The focus of this studio was to create a story on different defintitions of home. Our project focused on the idea of immigration and immigrants definitions of home. We interviewed different people that have immigrated to the United States and asked how there definition of home has changed over the years. We thought the idea of immigration would be interesting because it had the potential to show differences between cultures. Throughout this project we learned a lot about different cultures and upbringings. We were interested to see if different cultures had a large influence into how people define a home. Most defintions were similar, they all consisted of reasons that their family is what makes a home and people they interacted with as children. We also wanted to see if their defintions of a home changed after they immigrated. Restarting your life in a new country is a daunting thought and we aspired to know if it affected their idea of what home is.  

We started this project by brainstorming ideas of who we could interview. We realized that we know many immigrants within the Beaver community. We reached out to several faculty and students and asked if anyone would be willing to interview. We quickly got responses and began the interview process. While interviewing, we learned a lot about eveyrones background and immigration process. Throughout this project we learned a lot about the immigration process and the struggles and difficulties that come with it. At the end of this project we saw that everyobe has different defintions of what a home means for immigrants and how they are similar and correspond with non-immigrants.