Morgan: How does this visualization (including caption) advance ethnographic insight? What message | argument | sentiment | etc.

This image conveys the power of quilting as mode of activism and memorialization. Allowing for juxtaposition and collage of various materials and perspectives over time, quiliting is a particularly affective medium, evoking senses of domesticity and comfort while also conveying political message, this image is particularly striking in its parallels to the 1980s AIDS quilt.