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Hello! I'm an interdisciplinary social scientist specialized in ethnicity and race, social movements, geopolitics, and queer theory. My research engages with Indigenous and diasporic communities in the Asia-Pacific and North America to cultivate knowledge, kinship, and power.
I belong to the third generation of Zainichi Koreans, who are stateless postcolonial exiles and quasi-refugees of Korean descent in/from Japan. My ancestors crossed the sea from colonial Korea to imperial Japan and lost their way home due to the Korean war and division. As a researcher, educator, and community organizer, I seek to dismantle violent structures of nation-state boundaries, gender norms, and racial oppression by connecting my people's story to the vibrant histories of queer, trans, and non-binary people of color. |
new publication: Book Chapter
"Archipelagic Feeling:
Counter-mapping Indigeneity and Diaspora in the Trans-Pacific"
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Contemporary Archipelagic Thinking: Towards New Comparative Methodologies and Disciplinary Formations
Edited by Michelle Stephens and Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield September 2020 |
in progress: Book Project
Queer unification:
Community and healing in the korean diaspora
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My first book, Queer Unification: Community and Healing in the Korean Diaspora, re-imagines Korean unification as decolonial sovereignty emerging from transnational grassroots organizing.
I argue that queer diasporic Koreans' community practices enable "geopolitical healing" as embodied relationships of belonging and accountability. |
