"The Remains of Colonial History"

Spaces of Possibility, which arose from a 2012 conference held at the University of Washington’s Simpson Center for the Humanities, engage with spaces in, between, and beyond the national borders of Japan and Korea. Some of these spaces involve the ambiguous longings and aesthetic refiguring of the past in the present, the social possibilities that emerge out of the seemingly impossible new spaces of development, the opportunities of the genre, and spaces of new ethical subjectivities. Museums, colonial remains, new architectural spaces, graffiti, street theatre, popular songs, recent movies, photographic topography, and translated literature all serve as keys for unlocking the ambiguous and contradictory—yet powerful—emotions of spaces, whether in Tokyo, Seoul, or New York.

Spaces of Possibility features an essay by Janet Poole titled "The Remains of Colonial History."

The summary above and book cover's image on the right are courtesy of the University of Washington Press.