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Paper and poster presented at AAPI Research Symposium
November 11, 2024 in Richmond, VA
Research poster or paper available upon request!
Nostalgia as Healing
and Resistance:
Asian Immigrant “Hoarding”
and anikanik-ism
Click here to view the Abstract.
Research questions:
What is the affective atmosphere of the diasporic Asian experience?
Why has there been a dramatic spike in the popularity of Sonny Angels and other blind box items?
How is the culture of anik-anik being changed online?
How do practices of “hoarding” change across different communities in capitalist society?
How can nostalgia be reframed as a tool of resistance?
image sourced from stickerconml on Instagram.