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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...
Labour conditions and its (de)colonisation in Thailand
KWOK Man Yee, Sophie, Master’s student of Inter-Asia Cultural Studies Program, National Tsing Hua UniversityThis panel starts with Sirijit Sunanta’s presentation titled “Gendered opportunities and constraints of low-end wellness and recreational tourism workers in...
Beyond Borders: Prof. Paula Banerjee’s Illuminating Discourse on Human Trafficking and Statelessness in Contemporary India
Event Title: Decolonization in the 21st Century Lecture Title - The Conundrum of Trafficking and Statelessness in India Speaker - Prof. Paula Banerjee, IDRC Endowed Chair and Director of Center on Gender and Forced Displacement, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand...
Contours of Responsibility: Prof. Ranabir Samaddar’s Illuminating Discourse on the Practical Ethics of Accountability and Protection
Event Title: Decolonization in the 21st Century Keynote Title – Practical Ethics of Responsibility and Protection Speaker - Prof. Ranabir Samaddar, Distinguished Chair in Migration and Forced Migration Studies, Calcutta Research Group, Kolkata, India. Date：10 August...