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Year:: 2021
Contributor:: Saporiti, Julian (creator)
Genre:: sound recordings
Subject:: Folk music; Ethnomusicology; Music; Teenagers--Sexual behavior; Ethnography; sexuality; World War (1939-1945); sound studies; Asian Americans; Vietnamese American studies; Japanese incarceration; Asian Americans--Study and teaching; southeast asian; no-no boy; Julian Saporiti; Heart Mountain Relocation Center (Wyo.)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26300/rrc6-ep16

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Abstract:: Supplement for dissertation: The No-No Boy Project: A Multimedia Investigation of Asian American Histories Through Sound, Songwriting, and Filmmaking. Produced by Julian Saporiti. Co-produced by Emilia Halvorsen and Seth Boggess. Recorded by Julian Saporiti and Seth Boggess. Mixed by Seth Boggess. Mastered by Pete Reiniger. Annotated by Julian Saporiti. Photos courtesy of Diego Luis and the artist’s family archive. Cover photo by Julian Saporiti and Emilia Halvorsen. Executive producers: Huib Schippers and John Smith. Production manager: Mary Monseur. Production assistants: Kate Harrington, Logan Clark. Editorial assistance by Carla Borden. Art direction, design, and layout by. Visual Dialogue This dissertation explores The No-No Boy project, a hybrid work of music and scholarship that transformed my doctoral research into a collection of songs and films which have reached broad and diverse audiences. No-No Boy, named for a John Okada novel, provides examples of how scholars might use art and multimedia to communicate their research to the public beyond the academy. The films, music, and prose included in this dissertation examine overlapping histories of immigrants, refugees, incarceration, and empire. In the multimedia portfolio included in chapter 3, several films look at soon-to-be climate change refugees in the arctic, refugees stuck at the Mexican border, and several Asian American communities explored through quotidian, granular stories which aim to find pathways to solidarity between communities bound not by blood but bloodshed, as well as unflatten terms like “refugee” and “immigrant.” Two written chapters aim to put sound back into history exploring the soundscapes, musical performances, and daily life of a Japanese American incarceration camp. Musical practices of deep listening and accompaniment are utilized in this case study. The last chapter fleshes out No-No Boy’s 1975 album released on Smithsonian Folkways. Expanded liner notes discuss the research involved in the lyrics as well as the process of turning audio recordings from historical field sites into instruments used on the album. Ultimately, the goal of this work is to exemplify how scholars can transform their archival and fieldwork into public-facing art and media which can connect with audiences beyond the academy as well as provide a method of scholarship that makes one’s work easier to return to and more enjoyable to complete.

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Saporiti, Julian, "Supplement for dissertation: The No-No Boy Project: A Multimedia Investigation of Asian American Histories Through Sound, Songwriting, and Filmmaking" (2021). American Studies Theses and Dissertations. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/rrc6-ep16