Gostujoča predavanja - prof. Mako Kikuchi

Gostujoča predavanja - prof. Mako Kikuchi

Vljudno vabljeni na gostujoča predavanja prof. Maka Kikuchija, tolkalista, skladatelja in interdisciplinarnega umetnika. 

PREDAVANJE 13. 5. 2025  (13:00 do 14:40, predavalnica 535B)

Identity, Sound Aesthetics, and the Construction of a Compositional Voice

The lecture would survey Kikuchi's compositional work over the past two decades, exploring how his evolving identity has shaped his sound aesthetic. It will be a multi-media presentation including both sound and video excerpts and also provide space for students to reflect on their own sound aesthetics. 

(v sodelovanju z Oddelkom za azijske študije in Oddelkom za muzikologijo (MU2 Aplikativna etnomuzikologija))

PREDAVANJE 14. 5. 2025 (13:00-14:40, predavalnica 01) 

Legacies of the Japanese American Wartime Experience: The Model Minority Myth and the Struggle for Collective Liberation

This lecture will examine the experience of Japanese Americans during World War II, including pre-war hysteria, forced removal and incarceration, and post-war trauma and healing. In sharing stories from his own family history, including excerpts from his great grandfather's written memoir, Kikuchi draws parallels between the Japanese American experience and that of other communities impacted by systemic racism. A particular focus will be on the model minority myth, and how the perpetuation of that myth impacts the Japanese American role in collective liberation movements globally.

(v sklopu projekta RESPONSES OF ASIAN COMMUNITIES TO GLOBAL CHALLENGES, Eurasia Foundation)

    Paul Kikuchi photo by Daniel Sheehan

Mako (formerly Paul) Kikuchi

Mako Kikuchi is a tenured music faculty at South Seattle College. As an educator, he is committed to the decolonization of music curricula and the cultivation of life-long connections to music. His current research centers around the multi-generational experience of Japanese Americans, with a specific interest in generational trauma, ancestral healing, artistic processing, and intersections with contemporary social justice movements. As an advisor for the music archive of the Northwest Nikkei Museum, Kikuchi helps manage a collection of community-donated 78rpm records and home-recorded acetate discs, some of which were recorded inside the WW2 incarceration camps.

Mojca Golob