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Shabnam Sukhdev

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Master of Fine Arts (Film)
E-mail: ssukhdev@yorku.ca

I am a graduate student pursuing my MFA in Film.  Spurred by the notions of Normality and Otherness, I am interested in studying  extragenetic and cultural patterns of acceptance across the Asian diaspora.  Through a feminist lens, in my research I am examining cultural interpersonal dynamics that manipulate mental wellbeing, impacting patterns of accepted behaviour.  My thesis enquiry is an ethnographic study in which I am adopting an interdisciplinary approach to examine the parameters of wellness and mental health as defined by the medical community.  I am questioning the boundaries that prevent participation, all the while investigating avenues of inclusion by adopting a community-centric model of involvement.   Given my background in filmmaking, I am using Art as a via-media to present a neo cultural model, more inclusive and participatory.

Keywords: Normality and Otherness; diaspora, feminism

Upcoming Events

Nov
1
Fri
1:00 pm From the 2019 Hong Kong Protests... @ Accolade West Building and Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building
From the 2019 Hong Kong Protests... @ Accolade West Building and Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building
Nov 1 @ 1:00 pm – Dec 16 @ 8:00 pm
From the 2019 Hong Kong Protests to the World’s Tomorrow: The Power of Disobedience, Discourse and Creative Dissent @ Accolade West Building and Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building
This series will feature six events from Friday, 8 November to Monday, 16 December 2019. (1) Political cartoon show by Zunzi Hong Kong. Now What? [...]
Nov
20
Wed
9:00 am Graphic Design Exhibit || Graphi... @ Fourth Floor Corridor, Department of Design, Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building, Keele Campus
Graphic Design Exhibit || Graphi... @ Fourth Floor Corridor, Department of Design, Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building, Keele Campus
Nov 20 @ 9:00 am – Dec 16 @ 5:00 pm
Graphic Design Exhibit || Graphic Design Tactics for Civil Movements: The 2019 Hong Kong Protests @ Fourth Floor Corridor, Department of Design, Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Building, Keele Campus
Drawing on tactics employed in protests in the past 10 years, including the 2014 Umbrella Movement (Hong Kong) and the 2011 Occupy Wall Street (United [...]
Jan
14
Tue
2:00 pm Language, Identity and Heritage ... @ Room 519, Fifth Floor, Kaneff Tower
Language, Identity and Heritage ... @ Room 519, Fifth Floor, Kaneff Tower
Jan 14 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Language, Identity and Heritage Preservation in Singapore and Vancouver @ Room 519, Fifth Floor, Kaneff Tower
Join the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) and the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) as we discuss the efforts to preserve Chinese [...]
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