Tag: Marcia Yumi Lise

  • Hafu: The Film Hafu: The Film 2013-01-30 Megumi Nishikura, Director, Producer and Cinematographer Lara Perez Takagi, Director, Producer and Cinematographer Marcia Yumi Lise, Thematic Advisor Jilann Spitzmiller, Executive Producer Aika Miyake, Editor Winton White, Music Dear Friends, A belated happy new years to you! We have been quietly busy these past few months but have…

  • hafu (half Japanese) Lakeland Lectures Lakeland College 5-7-12 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 1st Floor 2012-03-07, 19:00 JST (Local Time) Marcia Yumi Lise, Researcher and Co-Founder The Hafu Project Lakeland College is pleased to present our ongoing lecture series, free of charge, for scholars, students and members of the public to discuss contemporary issues. You are cordially…

  • Hapa Japan Conference Center for Japanese Studies Institute of East Asian Studies University of California, Berkeley 2011-04-08 through 2011-04-09 Introduction Agenda Registration Tickets: New Vision Award Recipient Jero, A Conversation & Mini-Concert Introduction Hapa is a Hawaiian term that is now widely used to describe someone of mixed racial or ethnic heritage. A New York…

  • The relationship between the ‘racial’ experiences of the ‘half Japanese’ and Japanese identity/racial discourse: The process of ‘othering’ 2008 58 pages Marcia Yumi Lise People of mixed heritage in Japan, often referred to as Hafu, are often subject to ethnic/racial hurdles in Japan. The distinct Japanese racial thinking and the monoethnic myth affect the ways…

  • Our obsession with classification: What are the implications to mixed race studies? 2009-02-11 3 pages Marcia Yumi Lise Whether it is by gender, sex, race, ethnicity, culture, religion, age, or nationality, in contemporary society, we are immensely preoccupied by classifying people into categories. Social scientists collect and produce data to utilise it for analysis. We…