Dorcas Tang
Registro de chinos, libro nº2, abierto en enero de 1922. Collection of the Asociación China de Puntarenas
In Los Paisanos del Puerto, third-generation Chinese-Malaysian photographer and researcher Dorcas Tang focuses on the living narratives of the Chinese diaspora in Puntarenas, Costa Rica in order to highlight a largely forgotten intersection of Chinese and Latinx identity.
Registro de chinos, libro nº2, abierto en enero de 1922. Collection of the Asociación China de Puntarenas © Dorcas Tang
Dorcas Tang 邓佳颖 is a third-generation Chinese-Malaysian photographer and researcher currently working on unceded Gadigal land (Sydney, Australia).
In the project, Los Paisanos del Puerto (2018 - ongoing), Tang focuses on the living narratives of the Chinese diaspora in Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Through oral histories, archival photos, and portraits, they assert their stories which have been shaped by violent legacies of anti-Chinese legislation and the strengthening of Mainland China’s economic influence on the region today. This project highlights a largely forgotten intersection of Chinese and Latinx identity while seeking to question and redefine our definitions of both.
Read
Los Paisanos del Puerto: Vernacular Photography and the Chinese Diaspora via Monument Lab
Listen
Oh, Snap! Feat. Dorcas Tang via the TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image
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