The Global Village Revisited is an intercultural documentary video project involving the Montagnard Dega community in North Carolina and students at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts
After two weeks of preparatory/organizational work --involving sharing and discussing background materials in Anthropology and Media Studies, along with the usual start-up tasks involved in college courses-- we are, as of today, officially under way.
A Montagnard garden in Greensboro NC
It seems official today because we had our first direct interaction, via video-conferencing, between participants in three sections of the Digital Media for the Artist (DMA ) and members of the Montagnard Dega community living in the Greensboro NC area. On the UNCSA end of the Skype call, we introduced ourselves and talked with two Montagnard Dega women, both of whom were engaging, kind, and delightfully honest and forthright. My friend and colleague of 15+ years, Andrew Young, did a masterful job of introducing the Montagnard Dega women to us, and facilitating our interaction with them.
We asked questions ranging from what they missed about their home culture in Vietnam, how it came to be that they settled in Greensboro NC, and what the challenges their youth face here in the USA. We also asked Andrew Young how he came to be interested in Montagnard Dega culture. In each instance the responses were enlightening and informative. I include the three video-conferences below:
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