
To my many other mentors who have steered me along this journey in diverse ways:
Andrea Ballestero, Mary Jo Bole, Katey Borland, Natasha Bowdoin, Sarah Brock, Alison Crocetta, Danielle Fosler-Lussier, Amber Elison, Miranda Holmes, Courtney Hunt, Tim Griffin, Lisa Lapinski, Laura Lisbon, Calista Lyon, Danny Marcus, Michael Mercil, Ila Nagar, Dorry Noyes, Gina Osterloh, Hannah Parrett, Robert Reed, Dani Restack, Suzanne Silver, John Sparagana, Christopher Stackhouse, Jared Thorne, Jasper Waugh- Quasebarth
To my collaborators, guides, and hosts around the world:
Constanza Abuin, Ahmed, Richard Ambrus, Amir, Elena Ammel, Anna, Silvana Antonelli, Sophie Avis, María Emilia Barrufaldi, Petr Bergmann, Constanza Bertorello, Zach Bielak, Moritz Boeing, Bernd Bossman, Jacqueline Bowring, Kristy Brooks, Nick Brumder, Ellen Brumder, Cristian Bussio, Carlos, Petra Carsenty, Anabelle Castaño, Luciano Causero, Paul-Gordon Chandler, Emmanuelle Chaze, Sabrina Ponce Clemenceau, Margret Daub, Milagros García Díaz, Óldrich Dobiáš, Agnieszka Dobrowolska, Jaroslaw Dobrowolski, Hannah Dunham, Tarek El-Komi, Elham Eltohamy, Erik, Martin Ernerth, Barbara Estigarribia, Tomás Estigarribia, Enrique Estigarribia, Ana Eugenia, Azza Ezzat, Mahmoud and Farah, Ayat Farouk, Geoff Farrar, Sienna Farrar, Mattia Farrar, Mattias Frihammar, Keiji Fujiyoshi, Rika Fujiyoshi, Fumio Fujiyoshi, Hiroko Fukuchi, Maike Gens, Ravn Gens, Svenja Gens, Margaret Giffin, Adam Griffin, Henrik Gustafsson, Bishoy Habib, Peter Hahn, Jean Harris, Michael Hamby, Shia Hamby, Paul Hester, Shizue Hideshima, Tomoko Hirai, Lenka Holikova, Jana Hradilkova, Demian Irbauch, Mariana Irbauch, Harry Ivory, Janis Ivory, Jakub Jonáš, Josefina Jonasova, Topi Järvinen, and Leo Järvinen, Sirkka Maija Järvinen, Olli Järvinen, Janne Järvinen, Kaisa Järvinen, Frantisek Kalenda, Helena Kalendová, Robert Kett, Keiko Kitamura, Hido and Saki Kitamura, Simon Kleinwächter, Pavel Klimeš, Sonoko Kochi, Jacob Kopcienski, David Korechy, Karina Korn, Teresa Krystyna, Kenneth Kuk, Frank Lad, Mirabell Lad, Damarys Lagoria, Johanne Kristiansen and Lars, Jan Lech, Barbara Leisner, Rose Lemardeley, and Rabbe Liedner, Lisa-Marie, Palle Liukkonen, Theo Loftis, Gitta Lunding, Pete Macfarlane, Hilda Maclean, Robban and Malin, Samuel Mannheimer, Damian And Mark, Noriko Matsuyama, Susan McLean, Ruth McManus, Belle Melzer, Sabine Müller, Mohammed, Dr. Moshira, Moussa, Terese Mörnvik, Ed Mugnani, Ernst Neuendank, Lars Nilsson, Ingela Nordin, Patricia O’Brien, Suzy Okubo, Terry Okuno, Greg Olson, Patricio Santos Ortega, Patricia Pasmanter, Diana Pauro, Ludmila Pawlowska, Silvia Pawlowska, Vera Pawlowska, Tina Persson, Sandra Persson, Bettina Pflueger, Regina Pröpper, Reda Abdel Rahman, Brian Rawsthorne, Dr. Refky, Werner Riemann, John Rohan, Aya Sabry, Tania Salvestro, Alexa Schimanek, Reinhild Schlautmann, Matthias Schmidt, Silke Schoppe, Ahmed Seddik, Marita Seidt, Ola Seif, Ahmed El Shaer, Hoda Shukri, Julianna Smith, Klara Stejsklaova, Dietlind Stobbe, Katja Strube and Jochen, Yoshiko Tanaka, Isla Tooth, Tora, Nils Simonsson and Ulla-Karin, Ana Valladares, Teresa Vavrova, Elina Veijalainen, Mikael Wendeberg and Christina, Britta Wittchow, Olivia Wolf, Teruko Yasukawa, Mohamad Youssif, Adriana Yurcovich, Harry Zeffel,
and those whose names I wasn’t able to record.
And finally, to my four pillars:
Cecilia, George, Frances, and Geo
Alumni Grants for Graduate Research and Scholarship, The Ohio State University
Arts & Humanities Graduate Research Small Grants Program, The Ohio State University
Columbus Printed Arts Center
Dr. John E. Parish Fellowship, Rice University
Global Arts + Humanities Discovery Theme, The Ohio State University
School for International Training, Czech Republic: Arts and Social Change
The Center for Folklore Studies, The Ohio State University
Thomas J. Watson Foundation
Visual Studies Workshop
Yale University Summer Session at the Institute for Studio Studies, Auvillar, France
Thank you to:
George Rush, Ann Hamilton, and Carmen Winant, who have gifted me with mentorship allowing me to realize forgetting the cemetery is a way to remember it, and that my experience is an archive I store in my body.
To my many other mentors who have steered me along this journey in diverse ways:
Andrea Ballestero, Mary Jo Bole, Katey Borland, Natasha Bowdoin, Sarah Brock, Alison Crocetta, Danielle Fosler-Lussier, Amber Elison, Miranda Holmes, Courtney Hunt, Tim Griffin, Lisa Lapinski, Laura Lisbon, Calista Lyon, Danny Marcus, Michael Mercil, Ila Nagar, Dorry Noyes, Gina Osterloh, Hannah Parrett, Robert Reed, Dani Restack, Suzanne Silver, John Sparagana, Christopher Stackhouse, Jared Thorne, Jasper Waugh- Quasebarth
To my collaborators, guides, and hosts around the world:
Constanza Abuin, Ahmed, Richard Ambrus, Amir, Elena Ammel, Anna, Silvana Antonelli, Sophie Avis, María Emilia Barrufaldi, Petr Bergmann, Constanza Bertorello, Zach Bielak, Moritz Boeing, Bernd Bossman, Jacqueline Bowring, Kristy Brooks, Nick Brumder, Ellen Brumder, Cristian Bussio, Carlos, Petra Carsenty, Anabelle Castaño, Luciano Causero, Paul-Gordon Chandler, Emmanuelle Chaze, Sabrina Ponce Clemenceau, Margret Daub, Milagros García Díaz, Óldrich Dobiáš, Agnieszka Dobrowolska, Jaroslaw Dobrowolski, Hannah Dunham, Tarek El-Komi, Elham Eltohamy, Erik, Martin Ernerth, Barbara Estigarribia, Tomás Estigarribia, Enrique Estigarribia, Ana Eugenia, Azza Ezzat, Mahmoud and Farah, Ayat Farouk, Geoff Farrar, Sienna Farrar, Mattia Farrar, Mattias Frihammar, Keiji Fujiyoshi, Rika Fujiyoshi, Fumio Fujiyoshi, Hiroko Fukuchi, Maike Gens, Ravn Gens, Svenja Gens, Margaret Giffin, Adam Griffin, Henrik Gustafsson, Bishoy Habib, Peter Hahn, Jean Harris, Michael Hamby, Shia Hamby, Paul Hester, Shizue Hideshima, Tomoko Hirai, Lenka Holikova, Jana Hradilkova, Demian Irbauch, Mariana Irbauch, Harry Ivory, Janis Ivory, Jakub Jonáš, Josefina Jonasova, Topi Järvinen, and Leo Järvinen, Sirkka Maija Järvinen, Olli Järvinen, Janne Järvinen, Kaisa Järvinen, Frantisek Kalenda, Helena Kalendová, Robert Kett, Keiko Kitamura, Hido and Saki Kitamura, Simon Kleinwächter, Pavel Klimeš, Sonoko Kochi, Jacob Kopcienski, David Korechy, Karina Korn, Teresa Krystyna, Kenneth Kuk, Frank Lad, Mirabell Lad, Damarys Lagoria, Johanne Kristiansen and Lars, Jan Lech, Barbara Leisner, Rose Lemardeley, and Rabbe Liedner, Lisa-Marie, Palle Liukkonen, Theo Loftis, Gitta Lunding, Pete Macfarlane, Hilda Maclean, Robban and Malin, Samuel Mannheimer, Damian And Mark, Noriko Matsuyama, Susan McLean, Ruth McManus, Belle Melzer, Sabine Müller, Mohammed, Dr. Moshira, Moussa, Terese Mörnvik, Ed Mugnani, Ernst Neuendank, Lars Nilsson, Ingela Nordin, Patricia O’Brien, Suzy Okubo, Terry Okuno, Greg Olson, Patricio Santos Ortega, Patricia Pasmanter, Diana Pauro, Ludmila Pawlowska, Silvia Pawlowska, Vera Pawlowska, Tina Persson, Sandra Persson, Bettina Pflueger, Regina Pröpper, Reda Abdel Rahman, Brian Rawsthorne, Dr. Refky, Werner Riemann, John Rohan, Aya Sabry, Tania Salvestro, Alexa Schimanek, Reinhild Schlautmann, Matthias Schmidt, Silke Schoppe, Ahmed Seddik, Marita Seidt, Ola Seif, Ahmed El Shaer, Hoda Shukri, Julianna Smith, Klara Stejsklaova, Dietlind Stobbe, Katja Strube and Jochen, Yoshiko Tanaka, Isla Tooth, Tora, Nils Simonsson and Ulla-Karin, Ana Valladares, Teresa Vavrova, Elina Veijalainen, Mikael Wendeberg and Christina, Britta Wittchow, Olivia Wolf, Teruko Yasukawa, Mohamad Youssif, Adriana Yurcovich, Harry Zeffel,
and those whose names I wasn’t able to record.
And finally, to my four pillars:
Cecilia, George, Frances, and Geo