Global Asia
ANTH 442 / SISA 442 / WOMEN 446, Spring 2008

UW Library Newspaper Resources
for Reflection Paper #1

Maps

Much as Hong Hao does with maps, the following two artists get us to rethink the symbolic meaning of national flags. Click on their names to learn more about their flag art.

The following links provide follow-up information on organizing efforts for and by Chinese migrant women workers.

Hip-Hop Japan

The following links provide follow-up information on class discussions, including several sites sent to me from students:

• music tracks
• breakdancing videos
• a blog on Bubble Sister in Korea
• the myspace page for Kokujin Tensai (which literally translates to "black person genius"), a rapper from Memphis who raps in Japanese; he's based in the U.S. but has done at least one show in Tokyo. Question: Is he (mis)appropriating the Japanese language?