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Crossing Lines: Praxis in Mixed Race/Space Studies

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 05:42:23 +0100

Crossing Lines: Praxis in Mixed Race/Space Studies

March 16-17th, UC Berkeley

Call for Proposals

In traditional Ethnic Studies, mixed race scholarship has often been marginalized, misappropriated, tokenized or simply left out. In order to allow for a collaborative environment given the need for more critical scholarship on the experiences of mixed race people, in Fall 2009, a group of graduate students at UC Berkeley formed the inter-disciplinary working group, Transnational Mixed Asians In-Between Spaces (TMABS). The goal of the working group is to to create a safe space for scholars to discuss issues of mixed race identity and also to provide a venue for those doing work in this area to present developing ideas and projects. Furthermore, the working group seeks to expand the notion of mixed race to include other factors such as culture and space. Overall, it is our intent to encourage and promote research on mixed race/culture in Ethnic Studies and bring together scholarship from multiple disciplines to collaborate on future research areas.

The co-founders of TMABS are: Kevin Escudero, Joina Hsiao, Ariko Ikehara and Julie Thi Underhill, doctoral students in the Ethnic Studies Department at UC Berkeley.

In Spring 2012, we will host our inaugural conference entitled, “Crossing Lines: Praxis in Mixed Race/Space Studies.” The conference will take place March 16-17th at the UC Berkeley campus and will include panels, film screenings, poetry performances and an art exhibit. We are currently seeking submissions that are of any of the following genres: academic papers, art work, poetry and/or film and that address the theme of emerging and future discourses in mixed race studies. For those submitting papers, abstracts should be 300 words or less and be accompanied by a short bio. Individual paper and panel proposals are to be submitted online at

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dENwZDhxTDBzeW1BREpIMmg5QzdiRVE6MQ. For artists we are asking for an image of the work (preferably .jpeg) and a short bio/description of the work and its relation to the conference theme by emailed to tmabscrossinglines@gmail.com. For filmmakers, we require a link to the work if it is posted online or a DVD mailed to the Ethnic Studies Department, UC Berkeley, Attn: TMABS, 506 Barrows #2570, Berkeley, CA 94720. All proposals need to be submitted by midnight PST on January 15th, 2012.

Extending the definition of critical mixed race studies (CMRS) put forth by the organizers of the CMRS national conference#, we define CMRS as including space theory where we identify culture and place as critical components in which to understand different formations that shape and inform the emerging critical mixed-race theory. Presenters may be faculty, scholars/researchers, graduate and undergraduate students and although we encourage submissions from all individuals who do work on this topic, we especially welcome participants who self-identify as mixed race or mixed culture. We also encourage in particular artistic submissions as we recognize that for many self-identified mixed race/culture individuals, art has been used as an alternative method to express political viewpoints, creativity, sensorial experiences and spiritual guidance. Art has functioned as a way to communicate on a different register that allows the object, performer and audience to experience life in multiplicity and we recognize that the study of mixed race/place must contend with the different ways in which the lived experience and knowledge are cultivated in the spaces in between race, culture, nation and place.

Co-Sponsored by the UC Berkeley Center for Race and Gender and Ethnic Studies Department.

'The Cocktail Party', an Okinawan Play

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 07:38:10 +0100

Presenting at the Hawaii Okinawa Center the World Premiere of the Play by Oˉshiro Tatsuhiro
On the eve of Okinawa’s reversion to Japan, an Okinawan man struggles

Oˉshiro Tatsuhiro is Okinawa’s most acclaimed writer of fiction, drama, and works on Okinawa’s culture. Born in 1925in
Nakagusuku, he was the first Okinawan to win the Akutagawa Prize, Japan’s highest award for literary excellence. The Cocktail Party has never before been published or performed.

Presented by the Hawaii United Okinawan Association, the UHM Center for Okinawan Studies,
and Manoa Readers/Theatre Ensemble with additional support from the University of Hawai‘i Japan

Wednesday, October 26, 2011
7p.m. •$15admission/$10seniors & students
followed by a conversation with the author

To reserve tickets, call (808) 676-5400or email info@huoa.org

! W. A. R. ! (Women Art Revolution)

Sun, 21 Aug 2011 00:40:18 +0100

This is a film made by my mentor/Advisor/Professor, Lynn Hershman, who taught me the art of Art/Life praxis.
Flemm Fatal was born out at the crossing of Inter-Art/Life Performance Art Theory and Practice.
To overcome fear, she said to push it beyond its limit. Fear was transformed to Fierce.
I have not seen her in years and am looking forward to viewing the film, but most importantly, to reconnect in person.

An entertaining and revelatory "secret history" of Feminist Art, !Women Art Revolution deftly illuminates this under-explored movement through conversations, observations, archival footage and works of visionary artists, historians, curators and critics. Starting from its roots in 1960s antiwar and civil rights protests, the film details major developments in women's art through the 1970s and explores how the tenacity and courage of these pioneering artists resulted in what is now widely regarded as the most significant art movement of the late 20th century. For more than forty years, filmmaker Lynn Hershman Leeson (Teknolust, Strange Culture) has collected a plethora of interviews with her contemporaries—and shaped them into an intimate portrayal of their fight to break down barriers facing women both in the art world and society at large. With a rousing score by Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein, !W.A.R. features Miranda July, The Guerilla Girls, Yvonne Rainer, Judy Chicago, Marina Abramovic, Yoko Ono, Cindy Sherman, Barbara Kruger, B. Ruby Rich, Ingrid Sischy, Carolee Schneemann, Miriam Schapiro, Marcia Tucker and countless other groundbreaking figures. Official Web Site

Special Appearance at the Lumiere Theatre
(San Francisco, CA):

On Friday, August 26, the film’s producer, Kyle Stephan, will appear in person for a Q&A after the late afternoon show; and director Lynn Hershman Leeson will appear for a Q&A after the early evening show. On Saturday, August 27, producer Kyle Stephan will appear for a Q&A after the early evening show. On Sunday, August 28, director Lynn Hershman Leeson will appear for a Q&A after the late afternoon and early evening shows. (Specific showtimes to be announced soon. Watch this space!)

Special Appearance at the Shattuck Cinemas (Berkeley, CA):

On Friday, August 26 at the early evening show, the speakers will be Moira Roth, Trefethen Professor of Art History at Mills College; and Sue Heineman, editor at the University of California Press and member of Heresies Collective. On Saturday, August 27 at an afternoon show, the speaker will be Tanya Augsburg, Professor of Art History at San Francisco State University. Also on Saturday August 27, director Lynn Hershman Leeson will appear for Q&As after the late afternoon and early evening shows. On Sunday August 28, director Lynn Hershman Leeson will appear for a Q&A in the afternoon. (Specific showtimes to be announced soon. Watch this space!)

Director:

Lynn Hershman Leeson

MPAA Rating:

Run Time:

1hr 23mins

Release Year:

2010

Country Of Origin:

USA

http://www.landmarktheatres.com/Films/films_frameset.asp?id=107739

Living Along the Fenceline (2011): Filmscreening/Discussion

Mon, 18 Jul 2011 22:32:31 +0100

On August 2, 2011, I will be presenting "Living Along the Fenceline" in my class at UC Berkeley. After the screening, I will follow up with a discussion session with approximately 75 undergraduates at UCB. I will post my reflection along with general feedback from the audience.

Film: Living Along the Fenceline (2011, 80 min)
Lina Hoshino, Film Maker 
Gwyn Kirk and Deborah Lee, Film Producers (Women for Genuine Security/WGS)

Living Along the Fenceline tells the stories of 7 remarkable women who live alongside 
U.S. military bases. They are teachers, organizers, and healers, moved by love and respect 
for the land and hope for the next generation. From San Antonio (Texas) to Vieques 
(Puerto Rico), Hawai’i, Guam, Okinawa, South Korea, and the Philippines, this film 
inspires hope and action.

For more information about the film, please visit: http://alongthefenceline.com/index.html
For more information about Women for Genuine Security, please visit: http://www.genuinesecurity.org/

NOLA, May 2011

Tue, 24 May 2011 04:19:30 +0100

AAAS Conference, May 18 - 21, 2011 in NOLA

Tue, 24 May 2011 04:07:15 +0100

"Situating black-Amerasian Okinawans in mixed space/race history"

HAPA Japan Conference April 8 - 9, 2011

Tue, 24 May 2011 04:01:56 +0100

Black-Okinawa: Historical Development and Expression of Mixed Space/Race “Sensing Space, (re)Tracing Race: black-Amerasian history, memory and story”

Blasian Multi-Media Event 2/11/11 - 2/12/11

Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:49:28 +0100

Blackness in Flux in Okinawa: Making Race In-Between Racial “States of Being”