Spring 2023
ASAMST 190 003 - SEM 003
Seminar on Advanced Topics in Asian American Studies
"Radical History of SF Chinatown: Designing a Digital Tour"
Lok Siu
Jan 17, 2023 - May 05, 2023
Th
02:00 pm - 04:59 pm
Social Sciences Building 118
Class #:19338
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Ethnic Studies
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
0
Enrolled: 10
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 10
Waitlist Max: 0
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
9 hours of outside work hours per week, and 3 hours of student-instructor coverage of course materials per week.
Final Exam
MON, MAY 8TH
11:30 am - 02:30 pm
Social Sciences Building 118
Other classes by Lok Siu
+ 1 Independent Study
Course Catalog Description
Advanced seminar in Asian American Studies with topics to be announced at the beginning of each semester.
Class Description
This project-based course explores San Francisco’s Chinatown as the site of Asian American civil rights activism with the goal of developing a conceptual blueprint for an interactive online tour of SF Chinatown. Students will read historical and ethnographic accounts, conduct interviews with community leaders, visit community organizations, go on a walking tour, map and visually document culturally and politically significant sites in Chinatown. Upon completing this research, students will conceptualize and create an interactive digital tour of SF Chinatown that can be expanded and deepen over time.
The central goal of this project is to use humanistic methods of interviewing, photographing, story-telling, video-graphing, combined with digital mapping, to produce an interactive tour that allows “visitors” to gain deeper insight into the political struggles that have made Chinatown what it is today. The spatial formation and shifting boundaries of SF Chinatown, the variation of architectural aesthetics, and the placement of community centers and organizations all provide opportunities to uncover the hidden challenges the community has faced, the negotiations they have made, and the struggles they have launched. Without contest, SF Chinatown has been the hub of Asian American activism and civil rights mobilization. It is the cultural-political center where Asian Americans have organized against anti-Asian violence since the Chinese exclusion era, advocated for racial desegregation and bilingual education, and built a social infrastructure to serve its vulnerable populations. In short, this project takes the emblematic site of SF Chinatown to examine the politics of place-making for Asian Americans. Students will work with the Chinese Historical Society of America as a Community Partner.
Class Notes
Application Process:
(1) Interested students must submit a course application (see below);
(2) Course application deadline is: Sunday, November 20th;
(3) Instructor will review applications as they are received and notify students on a rolling basis until class is filled. If you ha.. show more
(1) Interested students must submit a course application (see below);
(2) Course application deadline is: Sunday, November 20th;
(3) Instructor will review applications as they are received and notify students on a rolling basis until class is filled. If you ha.. show more
Application Process:
(1) Interested students must submit a course application (see below);
(2) Course application deadline is: Sunday, November 20th;
(3) Instructor will review applications as they are received and notify students on a rolling basis until class is filled. If you have any questions, please contact Professor Siu via email: lok.siu@berkeley.edu
Link to the application form:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeYbf-cHeirwjZccTXBBoQWmYr_HHdYRgu0EWrgdcggOBGKqA/viewform?usp=pp_url show less
(1) Interested students must submit a course application (see below);
(2) Course application deadline is: Sunday, November 20th;
(3) Instructor will review applications as they are received and notify students on a rolling basis until class is filled. If you have any questions, please contact Professor Siu via email: lok.siu@berkeley.edu
Link to the application form:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeYbf-cHeirwjZccTXBBoQWmYr_HHdYRgu0EWrgdcggOBGKqA/viewform?usp=pp_url show less
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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Associated Sections
None