Here on Asian Currents we鈥檒l be hosting an account of each day鈥檚 online activity around the ASAA conference to give you a glimpse of what鈥檚 on offer at this year鈥檚 conference.
Day 2 kicked off on a beautiful Sydney morning with a range of panel sessions.
Day 2 of has dawned warm and sunny – some great panels for the early birds!
— Dr Natali Pearson ????????鈥嶁檧锔�???????? ???????? (@sea_greeny)
Back in Sydney for the 黑料社区 conference to present with Indonesian colleagues about promoting in
Wielding the power of social media.— Dr Michelle Bonati (@MichelleBonati)
True love or true democracy – which is more difficult? This is Petular Sik Ying Ho's opening question in her talk on Hong Kong's 'Intimate Comrades' and political prisoners
— Becky Gidley (@beckra_giddon)
Dr Becky Freeman starts us off speaking about industry interference in control in Asia
— Elisabeth Kramer (@liskramer)
Dr Stuart Rosewarne on push and pull factors in global migration and remittance flows, and challenges for preventing exploitation
— John Dooley (@JohnDooleyIV)
Particularly interested to hear from on the role of the Burmese military in constitutionalism, espec the military as a fourth, super-branch of govt and the informal capture of institutions through transfer of military officers to civilian positions
— Tash Naidu (@NatashaNaidu)
Chris Parkinson on Animatism video collective, an artistic collaboration between Australians & E Timorese
— Dr Vannessa Hearman (@vhearman)
鈥淵ou can be anything you want; as long as it鈥檚 a doctor or engineer鈥� – Dr Changzoo Song on on parenting and re-ethnicisation amongst young 2nd-generation Koreans in New Zealand
— John Dooley (@JohnDooleyIV)
Learned a lot about from Prof Anthony Reid at
— priyambudi (@PriyambudiS)
Before lunch the conference broke into a series of roundtables on major challenges and issues: Asia’s Cities, Asia’s Heritage Challenges, Asia’s Democracies, Climate Change, and Reining in Asia’s Tobacco.
Panel on Tobacco Control in Asia
— Elisabeth Kramer (@liskramer)
Our director Professor Luigi Tomba is chairing the roundtable on 鈥淎sia鈥檚 Cities
鈥� at the ASAA conference at now!— China Studies Centre (@csc_sydney)
https://twitter.com/CleveArguelles/status/1014318561181904902
Back at this morning… kicks off a discussion on Asia's heritage challenges with panelists and 's Vinod Daniel
— Sarah Ward ???? (@SarahWardAU)
鈥淲e are adapting to climate change in Bangladesh. We鈥檙e dying鈥�. Some heavy discussions on , justice, and coproduction of knowledge across Asia
— Dr Thomas Wright (@enviroanth)
The afternoon saw more diverse panels and some book launch events.
Emotion as commodity being discussed by Chavalin Svetanant in Thai life insurance commercials, focussing on this example, Unsung Hero
— Becky Gidley (@beckra_giddon)
Bob Hudson presenting on the heritage of Arakine Kingdom state in Myanmar ???????? lots of interesting issues coming up re Islam, Buddhism, slaves and the historical role of the state
great panel— Michael Leadbetter (@M1ke_Pb)
Environmental law in Indonesia. A great talk with a legal perspective on the protests in Bali by
— Dr Thomas Wright (@enviroanth)
"It tries stuff and fails a lot" – Matthew Davies describing ASEAN in brief – before going on to discuss its "coherent and illiberal" origins and a FTA on snow ploughs.
— Becky Gidley (@beckra_giddon)
Dr Hannah Loney's (Unimelb) author of "In Women's Words" on E Timorese women, published by Sussex University Press
— Dr Vannessa Hearman (@vhearman)
Book launch on Participation without Democracy by Prof Garry Rodan (ARC, Murdoch University). Addressed by Ed Aspinall (ANU)
— Agung Wardana (@agungwarancak)
I came to see Chieh-Ming Lai because he is so entertaining, and it鈥檚 paying off. A graduate of the public speaking workshop and mini postgrad conference, and now fully prepped and confident for a MODELLING THAINESS
— Dr Natali Pearson ????????鈥嶁檧锔�???????? ???????? (@sea_greeny)
https://twitter.com/CleveArguelles/status/1014408097698275328
The best talk at today was Leonard Andaya on rivers in SE Asian history – the Malayan Holy War I've worked on was based in river systems connected by land paths, and triggered by a contest for forests in the context of world system disruption
— Amrita Malhi (@AmritaMalhi)
Learnt about trade unions in Cambodia Vietnam Indonesia Malaysia and Thailand from strong, smart, articulate women with hope for the future – thanks for hacking the conference format
— Alexandra Crosby (@digijalanjalan)
Really enjoyed talking about Bokor National Park at today, one of my favourite parts of Cambodia so I'm starting a project to write its history. .
— Becky Gidley (@beckra_giddon)
The day closed out with an Early Career Researcher Networking Event and the Conference Dinner.
There was far more happening on Day 2 of the ASAA’s 2018 conference than we could hope to capture here but this gives you a snippet of some of the talent and innovative ideas on display. Next up is our third and final day.