How the Project Started:
Initially, an investigation into the "Right to be Forgotten" (RTBF) legislation of the European Union, a law which passed in 2014, and how its implementation was being discussed in Canada parallel to becoming formal law in Europe. This parallel comparison slowly led me to question how private data involving survival stories was presented on either side of the Atlantic, and what kind of impacts the RTBF would have on survivor's private data in Europe.
Looking for two case studies, I got nowhere. Until, the question of right to be forgotten was turned on its head and my Professor brought forward the notion of Right to be Public, a right to be represented! |
Thus, this project explores this question by looking at two cases of educational segregation, one in Canada and the other one in Hungary, exploring the ways in which the experiences and survival stories were documented in Canada and presented as part of a travelling exhibition that sought to raise public awareness, educate further and contribute to a process of national recocilliation and the generational healing of the First Nations people who continue to feel the effects of educational segregation.
What part of the Canadian experience could inform an approach to this topic in Hungary?
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The ProjectThe project involves two different situations of educational segregation:
Recognizing that parallels in the short and long term effects of segregation can be made between the discussed cases, the project considers the following questions ...
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