Best of Both Worlds: A Phenomenological Exploration of East Asian Diasporic Identity Through Virtual Reality

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dc.contributor.advisorde Jesuús, Desirée
dc.contributor.authorAshizawa, Kaede Claire
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-07T11:22:20Z
dc.date.available2024-11-07T11:22:20Z
dc.date.copyright2024-10-23
dc.date.issued2024-11-07
dc.date.updated2024-11-07T11:22:17Z
dc.degree.disciplineCommunication & Culture, Joint Program with Toronto Metropolitan University
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameMA - Master of Arts
dc.description.abstractWhile East Asian diaspora studies have addressed inequities imposed by hegemonic epistemologies on diasporic communities and identities, expressing the equally important politics of diasporic agency and joy is also essential. My research-creation intervenes in this knowledge space through a phenomenological framework informed by cyborg theory and assemblage theory in a Virtual Reality experience. Reiterating metaphors of prostheses for diasporic transcendence, I consider if instrumental and ecological cultural affinities of East Asian-Canadian identity can be perceived as such. Mediated by the VR experience, I visualized this by inquiring about diasporic upbringing, everyday life, personal and institutional relationships, and cultural interactions. Informed by autoethnography and semi-constructed interviews with 14 East Asian-Canadian participants, I investigated what hybridity and empowerment look, feel, and mean when extensions of diasporic selfhood are metaphorized as prostheses in an assemblage network. I also explored the affordances of VR as a pedagogical medium to visualize this analysis.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/42534
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectAsian studies
dc.subjectCommunication
dc.subjectMultimedia
dc.subject.keywordsEast Asian Canadian diaspora
dc.subject.keywordsThird-culture
dc.subject.keywordsProsthetics
dc.subject.keywordsCultural hybridity
dc.subject.keywordsCyborg theory
dc.subject.keywordsAssemblage theory
dc.subject.keywordsPhenomenology
dc.subject.keywordsAffect
dc.subject.keywordsEmbodiment
dc.subject.keywordsResearch-creation
dc.subject.keywordsAutoethnography
dc.subject.keywordsVirtual reality
dc.subject.keywordsMedia theory
dc.subject.keywordsDiasporic collectivity
dc.subject.keywordsVR for storytelling
dc.subject.keywordsVR for world-building
dc.titleBest of Both Worlds: A Phenomenological Exploration of East Asian Diasporic Identity Through Virtual Reality
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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