Japan at Chicago Lecture Series:Celebrating Protestが続いています。次回はオレゴン州在住のアクティビストで、かつ日本ではブロガーとしても知られている、小山エミ(macska)さんによる、国際養子制度とその問題点に関するトークです。アンジェリーナ・ジョリー、マドンナなどがメディアに頻繁にとりあげられ、様々な議論を呼んでいる国際養子制度に関して、米国でアジア系の運動に関わってきた小山さんが鋭い視点で分析します。お見逃しなく!
Emi Koyama "Colonialism, Militarism, and the Political Economy of Transracial Adoption" Wednesday, May 5, 5pm〜 Pick Lounge 5828 S. University Ave. University of Chicago
Description: With the media images of celebrities such as Angelina Jorie and Madonna, transracial and transnational adoption has gained much social attention. Many children - Korean, Chinese, Southeast Asian, Latin American, etc.. and more recently, Iraqi children, have been adopted to and are still in "high demand" in the U.S. Emi Koyama, a multi-issue social justice worker, will discuss the pitfalls,history, and problems of transracial and international adoptions. This discussion cannot be separated from the actuality of economic disparity, as well as from the history of U.S. militarism and colonialism, including the Cold War, post-9-11 US politics, and the "war on terror."