Laura Kina
Biographic Data
| ID | 6022611 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Kina |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Kina |
| SIGNATURE | KINA L |
| AFFILIATIONS | DePaul University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Movement Notes to My Asian American Art Comrades on the Eve of the 2024 US Presidential Elections
Years of Adva Journal
Word of Mouth
Ancestral Cartography
This article examines how Okinawan Indigenous identity is influenced by “minor” Trans-Pacific interchanges between the Native Hawaiian sovereignty movement and Native American discourses on Indigeneity. Drawing from interviews with fellow Okinawan diaspora artist Denise Uyehara, the author explores their parallel responses as fourth generation Okinawan Americans to the recent resurgence of Okinawan Indigenous cultural history, practice, and ident…
Trans-Pacific Minor Visions in Japanese Diasporic Art
asian diasporic visual cultures and the americas 6 (2020) 1-10 in the canon of Western art history. The post-war years brought a new wave of Japanese avant-garde artists circulating in the diaspora (such as Yoko Ono, Yayoi Kusama, and Shigeko Kubota) as well as the international influence of Japanese art movements such as Gutai and Butoh that continue to inform contemporary art practice. This issue, however, intentionally focuses on subjects that…
Reflections on Encountering Minor-Transnationalism
This essay is a reflection on the “Trans-Pacific Japanese Diaspora Art” symposium and my paper “Ancestral Cartography: Transpacific Interchanges and Okinawan Indigeneity.” I also offer an overview of my international collaboration with Professor Yasuko Takezawa and my encounters with minor-transnationalism
Trans-Pacific Japanese Diaspora Art
This short essay introduces an Amerasia Journal Forum to present reflection essays by six participants from our December 8 2018 international symposium “Trans-Pacific Japanese Diaspora Art: Encounters and Envisions of Minor-Transnationalism,” which was held in Tokyo as a Kyoto University Zinbunken Academy
Queering Contemporary Asian American Art
Queering Contemporary Asian American Art takes Asian American differences as its point of departure, and brings together artists and scholars to challenge normative assumptions, essentialisms, and methodologies within Asian American art and visual culture. Taken together, these nine original artist interviews, cutting-edge visual artworks, and seven critical essays explore contemporary currents and experiences within Asian American art, including…
Towards an Aesthetic of Excess
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Towards an Aesthetic of Excess
Queering Contemporary Asian American Art
Queering Contemporary Asian American Art takes Asian American differences as its point of departure, and brings together artists and scholars to challenge normative assumptions, essentialisms, and methodologies within Asian American art and visual culture. Taken together, these nine original artist interviews, cutting-edge visual artworks, and seven critical essays explore contemporary currents and experiences within Asian American art, including…
Reflections on Encountering Minor-Transnationalism
This essay is a reflection on the “Trans-Pacific Japanese Diaspora Art” symposium and my paper “Ancestral Cartography: Transpacific Interchanges and Okinawan Indigeneity.” I also offer an overview of my international collaboration with Professor Yasuko Takezawa and my encounters with minor-transnationalism
Trans-Pacific Japanese Diaspora Art
This short essay introduces an Amerasia Journal Forum to present reflection essays by six participants from our December 8 2018 international symposium “Trans-Pacific Japanese Diaspora Art: Encounters and Envisions of Minor-Transnationalism,” which was held in Tokyo as a Kyoto University Zinbunken Academy
Ancestral Cartography
This article examines how Okinawan Indigenous identity is influenced by “minor” Trans-Pacific interchanges between the Native Hawaiian sovereignty movement and Native American discourses on Indigeneity. Drawing from interviews with fellow Okinawan diaspora artist Denise Uyehara, the author explores their parallel responses as fourth generation Okinawan Americans to the recent resurgence of Okinawan Indigenous cultural history, practice, and ident…
Trans-Pacific Minor Visions in Japanese Diasporic Art
asian diasporic visual cultures and the americas 6 (2020) 1-10 in the canon of Western art history. The post-war years brought a new wave of Japanese avant-garde artists circulating in the diaspora (such as Yoko Ono, Yayoi Kusama, and Shigeko Kubota) as well as the international influence of Japanese art movements such as Gutai and Butoh that continue to inform contemporary art practice. This issue, however, intentionally focuses on subjects that…
Word of Mouth
Movement Notes to My Asian American Art Comrades on the Eve of the 2024 US Presidential Elections
Years of Adva Journal
History (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Asian American and Pacific Histories (4 works) · Asian Culture and Media Studies (4 works) · Diaspora (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works) · Japanese History and Culture (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works)