Beyond Representation: What the Image of Inclusion Conceals

On Wednesday March 16th, 2022, the Asian American Studies Program & Center at Hunter College hosted a Zoom Event "Beyond Representation: What the Image of Inclusion Conceals" with panelists Howie Chen, Kandice Chuh, Sowon Kwon, and Bakirathi Mani.

Join us for a discussion on the politics of representation in the cultural field and the problematics of visibility organized around hegemonic constructions of racial identities. The Asian American Arts Movement, including the renowned art collective known as Godzilla (1990-2001), centered on representation and inclusion. Today, with more Asian Americans in the arts, does inclusion conceal the transformative work that still needs to be done?

Panelists

• Howie Chen, Curator/editor of Godzilla: Asian American Arts Network 1990-2001, Moderator
• Kandice Chuh, Professor of English, American Studies, and Critical Social Psychology, Executive Officer/PhD Program in English at the CUNY Graduate Center, author of The Difference Aesthetics Makes
• Sowon Kwon, Artist/Faculty in Graduate Fine Arts, Parsons The New School
• Bakirathi Mani, Professor of English Literature, Swarthmore College, author of Unseeing Empire