Caisey James Common Access Design cljames4@hotmail.com The military brat lifestyle is a largely invisible subculture in America. Growing up in that subculture has given me access to specific terminology that has influenced the way that I understand the world around me. By using a form of communication known as Tap Code, I create these forms as a way to explore divergent interpretations of things that I experience in both my military and civilian subcultures, taking words that are common to civilians and “coding” them to fit their military definition. Tap Code: a system of communication mainly used by POWs consisting of a 5x5 grid of the alphabet (the letters C and K are used synonymously). Each letter is communicated by tapping the number of the row, then the number of the column the letter is found in.
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