Tuesday, April 9
ABC- American-born Chinese
FOB- Fresh Off the Boat
UBC- University of a Billion Chinese
UCLA- University of Caucasians Living among Asians
Pop Con: Mo POP, Seattle (April, 11-14)
Tip of blogging: “Creative Non-Fiction: Slant(er), Making it fun and interesting” (Show, Don’t tell)
Include 5 senses: Sight-Visual, Smell-Olfactory, Sound-Aural, Taste-Gustatory, Touch-Tactile
Creative writing genres: Fiction (novel, short story), Poetry, Drama (play)
Intrinsic (本質的, 固有) vs. Extrinsic (非本質的,付帯的)
Album Cover Analysis: Intrinsic→ color, people, words (fonts, size) It’s limited
Wednesday, April 10
Opening Pop: KINSEI 金星 by Queen Bee (女王バチ)
Queen Bee: J-ROCK band; Formed in Kobe, Japan; LGBTQ and Non-binary band which is rare in Japan
Pedagogy- theory, practice of teaching
peda- children
gogy- leading
Seminarium- “seed plot”
Friday, April 12
Film: My America… or Honk If You Love Buddha (1997), 87mins, Renee Tajima-Pena
-exploring different areas in America and talking to many different types of Asian Americans
-history of struggles for civil rights
-disservices done by America to Asian-Americans
-Asian American’s stereotypes
-Interracial relationship
In American Studies, fundamental questions- “What is America?“, “What is An American?”
Recommendations:
-Jack Keoruac, “On the Road (路上)” (1957)
-John Steinbeck, “Travels with Charley: In search of America”(1962)
-Linh Dinh, “Postcards from the End of America” (2017)
442nd Regimental Combat Team
Pop Culture- playground of desire, thought of freedom