Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Obesity is a major health epidemic affecting all ethnic groups including Chinese Americans. A qualitative study was conducted to explore the interface of traditional Chinese and American values related to perceptions of obesity in Chinese Americans residing in the New York metropolitan region. The researchers will highlight intercultural influences, social norms, and gender effects that … Read more
Prof. Sitta Sim will give a presentation and demonstration on modern Korean dance fused with traditional elements: My dance emulates natural instinct of all living beings whom longing for the primordial light of universe. The light of beginning goes beyond time and space and also brings freedom to body and soul. My choreography tries to … Read more
In API immigrant communities, where language and cultural barriers are persistent, religious institutions play an essential role in providing emotional and social support, social services, information, and connections to employment. Their multi-faceted role of being providers of services and arbiters of values places them in a unique position to challenge misinformation about HIV/AIDS, or alternatively … Read more
Between the early 1900s and the late 1950s, the attitudes of white Californians toward their Asian American neighbors evolved from outright hostility to relative acceptance. Charlotte Brooks examines this transformation through the lens of California’s urban housing markets, arguing that the perceived foreignness of Asian Americans, which initially stranded them in segregated areas, eventually facilitated … Read more
Author, activist and musician, Fred Ho will discuss: 1) BLACK & YELLOW FUTURE POWER: THE BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT AND THE ASIAN AMERICAN MOVEMENT A brief history, analyses and summation of the how these two mighty social movements that emerged in the late 1960s in the U.S. inspired, influenced and effected one another as an example … Read more
Kalaripayat is a Dravidian martial art from Kerala in south India. Possibly one of the oldest fighting systems in existence, it is practiced in Kerala and contiguous parts of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka as well as northeastern Sri Lanka and among the Malayalee community of Malaysia. Internationally-known CVN Kalari, from Trivandram, Kerala State, led by … Read more