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Asian American History

Helen Anne Gibson

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Asian American History: Gary Y. Okihiro writes in American History Unbound: Asians and Pacific Islanders, “In this work, I celebrate oceans and Oceania, which are decolonizing discourses and material conditions. In fact, I begin with those fluid worlds, untethered from the seemingly fixed, immobile continents” (Okihiro 2015, p. 20). Like Okihiro’s American History Unbound, this seminar will begin and end with a celebration of oceans and Oceania. Beginning with Emily Cachapero, Chung Hoang Chuong, Elaine H. Kim, Janice Mirikitani, Jane Singh, and Judy Yung’s Making Waves: An Anthology of Writing by and about Asian American Women, students will engage both a historiography of Asian American feminisms and a material history of decolonial and liberatory oceanic movements (Asian Women United of California, eds. 1989; Fujiwara and Roshanravan, eds. 2018). Students should come to class prepared to experience history via zines, film, and philosophical text. Further, participants in this seminar will gain hands-on archival research experience in the digital archives of the Stabi Lab of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin. We will be guided in our analytical orientation by Manulani Aluli Meyer’s invitation in “Holographic Epistemology: Native Common Sense”: “Ulu ka le’ale’a. Let joy rise!” (Aluli Meyer 2013, p. 94). Works cited: Asian Women United of California, eds. Making Waves: An Anthology of Writing by and about Asian American Women. Boston: Beacon Press, 1989. Aluli Meyer, Manulani. “Holographic Epistemology: Native Common Sense.” China Media Research 9, no. 2 (2013): 94-101. Fujiwara, Lynn and Shireen Roshanravan, eds. Asian American Feminisms & Women of Color Politics. Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2018. Okihiro, Gary Y. American History Unbound: Asians and Pacific Islanders. Oakland: University of California Press, 2015. Schließen

14 Termine

Regelmäßige Termine der Lehrveranstaltung

Mi, 10:00 - 12:00 14 Termine

Mi, 16.04.2025 10:00 - 12:00

Dozenten:
Dr. Helen Gibson