Nima Voices: Episode 6—Christine Piper with Emily Anderson
Nima Voices is an interview series where we uplift our Nima through brief, but enlightening, interviews. In our sixth episode, Christine Piper, an award-winning, mixed-race Japanese-Australian author, was interviewed live by guest host Emily Anderson (Project Curator at JANM and a specialist on modern Japan) on September 7, 2021. Christine talked about her family background; her writing; the Japanese/Nikkei community in Australia, especially during World War II; and her experience as a field research facilitator for the Global Nikkei Young Adult Research Project.
RELATED LINKS:
Purchase "After Darkness": https://www.booktopia.com.au/after-da...
Article about discovering her sense of identity: https://www.nikkeiaustralia.com/findi...
http://www.christinepiper.com/
https://www.nikkeiaustralia.com/
Japanese in Australia: From Meiji to World War II: https://discovernikkei.org/en/journal...
Christine's project for which she interviewed several WWII Australian internment survivors: https://lovedayproject.com/
Final report from The Nippon Foundation’s Global Nikkei Young Adult Research Project here:
https://www.nippon-foundation.or.jp/e...
Andrew Hasegawa's family story: http://www.discovernikkei.org/.../201...
To learn more about Nikkei Australian experience, here's an upcoming virtual program:
“Identity & Internment: The Japanese-Australian experience”
Wed, September 22 • 4-5:30 pm (PDT) / Thurs. Sept. 23 • 9am Australia EST / Thurs. Sept. 23 • 8am Japan.
Register here: https://uvic.zoom.us/meeting/register...
CHRISTINE PIPER
Christine Piper’s debut novel, “After Darkness” (Allen & Unwin 2014), is a story about a Japanese doctor interned as an enemy alien in Australia during World War 2. It won The Australian/Vogel’s Literary Award and was shortlisted for the prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award, and is currently studied by Year 12 English students in the state of Victoria. She also won the 2014 Guy Morrison Award for Literary Journalism and the 2014 Calibre Essay Prize for her creative non-fiction essay “Unearthing the Past,” about civilian activists in Japan and the nation's conflicted wartime memory. She also served as a field research facilitator for the Global Nikkei Young Adult Research Project. Read her stories on Discover Nikkei: https://www.discovernikkei.org/en/jou...
EMILY ANDERSON
Emily Anderson is Project Curator at the Japanese American National Museum and a specialist on modern Japan. She received her PhD in modern Japanese history from UCLA and was assistant professor of Japanese history at Washington State University before going to New Zealand as a postdoctoral fellow at University of Auckland in 2014. She has authored several books, articles, and book chapters on religion and imperialism in Japan and the Pacific. https://www.discovernikkei.org/en/jou...
The term “Nima” comes from combining Nikkei and nakama (Japanese for “colleagues”, or “fellows”, or “circle”). Join our Nima-kai community and share your stories about the Nikkei experience! Find out more at DiscoverNikkei.org.
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NIMA VOICES: EPISODE 7—RYUSUKE KAWAI with MASAKO MIKI
Wednesday, December 8 • 7pm (PST) / Thursday, December 9 • 12 p.m. (Japan)
In the 7th episode (and first in Japanese!), guest host Masako Miki, Japanese External Relations Officer at JANM, will be talking with Ryusuke Kawai, a Japanese journalist and writer, who has been sharing articles on Discover Nikkei since 2010. We’ll ask him about his recent series about Sukeji Morikami, the only member of the Yamato Colony who remained in Florida after its dissolution. He later donated his farm to the county, which is now the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens. He’ll also talk about his current series about Shinichi Kato, who interviewed Issei in all 50 states, as well as other Nikkei stories. Read his articles on Discover Nikkei (Japanese only): https://discovernikkei.org/ja/journal...
For more information about these and past Discover Nikkei programs: https://discovernikkei.org/en/events/...
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ABOUT DISCOVER NIKKEI
Beyond just a website, Discover Nikkei is an international network that celebrates cultural diversity and explores both global and local identities. The project connects generations and communities by sharing stories and perspectives of the Nikkei, people of Japanese descent who have migrated and settled throughout the world.
Find out how you can support Discover Nikkei: https://discovernikkei.org/en/about/s...
Discover Nikkei is a project of the Japanese American National Museum (https://janm.org), with major funding from The Nippon Foundation.
https://DiscoverNikkei.org
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