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TRANSIT ASIA RESEARCH NETWORK
Our Vision
TARN is a research network dedicated to examining the profound changes and critical challenges in the complex geopolitical landscape of Asia and the wider world, including conflict, inequity, and the enduring impacts of colonial power relations. Our focus is on understanding these dynamics in the global context and investigating their contemporary significance.
Global Capitalism and Technologies of Governance
Migratory Labor, Unequal Citizens, and Critical Legal Studies
Environmental Crises and Multi-species Equality
Social Engagement and Art Intervention
News and Article
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,...
OUR EVENTS
ISSH2026 Conference: The Social in the Digital
The Social in the Digital 11-12 June, 2026 Ton Duc Thang University 19 Nguyen Huu Tho Street, Tan Phong Ward, District 7, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam The 4th International […]
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Synopsis: Digital Deception Surveillance Technologies and Information Manipulation
Digital Deception Surveillance Technologies and Information Manipulation 11-12 June, 2026 The Chip Era and Digital Governance Forum 11 📌Date and Time: January 30, 2026, from 14:00 to 16:30, Taipei Time […]
The Chip Era and Digital Governance Joint-Project Workshop
The Chip Era and Digital Governance Joint-Project Workshop 13–15 November 2025 National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan On 13–15 November 2025, the International Center for Culture Studies (ICCS) […]
Hsinchu, Taiwan
Critical Concepts Writing Workshop
Critical Concepts Writing Workshop 24–26 April 2025Nanyang Technological University Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore (NTU CCA Singapore) The Critical Concepts Writing Workshop is a key event within the project Critical Reorientation in the […]
Singapore, 108934 Singapore
The Production and Reproduction of Social Inequalities
The Production and Reproduction of Social Inequalities Date：September 20-21, 2024 (GMT+8, Taipei Time) Venue：HC201, HA Building 3, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU) & Hybrid event. Language： English Organizer： […]
Book Discussion at TARN Workshop 2024
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 […]
TARN 2024 MEETING Industry-led Operations of Capital in the 21st Century
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, […]
Bangkok, Thailand
The 3rd International Conference on Innovations in the Social Sciences and Humanities (ISSH 2024)
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 The 3rd International Conference on Innovations in […]
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Critical Curatorial Practices in the 21st Century: Public Space, New Media and Geopolitics
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 | […]
Creating Emancipatory Futures: Filmmaking and Activism
Time： March 11, 2024 1000-1300 Venue ：陽明交通大學新竹光復校區人社二館106室 R106, HA Building 2, NYCUZOOM online meeting room：https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8368......... Speaker: Valerie Soe, Professor, Asian American Studies Department at San Francisco State University, USA Valerie Soe […]
Hsinchu, 300 Taiwan
