SHUM 4673 - The Kinship of Repair: Asian and Asian American Artists in Collaboration

(crosslisted) AAS 4673, ARTH 4673, ASIAN 4467, FGSS 4673, VISST 4673
(ALC-AS, LA-AS)

Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

Co-meets with AAS 6673/ARTH 6673/ASIAN 6667/FGSS 6673/SHUM 6673/VISST 6673.

J.J. Lee.

Collaborations among and between Asian and Asian American artists in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries have sought to redefine kinship by exploring the politics of belonging, generational dis/connections, and the legacy of the Cold War. Through examining collaborative, multi-media artworks and performances by artists who engage with such questions, this course delves into, and expands on, the discourses of transnational and trans-Pacific Asia. With the history of anti-Asian racism and lingering Cold War geopolitics increasingly visible due to Covid-19, students will also critically explore the praxis of reparative kinship, in which settler colonialism and anti-Black racism continue to fracture our work on ecological decolonialization and make alliances against white supremacy fragile. For longer description and instructor bio visit the Society for the Humanities website.