Abstracts
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DAY 1: MONDAY, JULY 1
ONLINE PANELS
A1: Interwoven Economies: Social Dynamics and Livelihood Strategies
A2: Gender Narratives Across Borders: Politics, Media, and Society
A3: Ideological and Political Reconfigurations in Asia and Beyond
B1: Life, Work, and Death in Asia and Beyond
B2: Branding Culture and Policing Perceptions: Contemporary East Asian Narratives
B3: Intersecting Narratives: Justice, Religion, and History in South(east) Asia
C1: Imagining Futures: Technology, Dystopia, and Decolonization in Contemporary Media
C2: Maoist Utopias on the Ground: Labour, Economy, Gender, and the TAZARA Railway
Book Launch: She Fell and Became a Horse: An Experiment in Ethnofiction
DAY 2: TUESDAY, JULY 2
IN-PERSON PANELS
PS1.1: Revolutionary Visions and Social Spaces: Art and Media in Southeast Asia
PS1.2: Borders and Boundaries: Urban Infrastructures and Environmental Conservation
PS1.3: Families and Communities in Transition: Support Systems and Social Issues
PS1.4: Dismantling Inequalities: Listening to the Subaltern
PS1.5: An Emerging Queer TV in a Transnational Asia
PS1.6: Roundtable: Asian Australian Studies: Past/Present/Futures
PS1.7: Sacred Spaces: Living Cultures, Rituals, and Religion across Asia
PS2.1: Narratives of Health and Disability: Intimacy, Awareness, and Mobility
PS2.2: City Life as Social Critique in East and Southeast Asia
PS2.3: Roundtable: Asian Languages Education Futures in Australia
PS2.5: Social Forces, State and New Politics of Geoeconomics
PS2.7: Diverse Discourses: Contemporary Chinese Cultural Narratives
DAY 3: WEDNESDAY, JULY 3
IN-PERSON PANELS
PS3.1: Literary Reflections on Trauma, Identity, and Ethical Cohabitation
PS3.2: Cultural Heritage and Identity Politics: Governance and Memory in Asia
PS3.5: The Intergenerational Impact of the Asia Pacific War
PS3.6: Spatial Dynamics of Care and Sociality in Asian Transnational Contexts
PS4.2: Language Use and Linguistic Diversity in the Popular Music from the Global South
PS4.3: Migration and Identity: Asian Experiences in Multicultural Societies
PS4.4: Reimagining Democracy: Narrating Gender, Community and Civil Society
PS4.5: Queer Narratives Across Asian Borders: Rights and Representation
PS4.6: Media Portrayals and Cultural Flows: Insights from East Asian Contexts
PS5.1: (Re)imagining Gender Across Asia
PS5.4: Charting Growth Trajectories: Comparative Perspectives on Development in East Asia
PS5.5: Japan in the 1950s and Beyond: Reframing the Post-War Nation
PS5.6: Navigating Educational Frontiers: Challenges and Opportunities in Asia-Pacific Curriculum
DAY 4: THURSDAY, JULY 4
IN-PERSON PANELS
PS6.1: From Words to Worlds: Cultural Exchange and Representation in Asian Narratives
PS6.2: Power Dynamics in East Asia: Perspectives on Regoinal Alliances and Rivalries
PS6.3: Service Dynamics: Perspectives from Indonesia, the Philippines, and China
PS6.4: Digital Feminism, Fandoms, and Popular Culture in Contemporary East Asian Contexts
PS6.5: Historical Intersections: Trade, Governance, and Social Dynamics in Asia-Pacific Relations
PS6.6: Religious Education, the State and Politics
PS7.1: Futures Reimagined: Exploring Technological Visions in Asian Societies
PS7.2: Aspirations and Ambitions in Education and Beyond
PS7.4: Sustainable Agriculture and Digital Frontiers: Perspectives from Southeast Asia
PS7.5: Resilient Journeys: Ethnicity, Class and Migration in Modern Asia