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Sharing Comfort and Care: Intergenerational Story-Mapping in the Cambodian, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Communities
June 3, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Register: http://bit.ly/UCIShareComfortCare
Image by researcher Catherine Pereda
Register: http://bit.ly/UCIShareComfortCare
Image by researcher Catherine Pereda
Please join us for the Sharing Comfort and Care project, which showcases intergenerational and intercultural sharing of stories related to migration, health care, and food for two of the most underrepresented groups within the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, specifically Cambodians and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islanders (NHPI).
California is home to the largest Cambodian American community and second largest NHPI community in the United States. The Sharing Comfort and Care project team, based at UC Irvine, have partnered with two community-based organizations (The Cambodian Family and Empowering Pacific Islander Communities) to mentor college students, alums, and graduate students from across Southern California and beyond to conduct oral histories with community elders, create digital story-maps, and share meaningful and healing recipes.
Oral Histories
California is home to the largest Cambodian American community and second largest NHPI community in the United States. The Sharing Comfort and Care project team, based at UC Irvine, have partnered with two community-based organizations (The Cambodian Family and Empowering Pacific Islander Communities) to mentor college students, alums, and graduate students from across Southern California and beyond to conduct oral histories with community elders, create digital story-maps, and share meaningful and healing recipes.
Oral Histories
- Shiphrah Fepulea'i, M.A., organizational leadership, Concordia University, "The Story of Elma Tupai'i"
- Catherine Pereda, B.A., Asian American studies, UCLA, "The Oral Histories of Nuan Pereda"
- Emory Johnson, M.F.A. student, film and television, UCLA, "Kuy Teav for the Heart"
- Kelly Hofschneider, research coordinator, ophthalmology, UCLA, "Bill Hofschneider"
- Jennifer Tang, psychobiology major and anthropology minor, UCLA, "A Journey of Healing and Resilience: The Story of Dr. Song Tan"
Storymapping
- Qianru Li, doctoral student, drama, UCI, "Malina and Her Community"
- Shine Kim, doctoral student, education, Claremont Graduate University, "Aleni's Three Loves"
- Leeda Sea, global health major and minor in urban studies and planning, UCSD, "The Journey of Vanna Moul"
- Amira Noeuv, doctoral student, ethnic studies, UCSD, "Migration, Food, and Motherhood"
Recipes
- Cynthia Fok, public health sciences major and minor in medical anthropology, UCI, "The Importance of Food in the Preservation of Culture"
- Gabby Lupola, B.A., history, Pomona College, "The Hybridization of Food: a Study of Estufao"
- Phuc To, M.A., Asian American studies, "VÄ: The Role of Food in Community Building and Organizing"
- Tavae Samuelu, executive director, Empowering Pacific Islander Communities
- Amina Sen-Matthews, director, health and mental programs, the Cambodian Family
Please join us to celebrate these projects! For more information, please contact Prof. Judy Wu (j.wu@uci.edu).
Sponsored by the California Humanities, the UCI Humanities Center, the Southeast Asian Archives, the UCI Libraries, the Department of Asian American Studies, the Cambodian Family, and EPIC (Empowering Pacific Islander Communities)
4000 Humanities Gateway
Irvine, CA 92697
Humanities Center Jun 3 2021 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM zoom