Trauma and Space in Asia

1 credits · Undergraduate

Space and Trauma across Asia. Introduces theoretical framework of 'trauma discourse;' examines how the experience of space in Asia broadly defined has shaped historical traumas, which have marked the transition from colonialism to postcolonialism. Focus on Israel/Palestine, India/Pakistan, China/Taiwan, Japan/Korea; examine how critical terms originating in one historico-geographical context are translated across geographical boundaries.