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SUMMARY:The Detours Symposium Series featuring Detours-Okinawa
DESCRIPTION:\nSponsors: Mellon Multivocal Humanities Funds for Ethnic Studies, Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies Program, Asian American Research Center, Asian Pacific American Student Development, Center for Race and Gender, Department of Ethnic Studies, University of Victoria Indigenous Governance Program\nDetours: A Decolonial Guide to Okinawa speaks back to tourist-centric narratives by centering Indigenous, place-based ways of knowing and telling. Through a rich collection of oral stories, the volume introduces leading decolonial projects and practices that reimagine Okinawa not as a singular island, but as an archipelagic, oceanic, and diasporic formation—rooted in histories that span multiple islands, seas, and continents, and shaped by long trajectories of resistance, survival, and resurgence.\nSpeaker: Ryan Buyco, Professor of Ethnic Studies, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo\nSpeaker: Megumi Chibana, Professor of Indigenous Politics, Kanagawa University\nSpeaker: Ayano Ginoza, Associate Professor, Research Institute for Islands and Sustainability, University of the Ryukyus\nSpeaker: Shinako Oyakawa, Indigenous Educator, Lecturer, Okinawa University\nSpeaker: Wesley Ueunten, Professor, Chair of Asian American Studies Department, San Francisco State University\nAdmission Information:\nIf you require accommodation for a disabilityin order to fully participate in this event, please contact the event organizer with as much advance notice as possible and at least 7-10 days in advance of the event.\nContact Info:\nVernadette Gonzalez vernadette@berkeley.edu\nAccess Coordinator:\nVernadette Gonzalez, vernadette@berkeley.edu\nRegistration Instructions\nUse this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4O0HaFpzha_mASovXjTY5BLGZeLqJRGqno_BSp3PboxKudQ/viewform ( https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4O0HaFpzha_mASovXjTY5BLGZeLqJRGqno_BSp3PboxKudQ/viewform )\n\n
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