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Apply for Art for the Polls Project Funding

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The Center for Artistic Activism is looking for creative projects of any medium that are innovative, strategic, and push the boundaries of what we think civic engagement activism can be.

Blurred Lines: The Pursuit of Superiority in the Vietnamese Diaspora

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Focusing on microlevel social interactions in the homeland, this lecture explores the projection and achievement of superiority within the context of Vietnamese diasporic and transnational repertoires. As a country undergoing dramatic economic transformation for more than two decades, Vietnam is a site of contradictory new hierarchies with the increasing return of overseas migrants who encounter a growing new monied class. Prof. Hung Cam Thai examines the formation of these hierarchies in situations where individuals seek to establish themselves as “social betters” in determining criteria of worthiness.

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Beyond National and Ethnic Boundaries: The Inside Story of Mother Earth

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Ethnic boundaries between communities are age old. Geographic boundaries are established by nature. National boundaries are established on the basis of nationalities that control the land, the people and the natural resources of the land. Mother Earth has other boundaries that are important but not realized by most people except the geologists and those working … Read more

Pan-Ethnic Boundaries in Asian Americans

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Pan-Asianism is currently a very popular concept in Asian American research. Various pan-Asian studies have focused on pan-Asian coalitions at the collective level to protect common interests for all Asian Americans. While political identity is central to pan-Asian coalitions, private identity figures prominently in pan- Asian attachment at the individual level. Structural factors such as … Read more