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SUMMARY:Critical Curatorial Practices in the 21st Century: Public Space\, New Media and Geopolitics
DESCRIPTION:Speakers：Wen-Shu Lai | Professor/Director\, Institute of Applied Arts\, NYCU\, TaiwanKarin G. Oen-Lee | Senior Lecturer\, Head of Art History\, School of Humanities\, Nanyang Technological University\, Singapore Shwetal Ashvin Patel | Ph.D. Winchester School of Art\, University of Southampton\, UK \nModerator：Joyce C.H. Liu | Professor/Director\, International Center for Cultural Studies\, NYCU\, Taiwan \nDiscussants：Tammy Ko Robinson | Associate Professor\, Department of Applied Art\, Hanyang University\, S. Korea Hwa-Jen Tsai | Assistant Professor\, Institute of Social Research and Cultural Studies\, NYCU\, Taiwan \nDate & Time: 2024年4月29日 18:30-21:30 (Taipei time)Venue：Online Format：Online Forum–Zoom:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81870341834……Meeting ID: 818 7034 1834Code: 998835–*The lecture will be held in English. \nIntroduction: \nIn response to the profound transformations and complex challenges of the 21st century\, what strategies can curatorial artists employ to tackle global and local issues? What are their perspectives on curatorial practices in this era? How can curatorial practices intervene in public spaces and question history? How can contemporary new media and virtual spaces serve as mediums for curation? How can curation serve educational purposes? Are museum spaces becoming restrictive\, or do they still possess the power to shape community dynamics? Amidst the current global geopolitical changes\, can curatorial practices also consider the limitations of artists’ identity politics? To delve into these questions\, we have invited three cross-local curatorial artists to participate in this online forum\, sharing their past artistic experiences and collectively contemplating the potential dimensions of critical curation in the 21st century. We have also invited art educators to join in discussing these issues. \n– \nSpeakers and topics： \nWen-Shu Lai | Interrogative Design as a social intervention and curational method \nThe Interrogative Design\, initiated by Harvard University professor Krzysztof Wodiczko\, is a method for investigating social or political issues\, raising critical inquiries\, instead of solving problems. Through entering public spaces\, taking artistic actions\, and using people or things as living metaphors to transform specific sites into metaphorical spaces. In other words\, speakers\, spaces\, and tools serve as intermediary media to interact with participants or audiences and initiate dialogue through intermediary mechanisms. As a method or strategy\, the interrogative design conveys information through cross-disciplinary integration such as multimedia projections\, interactive installations or curation. The purpose is not to provide solutions but to raise or reveal problems behind the social or political phenomena. The praxis of Interrogative design could be seen as a curational method or approach\, an attitude\, a critical action\, or a social intervention\, thus bringing about the conditions of the invisible or the marginal voices to be seen or heard\, and triggering follow-up and \nKarin G. Oen-Lee ｜Polyphony in Practice \n21st century curatorial practices raise questions of the polyphonic: how to include diverse modes of knowledge production and discursive practice while also preserving elements of the spatio-temporal exhibition experience that resist or defy discourse. Drawing from examples at museums\, non-collecting contemporary art spaces\, pop-up non-profit spaces\, and (gasp) commercial galleries\, I will share notes on a mode of exhibition making that incorporates para-curatorial elements on equal footing with research\, programming\, and collaborations with individuals and institutions. How can podcasts\, publications\, and educational programmes (short-form\, long-form\, informal\, and formal) provide entry points for curatorial practitioners who have non-traditional backgrounds? And how can connoisseurship or object-based practices evolve alongside the diffuse notion of “experience” in exhibition-making? Beginning with a deep dive into four different curatorial projects involving ceramics in and ending with four curatorial projects related to new media practices\, this presentation will showcase examples of the vexed issues of working in the conceptual space of the curatorial while simultaneously inhabiting the practical space of project management and coalition building in the virtual and material space of the global art world. \nShwetal A Patel\, PhD ｜Soft Power & New Cold War/s \nThe recent expansion of BRICS (​​a grouping of the world economies of Brazil\, Russia\, India\, China\, and South Africa) centring six additional countries to the geopolitical grouping\, portents to a new era of rising soft-powers from West Asia\, South & South East Asia\, Latin America and Africa. For the better part of the European colonial project beginning in the 15th century\, international cultural exchange was primarily choreographed and controlled by a small group of powerful countries. Arguably\, a seismic shift began from the 1980s onwards as the US became the sole dominant global economic and military power. Today\, as the cultural sector attempts to tackle the unprecedented challenges that demand collective multilateral efforts\, the established norms of international cultural relations are undergoing yet another transformation in an age reminiscent of the Cold War (circa 1947 – 1991). This lecture-workshop provides students and practitioners with tools to investigate the aforementioned multi-polar geopolitical moment and provides an opportunity to think together about the limits of identity politics along with the application of ​​United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights within this paradigm shift. This epochal transition also mirrors the growing diversification of the art world\, reshaped by the dynamic interplay of multiple soft-powers in an age of hyper financialisation and hyper connectivity. Given these complex and evolving scenarios\, the lecture-workshop speculates on the ethical considerations for practitioners in the field. \n– \nBios ： \nWen-Shu Lai\, an academic and artist\, earned MA and MFA degrees in Art and Design\, later achieving a Doctoral degree in Art Education from the University of Iowa. Her teaching tenure began at Angelo State University\, Texas\, where she taught Art from 2001 to 2004. Currently\, Lai holds key roles at the National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University in Taiwan. She is a professor and director at the Institute of Applied Arts\, leads the Interrogative transArt Lab\, and contributes significantly to the NYCU Sixth Fuel Factory team. Additionally\, she engages as a researcher at the International Institute for Cultural Studies at NYCU. In her artistic pursuit\, Lai focuses on ontological inquiries\, exploring the essence of existence. She served as a visiting scholar at UC Berkeley in 2016. Her research interests span a wide artistic spectrum\, encompassing Art Intervention\, Cross-disciplinary Arts\, Interrogative Design\, Hermeneutic Theory\, Phantom Narratives\, and Artist’s Books. Lai’s diverse approach underscores her commitment to investigating the intersections of art\, culture\, and interpretation. \nWeb Site: https://wendylai.lab.nycu.edu.tw/ \nKarin G. Oen-Lee is a curator and art historian based in Singapore where she is Senior Lecturer and Head of Department\, Art History\, at Nanyang Technological University’s School of Humanities. She works on historical\, modern\, and contemporary creative practices related to the transcultural and the transmediatic. Recently\, Karin was Deputy Director of Curatorial Programmes at NTU CCA Singapore and co-editor with Ute Meta Bauer and Tan Boon Hui of the 2022 book SEA: Contemporary Art in Southeast Asia. She previously served as associate curator of contemporary art at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco where her exhibition projects included teamLab: Continuity (2021)\, Haroon Mirza: The Night Journey (2018)\, and Koki Tanaka: Potters and Poets (2016). Prior to her time in San Francisco\, Oen was a curator at the Crow Museum of Asian Art in Dallas. She received her BA from Stanford\, MA from Christie’s New York\, and PhD in the history\, theory\, and criticism of art and architecture from MIT\, where her dissertation focused on experimental new media practices in early Reform Era China. She is a board member of The Institutum\, a Singapore-based nonprofit dedicated to contemporary art education and outreach; and iPress\, a non-profit publisher of books on architecture\, urbanism\, and social space founded in Boston in 1970. \nWeb Site: https://dr.ntu.edu.sg/cris/rp/rp01883 \nShwetal Ashvin Patel is a writer and researcher practising at the intersection of visual art\, exhibition-making and development studies. He works internationally–– primarily in Europe and South Asia–– and is a founding member of Kochi-Muziris Biennale in India\, responsible for international partnerships and programmes. He holds a practice-based PhD from Winchester School of Art\, University of Southampton\, where his thesis was titled ‘Biennale Practices: Making and Sustaining Visual Art Platforms’. He is a guest lecturer at Zürich University of the Arts\, Royal College of Art\, and Exeter University\, besides being an editorial board member at OnCurating.org and a trustee at Milton Keynes Museum and Coventry Biennial. He lives between United Kingdom\, Belgium and India. \nWebsite: https://www.gazette-drouot.com/……/dr……/23794 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n–主辦單位 Organizer：國立陽明交通大學文化研究國際中心ICCS-NYCU子計畫六「藝術介入與社會行動」MOE-SPROUT 2.0\, Sub-project 6: SocialiIntervention and Artistic ProductionTransit Asia Research Network (TARN)  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n 
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SUMMARY:The 3rd International Conference on Innovations in the Social Sciences and Humanities (ISSH 2024)
DESCRIPTION:Date: July 26th – 27th\, 2024Conference Venue: Ton Duc Thang UniversityAddress: 19 Nguyen Huu Tho Street\, Tan Phong Ward\, District 7\, Ho Chi Minh City\, VietnamEmail: issh2024@tdtu.edu.vn \nThe 3rd International Conference on Innovations in the Social Sciences and Humanities (ISSH 2024) is our 3rd international conference after second successful conferences. This conference is organized by University of Melbourne (Australia); Kaunas University Technology (Lithuania); Higher School of Economics University (Russia); Jadavpur University (India); London Metropolitan University (UK); Gampaha Wickramarachchi University of Indigenous Medicine (Sri Lanka); and Walailak University (Thailand). \nThe main topics of the conference include but not limited to: \n\n\nInnovations and social change in the global context– Social Structure;– Social Development;– Migration;– New Communications and Media Anthropology.\nInnovations in Tourism– Human and Cultural Resources in Tourism;– New Forms of Tourism;– Trends in Tourism Management;– Digital tourism.\nInnovations in Social Work– Training and practicing social work;– Social work service;– Social work responses to new social problems.
URL:https://transit-asia.chss.nycu.edu.tw/tarn/event/the-3rd-international-conference-on-innovations-in-the-social-sciences-and-humanities-issh-2024/
LOCATION:Ton Duc Thang University\, 19 Nguyen Huu Tho Street\, Tan Phong Ward\, District 7\, Ho Chi Minh City\, Viet Nam
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SUMMARY:TARN 2024 MEETING  Industry-led Operations of Capital in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:The “Chip War” (Chris Miller\, 2023)\, a battle for the world’s most critical technology and the new Nomos of the earth\, has emerged as the contemporary form of the Cold War. Chips\, as the material foundation and infrastructure\, perform a myriad of functions including algorithms\, computation\, design\, differentiation\, documentation\, memory\, execution\, and automation. As the core driver of the entire system\, chips have propelled all digital-related industries into the age of AI. \nDigital industries are not merely endorsed but are actively demanded by states. On the other hand\, industry has accelerated its own pace in capital operations\, reshaping the logistics and infrastructure of the production-supply chain\, and dramatically altering the global geopolitical landscape. As Heidegger articulated a century ago\, modern technology can be understood as the Gestell\, a gigantic frame and apparatus\, challenging\, gathering\, and ordering humanity to proceed as if destined\, extracting natural and human resources. However\, the digitalized automatic technology of the 21st century\, disguised as innovative development\, has quickened its pace and penetrated all aspects of our lives. \nThrough this workshop\, we intend to examine the profound changes and critical challenges in the complex geopolitical landscape of Asia and the wider world\, including conflicts\, inequities\, and the enduring impacts of colonial power relations. Our focus is on understanding these dynamics in a global context and investigating their contemporary significance. \nMORE
URL:https://transit-asia.chss.nycu.edu.tw/tarn/event/tarn-2024-meeting-industry-led-operations-of-capital-in-the-21st-century/
LOCATION:Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)\, Bangkok\, Thailand\, 58 Moo 9\, Km 42\, Paholyothin Highway\, Khlong Luang\, Pathumthani\, Bangkok\, Thailand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Center on Gender and Forced Displacement (CGFD)":MAILTO:monira@ait.ac.th
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SUMMARY:Book Discussion at TARN Workshop 2024
DESCRIPTION:The Center on Gender and Forced Displacement is excited to invite you to an insightful book discussion in collaboration with the Transit Asia Research Network (TARN)\, the International Center for Cultural Studies (ICCS)\, and the Mahanirban Calcutta Research Group (CRG)! \nDate: August 2\, 2024Time: 4:30 PM – 6:00 PM (Bangkok Time)Location: Training Room\, AIT Library\, Asian Institute of Technology\, Bangkok\, Thailand \nBook Discussion Highlights: \nIn “Border as Method” by Prof. Sandro Mezzadra and Prof. Brett Neilson\, we will explore the complexities of borders\, a groundbreaking examination of how borders operate and influence global dynamics. This discussion will delve into the intricate ways in which borders affect political\, social\, and economic systems globally. \nAlso we will delve into the struggles of marginalized communities in “The Marginal Nation” by Prof. Ranabir Samaddar\, a profound exploration of the multiple nuances of migration that shows how the marginal becomes central. This discussion aims to highlight the challenges and resilience of marginalized communities and their significant impact on broader societal dynamics. \nTo Register: https://forms.gle/aKkXvDhFBBBtQsor6 \nTo Join Us Online: Click Here \nMeeting ID: 862 5212 3489 \nPasscode: 202785 \nWe look forward to your participation in this engaging discussion and your valuable insights into these critical works. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions or need further information (sristy.sen@gmail.com). \nTARN 2024 MEETING MORE
URL:https://transit-asia.chss.nycu.edu.tw/tarn/event/tarn-bangkok-book-discussion/
LOCATION:Training Room\, AIT Library\, Asian Institute of Technology\, Bangkok\, Thailand
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ORGANIZER;CN="Center on Gender and Forced Displacement (CGFD)":MAILTO:monira@ait.ac.th
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SUMMARY:The Production and Reproduction of Social Inequalities
DESCRIPTION:The Production and Reproduction of Social Inequalities\n\n\n\n\n\nDate：September 20-21\, 2024 (GMT+8\, Taipei Time)\nVenue：HC201\, HA Building 3\, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) & Hybrid event.\nLanguage： English\nOrganizer： International Center for Cultural Studies\, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University.　Social Inequalities Research Unit (SIRU)\, University of Cologne.　Africa-China Research Network\, Academia Sinica.\nRegistration Link：https://forms.gle/M4iEY7g1LkwsuKZDA\nRegistration Deadline: September 13\n\n\n\n\n\nOver the past decade\, research on social inequalities has witnessed significant growth\, shedding light on the enduring and expanding nature of global inequality. This research has increasingly become interdisciplinary\, encompassing diverse fields like sociology\, health\, and environmental studies\, while also adopting an intersectional perspective. While traditional approaches centered on income or education\, contemporary studies delve into understanding how elements such as gender\, race\, ethnicity\, and geographical location play pivotal roles in shaping the uneven allocation of resources and opportunities.\n\n\n\nIn East Asia\, a series of “economic miracles” have occurred since the Second World War\, starting with Japan\, followed by the “Four Asian Tigers\,” and culminating with the People’s Republic of China. These economic success stories have contributed to a statistical reduction in global inequality. Similarly\, South and Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam\, India\, Indonesia\, and the Philippines have experienced similar patterns of rapid economic growth; and in Africa\, countries such as Ethiopia have attempted to join the next wave by adopting ostensibly similar policies.\n\n\n\nHowever\, this process of economic development has not been without its challenges. In certain instances\, the pursuit of economic progress has led to the creation of peripheries characterized by racialized and gendered migrant labor\, as well as the marginalization of indigenous communities\, whose labor and land have been exploited to support the growth of industries. This has resulted in the displacement of populations and exacerbated unequal living conditions.\n\n\n\nChina has been widely recognized as the “factory of the world\,” playing a significant role in global manufacturing and trade. Nevertheless\, during times of uncertain transitions\, other countries or region in the global South may also emerge as potential centers of production. The generation of displaced populations and unequal living conditions can be attributed\, in part\, to state-led policies and the dynamics of global capitalism. Government policies may prioritize economic growth and attract foreign investments\, often leading to the exploitation of cheap labor and natural resources. This pursuit of profit can exacerbate social disparities and displace vulnerable communities. Furthermore\, global hierarchies are a common feature of the political economy of global capitalism. As economic power concentrates in certain regions or countries\, it tends to perpetuate existing inequalities and create new ones. These hierarchies can shift over time\, but the overall structure of economic dominance and exploitation remains.\n\n\n\nThe workshop revolves around the visit of researchers from the University of Cologne’s “The Production and Reproduction of Social Inequalities” research unit to Taiwan. It seeks to understand why endeavors to enhance equality often lead to enduring disparities. The main objective is to promote dialogue between the Cologne researchers and Taiwan-based scholars and students working on inequality. This two-day event\, hosted at the International Center for Cultural Studies at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University\, will primarily explore conceptual frameworks and methodologies for studying inequality. It will particularly focus on migrant labor\, human trafficking\, indigeneity\, statelessness\, and the role of the political economy of capitalism in shaping social inequalities in Asian countries and the global South during the 21st century. Additionally\, the workshop will investigate potential projects related to alternative relationality and solidarities from below.\n\nFind the agenda HERE
URL:https://transit-asia.chss.nycu.edu.tw/tarn/event/the-production-and-reproduction-of-social-inequalities/
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SUMMARY:Critical Concepts Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Critical Concepts Writing Workshop\n\n24–26 April 2025Nanyang Technological University Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (NTU CCA Singapore)\n \nThe Critical Concepts Writing Workshop is a key event within the project Critical Reorientation in the Age of Digital Technology: Intersections between Human Craft\, Geopolitics\, and Artistic Intervention\, and is part of the CHCI Initiative: Human Craft in the Age of Digital Technologies. \nThe Workshop invites 22 senior and early-career researchers to develop a book of 100 critical concepts collaboratively. Preparatory online meetings will be held before the workshop in Singapore to set up the collective writing. During the on-site Workshop\, participants will engage in “book sprints” to produce interdisciplinary entries in text\, images\, drawings\, and code\, fostering alternative knowledge production and experimental approaches to conceptualisation. \nMORE
URL:https://transit-asia.chss.nycu.edu.tw/tarn/event/critical-concepts-writing-workshop/
LOCATION:Nanyang Technological University Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (NTU CCA Singapore)\, Block 6 Lock Rd\, #01-09/10 Gillman Barracks\, Singapore\, 108934\, Singapore
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251113
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251116
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SUMMARY:The Chip Era and Digital Governance Joint-Project Workshop
DESCRIPTION:The Chip Era and Digital Governance Joint-Project Workshop\n13–15 November 2025\nNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University\, Hsinchu\, Taiwan\n \nOn 13–15 November 2025\, the International Center for Culture Studies (ICCS) at National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) and the Trans-Asia Research Network (TARN) convened The Chip Era and Digital Governance workshop. Held in Hsinchu\, the global nexus of semiconductor manufacturing\, the event marked a critical juncture in a transnational research initiative designed to interrogate the material foundations of the contemporary world order. Crucially\, the programme grounded high-level theory in industrial reality through strategically timed field visits. The workshop commenced with a tour of the Nano Facility Center at NYCU\, which immediately preceded a special address by Jack Sun\, former CTO of TSMC. Sun’s technical and strategic insights provided a vital industrial context for the academic debates that followed. This engagement with the physical infrastructure of the “chip era” concluded on the final day with a separate visit to the TSMC Innovation Museum\, further immersing scholars in the logistical complexities that underpin the digital economy. \nMORE
URL:https://transit-asia.chss.nycu.edu.tw/tarn/event/the-chip-era-and-digital-governance-joint-project-workshop/
LOCATION:National Yangming Chiao Tung University\, 1001 University Road\, Hsinchu\, Taiwan\, Hsinchu\, Taiwan
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SUMMARY:Synopsis: Digital Deception   Surveillance Technologies and Information Manipulation
DESCRIPTION:Digital Deception\n\nSurveillance Technologies and Information Manipulation\n  \n11-12 June\, 2026\nThe Chip Era and Digital Governance Forum 11\n\n📌Date and Time: January 30\, 2026\, from 14:00 to 16:30\, Taipei Time (GMT+8)📌Format: Online📌Online meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/qzz-pn…📌Forum Language: English \n📌Synopsis \nDigital technologies reshape the governance techniques as well as social patterns and habits. The recent promotion of smart cities or safe cities as an obvious step in the creation of a safer\, more just\, sustainable\, and convenient future seems an ideal and obvious choice for the states. \nHowever\, urban surveillance technologies\, a part of smart cities\, are endorsed under the premise of fighting crime and making a safer environment. While certainly there is an element of perceived safety due to the omnipresence of the public surveillance cameras\, the features such as facial recognition technology and data collection are often not mentioned to the public. Additionally\, the technological cooperations among countries generate possibilities for expansion of foreign geopolitical and socio-economic implications\, including those around privacy\, national sovereignty\, and citizens’ rights. The withholding of certain information regarding the architecture of digital technologies and their origin could be interpreted as information manipulation. \nWhy are certain pieces of information withheld from the public? What are the risks of global technological cooperation and the digital expansion of foreign countries in various regions? Do smart cities with surveillance technologies protect citizens or give the state more control? These are just some of the issues that we hope to address. \n📌Speakers \nWho’s Watching? Digital Surveillance in Governance and How It Affects Us \n💬Jonas Lund-Tønnesen \nResearcher\, Department of Government\, University of Bergen\, Norway \nJonas Lund-Tønnesen holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Oslo\, Norway. His research focuses on digitalization of the public sector\, including artificial intelligence\, digital surveillance\, and digital changes in organizations. Lund-Tønnesen’s recent work explores the role of digital surveillance in governance\, and the effects surveillance has on citizens’ behavior and attitudes in different settings\, such as during a crisis and in the workplace. \nSurveillance Creep in South Africa’s ‘Not-So-Safe’ Cities \n💬Heidi Swart \nInvestigative Journalist\, South African \nHeidi Swart is a South African freelance investigative journalist. She writes about espionage\, security\, surveillance\, and data privacy issues in both the public and private spheres. She’s written extensively about illegal government surveillance\, interception technologies\, cyberspying and cybersecurity\, risks to critical communications infrastructure\, social media monitoring\, data mining\, video surveillance\, artificial intelligence in surveillance\, biometrics\, and the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on surveillance practices. \nSynthetic Lies: How Deepfakes Reshape Power\, Participation\, and Public Trust in Democratic Systems \n💬Maria Pawelec \nResearch Associate\, International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW)\, University of Tübingen\, Germany \nMaria Pawelec is a Research Associate at the International Center for Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities (IZEW) at the University of Tübingen. She has a background in political science and works on technology and media ethics. Her research interests include new technologies and democracy\, AI ethics\, deepfakes\, disinformation\, technology and platform governance. \n📌OrganizerInternational Center for Cultural Studies (ICCS)\, National Yang-Ming Chiao Tung UniversitySubproject II: The Chip Era and Digital Governance (Principal Investigator: Joyce C.H. Liu) \n📌Funding SourceHigher Education Sprout Project\, Ministry of Education (MOE) in TaiwanMOE-SPROUT 2.0\, Conflict\, Justice\, Decolonization: Asia in Transition in the 21st Century \nICCS Director and Principal Investigator: Joyce C.H. Liu \n✴️Research Cluster｜Sub-project 2: The Chip Era and Digital Governance \n✴️Principal Investigator｜Joyce C.H. Liu
URL:https://transit-asia.chss.nycu.edu.tw/tarn/event/synopsis-digital-deception-surveillance-technologies-and-information-manipulation/
LOCATION:Google Meet
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SUMMARY:ISSH2026 Conference: The Social in the Digital
DESCRIPTION:The Social in the Digital\n11-12 June\, 2026\nTon Duc Thang University\n19 Nguyen Huu Tho Street\, Tan Phong Ward\, District 7\, Ho Chi Minh City\, Vietnam \n \nThe 4th International Conference on Innovations in the Social Sciences and Humanities (ISSH 2026) is the fourth edition of our international conference series\, following three previously successful events. This conference is organized by Ton Duc Thang University in Vietnam\, University of Melbourne in Australia; National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University in Taiwan; Jadavpur University in India; Wako University in Japan; Gampaha Wickramarachchi University of Indigenous Medicine in Sri Lanka; Nueva Vizcaya State University in Philippines; Oakton Community College in USA; Centre for Research in Policy\, Communication and Society in India; TARN-Transit Asia Research Network in Taiwan. \n\nImportant Dates \n\nAbstract Submission: 31st January 2026.\nNotification of paper acceptance: 28th February 2026.\nFull paper submission: 5th April 2026.\nRegistration and payment: 10th April 2026.\nConference dates: 11th & 12th of June 2026.\n\nREGISTRATION \nConference Fee \n\nAuthors (Direct): 150 USD/ paper\nAuthors (Mater student/ PhD Candidate): 100 USD/ paper\nAuthors (Student): 50 USD/ paper\nFrom Sponsoring Institutions: 50% of Registration fee\nCo-authors (Direct): 75 USD/ person\nListener: free\n\nNote: \nThe registration fee does not include bank transfer or transaction charges. All transfer fees must be borne by the participant. \nPlease contact us regarding childcare as needed. We will arrange care in consultation and according to your needs. \nSUBMISSION PROCESS \nSubmission process and basis for inclusion [via Link on website when ready] \n\nAbstracts of approximately 200 words are required for all manuscripts submitted.\nAuthors are invited to submit unpublished\, original work as full conference paper of 2\,500 to at most 3\,500 words including abstract and references.\nManuscripts should be compiled in the following order: title page (including acknowledgements as well as Funding and grant-awarding bodies); abstract; keywords; main text; references; appendices (as appropriate); table(s) with caption(s) (on individual pages); figure caption(s) (as a list).\nEach manuscript should include 5 to 6 keywords.\nConference languages: English\nAll submitted abstracts/ papers will go through a blind peer review process and those accepted will be published in conference proceedings.\nPlease send your abstract and a short bionote to the conference email: issh2026@tdtu.edu.vn\n\n\nMORE
URL:https://transit-asia.chss.nycu.edu.tw/tarn/event/issh2026-conference-the-social-in-the-digital/
LOCATION:Ton Duc Thang University\, 19 Nguyen Huu Tho Street\, Tan Phong Ward\, District 7\, Ho Chi Minh City\, Viet Nam
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SUMMARY:2026 TARN Meeting (Kyung Hee University\, Korea)
DESCRIPTION:2026 TARN Meeting\n\nChip Era: Governance\, Infrastructure\, Labour\, Mobility\n \nGlobal Campus\, Kyung Hee University\, Korea \nDates: 4–6 September 2026\nThe 2026 TARN Meeting will be held from 4th to 6th September 2026 at the Global Campus\, Kyung Hee University\, Korea. Jointly organised by the Transit Asia Research Network (TARN)\, the Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies (CCCS)\, Kyung Hee University\, and the International Center for Cultural Studies\, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University\, the Meeting is conceived as a mid-term sharing and commenting session for a collaborative two-volume book project examining how semiconductors\, as the foundation of digital infrastructures\, are reshaping geopolitics\, governance\, labour\, and capital in the twenty-first century. Participants will present the progress of their respective chapters\, with the collective aim of submitting full manuscripts by the end of 2026. \nThe project comprises two volumes published under the Routledge Studies on Think Asia series: \nVolume I: The Chip Era: Digital Governance and the Infrastructural Reordering of Sovereignty in Asia and Beyond \nVolume II: Digital Enclosures in the Chip Era: Labour\, Mobility\, and Infrastructural Precarity \n\nParticipants\n\n\n\nName\nTitle\nAffiliation\n\n\nBrett Neilson\nProfessor\nInstitute for Culture and Society\, Western Sydney University\, Australia\n\n\nSandro Mezzadra\nProfessor\nDepartment of the Arts\, University of Bologna\, Italy\n\n\nNed Rossiter\nProfessor\nInstitute for Culture and Society\, Western Sydney University\, Australia\n\n\nAlex Taek-Gwang Lee\nProfessor\nDepartment of British and American Culture Studies\, Kyung Hee University\, South Korea\n\n\nWei-I Lee\nChief Editor\nVoices of Photography\n\n\nJoyce C. H. Liu\nProfessor / Director\nInternational Centre for Cultural Studies\, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University\, Taiwan\n\n\nMegha Shrivastava\nAssistant Professor\nPES University\, India\n\n\nJagannath Panda\nProfessor\nInstitute for Security and Development Policy\, Sweden\n\n\nRoger Chi-Feng Liu\n Assistant Professor\nNational Sun Yat-Sen University\, Taiwan\n\n\nNguyen Thi Trang\n Assistant Professor\nFaculty of History\, Thai Nguyen University of Education\, Vietnam\n\n\nPawan Adhikari\nResearch Fellow\nCentre for Social Innovation and Foreign Policy (CESIF)\, Nepal\n\n\nLungani Nelson Hlongwa\nPostdoctoral Fellow\nInternational Centre for Cultural Studies\, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University\, Taiwan\n\n\nJasmin Dall’Agnola\nSenior Research and Teaching Associate\nMedia and Internet Governance\, IKMZ\, University of Zurich\n\n\nKatarzyna Szpargała\nPhD Candidate\nInstitute of Social Research and Cultural Studies\, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University\, Taiwan\n\n\nLou Mo\nArtist and Curator\nn/a\n\n\nMusquiqui Chihying\nArtist\, Researcher\, and Experimental Film Director\nn/a\n\n\nRanabir Samaddar\nProfessor / Director\nMahanirban Calcutta Research Group\, Kolkata\, India\n\n\nMonika Verma\nMSCA Researcher\nDepartment of Asian Studies\, Faculty of Arts\, Palacký University Olomouc\n\n\nTzu-Kai Liu\nAssistant Professor\nDepartment of Ethnology\, National Chengchi University\, Taiwan\n\n\nDolma Tsering\nPostdoctoral Fellow\nInternational Centre for Cultural Studies\, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University\, Taiwan\n\n\nMaidul Islam\nProfessor of Political Science\nCentre for Studies in Social Sciences\, Calcutta\, India\n\n\nQi Li\nPhD Candidate / Researcher\nInstitute of Social Research and Cultural Studies / International Centre for Cultural Studies\, NYCU\, Taiwan\n\n\nPoonam Sharma\nPostdoctoral Fellow\nInternational Centre for Cultural Studies\, NYCU\, Taiwan\n\n\nNguyen Nu Nguyet Anh\nProfessor\nFaculty of Sociology\, University of Social Sciences and Humanities\, Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City\, Vietnam\n\n\nYu-Fan Chiu\nAssociate Professor\nSchool of Law\, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University\, Taiwan\n\n\nLisa Yuk-ming Leung\nProfessor\nDepartment of Cultural Studies\, Lingnan University\, Hong Kong\n\n\nNgai Keung Chan\nAssistant Professor\nThe Chinese University of Hong Kong\, Hong Kong\n\n\nAbhijit Roy\nProfessor / Chair\nDepartment of Film Studies\, Jadavpur University / Centre for Research in Policy\, Communication and Society\, Kolkata\n\n\nRafał Smoczyński\nHead of Religious Studies Department\nInstitute of Philosophy and Sociology\, Polish Academy of Sciences\n\n\nManuela Bojadzijev\nProfessor / Director\nInstitute for European Ethnology and Berlin Institute for Migration Studies\, Humboldt-University of Berlin\, Germany\n\n\nSabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury\nProfessor\nMahanirban Calcutta Research Group\, Kolkata\, India\n\n\nKo-Lun Chen\nPostdoctoral Fellow\nInternational Centre for Cultural Studies\, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University\, Taiwan\n\n\n\n 
URL:https://transit-asia.chss.nycu.edu.tw/tarn/event/2026-tarn-meeting-kyung-hee-university-korea/
LOCATION:Global Campus\, Kyung Hee University\, Korea
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