COLLECTION NAME:
Jews of Color: Histories and Futures
Record
Collection Name:
Jews of Color: Histories and Futures
Title:
Interview with Kristin Eriko Posner
Title Type:
Devised Title
Name:
Espinola, Rose
Resource Type:
Moving image
Genre:
interviews
Date Created:
2023-03-30
Language Term:
English
Extent:
1 online resource (1 video file, 1 hour, 32 min., 20 sec.)
Form:
digital moving image formats
Abstract:
A recorded zoom interview taken by Rose Espinola (interviewer) of Kristin Eriko Posner (interviewee) for the Jews of Color: Pregnancy and Postpartum oral history project on March 30, 2023. Topics include: Japanese heritage, immigration, infertility, COVID, prayer, racism, Tea ceremonies, doulas and midwives, food, and 100-day ceremonies.
Note:
00:00:00 Rose Espinola (interviewer) introduces Kristin Eriko Posner (interviewee) and the Jews of Color: Pregnancy and Postpartum research project. 00:00:32 Posner discusses when and where she was born and grew up. 00:01:06 Posner discusses her ancestry. She discusses her Japanese heritage. 00:02:10 Posner discusses what brought her paternal great grandfather to Hawaii. 00:04:56 Posner discusses her maternal side of the family?s immigration story. 00:06:34 Posner discusses her experience with pregnancy. She touches on topics of infertility and pregnancy nausea. 00:08:10 Posner discusses infertility, the struggle to conceive, and COVID. 00:12:31 Posner discusses how she struggled with prayer, ritual, and tradition during her pregnancy journey. She touches on topics of racism, Ammud and the Jews of Color Torah Academy, Mikveh, reconnecting with her Japanese heritage through Japanese tea ceremony, and Michael Twitty. 00:25:07 Posner discusses the piece they wrote for Kveller. 00:29:00 Posner discusses how the Japanese Tea ceremonies help her through her infertility, pregnancy, and postpartum. She connects what she learned through Tea ceremonies to her child?s 100-day ceremony. 00:31:57 Posner discusses heirlooms and objects that were significant during her pregnancy and postpartum. 00:39:02 Posner discusses different blessings she used around her child?s birth. She touches on doulas, midwives, home births, and medical trauma. 00:44:14 Posner discusses her home birthing experience. She also discusses rituals performed during the birth. 01:02:06 Posner discusses how she picked her midwife and obstetrician gynecologist. 01:08:12 Posner discusses why it was important for her to find a midwife of color. And why she ultimately chose the white midwife who helped her through the birth. 01:12:24 Posner discusses having a postpartum doula through the Asian Birth Workers Collective. 01:14:47 Posner discusses the food the postpartum doula made. She touches on the relationships she built with the people who helped her through the birth and take care of her and her family in that time. 01:17:12 Posner discusses her child?s 100-day ceremony. She touches on how they chose their child?s name. 01:25:18 Posner discusses how she carried her child after the birth. 01:27:01 Posner discusses her relationship to her Japanese heritage and Jewish religious practice. 01:32:20 End of recording.
Note Type:
Segment sequence
Subject Topic:
Jews
Subject Topic:
Racism
Subject Topic:
Doulas
Subject Topic:
Midwives
Subject Topic:
Food
Subject Topic:
Conversion--Judaism
Subject Topic:
COVID-19 Pandemic (2020-)
Subject Topic:
Japanese tea ceremony
Subject Topic:
Prayer
Subject Topic:
Pregnancy
Subject Topic:
Puerperium
Subject Topic:
Infertility
Subject Topic:
Emigration and immigration
Subject Name:
Jews of Color Torah Academy
Subject Geographic:
United States (North and Central America) (nation)
Subject Geographic:
Japan (Asia) (nation)
Identifier:
narv_jewsofColor_erikoposnerKristin_interview.mp4
Physical Location:
University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections
Shelf Locator:
COU: 5093
Related Item:
Transcript from interview with Kristin Eriko Posner
Related Item Type:
constituent
Related Item Identifier:
narv_jewsofColor_erikoposnerKristin_transcript.pdf
Date Captured:
2023
Internet Media Type:
audio/mp3
Digital Origin:
born digital
Access Condition:
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