Yadira Dockstader
Feel Seen and Heard -(Sentirme visto/a y escuchado/a)
Yadira Dockstader
A sound-based ephemeral sculpture and performance experimenting with alternative modes for the dissemination of qualitative research related to medical humanities and the public health sphere. Documentation and interviews from the Chicano/ Latine community reveal the effects of health inequities within current restrictions and cuts in research about DEI-flagged words. In the unraveling of words, meaning fades; yet through rhythm and repetition, language becomes a brief, echoing archive.
Yadira Dockstader is a Mexican-American interdisciplinary artist and researcher from Southern California. She received her B.A. in Studio Art and Art History from the University of California, Riverside. Her current research includes a medical humanities emphasis, and art and ecology at the Burns Piñon Reserve in Yucca Valley. Her work aims to open dialogues about the politicization of bodies, illness, and disability.