SHUM 6673 - The Kinship of Repair: Asian and Asian American Artists in Collaboration

(crosslisted) AAS 6673, ARTH 6673, ASIAN 6667, FGSS 6673, VISST 6673

Fall. 3 credits. Student option grading.

Enrollment limited to: graduate students. Co-meets with AAS 4673/ARTH 4673/ASIAN 4467/FGSS 4673/SHUM 4673/VISST 4673.

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 seminar 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.