Research documents · Project archive
Explore the work behind the work.
Download project handouts and working documents or visit the corresponding narrative pages. These materials reflect different stages of the Kam Heritage Project, and some proposals were not completed.
Project records, illustrated process documents, and teaching outcomes are organized by purpose below.
Overview and background
- Introduction to Kam Minority ProjectPDF document
- Project HandoutPDF document
- Project In DepthPDF document
- Dimen posterPDF document
Research and process
- Working with ArtisansPDF document
- Team at workPDF document
- Collecting motifsPDF document
Cultural preservation
- Dawn of the Butterflies manuscriptProject page
- Short documentary moviesProject page
- Collection of Dimen storiesProject page
- Collection of design motifsProject page
Identity and education
- Dimen motif libraryProject page
- Workshops for AdultsProject page
- Workshops for ChildrenProject page
- 2014 Smithsonial Folklife FestivalProject page
- Through Young Kam Eyes DocumentaryProject page
- Their Then and Now Graphic NovelProject page
- Dimen Animals Coloring BookProject page
Cooperative design and livelihoods
- CooperativeProject page
- Student PrototypesProject page
- How to GuidesProject page
- Design for the MuseumProject page
2012 · Dimen in Transition exhibition
Original Reynolds Gallery materials documenting the collaborative exhibition and related student research.
- Exhibition photographs and documentationProject page
- Original exhibition introductionPDF document
- Exhibition posterPDF document
- Exhibition invitationPDF document
- Their Then and Now — Joanne Kwan32-page PDF