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The Vet Project

by Erika Hughes & Boyd Branch

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The Project

Directors: Dr. Erika Hughes & Boyd Branch

Media Design: Boyd Branch

Producers: ASU Office of Veteran Academic Affairs, Pat Tillman Center, ASU School of Film Dance and Theatre

Summary:  The Veterans Project synthesizes oral history and storytelling in a live event that takes place annually at ASU and is toured throughout the year to other museums and theatres. The veterans featured in the project have included men & women deployed in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and both wars in Iraq, sometimes serving multiple tours abroad. In addition to stories about deployment and combat, the project encourages participants to speak about the moments and rituals of the everyday, such as mealtimes, formations, leisure time, and writing and receiving emails/letters/video from home.

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