BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations DESCRIPTION:In association with the Honors Tutorial College\, Musician and scholar Julian Saporiti will share his work illuminating hidden Asian Ameri can immigrants and refugees and connecting them with what he has witnessed at the Mexican Border. In the light of unprecedented racial tensions and ri sing awareness\, Saporiti brings a unique perspective on how to fight for s ocial change through music and research and how to hold difficult conversat ions in times of great unease. \n\n \n\nTaking inspiration from his own fam ily’s history living through the Vietnam War\, as well as interviews with W orld War II Japanese Incarceration camp survivors and other stories of Asia n American experience\, Nashville born songwriter Julian Saporiti has trans formed years of doctoral research at Brown University into an innovative pr oject bridging a divide between art and scholarship. By turning archival st udy and fieldwork into a large repertoire of folk songs and visuals Saporit i has been able to engage audiences with difficult conversations through so ng and storytelling\, performing with a revolving cast of collaborators eve rywhere from rural high schools and churches to New York City's Lincoln Cen ter. In the spring of 2019\, Saporiti expanded the project's scope\, embark ing on a trip to the Mexican border. Playing concerts for asylum seekers an d aid workers in Laredo\, Crystal City (former home of a WWII Internment Ca mp)\, and Dilley\, TX (current home to the largest family detention center) \, the experience was jarring and formative. DTEND:20210406T220000Z DTSTAMP:20240921T031615Z DTSTART:20210406T210000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Blending Music and Scholarship for Social Change UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_36289636874854 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/blending_music_and_scholarship_for_soci al_change END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR