Garcia-Fialdini, Arianna
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5941-5313
(2025)
Preparing, Serving, and Sharing Stories: Immigrants’ Exploration of identity through Art – making, Oral History, Food, and Memory.
PhD thesis, Concordia University.
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Abstract
In an increasingly unsettled and tense time for moving and finding ones’ place in the world, many daily challenges for newcomers to Canada go largely unnoticed under the promise of brighter futures. Nevertheless, these challenges have a very real impact on a person’s perspective on their new culture, memories of ‘home’, and intercultural community building. Beginning with an overview of the multifaceted origins of global migrations – economic, political, and social – and building from theories of critical art education and pedagogy, this doctoral dissertation is a practice-based exploration centered around newcomers’ memories, preparation, and representations of favourite foods. Drawing on communal gastronomic experiences and the power of food to connect and bind us, this research uses a series of art workshops, oral history interviews, an exhibition, and the researcher’s creation of a collaborative recipe/colouring book to examine and embody the development of identity among a specific group of newly arrived young Latina mothers in Montreal, Quebec. This research bridges notions of belonging and integration into new environments, exploring how having access to art educational platforms can foster a deeper sense of self within a new cultural landscape. Further, the study considers the direct impact of these practices on the participants, highlighting art’s profound capacity to offer and foster community building, cultural integration, and social change.
| Divisions: | Concordia University > Faculty of Fine Arts > Art Education |
|---|---|
| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
| Authors: | Garcia-Fialdini, Arianna |
| Institution: | Concordia University |
| Degree Name: | Ph. D. |
| Program: | Art Education |
| Date: | 24 August 2025 |
| Thesis Supervisor(s): | Vaughan, Kathleen |
| Keywords: | research creation, migration, community art education, arts-based practices, oral history |
| ID Code: | 996588 |
| Deposited By: | ARIANNA GARCIA FIALDINI |
| Deposited On: | 29 Jun 2026 15:19 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Jun 2026 15:19 |
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