Eugenic Rubicon Main MenuIntroductionThe introductory page for Eugenic RubiconTurning People into PaperworkLocalities: Sonoma State HospitalInteractive timeline for Sonoma State HospitalLiving Survivors and the Case for ReparationsA fact sheet detailing the estimates for living survivors and related reparations efforts.Credits and ParticipantsLists the community that has been integral to this projectJacqueline Wernimontbce78f60db1628727fc0b905ad2512506798cac8Alexandra Minna Stern02eaf6970a5182f25b99ead86d8b2d4b0cbe5c21
Poetic Engagements
1media/Screenshot 2017-06-16 12.22.45.png2017-06-13T15:39:03-07:00Jacqueline Wernimontbce78f60db1628727fc0b905ad2512506798cac8193899generative experiments with sterilization documentationplain2017-06-16T12:29:44-07:00Jacqueline Wernimontbce78f60db1628727fc0b905ad2512506798cac8We are continually experimenting with creative textual/visual ways of grappling with, understanding, and presenting the information in this sensitive archive. Poiesis is etymologically derived from the ancient term ποιέω, which means "to make". This word, the root of our modern "poetry", was first a verb, describing the actions help to make, transform, and sustain our world. So when we say these are "poetic engagements" we imagine poetry as an action that helps to make history in many different forms.
If you'd like to explore our three sample poetic engagements, you can click on the links below. If you'd like to skip this section of the book entirely, click on the "Continue on..." button at the bottom of the page.
12017-06-13T15:39:04-07:00Jacqueline Wernimontbce78f60db1628727fc0b905ad2512506798cac8The 7-14 Timeline7a selected exploration of diagnosis notes for children authorized for sterilization with accompanying photos of children from the same time period (though not linked to sterilization or eugenics to our knowledge); the photos are meant to give a visual sense of the youth of these patients.gallery2017-06-16T11:44:22-07:00Jacqueline Wernimontbce78f60db1628727fc0b905ad2512506798cac8
12017-06-13T15:39:05-07:00Jacqueline Wernimontbce78f60db1628727fc0b905ad2512506798cac8Poems from Patient Traces2Page with several original poems created using the language of sterilization recommendationsplain2017-06-14T13:33:27-07:00Jacqueline Wernimontbce78f60db1628727fc0b905ad2512506798cac8