Lost in Translation:
Rethinking Expressions of Care across Distances
As a first-gen Indian immigrant, I’ve felt the weight of staying connected—losing touch with family over time and grappling with an unfamiliar grief. Many Asian cultures express care through action rather than words, yet digital communication still prioritizes verbal cues.
In a world where connection is more accessible than ever, why does distance still feel so vast?
My thesis explores intergenerational and intercultural communication within Asian immigrant families, focusing on how distance shapes emotional connection.
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Growing Pains: A Living Grieveyard
A community garden experience where participants plant messages of grief on seed paper, creating a shared space for reflection, healing, and reconnection through the symbolic growth of their emotions into new life.
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Nurture
A modern take on the care package, designed for young adult Asian immigrants who would like to reconnect with their family. Bringing back postcards in the form of scrapbooking to share stories and memories visually, rather than verbally.
Digital Product Design
Participatory Research Workshop
Branching Out
Facilitation of a participatory research workshop with activities around mapping identity, collective collaging of experiences and using spectrums to understand changes in both individual as well as familial relationships.
Held in-person as well as virtually.