Aoife Wilkinson
Aoife Wilkinson is a PhD candidate and casual language tutor at the School of Languages and Cultures, University of Queensland. Her research focuses on young people of mixed Japanese backgrounds who live in and in-between Australia and Japan. She has previously published in The Conversation and New Voices in Japanese Studies. You can follow her latest research and publication news on Twitter @aoifewilkinson
Updated July 2023
Stories from This Author
Reflecting on the short film Whole and mixed Japanese identities
July 2, 2023 • Aoife Wilkinson
On Friday 18 November 2022, Dr Timothy Kazuo Steains and I held a film screening of the short film Whole (2019, dir. Bilal Kawazoe) at the University of Sydney. Whole is about two young men, Makoto (played by Usman Kawazoe) and Haruki (played by Kai Hoshino Sandy), navigating what it means to be mixed Japanese. Although Makoto and Haruki are total opposites in their personalities and socioeconomic backgrounds, they share similar pressures in managing their relationships with friends and family, …
