Maria Magdalena Campos Pons Spoken Softly with Mama, 1997 Installation with overall view, and details Campos-Pons’ Spoke Softly with Mama, part of a series of works entitled History of People who were not Heroes, explores issues of Diaspora, expatriation, gender, and race. In this multi-media installation, she meditates, using a personal narrative to explore ways in which history and tradition are passed from generation to generation and collective memory is preserved in everyday objects.