Ethnic Studies (ES) |
104 Alder Building, 541-346-0900
College of Arts & Sciences
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Course Data
| ES 440 Top Techno-Orientalism >IP >US |
4.00 cr. |
| Examines race, literature, and culture from an interdisciplinary perspective. Repeatable four times for a maximum of 20 credits when topic changes. Offered alternate years. |
| Grading Options: |
Optional; see degree guide or catalog for degree requirements
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| Instructor: |
Lee A |
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Lee A |
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Academic Deadlines
| Deadline |
Last day to: |
| January 5: |
Process a complete drop (100% refund, no W recorded) |
| January 11: |
Drop this course (100% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| January 11: |
Process a complete drop (90% refund, no W recorded; after this date, W's are recorded) |
| January 12: |
Process a complete withdrawal (90% refund, W recorded) |
| January 12: |
Withdraw from this course (100% refund, W recorded) |
| January 13: |
Add this course |
| January 13: |
Last day to change to or from audit |
| January 19: |
Process a complete withdrawal (75% refund, W recorded) |
| January 19: |
Withdraw from this course (75% refund, W recorded) |
| January 26: |
Process a complete withdrawal (50% refund, W recorded) |
| January 26: |
Withdraw from this course (50% refund, W recorded) |
| February 2: |
Process a complete withdrawal (25% refund, W recorded) |
| February 2: |
Withdraw from this course (25% refund, W recorded) |
| February 23: |
Withdraw from this course (0% refund, W recorded) |
| February 23: |
Change grading option for this course |
 | You can't drop your last class using the "Add/Drop" menu in DuckWeb. Go to the “Completely Withdraw from Term/University” link to begin the complete withdrawal process. If you need assistance with a complete drop or a complete withdrawal, please contact the Office of Academic Advising, 101 Oregon Hall, 541-346-3211 (8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday). If you are attempting to completely withdraw after business hours, and have difficulty, please contact the Office of Academic Advising the next business day. |
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Expanded Course Description
| Techno-Orientalism and Asian American Speculative Futures
Why are Asian Americans so often ridiculed as robots or machines, and why are the high-tech cityscapes of sci-fi films, video games, and fiction so often coded as Asian, even if there are no Asian characters living in them? The term techno-Orientalism describes cultural depictions that associate Asian Americans and Asianness with the future in harmful and reductive ways. Techno-Orientalism pervades sci-fi; think of the Asian-inflected backdrop of Blade Runner or the sexualized Asian android Kyoko in Ex Machina. Our course will consider this racist history of inscribing Asianness as alien and robotic in racist and dehumanizing ways, but we will also investigate how Asian Americans imagine our own futures. To do so, we will read, watch, and study AAPI futures through Asian American speculative fiction, poetry, sci-fi films, and critical theory. Together we will ask: What are Asian American futures, and how do we live, resist, and imagine differently? Some weekly topics will include: Asian American cyberfeminisms, robots and posthumanism, Palestinian futurisms, and speculative utopias. We will watch sci-fi films, read short stories and poetry, analyze comics, and unpack critical theory. |
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