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30 Minute Methods TDTU, VSA (Sth) and TARN 2023-2024
The 30-minute Methods seminar series invites noted scholars to present their insights on new and pressing sociological approaches. In 2023-2024, the series is a collaboration between the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities of Ton Duc Thang University (TDTU), the...
Field notes of the port trip in Taiwan
Reported by Aubrey Fanani, Chang Wen-Chi, Jonathan Parhusip, and Qi Li Following the 2023 ACS Institute “De-colonization in the 21st Century”, the International Center for Cultural Studies (ICCS) organized a four-day excursion to southern Taiwan to investigate the...
PRESENTING XR: REENACTING REALITY, RECONNECTING SOCIETY
Reported by Aubrey Kandelila Fanani, MA Student, IACS-NYCUIntroductionXR (extended reality), a term to refer to Virtual reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR), has attracted artists to engage with it, not only game developers but also filmmakers,...
DOCUMENTA 15: A DISAGREEMENT
Reported by Aubrey Kandelila Fanani, MA Student, IACS-NYCUIntroductionBeginning in 1955, Documenta, which took place in Kassel, Germany, became one of the most prestigious contemporary art exhibitions. The last Documenta 15 started on June 18 and ended on September...
Rethink Hygiene and Environmental Problems (Via Our Shit)
Speaker: Dr. Daren Shi-chi Leung (Research Assistant Professor at Department of Cultural Studies, Lingnan University, Hong Kong.) Date: August 12, 2023 Location: ACS Institute, International Center for Cultural Studies, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University,...
Roundtable: Decolonizing Multi-species Entanglements in Taiwan
Author: GUO,QING-ROU，Institute of Social Research and Cultural Studies, NYCUIntroductionThe roundtable talking about multi-species studies and the multi-species relationships in indigenous communities in Taiwan. All of speakers have worked with multi-species...
Policy Ghosts and Decolonisation in the 21st Century (keynote)
Author: GUO,QING-ROU，Institute of Social Research and Cultural Studies, NYCUIntroductionTess Lea is an anthropologist who specializes in the analysis of indigenous navigation, settler colonial policies and military position extraction. Her most recent book is called...
Survivance and settler-colonialism in Palestine beyond national independence
KWOK Man Yee, Sophie, Master’s student of Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Program, National Tsing Hua UniversityIn this talk, Salih brings together a number of strands of her recent work on the reflection upon decolonial politics. Under the framework of decolonizing,...
Decentering automated decision-making and platformization: challenges posed by algorithmic power
KWOK Man Yee, Sophie, Master’s student of Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Program, National Tsing Hua UniversityThe plenary consists of three parts, starting with Heather Horst’s remark, followed by the presentations by Cheryl Ruth Soriano and then Adam Sargent. This talk...
“Re-coupling Site” of Social Media and Workplace: Disrupting the Positionality of Female Workers and Recharging New Class and Gendered Digital Subjects
Hei Yuen White PakPhD Student, Department of English, National Taiwan Normal University Focusing on digital technologies and spaces as platforms of resistance against social marginalization and job exploitation, Ngai Pun articulates the predicaments confronting...
“One Belt One Road”and Ordinary Lives: Views from Cultural Studies
Speaker: Fan Yang (Associate Professor, Department of Media and Communication Studies, University of Maryland, Baltimore County) Date: August 12, 2023 Location: ACS Institute, International Center for Cultural Studies, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University,...
Migration, Racial Minorities and Gig Labor: Of “Visibilities” and “Mobilities”
Hei Yuen White PakPhD Student, Department of English, National Taiwan Normal UniversityTaking a social justice perspective and juxtaposing race studies, labor studies and media studies, Lisa Yuk-Ming Leung investigates the struggles confronting racial minority gig...