The Gift and Burden of Tradition

Authors

Shruti Jain, Binghamton University--SUNYFollow
Le Li, Binghamton University--SUNYFollow
Kojo Senoo, Tenement Museum
Max Kurant, Binghamton University--SUNY

Document Type

Sound Recording

Publication Date

6-15-2022

Keywords

migration, immigration, Tenement Museum, storytelling, Your Story Our Story, New York, community

Abstract

Our guests today are Kojo Senoo and Max Kurant. Kojo was a student at Binghamton University and currently works as a photographer in New York City and at the Tenement Museum. Max is a student at Binghamton University who is actively involved in work related to community engagement.

Kojo and Max talk about how they perceive their personal identity, their relationship with their families, and the conflicts or contradictions they negotiate within their families and in the world at large.

Kojo's story on Your Story, Our Story at the Tenement Museum:
https://yourstory.tenement.org/stories/internal-medicine-sign

Max's story on Your Story, Our Story at the Tenement Museum:
https://yourstory.tenement.org/stories/my-mother-s-manti-pot

Recommended Citation

Jain, Shruti; Li, Le; Senoo, Kojo; and Kurant, Max, "The Gift and Burden of Tradition" (2022). Immigrants Wake America. 6.
https://orb.binghamton.edu/immigrantswakeamerica/6

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