AAARI Events
Events
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Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo
The City College of New York - Shepard Hall 259 Convent Avenue, New York, NYAAARI EventsPlease join Thirdworld Newsreel and the Documentary Forum at CCNY for a screening and discussion of the documentary film Because of You: A History of Kilawin Koletibo, co-directed by Desireena Almoradie and Barbara Malaran. The co-directors will be joined by past participants of Kilawin Kolektibo.
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Agbayani Worship: Mythmaking, Colonial Mentality, and the Problematics of a Filipino Captain America
Asian American / Asian Research Institute 25 West 43rd Street, Suite 1000, New York, United StatesAAARI EventsVina Orden will present on her essay in CUNY FORUM Volume 11:1, examining how narratives in popular media can perpetuate or challenge existing power structures and colonial mentalities.
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Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community
AAARI EventsIn Performing Chinatown: Hollywood, Tourism, and the Making of a Chinese American Community (Stanford University Press, 2024), historian William Gow argues that Chinese Americans in Los Angeles strategically used their performances in both Hollywood films and Chinatown tourist attractions to influence perceptions of race and national identity during the Chinese Exclusion Era.
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From “Cool Japan” to “Your Japan” in 2025: What Japan Gets Right—and Wrong—About Cultural Promotion
Asian American / Asian Research Institute 25 West 43rd Street, Suite 1000, New York, United StatesAAARI EventsDrawing on his role as a Cool Japan Producer for the Japanese Cabinet Office, Benjamin W. Boas highlights the need to shift from a government-branded “Cool Japan” paradigm to the more participatory, fan-driven “Your Japan.”