A beige, long-sleeved, cotton button-up men’s shirt with a visible bullet hole on the right side of the chest. The fabric is slightly wrinkled with signs of wear.

Worn Stories: The Fabric of Refugeehood

Digital Humanities M155/CL M155: Decolonizing Refugee Data From Rome to Vietnam

Men’s button-up shirt from the Vietnamese Heritage Museum, featured in the student’s ArcGIS Story Map exhibit.

Garments and objects from the Vietnamese Heritage Museum and Greco-Roman antiquity — including a prison button, a sweater sewn from airplane blankets, and an Attic amphora depicting Aeneas fleeing Troy — serve as the basis for an exploration of clothing as a site of survival, resistance, and reclaimed identity across refugee experiences.

Project Contributors: Amanda Chan, Xavier Manalo, Madison Vance, Yeon Joo Nam