Mackenzie Gearin

Mackenzie Gearin

Hendrix College

Mackenzie Gearin

Project

Homecoming: Experiences of Return Around the World

  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
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  • Serbia
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  • Kosovo
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  • Senegal
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  • Kenya
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  • Sri Lanka
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  • Japan
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  • Kazakhstan
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  • Kyrgyzstan
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  • Uzbekistan
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  • Ireland

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My Watson focused on the choice and experience of returning home following collective displacement: from genocide, indigenous eviction, deportation, nuclear disaster, armed conflict, and detention. I explored how leaving home affects us, how our homes change without us, and what pulls us home in our increasingly-globalized world.

Mackenzie Gearin traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mackenzie Gearin traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mackenzie Gearin traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mackenzie Gearin traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mackenzie Gearin traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mackenzie Gearin traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mackenzie Gearin traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mackenzie Gearin traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mackenzie Gearin traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mackenzie Gearin traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mackenzie Gearin traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mackenzie Gearin traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mackenzie Gearin traveling with the Watson Foundation
Mackenzie Gearin traveling with the Watson Foundation