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<li><a href="index.html">Home</a></li>
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<li><a href="">About</a></li>
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<li><a href="">Graduates</a></li>
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<li><a href="">Special Issues</a></li>
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<div id="content"><h1 id="title">Title</h1>
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<h3 id="grad-project-description">Grad project Description</h3>
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<p>BackPlaces is a web-based anthology that explores intimate and
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emotional spaces on the internet. It consists of four pages, each
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embodying an archetype. The sunrise, the nosebleed, the star, and the
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hand.</p>
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<p>These pages trace a thread of online emotions: of shared grief,
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collective processing through writing, youthful excitement, and finally,
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of being on or off the internet. They present stories in the formats in
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which they were originally told, allowing you to imagine yourself as one
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of these pages, wearing your own clothing as a costume and reenacting
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the play of your first kiss.</p>
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<p>This project tenderly pays tribute to the rawest emotions found
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online. It seeks to diversify the conversation by reminding us that the
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internet is a reflection of the people and feelings that inhabit it. The
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web is an artifice—a house built by others where we live and communicate
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together. If we all left, the internet might cease to exist.</p>
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<p>However, the internet can be a harsh landscape where sensitive
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individuals find refuge in backplaces, rooms where they can be more than
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their physical selves allow. Here, they meet, whisper secrets, share
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laughter and pain, and grow together until they move on. These stories
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reflect these moments, drawn from the collective knowledge of people
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I’ve loved online. Their words have been woven into stories to protect
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and celebrate them. Some were social media comments, some were friends
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sharing cake, some were emails, and some were conversations.</p>
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