And So It Goes: In Response to The CAP Conference

I didn’t realize how close CAP Con was to the end of the year until we got to CAP Con today.

I want to firstly congratulate Vinson, Tara, Yael, and Jeff for having presented in one of the first panels of the conference!! I was unfortunately not able to stay for more of the presentations but I was not disappointed from seeing their presentation on their website of The Street Newspaper.  The theme of the panel was Circulation, Surveillance and consumption and it was wonderful to see how the confluence of the different streams in this panel alone.

What’s funny to me is, that through the research we’ve done over the year, we’re really presenting what we believe and are, in essence, presenting a part of our own self narrative.  In the case of Vinson, Tara, Yael and Jeff, from my observations from their presentation, I can see that they’ve developed a passion for the subject and demonstrated that by being proud enough to present their piece.  Another student on the panel by the name of Joey Chan also seemed to share this passion with their work.  There was extensive work done on the issues of internet censorship and privacy and it was possible to hear the amount of frustration in her voice when she was talking about collective or individual privacy.  Whether it be addressing issues of homelessness or state intrusions on the internet, these projects have been able to provide students with their own voices to speak out against these subjects as the issues become slowly integrated into their ways of thinking.

Although I was unable to stay at CAP Con for too long, I was able to do a bit of presenting on the website that Adèle, Jenn and Naomi had created as a collection of the recipes that were presented in Diamond Grill.  It was great having had the opportunity to showcase a piece that I held great pride in with my teammates.  In the same vein as the panels, I felt that I was able to display parts of my passions through the site.  Diamond Grill has become an integral part of learning more of the culinary experience but also about my own family.  I had never been able to connect with an idea quite as well than with the idea of living on the hyphen as, after having read Diamond Grill I had finally found a term to describe the in between life I feel with my imediate family or extended family.  I am neither form HongKong, nor am I fully Canadian.  The hyphen has even made its way into my final art project for VISA 183. (ooohhh)

It’s been a fun ride this past year i think im getting emoshunal