Shimanchu Podcast: Ichariba Choodee

Okinawan.  Ryukyuan.  Loochoo. 

There are many more names for the peoples of these islands. Hear the many voices and stories of those identifying as Shimanchu (or Uchinachu). Celebrating and preserving our culture, connecting the diaspora, and both proudly and humbly educating and learning along the way. Hosted monthly by Mariko Middleton, Erica Kunihisa, and Tori.

Ichariba Choodee is a beautiful Ryukyan saying translating roughly to, 'When we meet, we become brothers, sisters, family.'

Ichariba Choodee Ep. 06 🌺 Preserving History (Okinawan Memories Initiative)

Sound on! 🔊Thank you again to Lex (@supreme_overlord) and Stephen (@norcalsushi) for talking to us about their experience with OMI! Here’s one of the amazing experiences Stephen had on his trip.

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Ichariba Choodee Ep. 05 🌺 Mensooree Emma!

EPISODE 6 🌺 Preserving History with the Okinawa Memories Initiative

Join Erica and Tori as they talk to guest speakers Lex McClellan-Ufugusuku and Stephen Yogi of the Okinawan Memories Initiative (OMI). We learn about the programs history and how graduate and undergraduate students at UCSC are working to preserve the history of Okinawa.

We also have Sean Torralba as a guest writer who also participated in OMI as part of the communications team. Read his blog post here to learn what his experience was like!

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How did the global and regional circulation of resources, techniques, and technologies transform local ecologies, practices, and livelihoods? Located between the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean, the Ryukyu Kingdom (?-1879; modern-day Okinawa, Japan) was a vital entrepôt in the early modern world, facilitating the movement of goods and people between northeast Asia and southeast Asia. This talk situates craft practices and material knowledge at the center of Ryukyu history to explore the historical entanglements of materials, bodies, and skills in the making and remaking of culture.

BuYun Chen is Associate Professor of Asian history at Swarthmore College. She is the author of Empire of Style: Silk and Fashion in Tang China (University of Washington Press, 2019). Her current research explores the relationship between craft production, statecraft practices, and ecological change in the independent Ryukyu Kingdom (modern-day Okinawa, Japan) from the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries.

Date | Time November 3, 2021 | 12:15 – 1:30 PM [PST]

RSVP by 11 AM on Wednesday, November 3rd; you will receive the Zoom link and password at 11:30 AM the day of the colloquium.

EPISODE 4 🌺 WUSS WITH TADASHI ANDRES YSA URBINA, ANDRES HIGA, AND NORLY ENDO 

Accompany co-hosts Erica and Tori as they talk with guest speakers Tadashi Andres Ysa Urbina and Andres Higa. Norly Endo is our English and Español translator for our first bilingual episode!

We are grateful for Tadashi and Andres joining us because they are the creators of the Worldwide Uchinanchu Student Summit, World Uchinanchu Day on October 30th, and International Nikkei Day on June 20th.

Learn with us as they share how they began their journey together and conceptualized W.U.S.S and how you can be involved in this international program ... and of course, we’ll end with our Okinawa fun fact of the day! Listen to us on:🌟 Apple Podcasts 🌟 Google Podcasts 🌟 Spotify 🌟 YouTube (audio only)

EPISODE 3 Pt.1 🌺 Hajichi with Co Lewis, June Owatari and Hilson Reidpath

Rite of passage? Protection from abduction? Markings that grant access to aspects of the afterlife? An all but obsolete cultural practice?

Join co-host Mariko with guest speakers Co Lewis, June Owatari and Hilson Reidpath as they take a dive into the Ryukyuan practice of Hajichi, or traditional Ryukyuan hand tattoo.  We will look at hajichi historically, the present day hajichi revival in the United States, as well as ponder what hajichi might look like in the future.  

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Pt.1 https://www.shimanchupodcast.com/post/episode-3-hajichi-with-co-lewis-june-owatari-and-hilson-reidpath

時間：10/17 （日） 8:00am-(日本時間）

方法：Zoom

申込締め切り：10/16（土） 5:00pm Japan Standard Time

お申し込み: QR or https://forms.gle/pBjzzDRQHguui6wq7

[ English ]

Why don’t you interact with Nagonchu around the world? The World Uchinanchu Day was started from here, Nago five years ago. To commemorate the 5th anniversary, we are planning to have an Exchange Meeting with Nagonchu, all over the world via Zoom.Nagonchu and their descendants who went out from Nago to the world.Now is the time to connect across the seas. Let's connect because it is Nago, beyond  generations.

Register here: QR or https://forms.gle/pBjzzDRQHguui6wq7 

[ Español ]

¿Quieres comunicarte y relacionarte con los Nagunchu de todo el mundo? Hace 5 años atras se ha creado el "Día de Uchinanchu en el Mundo" en Nago. Para celebrar el 5º aniversario, tenemos previsto celebrar un encuentro con Nagunchus de todo el mundo a través de Zoom. Un encuentro con Nagunchus que salieron de Nago al mundo y sus descendientes. Ahora es el momento de conectarse con todas las generaciones.

Episode 2

Join co-hosts Erica & Mariko for our second episode welcoming our first ever guest speaker, Brandon Ufugusuku Ing!  Brandon is a musician, educator, and Uchinaaguchi language revitalizationist. He’s also the creative mind behind Let’s Sing Uchinaaguchi and Let’s Speak Uchinaaguchi.  We’ll talk story, hear a little bit about his inspirations and his relationship to Uchinaaguchi and Okinawa.

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