Kizuna: Bonds Beyond Incarceration, Digital Humanities Summer Fellowship
Poster Number
3B
Introduction/Abstract
Summer 2022 Digital Humanities Fellowships are interdisciplinary, technology-enhanced experiences rooted in the collaborative ideals of Project Based Learning. Sponsored by the University Library, teams embark each summer on short, but intensive inquiries into complex, open-ended questions linking the present to the past. Kizuna: Bonds Beyond Incarceration focused on investigations into the stories of Japanese American Pacific students who were incarcerated during WWII following Executive Order 9066. Research revealed themes of perseverance and subsequent civic engagement leading to reparations for the Japanese American community harmed by these events. In just five weeks seven fellows created and published an original, relevant, and aesthetically immersive smartphone app showcasing their discoveries. Drawn from research in the Holt Atherton Library archives, students located the center of student community in the Japanese Club and the Pacifican Newspaper. Journalism, teaching, art, and music built resolve and provided intellectual and social focus for the students and their families as they journeyed from the Stockton Assembly Center to the ‘camp’ in Rohwer, Arkansas. Fellows created original digital drawings to make the historical figures relatable to the target audience of University of the Pacific students. The score is comprised of music student repertoire and original broadsheets and newsletters mark the tumultuous events of these years. The fellowship students were directed and supported by a team of faculty and staff with expertise in public history, design, user experience, digital humanities, and librarianship. Kizuna Summer 2022 Fellows: Alan Barragan, Chris Fines, Mayu Otsuka, Dominick Restivo, Tina To, George Trammel, Kailey Wong. Fellowship Faculty Lead: Lisa Cooperman, Team: Keely Canniff, Chris Crawford, Jennifer Helgren, Marie Lee, Mike Wurtz.
Location
Library and Learning Center, 3601 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA 95211
Format
Poster Presentation
Kizuna: Bonds Beyond Incarceration, Digital Humanities Summer Fellowship
Library and Learning Center, 3601 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA 95211
Summer 2022 Digital Humanities Fellowships are interdisciplinary, technology-enhanced experiences rooted in the collaborative ideals of Project Based Learning. Sponsored by the University Library, teams embark each summer on short, but intensive inquiries into complex, open-ended questions linking the present to the past. Kizuna: Bonds Beyond Incarceration focused on investigations into the stories of Japanese American Pacific students who were incarcerated during WWII following Executive Order 9066. Research revealed themes of perseverance and subsequent civic engagement leading to reparations for the Japanese American community harmed by these events. In just five weeks seven fellows created and published an original, relevant, and aesthetically immersive smartphone app showcasing their discoveries. Drawn from research in the Holt Atherton Library archives, students located the center of student community in the Japanese Club and the Pacifican Newspaper. Journalism, teaching, art, and music built resolve and provided intellectual and social focus for the students and their families as they journeyed from the Stockton Assembly Center to the ‘camp’ in Rohwer, Arkansas. Fellows created original digital drawings to make the historical figures relatable to the target audience of University of the Pacific students. The score is comprised of music student repertoire and original broadsheets and newsletters mark the tumultuous events of these years. The fellowship students were directed and supported by a team of faculty and staff with expertise in public history, design, user experience, digital humanities, and librarianship. Kizuna Summer 2022 Fellows: Alan Barragan, Chris Fines, Mayu Otsuka, Dominick Restivo, Tina To, George Trammel, Kailey Wong. Fellowship Faculty Lead: Lisa Cooperman, Team: Keely Canniff, Chris Crawford, Jennifer Helgren, Marie Lee, Mike Wurtz.
