Check the new episode of ASAM podcast Yellow and Brown Tales: Asian American Folklife Today: "Asians and the Global Pandemic: Race, Invisibility, and the Urgency of Asian American Folklore Studies"
In the wake of the pandemic which has given rise to AAPI hate and violence against our communities, this forum will push an open conversation about the urgency for Asian American folklore scholarship and perspectives in Folklore in spite of the noticeable lack of Asian American voices. How do we understand the current crisis of AAPI hate as one that can magnify the place and space that Asian Americans occupy in America? How can the study of Asian American folklore situate Asian American identity within the American landscape? This forum includes perspectives from the academy, public institutions, and community activists.
Participants in this episode: the hosts, Fariha Khan, Margaret Magat, Nancy Yan, and Juwen Zhang; and the other voices are Sojin Kim and Leigh Wynn. Thank you all for your permission to share this forum.