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Rob_Nguyen

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Academic, writer, and photographer. For more about my work, and to order prints, visit: https://nitter.gq/t.co/rMnAh47NWm

 State College, PA
Joined September 2008
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If you're interested in having Verge sponsor your AAS panel submission, complete the form linked below by July 14!
Verge: Global Asias (@VergeGA) profile pictureVerge: Global Asias@VergeGA5 Jul 2023
We invite panel proposals for Verge-sponsored submissions to the 2024 AAS and AAAS conferences. Proposals for AAS submissions are due July 14; proposals for AAAS submissions are due August 18. For details, see attached or visit sites.psu.edu/vergeglobalasi….
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Looking forward to teaching this class in the fall! The course bulletin title is Alt. Voices in Am. Lit; my version will focus on Race, Ethnicity, and Magical Realism. For PSU undergrads, this fulfills 3 credits of the GH requirement. youtube.com/shorts/ruYy9Ef_L…
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That's a wrap on SI2023! Really enjoyed the opportunity to help facilitate this event and meet this wonderful group of scholars.
Verge: Global Asias (@VergeGA) profile pictureVerge: Global Asias@VergeGA27 Jun 2023
Global Asias Summer Institute 2023 has concluded! Thank you to co-directors Nicolai Volland and Leo Ching and to all of our participants for sharing their insights and exciting projects. For more information about this year’s institute, visit sites.psu.edu/vergeglobalasi….
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Institute participant Soo-Min Shim speaking at a podium. Projection of Haji Oh’s Seabird Habitats art installation to the right.

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A tiny recap and the abstract from my talk at AAAS2023 robertnguyen.net/blog/2023/5…
AAAS 2023: Presented on Silicon Valley Imaginaries: On Asian/American Digital Studies panel —...

AAAS 2023: Presented on Silicon Valley Imaginaries: On Asian/American Digital Studies panel —...

In early April, I attended the Association for Asian American Studies conference in Long Beach, CA, where I presented on the panel Silicon Valley Imaginaries: On Asian/American Digital Studies. The...

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The physical comedy of "If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball" steals focus a bit from what's actually a pretty motivating bit of reasoning.
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A reminder, we have an event coming up in a few weeks for anyone who may be interested in submitting a manuscript to the Global Asias Method, Architecture, Praxis book series.
Verge: Global Asias (@VergeGA) profile pictureVerge: Global Asias@VergeGA26 Apr 2023
A reminder: the Global Asias MAP informational webinar will be held in two weeks (May 10th) at 7:00 p.m. EDT. To register, visit bit.ly/GAMAPinfowebinar
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Turns out yesterday I forgot to do Being.
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Now and then I’m reminded that Warhammer is produced in the UK and that I should be imagining all their articles as being spoken with a British accent.
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The truly ergonomic chair will come with an overhead steel brace that will physically stop me from unconsciously scrunching my shoulders up to my ears while writing emails.
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Local home listing describes for readers what porches do.
“Pleasant curb appeal with a utilitarian porch ideal for keeping all Amazon packages dry or enjoying your favorite beverage protected from the elements.”

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Finally finished posting these, and it was fun skimming through years of photos to find ones that fit the bill (admittedly less than I expected). The full set of ROY G BIV photos is at: robnguyenphotography.com/blo…

Colors — Rob Nguyen Photography

I’ve been posting a lot of either signage or black and white photos lately and wanted to change things up. So here is a short series of photos that predominantly feature one primary (or near-primary)...

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Color Series: Violet May 16, 2021 Ricoh GR II #ricohgrII #ricohgr #grist #beardediris #colors #violet
Close-up of a bearded iris flower. Violet flower w/ varying saturation. Yellow at center. Out of focus background: backyard, other irises, shed, tree.

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Color Series: Indigo January 11, 2005 Italy Sony Cybershot DSC-P93 Indigo's a tough one. I'm kinda guessing here. Unfortunately, I don't recall exactly where in Italy this was taken, except that it was at a point in the trip when we were doing day trips to towns in Umbria.
A large plaza near a Church in Italy. Low colonnades around the perimeter, with warm electric light underneath. Indigo sky. Crane silhouette in background.

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Leaned into the jet lag and took a photo walk this morning. Color film shots to come in a few weeks. Long Beach, CA #longbeach #iphoneography #iphone12mini #blackandwhitephotography
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Heard screeching tires and revving engines all day yesterday from a Formula Drift event near the conference hotel. I really hope there’s someone mid-Venn diagram who’s in Long Beach for both Formula Drift and the Association for Asian American Studies conference.
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Join @huan_direction, @danielledywong, @rachelkuo, and myself this afternoon for our panel Silicon Valley Imaginaries: On Asian/American Digital Studies! (Shanghai, 2:45 TODAY) #aaas2023
Silicon Valley Imaginaries: On Asian/American Digital Studies (Shanghai) Chair: Huan He, University of Michigan Presenters: Robert Nguyen, The Pennsylvania State University “Who are these people?”: The White American and the Exotic Asian Tech Factory Huan He, University of Michigan Race on the Blockchain: Crypto-Gaming in Ted Chiang’s The Lifecycle of Software Objects Danielle Wong, University of British Columbia “Something that makes no decisions”: Predictive Analytics, Affect, and Racial Uncertainty Rachel Kuo, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Coalitional Grassroots Media: Networks from Chip to Landfill

ALT Silicon Valley Imaginaries: On Asian/American Digital Studies (Shanghai) Chair: Huan He, University of Michigan Presenters: Robert Nguyen, The Pennsylvania State University “Who are these people?”: The White American and the Exotic Asian Tech Factory Huan He, University of Michigan Race on the Blockchain: Crypto-Gaming in Ted Chiang’s The Lifecycle of Software Objects Danielle Wong, University of British Columbia “Something that makes no decisions”: Predictive Analytics, Affect, and Racial Uncertainty Rachel Kuo, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Coalitional Grassroots Media: Networks from Chip to Landfill

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Verge invites submissions for Issue 11.2 “The Asian Century: Idea, Method, and Media,” eds. Christopher T. Fan, Paul Nadal, Ragini Tharoor Srinivasan, and Tina Chen. Convergence proposals due Sept. 8, 2023; Essays due May 1, 2024. For details, visit sites.psu.edu/vergeglobalasi….
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The Inverse Law of Remaining Time and Specificity states that, while preparing a presentation, as the number of hours until its start decreases, its likelihood of ballooning into glittering generalities increases at a geometric rate.
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Flight! Conference bound. First class, hold on to your ears. Keyboards clack in coach.
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I mean if you’re doing conformity right no declaration is necessary. We all get it.
Legal language pamphlet from an electronics purchase. Header reads Declaration of Conformity.

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