ACAM_V 100 (3) Introduction to Asian Canadian Studies
Asian Canadian identity, communities, histories, politics, and cultural production, with attention to the diverse approaches and methods that animate Asian Canadian Studies.
Asian Canadian identity, communities, histories, politics, and cultural production, with attention to the diverse approaches and methods that animate Asian Canadian Studies.
Popular culture's role in the production of Asian Canadian and diasporic communities, with emphasis on race, gender, sexuality, and other identity categories.
The histories, cultures, social dynamics, and life experiences of Asian communities in Canada in the context of global migrations. Restricted to students with second year status or higher.
Examines Asian Canadian communities and cultural production in relation to local activism, organizing, and cultural politics in historical and contemporary contexts. Restricted to students with second year standing or higher.
Selected Asian Canadian Asian Migration topics. Consult acam.arts.ubc.ca for this year's offerings. Prerequisite: Restricted to students with at least Second year standing; a previous course in Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies is recommended.
Social issues that impact the health of Asian Canadian communities, with emphasis on race, colonialism, migration, community diversity, and intersectional identities.
Digital media production in the context of community engagement. Includes critical media literacy, community-based research ethics, project design, training in media forms such audio, video, photography, and web publishing.
Transpacific, migratory and socio-cultural connections of Asian migrations in a global context. Prerequisite: Minimum 2nd year standing, 3rd year standing recommended.
General reading and/or a research undertaking within the scope of Asian Canadian and Asian Migration. Prerequisite: Permission of the Chair of the ACAM program.