Stage #5: Reflect and Revise
Stage #5: Reflect and Revise
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Case Study #5: Mirka Mora - Artist
Case Study #5: Mirka Mora - Artist
Above: Untitled mural (detail), circa 1963, Mirka Mora, 1928-2018.
Mirka Mora: French born; Jewish Australian Artist; Holocaust survivor; Joyful clutter keeper; Expert reminiscer.
Mirka Mora: French born; Jewish Australian Artist; Holocaust survivor; Joyful clutter keeper; Expert reminiscer.
How does a person's cultural identity and life experiences influence their view of self, space and others?
What experiences have influenced you? Why?
In this interview, Mora is asked about the clutter in her space. She says, "I think you have to have clutter, because every object is a souvenir, a remnant of a moment. And we have so many moments in our lives that are neglected. I'm always for finding the moments I don't remember. This is why I am very lucky to be a painter because my work sometimes surprises me and reminds me of people or places, emotions. So clutter is very important to me."
How might Mora's past experiences, including her experiences of war and human rights violations, have influenced this attitude?
"Notions of healing, reparation, and justice to address the sociomoral aftermath of war vary between cultures and over time. Social memory—the domain of cenotaph ceremonies, truth commissions, etc—plays a role, but so too does silence about the past . . .This silence does not mean that the events are forgotten—it shows reticence and a conservation of energy for the urgent task of rebuilding." ("Effects of war: Moral knowledge, revenge, reconciliation, and medicalised concepts of “recovery”," 9).
"Notions of healing, reparation, and justice to address the sociomoral aftermath of war vary between cultures and over time. Social memory—the domain of cenotaph ceremonies, truth commissions, etc—plays a role, but so too does silence about the past . . .This silence does not mean that the events are forgotten—it shows reticence and a conservation of energy for the urgent task of rebuilding." ("Effects of war: Moral knowledge, revenge, reconciliation, and medicalised concepts of “recovery”," 9).
Q: What do you think Mirka Mora would have to say about the quote above?
Q: What do you think Mirka Mora would have to say about the quote above?
Strategies: Reflect and Revise
Strategies: Reflect and Revise
Take the time to look back on your initial answers to the questions from this toolkit.
Would you change any responses due to personal growth and understanding? Make those revisions.
Did you set yourself a goal? Have you achieved it?
If not, what do you feel you still need to work on?
If you did achieve it, what new goal could you work on, remembering that there is no end point to become truly culturally competent.
What changes have occurred in your attitudes, beliefs and behaviours as a result of your efforts to become more culturally competent?
Share your experience and growth with someone else. Expand each other's understanding further.
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