| ASIANAM 100W | RSCH METH/FIELD RES | VO, L. | This seminar focuses on research methodologies in Asian American Studies and analyzes how scholars have used varying methods to research core topics in the field. The readings and assignments are organized around questions, approaches, and critiques that will help students develop empirical and technical skills in qualitative research and analysis. Students will gain a critical understanding of the theoretical, interpretative, and ethical challenges posed by scholarly research in the humanities and social sciences as well as by community historians. We will discuss the politics of research collection and the debates over representation. Additionally, we will examine how artifacts, documents, interviews, photographs, videos, and other cultural texts are shared, preserved, and displayed by universities, online archives, and museums. Students are required to complete class presentations, short writing assignments, and a research project. |
| ASIANAM 200C | COMM LEAD&SOC CHNG | VO, L. | This course will introduce students to Asian American community leadership and social change nationally and in a transnational context. We will analyze shifting models of community organizing and the strategies of activism from indirect civic engagement to direct action. Our approach will be to conceptualize how individuals, organizations, ideologies, and networks shape transformations. Particular attention will be focused on the challenges of mobilization as it relates to resources, sustainability, and disruptions. This class is intended to assist students in developing their research and/or professional trajectories, so we will examine methodologies of documenting community leadership as well as the process of studying community-based cases. Students will complete a project that uses a critical and thematic approach to analyzing the intersections of racialization, representation, and solidarities. |