{"id":51640,"date":"2022-07-21T13:46:23","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T13:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transit-asia.chss.nycu.edu.tw\/GHI\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=51640"},"modified":"2022-07-21T13:46:23","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T13:46:23","slug":"online-conference-interventions-from-the-south","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/transit-asia.chss.nycu.edu.tw\/GHI\/event\/online-conference-interventions-from-the-south\/","title":{"rendered":"ONLINE CONFERENCE &#8211; Interventions from the South"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CHCI-GLOBAL HUMANITIES INSTITUTE 2020-2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ghi2021.web.nycu.edu.tw\/\">Migration, Logistics and Unequal Citizens in Contemporary Global Context<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Webinar Series<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cInterventions from the South: Theoretical Perspectives and Pragmatic Issues of<br \/>\nMigration, Logistics and Unequal Citizens in the Context of the Covid-19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pandemic\u00a0\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0JANUARY 13-14, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>10:00 AM-07:00 PM Taipei Time (GMT+8)*<\/strong><br \/>\n*Please read the time zone specifics in the bottom.<br \/>\nPlease double-check your time zone or write to us if needed.<\/p>\n<p>Venue: Zoom<\/p>\n<p>Registration:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/GEVKrzLZwE3gZEN9A\">https:\/\/forms.gle\/GEVKrzLZwE3gZEN9A<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/iccs.nctu.edu.tw\/work\/images\/%E6%88%AA%E5%9C%96%202020-12-30%20%E4%B8%8B%E5%8D%888_42_33.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>** This webinar will proceed in English.<br \/>\n**\u672c\u5834\u7dda\u4e0a\u7814\u8a0e\u6703\u5c07\u4ee5\u82f1\u6587\u9032\u884c<\/p>\n<p>The webinar\u00a0\u201c<strong>Interventions from the South: Theoretical Perspectives and<br \/>\nPragmatic Issues of Migration, Logistics and Unequal Citizens in the Context of<br \/>\nthe Covid-19 Pandemic\u201d\u00a0is an integral part of multiple events organized by the\u00a0CHCI-<br \/>\nGLOBAL HUMANITIES INSTITUTE 2020-2021:\u00a0Migration, Logistics and Unequal<br \/>\nCitizens in Contemporary Global Context.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Migration has become a critical field of study for social scientists due to the harsh<br \/>\nrealities and rising inequality migrants are subject to. Asia, though hosting a substantial<br \/>\nportion of the world\u2019s migrants, provides the poorest protection and fewest policies for<br \/>\nadvancing migrants\u2019 rights and livelihoods. This webinar aims to feature some of the<br \/>\nmost crucial queries and questions revolving around \u2018migration\u2019. It provides an<br \/>\ninterdisciplinary platform where distinguished scholars of the\u00a0CHCI-GLOBAL<\/p>\n<p>HUMANITIES INSTITUTE 2020-2021\u00a0and Asia-based migrant rights activists and<br \/>\nNGOs present their research and professional observations of the complexities of<br \/>\nmigrant issues in the context of the global COVID-19 pandemic.<br \/>\nThe webinar encompasses four themes: (1)\u00a0<strong>Precarious Conditions and the<br \/>\nLegality\/Illegality Divide of Migrant Workers;<\/strong>\u00a0(2)\u00a0<strong>Multidirectional Unequal Care and<br \/>\nUnequal Rights;<\/strong>\u00a0(3)\u00a0<strong>Lawless Ocean: Fishermen at Sea<\/strong>; and (4)<strong>\u00a0Transnational Care<br \/>\nduring the Pandemic<\/strong>. It consists of six panels.<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 Panel One examines the precarious conditions and the legality\/illegality divide<br \/>\namong migrant workers within both sending and receiving countries as well as<br \/>\nin transnational spaces such as international airports.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\uf0b7 Panel Two analyzes the unequal care (e.g., healthcare) and unequal rights (e.g.,<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>the right to work) experienced by migrant workers.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\uf0b7 Panel Three, adding to Panel One\u2019s discussion on (il)legality status of migrant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>workers, examines the criminalization of undocumented migrant workers on<br \/>\nthe ground in particular countries such as Taiwan and Malaysia.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\uf0b7 Panel Four exposes the crimes against unprotected migrant fishermen who labor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>away on lawless waters.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\uf0b7 Panel Five and Six address in further detail the predicament of migrant workers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>during the COVID-19 pandemic and how they endeavor to overcome their<br \/>\ndilemmas.<\/p>\n<p>\uf0b7 Panel Six also pinpoints the need for more active and effective communication<br \/>\nbetween sending and receiving countries to improve migrant workers\u2019<br \/>\ncircumstances.<br \/>\nWith the dual theoretical-pragmatic approach, this webinar aims to elicit fruitful dialogue<br \/>\nand interventions that will enhance the rights and welfare of migrants in Asia.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Agenda &amp; Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Foreign Migrant Workers in Malaysia in the time of Covid-19<\/strong><br \/>\nYeoh Seng Guan (School of Arts and Social Sciences, Monash University)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Informality during migration, \u2018conversion\u2019 within and across national spaces:<\/strong><br \/>\neliciting moral ambivalence amongst informal brokers<br \/>\nElaine Lynn-Ee Ho (Department of Geography, NUS, Singapore)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Precarities for Motion: Lessons from COVID-19 and Aeromobilities<\/strong><br \/>\nLin Weiqiang(Department of Geography, NUS, Singapore)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Labour Migration and Migrant Rights in the Asia-Pacific<\/strong><br \/>\nJorge Tigno (Department of Political Science at the University of the Philippines \u2013<br \/>\nDiliman)<br \/>\n<strong>The rights to care: Indonesian migrant live-in care workers and their stay behind<br \/>\nchildren<\/strong><br \/>\nLiang Li-fang (Department of Sociology, National Dong-Hwa University)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Male Migrant Workers in Singapore, before and during the Pandemic<\/strong><br \/>\nDebbie Fordyce\u00a0(Transient Workers Count Too, Singapore)<br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nPandemic accommodates the possibility of better education for the stateless and<br \/>\ndisplaced communities and how to capture this in reality<\/strong><br \/>\nSiti Rahayu (Buku Jalanan Chow Kit,Malaysia)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Right to work and healthcare for refugees\u00a0\u00a0(as part of the forced migration<br \/>\ndiaspora)<\/strong><br \/>\nMahi Ramakrishnan (Beyond Border,Malaysia)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Weaponization and Criminalization of Migrant Workers\u00a0\u00a0in Malaysia\u00a0<\/strong><br \/>\nGlorene Das (Tenaganita, Malaysia)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Criminalization of undocumented workers<\/strong><br \/>\nShakirul Islam (OKUP, Bangladesh)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Criminalization of undocumented migrant in Taiwan<\/strong><br \/>\nWu Jing-ru (TIWA, Taiwan)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Criminalization of Undocumented Migrant, specifically on refugee issue in<br \/>\nIndonesia<\/strong><br \/>\nRizka Argadianti (SUAKA, Indonesia)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The seafood industry scandal uncovered by the pandemic-Who will regulate<br \/>\nships with flags of convenience?<\/strong><br \/>\nAllison Lee (Yi Lan Fishermen Union,Taiwan)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Modern Slavery at Sea<\/strong><br \/>\nTashryn Mohd Shahrin (Greenpeace, SEA branch)<\/p>\n<p><strong>The blood tears behind the folds of Tuna sandwiches: Revealing the crimes of the<br \/>\nFishing Industry on migrant fishers in the Distant Water Fishing (DWF)<\/strong><br \/>\nDina Nuriyati (Serikat Buruh Migran Indonesia(SBMI), Indonesia)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Changing the Indonesian Migrant Workers Protection\u2019s Road Map during COVID 19<\/strong><br \/>\nAnis Hidayah (Migrant Care, Indonesia)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transnational Care During The Pandemic<\/strong><br \/>\nGrace Huang Tzi-Hua (Domestic Caretakers Union Taoyuan(DCU),Taiwan)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0Workers rights and medical treatment<\/strong><br \/>\nJoanna Concepcion (Migrante International, Philippines)<\/p>\n<p>The agenda for the webinar and other information will be uploaded soon.<br \/>\nThis is a TWO-DAY online conference. Please find the time zone specifics here:<\/p>\n<p>JANUARY 13, 2021<br \/>\n10:00 AM-07:00 PM Taipei Time (GMT+8)<br \/>\n06:00 PM (12 th \u00a0Jan.)-03:00 AM (13 th \u00a0Jan.) PST<br \/>\n09:00 PM (12 th \u00a0Jan.)-06:00 AM (13 th \u00a0Jan.) EST<br \/>\n03:00 AM (13 th \u00a0Jan.)-12:00 AM (13 th \u00a0Jan.) CET<br \/>\n04:00 AM (13 th \u00a0Jan.)-13:00 AM (13 th \u00a0Jan.) SAST<br \/>\n01:00 PM (13 th \u00a0Jan.)-10:00 PM (13 th \u00a0Jan.) AEDT<br \/>\nJANUARY 14, 2021<br \/>\n10:00 AM-09:00 PM Taipei Time (GMT+8)<br \/>\n06:00 PM (13 th \u00a0Jan.)-03:00 AM (14 th \u00a0Jan.) PST<br \/>\n09:00 PM (13 th \u00a0Jan.)-06:00 AM (14 th \u00a0Jan.) EST<br \/>\n03:00 AM (14 th \u00a0Jan.)-12:00 AM (14 th \u00a0Jan.) CET<br \/>\n04:00 AM (14 th \u00a0Jan.)-13:00 AM (14 th \u00a0Jan.) SAST<br \/>\n01:00 PM (14 th \u00a0Jan.)-10:00 PM (14 th \u00a0Jan.) AEDT<\/p>\n<p>For Further information regarding CHCI-GHI 2020-2021, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ghi2021.web.nycu.edu.tw\/\">https:\/\/ghi2021.web.nycu.edu.tw\/<\/a>.<br \/>\nTo be a part of the CHCI-GHI 2020-2021 group, find us on Facebook at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/574497913413877\">CHCI-GHI 2020-2021\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\nContact:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:chci.ghi2020.nctutw@gmail.com\">chci.ghi2020.nctutw@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>ORGANIZERS:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/chcinetwork.org\/\">Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes (CHCI), US<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iccs.chss.nycu.edu.tw\/zh\/index.php\">International Center for Cultural Studies, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernsydney.edu.au\/ics\">Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University, Australia<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/fass.um.edu.my\/index\">Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Malaya, Malaysia<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifispan.pl\/\">Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/migrationcenter.mahidol.ac.th\/\">Institute for Population and Social Research, Mahidol Migration Center, Mahidol University, Thailand<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ssh.tdtu.edu.vn\/en\">Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>he webinar \u201cInterventions from the South: Theoretical Perspectives and Pragmatic Issues of Migration, Logistics and Unequal Citizens in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic\u201d is an integral part of multiple events organized by the CHCI-GLOBAL HUMANITIES INSTITUTE 2020-2021: Migration, Logistics and Unequal Citizens in Contemporary Global Context. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":51641,"template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","footnotes":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[],"class_list":["post-51640","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/transit-asia.chss.nycu.edu.tw\/GHI\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/51640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/transit-asia.chss.nycu.edu.tw\/GHI\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/transit-asia.chss.nycu.edu.tw\/GHI\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transit-asia.chss.nycu.edu.tw\/GHI\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/transit-asia.chss.nycu.edu.tw\/GHI\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/51640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transit-asia.chss.nycu.edu.tw\/GHI\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/transit-asia.chss.nycu.edu.tw\/GHI\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transit-asia.chss.nycu.edu.tw\/GHI\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51640"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/transit-asia.chss.nycu.edu.tw\/GHI\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=51640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}