Category: Arts of the Moving Image

Eileen Chow
AMES 335/HISTORY 228/AMI 337/ICS 336
Fall 2019

Explores the intersection of space and ethnicity through the myriad ways Chinatown has circulated as memory, fantasy, narrative, myth, in the dominant cultural imagination, and how lived realities of overseas Chinese communities, Asian American history, andchanging conceptions of “Chineseness” have productively engaged with real and phantom Chinatowns. Research will emphasize multi-disciplinary approaches, such as urban history, architecture, ethnography, economics; or engagement in a creative project.

Archiving and Visualizing Asia

By Caroline Pate

On May 18, 2022

In Arts of the Moving Image, Asian Middle Eastern Studies, Documentary Studies, History, International Comparative Studies, Literature, Visual and Media Studies

Nayoung Aimee Kwon
AMES476S, ICS411S, AMI476S, LIT476S, VMS476S, HISTORY446S, DOCST476S
Fall 2019

Engages students in the practices and theories of archiving, documenting and curating marginal histories. Hands-on research in the archives of Duke’s Rubenstein Special Collections and elsewhere. Examines histories of movements and encounters between the “West” and “Asia.” Teaches original archival research and documentary methods through guided excavations in digital, audiovisual, and material resources.Directed readings and special guest lectures guide students on how to think critically on the theories and praxis of knowledge production, collection, documentation, circulation, and consumption. Students curate projects for final research assignment.

Category: Arts of the Moving Image

Chinatowns: A Cultural History

Archiving and Visualizing Asia