AYDIN QUACH

Welcome to my online portfolio! My name is Aydin Quach. I use he/him or they/them pronouns.

 

I am an Ethnic Studies scholar specializing in transpacific cultural studies, specifically on youth culture and global Electronic Dance Music (EDM) culture and listening practices. My research focuses on EDM and queer Asian or “gaysian” nightlife culture (raves, clubs, karaoke, sex parties, homepas/homepars) in North America and how party culture travels across the Pacific Ocean and Southeast Asia with party tourism. I see this to be part of a larger reimagining of Chen Kuan Hsing’s “Asia as Method,” but reorientated towards gaysian methods of knowing, listening, of placemaking, and minoritarian performance. 

 

Given the nature of my work, it sits at the intersection of the social sciences, the humanities, and the arts. Blending these disciplines together allows me to engage meaningfully with our past and engage it with our present-day reality (and vice-versa).

 

In addition to research and academia, I am also an educator focusing on anti-racism, dis/ability, and decolonizing pedagogy. 

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I invite you to explore this webpage and to explore my research and other work!