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DESCRIPTION:<strong>What Happened to Portland's Japantown? Place\, Communit
 y and Identity in the Stories of <em>Coming Home</em></strong>\n\nLecture 
 by Jacqueline Peterson Loomis\, Ph.D. (curator of <em><a style="font-style
 : italic\;" href="http://www.oregonnikkei.org/exhibits.htm#exhibit">Coming
  Home</a>\, current exhibit at the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center</em>) and p
 anel discussion with Nisei narrators\n\nLocal scholar and public historian
  Jacqueline Peterson Loomis\, the Curator of <em>Coming Home: Voices of Re
 turn and Resettlement\, 1945-1965&nbsp\;</em>and Nisei narrators\, will pr
 ovide an overview and discussion of the process by which the exhibit's con
 tent\, primary themes\, and design elements were identified and developed.
  The process involved an extended dialogue and collaboration with communit
 y advisors\, nine Nisei narrators\, and with a team of local artists and m
 edia professionals. The narrators' personal stories were ultimately groupe
 d into four thematic video installations\, establishing a dramatic arc for
  the exhibition. But the stories and accompanying photographs and objects 
 also frame a larger historical narrative and conversation about immigratio
 n\, ethnic and national identities\, race and racism in America\, and loss
  and recovery. Peterson Loomis is Professor Emerita of History at Washingt
 on State University Vancouver and the founder of the Old Town History Proj
 ect. This lecture will be held at PSU\, Smith Memorial Student Union\, Roo
 m 238.\n\n<em><strong>Coming Home: Voices of Return and Resettlement\, 194
 5-1965</strong></em>&nbsp\;is an exhibit that traces the reestablishment o
 f the Japanese American community in Oregon after World War II and examine
 s the injustices of war-time relocation. The&nbsp\;<em>Coming Home</em>&nb
 sp\;exhibition has been woven from personal stories of return and resettle
 ment by Nikkei &mdash\; men\, women\, and children of Japanese descent &md
 ash\; forced from their Oregon farms and homes and incarcerated as "enemie
 s" during World War II. Most were American citizens. Many had lost everyth
 ing. Determination and memories of place\, family and community guided the
 m home. Visit&nbsp\;<a href="http://www.oregonnikkei.org/exhibits.htm#exhi
 bit">www.oregonnikkei.org</a> to learn more about <em>Coming Home</em>.\n\
 nThis exhibition and programming are made possible in part by the Oregon H
 eritage Commission and Oregon Parks and Recreation Department\; Oregon Hum
 anities (OH)\, a statewide nonprofit organization and an independent affil
 iate of the National Endowment for the Humanities\, which funds OH's grant
  program\; Portland State University\, Center for Japanese Studies\; Unive
 rsity of Oregon\; Samuel Naito\; and&nbsp\;<em>Friends of Oregon Nikkei En
 dowment</em>.\n\nOregon Nikkei Legacy Center\n 121 NW 2nd Avenue\n Portlan
 d\, OR &nbsp\;97209\n 503-224-1458\n<a href="http://www.oregonnikkei.org">
  www.oregonnikkei.org</a>
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SUMMARY:Lecture on Portland's Japantown
URL:/en/events/2013/02/05/lecture-on-portlands-japantown/
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