Lin, Cori Nakamura (12/15/2022)

Lin, Cori Nakamura (12/15/2022)

Cori Nakamura Lin, a yonsei born and raised in Chicago, discusses her evolving knowledge and understanding of Japanese American incarceration and redress history. She describes how her work on JASC's Uprooted and Reckoning projects deepened her awareness, particularly with regard to the diversity of opinions and approaches to redress within the community. She describes her artistic process and the significance of the creative choices she made for the two projects. A founding member of Nikkei Uprising, she also discusses the group's activism and connections between Japanese American experiences and present-day migrant family detention/separation and mass incarceration. On the topic of community healing and repair, she expresses a belief in additional opportunities for repair and the importance of reshaping the meaning of Japanese American identity.

2022-12-15

video

Doi, Mary

Lin, Cori Nakamura

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Yonsei

Activism

Nikkei Uprising

Tsuru for Solidarity

Social justice

Repair

Healing

Intergenerational trauma

Forced assimilation

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