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Letter of Welcome
From the Chairman of the International Academic Forum’s International Advisory Board& The Chairman of IAFOR Japan
Dear Colleagues,
Welcome to the inaugural Asian Conference on Cultural Studies, and the inaugural Asian Conference
on Asian Studies, held jointly this year.
The aim of this event is to provide an opportunity for academics and scholars to meet and exchange
ideas and views in a forum encouraging respectful dialogue. This international event will bring
together a number of university scholars working throughout Japan, Asia, and beyond to share theirresearch.
We have been very impressed by the range and quality of submissions received from the open call for
papers, from authors all over the world, and representing many disciplines and approaches. We areconfident that everyone will find reason to be intellectually challenged and inspired by the work offellow members of the global academic community.
We encourage you, as academics working throughout the world, to forge friendships and working
relationships with other participants across national, religious and disciplinary borders.
It is in this spirit of friendship and international cooperation, that we express our warmest regards toevery participant.
We hope you enjoy the conference,Yours truly,

S.D.B. Picken

Takayuki Yamada

The Reverend Professor Stuart D. B Picken
Order of the Sacred Treasure, M.A. Hons, B.D., Ph.D., F.R.A.S.
Chairman, Japan Society of Scotland
Founding Chairman of the IAFOR International Advisory Board
Takayui Yamada
Chairman, IAFOR Japan

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Letter of Welcome
From the Executive Director of the International Academic Forum

Dear Colleagues:
Welcome to the inaugural Asian Conference on Cultural Studies, this year held alongside the first
Asian Conference on Asian Studies. I am delighted that these two complementary events have been
supported by the international academic community, and trust that you will take pride in being among
the first participants.
I am excited by the scope of the papers, and by the number of different nationalities and cultures
represented here. I look forward to being challenged by new perspectives and ideas, and to meeting allof youThe conference will be enhanced through its wide variety of presenters, who will draw on their diverse
experiences and knowledges and on their academic, personal and geographical contexts, in a
programme that promises exciting and challenging discussion. The speakers will be expressing
divergent views, searching for common ground, and creating the synergies that can inspire multidisciplinary collaborations.
I have no doubt that we will all be able to use the time spent at this conference for intellectual
discovery and for the development of collaborative links and connections between the researchers,
academics, scholars and practitioners who are attending.
I strongly encourage your active engagement with this conference, and very much look forward tomeeting you and to continuing the work of ACCS/ACAS into the future.

Respectfully,
Joe Haldane

Dr Joseph Haldane,
B.A. Hons., Ph.D., F.R.A.S.
Executive Director, The International Academic Forum

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General Information for Conference Participants
Information and Registration
The ACCS/ACAS 2011 Registration and Information Desk will be situated in the Kiku base room on the second floor, and will
be open at the following times:
Wednesday, March 23
Thursday, March 24
Friday, March 25

15:00-17:00
8:00-8:45 & 12:00-18:00
9:00-18:00

For those people wishing to pay on the day, please note that we will not be able to process credit cards.
Conference Plenary Session: Thursday 9:15-12:00
The Plenary session will be held on Thursday morning, with the event beginning promptly at 9:15 in the Sakura room. Pleasearrive in good time if you wish to attend the session. There will be a mid-morning interval with refreshments served.
Parallel Speaker Sessions
Parallel Sessions will run on Thursday afternoon, and on Friday throughout the day, and are organized into streams. Sessions areusually 90 minutes in length, and normally include two or three presenters. Exceptionally there may be four presenters to asession, and the session length is increased accordingly to 120 minutes.
ThursdaySession 1: 13:00-14:30
Session 2: 14:45-16:45 (Extended Session)

FridaySession 1: 9:00-10:30
Session 2: 10:45-12:15
Session 3: 13:45-15:15
Session 4: 15:30-17:00

Presentations and Equipment
All presentation rooms are equipped with a screen, an LCD projector, and a Macbook laptop computer installed with PowerPoint
software. You will be able to insert your USB flash drive or CD into the computer and double click on your presentation to open
it in PowerPoint. We recommend that you bring two copies of your presentation in the case that one fails. There will also be alaser pointer.
If you are uncomfortable using the Macbook, you may also link your own laptop computer to the projector cable, however if you
use your own Mac please ensure you have the requisite connector.
If needed, small speakers will be available. Please request the speakers before your session, and a member of staff will ensurethat they are installed before your session.
Session Chairs
Session Chairs are asked to introduce themselves and other speakers (briefly), and ensure that the session begins and ends ontime, and that the time is divided fairly between the presentations (see below). Each presenter should have no less than 30
minutes in which to present his or her paper, and respond to any questions. We recommend 20 minutes for your paper and 10
minutes for Q and A.
A Polite Request to All ParticipantsParticipants are requested to arrive in a timely fashion for all addresses, whether to their own, or to those of other presenters.
Presenters are reminded that the time slots should be divided fairly and equally between the number of presentations, and thatthey should not overrun. The session chair is asked to assume this timekeeping role.
Poster Sessions & Poster Requirements
The ACAS Poster Sessions will be held on Thursday in the Kiku base room between 16:30 and 17:30. The poster frames are B1
and so it is recommended that posters be no larger than B1 (707mm x 1000mm/27.8 inches x 39.4 inches). A1 (594mm x
841mm/23.4 inches x 39.4 inches) would also be fine. If your poster is outsized, then we will be able to provide adhesive singlesided and double-sided tape.
Internet
There will be no Internet connection in the presentation rooms, but there will be wireless connection in the communal areas andthe 2F lobby of the Ramada Hotel. If you are staying at the hotel then all rooms include a complimentary broadband accesspoint. For your convenience, there will also be a limited number of computers wired up to the Internet in the Kiku base room.

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BadgesWhen you check in, you will receive a conference package, which includes your name badge. Wearing your badge IS required
for entrance to the sessions. If you lose your badge it can be replaced for a fee of JPY 5000. You must wear your badge at all
times during the Conference.
If you are not wearing your badge, security will stop you and ask you to show your ID and evidence that you are registered.
Those unable to show proof will be escorted from the Conference by security. There are (4) colors of badges indicating the typeof conference participant: RED: Presenters and General Audience; YELLOW: Keynote and Featured Speakers; BLACK:
Conference Volunteer Staff/IAFOR Staff; BLUE: Conference Exhibitors and Affiliates.
What to Wear & Bring
Attendees generally wear business casual attire. You may want to bring along a light jacket or sweater, as the temperature inmeeting rooms is often difficult to control.
Security
The Japanese police have been enforcing random passport and identification checks. If you do not have identification when
stopped, the police will detain you. There may also be a financial penalty. For the enjoyment of all participants, inappropriate
behavior will not be tolerated and violators will be removed from the premises. Do not leave personal items or conference bags
unattended anywhere in the Ramada Osaka as this will be taken away by security.
Smoking
The Ramada Osaka has implemented a Clean Indoor Air Act; therefore, smoking is not permitted in any of the conference rooms
or the ballroom. Please smoke only in designated areas.
Photo/Recording Waiver
There may be photography, audio or video recording at the conference. By entering the event premises you give consent to theuse of your photograph, likeness or video or audio recording in whole or in part without restriction or limitation for any
educational, promotional, or any purpose for distribution.
Meals & Drinks
Refreshment Breaks
Coffee, tea, and light snacks will be provided twice a day, in the middle of the morning and the middle of the afternoon in the
Kiku base room. All other meals, including lunch and dinner, can be purchased at any of the restaurants or convenience stores inand around the Ramada Osaka.
As a conference registrant, and if you are staying at the Ramada Hotel, your room includes breakfast. This is a good occasion tostart the day and meet other delegates. You must book through the RAMADA OSAKA to enjoy this arrangement.
The Ramada hotel has arranged for a 20% discount on food and drink purchased from the Lampada Restaurant (16F),
the Tenzan teppanyaki Steak Restaurant (B1), Neuf-Neuf Dining and Café (1F), and the Tres Tres Bon GourmetDeli(1F). To access this discount, please present your registration pass.
Special Events
Special events at the conference provide an ideal chance to engage with your colleagues and network in a relaxed and enjoyablesetting.
Wednesday Welcome Reception (18:00-19:30): Free
Come and meet fellow delegates at the conference welcome reception, with free flow alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks at theLampada Restaurant (16F). The welcome reception is on Wednesday from 18:00-19:30 and is included in your conference
registration. You don’t need to book, just show up!
Thursday Conference Dinner (19:00-21:00) – “A Night Out in Osaka”: Ticketed 5,000 JPY
The conference dinner will be held in the bustling environment of a downtown izakaya, a short walk from the conference venue.
The large set menu will include a variety of Japanese dishes, and the price includes complimentary alcoholic and soft drinks
throughout the meal. This event is ticketed (based on a first come, first served basis) and is not included with yourregistration. For more information about these events and to book, please go to the information desk in the Kiku base room.
A vegetarian option is also available, but please tell the staff at the time of booking of any particular dietary requirements.
Conference Dinner Participants: MEET IN THE LOBBY AT 18:30

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Ramada Osaka
Conference Rooms Guide

Second Floor
Kiku Room: Base Room and Poster Sessions
Sakura Room: Plenary Session & Parallel Sessions

Third Floor
Matsu and Kusu Rooms: Parallel Sessions

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Osaka, JapanTHURSAY, MARCH 24 2011
ACCS/ACAS PLENARY SESSION
9:15-9:30: Welcome Address:
Professor Steve Cornwell (Osaka Jogakuin University & Dr Joseph Haldane, IAFOR*
9:30-10:30: ACCS Featured Speaker
Professor Baden Offord
Brave New World: In the Borderlands of Cultural Studies*
10:30-11:00: Coffee & Light Refreshments*
11:00-12:00: ACAS Featured Speaker
Revd Professor Stuart D. B. Picken
Learning from the Past: Looking to the Future

ACCS FEATURED SPEAKERBADEN OFFORD
Baden Offord is Chair andVisiting Professor in AustralianStudies at the Centre for Pacificand American Studies, Institute ofAdvanced Global Studies,
Graduate School of Arts andSciences, the University of Tokyo.
He is also Associate Professor in
Cultural Studies in the School ofArts and Social Sciences at
Southern Cross University,
Australia.
Professor Offord is the recipientof several Australian national andstate teaching awards including a
National Carrick Citation for an
Outstanding Contribution toStudent Learning for: Pioneering
cultural studies and cultural
diversity programs; outstanding
command of his field, andinspiring transformative student
learning.
His book, Homosexual Rights as
Human Rights: Activism inIndonesia, Singapore and

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Australia (Peter Lang: Oxford, 2003), won the George Duncan Memorial Award in 2005. In 2006 hereceived a Manning Clark House Honourable Mention for an Outstanding Contribution to Australian
Culture.
He has held International Fellowships at the Kinsey Institute, Indiana University and the University ofBarcelona and has given keynote lectures throughout the world.
Baden's research focuses on human rights, cultural studies, critical pedagogy, sexuality and cultural
diversity and he is published widely in these fields. Baden is a member of the Australian ResearchCouncil funded Cultural Research Network. His work is acknowledged for significantly contributing toinnovative ways of conceiving belonging, identity and cultural citizenship.

ACAS FEATURED SPEAKERSTUART D. B. PICKEN

Fellow of the Royal Asiatic
Society, author of a dozen books
and over 130 articles and papers,
Professor Picken is considered
one of the foremost scholars on
Japan, China, and Globalizationin East Asia.
As an academic, Professor Pickenhas devoted more than 30 years toscholarship in Japan, notably as aprofessor at the International
Christian University in Tokyo,
where he specialized in ethics andJapanese thought, and as
International Adviser to the HighPriest of Tsubaki Grand Shrine(Mie prefecture).
He has also served as a consultant
to various businesses, including
Jun Ashida Ltd., Mitsui Mining &Smelting Corp., Kobe Steel, andJapan Air Lines.
In November 2008, theGovernment of Japan awarded
Professor Picken the Order of the
Sacred Treasure for his
pioneering research, andoutstanding contribution to thepromotion of friendship andmutual understanding between
Japan and the UK. The honour is normally reserved for Japanese citizens and is a mark of the utmost
respect in which Professor Picken is held by the Japanese Government.
Although now resident in Scotland, Professor Picken maintains his interests in Japan, as Chair of theJapan Society of Scotland, and through the IAFOR IAB, of which he is the founding chair. He lives
near Glasgow with his wife and two children.

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ACCS/ACAS Thursday Afternoon Parallel Sessions
Session 1
ACCS – Thursday Session 1 – 13:00-14:30 – Sakura A – Environment, space and place 1/3
Session Chair: Stephen Husarik
0122"We share the work but not the role"
Anette Schumacher, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg0010"And in my heart unmake what seems inhospitable and out of place": Landscapes of Inclusion inMarlene van Niekerk's Memorandum (2006)
Lara Buxbaum, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
0016
John Cage Time-Space Relationships in 4'33" and HPSCHD: "You could make it four feet andthirty-three inches if you want."
Stephen Husarik, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith, United States

ACCS – Thursday Session 1 – 13:00-14:30 – Matsu – Cultural differences and stereotypes 1/2
Session Chair: Marek Jakubowski
0073
The Kimono in the Mirror of European Oriental-ism
Svitlana Rybalko, Kharkiv State Academy of Culture, Ukraine
0117
Funny Kine Clothes: The Semiotics of the Hawaiian Shirt
Andrew Reilly, University of Hawaii, United States
Marcia Morgado, University of Hawaii, United States
0065
Are Civilizations Closed Monads? (F. Koneczny and S.P. Huntington)
Marek Jakubowski, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

ACCS – Thursday Session 1 – 13:00-14:30 – Kusu – Linguistics, Language and Cultural Studies 1/3
Session Chair: Nareenoot Damrongchai
0107
Politics and the Arts: Cultural Studies and the New Spanish Approach
José Manuel Estévez-Sáa, University of A Coruña, Spain
0095
Comparative Studies on the Collective Learning Processes Involved in the Establishment and Operation of local Museums in
Thailand
Yanin Rugwongwan, King Mongkut''s Institute of Technology Ladkrabang, Thailand
0054
The Reconstruction of Good and Bad through Melodrama in Modern Thai Society
Nareenoot Damrongchai, National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand

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ACCS – Thursday Session 1 – 13:00-14:30 – Kiri – New Social Movements 1/1
Session Chair: Tsung-huei Huang
0044
A Study of Current Popular Culture Trends in Malaysian Media
Vilashini Somiah, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Azizah Hamzah, University of Malaya, Malaysia
0057
Political Documentaries: Bypassing the Regulatory Doctrine
Azliana Aziz, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Azizah Hamzah, University of Malaya, Malaysia
0063
The Seduction of Nonsense: From Kuso to Baudrillard and Back
Tsung-huei Huang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Yen-bin Chiou, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

ACAS – Thursday Session 1 – 13:00-14:30 – Sakura B – Chinese Studies 1/2
Session Chair: Tsung-yi Michelle Huang
0025
Stuck in the Past? The Impact of Representations of History on the Chinese Intellectual Debate on Political Reform
Emilie Frenkiel, College de France/ EHESS (France), France
0059
Demographic Studies in Hong Kong: How Cross-border Birth Influences Hong Kong's Fertility
and Demographic Structure
Nancy Ling Sze Leung, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
0028
New Mobile Woman in South China: Narratives of Female Success and Development of City-regions
Tsung-yi Michelle Huang, National Taiwan University, Taiwan

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ACCS/ACAS Thursday Afternoon Parallel Sessions
Session 2
ACCS – Thursday Session 2 (Extended) – 14:45-16:45 – Sakura A – Migration 1/1
Session Chair: Mary Ditton
0037
Discovering Minorities in Japan: First Korean Representations in Japanese Cinema.
Marcos Pablo Centeno Martin, University of Valencia / Waseda University, Japan
0048
American Migrants in the Yokohama Treaty Port: The Construction of National Identity
Chester Proshan, Bunka Women's University, Japan
0070
Immigration Dilemmas: Navigating Rough Waters Towards a Brave New Multicultural Japan
Scott Ree, Den-en Chofu University, Japan
0001
Cross Cultural Perspective of Research Ethics in Southeast Asia
Mary Ditton, University of New England, Australia

ACCS – Thursday Session 2 (Extended) – 14:45-16:45 – Matsu – Globalization 1/3
Session Chair: Chitha Unni
0029
‘Brave New World’ Bridging the Divide through Collaboration Beyond Boundaries: An
Examination of Ensuing Interdependence between the West and Africa in the 21st century
Chukwunenye Clifford Njoku, University of Malaya, Malaysia
0041
Tourism as the Cultural Governance: Jiangs, Mainland Tourist and the (de)politicization of
Cross-border Mobility
Chun-Kai Woo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
0125
Junior College Students' Views about Global Warming: Beliefs about Action, and Willingness toAct
Kai-Ping Wang, Taiwan
0066
The Culture of Neoliberal Economy: A feature of Anglo-American Capitalism and What it doesto Others.
Chitha Unni, Chaminade University, United States

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Session 2
ACCS – Thursday Session 2 (Extended) – 14:45-16:45 – Kusu – Linguistics, Language and Cultural Studies 2/3
Session Chair: Christine Everaert
0009
Original or Western Imitation: The Case of Arab Theatre
Abdulaziz Alabdullah, kuwait university, Kuwait
0015
Knowledge Transfer Process of Thai Traditional Drum by Local Philosophers
Thuntuch Viphatphumiprathes, Dhurakij Pundit University, Thailand
0034
From Colonial to Cosmopolitan Visions: Detours in Contemporary Travel Theory
Dinah Roma Sianturi, National University of Singapore, Singapore
0019
The Polarization of Hindi and Urdu
Christine Everaert, North Carolina State University, United States

ACAS – Thursday Session 2 (Extended) – 14:45-16:45 – Sakura B – Indian and South Asian Studies 1/1
Session Chair: Tanya Jakimow
0081
Iran Studies: Lack of Comprehensive Approach
Mahdi Farazi, Allameh Tabatabaei, Islamic Republic of IranRaziyeh Keivan Ara, Allameh Tabatabaei, Islamic Republic of Iran
0026
Survival of the Fittest: An Eclectic Approach to Exploring the Motif of Globality in Pankaj
Mishra's Selected Works
Mohsen Masoomi, Islamic Azad University, Sanandaj Branch, I.R, Islamic Republic of Iran
0010
Examining the Regional Security Dynamics in the Persian Gulf in the Post-Saddam Era: The Case of Anti-Americanism
Fatemeh Shayan, Tampere University, Finland
0024
Understanding Institutional Change and Persistence to Anticipate Future Livelihoods
Tanya Jakimow, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organization, Australia

ACCS/ACAS – Thursday Session 2 – 14:45-16:15 – Kiri – Subjectivities and Identities 1/1
Session Chair: Ahmad Merican
0013
Paternal Voices in Adoption Narratives and Chang-rae Lee's A Gesture Life
Fu-jen Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University. Taiwan
0086
Searching for Malay Occidentalism: Views of the West, Nation and Self by the Malay World during the Colonial period
Merican Ahmad Murad, Universiti Teknologi, Malaysia

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ACCS/ACAS Thursday Session 3 & Evening

ACAS – Thursday Session 3 – 16:30-17:30 – Kiku – Asian Studies Poster Session
0037
Where Everyone was Other: Jews in the Yokohama Treaty Port, 1859-1899
Chester Proshan, Bunka Women''s University, Japan
0055
Future Korean Urban Transformation as the Result of Integration of Urban Administrative
District
Hyeongkyu Cho, Changwon National University, Republic of Korea

ACP - Session 3: 17:00 – 18:00 – Sakura
Media Education Foundation Film: Killing Us Softly 4

19:00 -21:00
Ticketed Conference Dinner: 5,000 JPY per person
Come and join your fellow delegates on an evening out in a Japanese izakaya, with a good mix of food and drink to suit all tastes.
The ticket price covers a set menu and free drinks for the duration of the meal
Vegetarian Options Available

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ACCS/ACAS Friday Parallel Sessions
Session 1
ACCS – Friday Session 1 – 9:00-10:30 – Sakura A – Cultural differences and stereotypes 2/2
Session Chair: Yu-Lun Chiu
0020
Redefining Kung Fu Body: The Spectacle of Kung Fu Panda
Wayne Wong, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
0123
A PBL Case Study of Improving Special Educational Knowledge for Early Childhood College
Students
Yu-Lun Chiu, Hsin Sheng College of Medical Care and Management, Taiwan
Juan Chen-Ya, Hsin Sheng College of Medical Care and Management, Taiwan

ACCS – Friday Session 1 – 9:00-10:30 – Matsu – Queering culture 1/1
Session Chair: Dennis Chwen-der Lin
0021
Politics of Negotiation: Thai Gay Men's Appropriation of Public Space
Jaray Singhakowinta, National Institute of Development Administration, Thailand
0046
Consumption Performativity, Deployment and Boycott Among Taiwanese Gay Men ----- A
Critical Case Study of the ‘Chao Ge Phenomenon'
Dennis Chwen-der Lin, Chinese Culture University (Taiwan), Taiwan

ACAS – Friday Session 1 (Extended) – 9:00-11:00 – Kiri - Chinese Studies 2/2
Session Chair: Sheng-Wen Hsieh
0068
A Study of the Parallel Passages of Hanshi Waizhuan 韓詩外傳 Found in Alfred Forke’s
Translation of Lunheng 論衡
Pak-ka Chan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
0082
A Study of Factors Influencing the Internet Usage: An Exploration of the Network Effects
Yi-hsuan Chiang, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan
Wen-jhan Jane, Shih Hsin University, Taiwan
0077
Design and Culture: A Critique of the Shanzai Phenomenon in China
Ming Cheung, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
0083
Effects of Cognitive Styles on a Virtual Learning Companion System as an Adjunct to Classroom
Instructions
Sheng-Wen Hsieh, Far East University, Taiwan
Min-Ping Wu, Far East University, Taiwan

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ACCS/ACAS Friday Parallel Sessions
Session 2
ACCS – Friday Session 2 – 10:45-12:15 – Sakura A – Environment, space and place 2/3
Session Chair: Jocelyn Hazelwood Donlon
0038
Spatial Identity Formation, Tourism and Sustainable Development At A Peninsular Town
Ulas Basar Gezgin, RMIT International University Vietnam, Vietnam
0061
A Study of the Memory of Place of Tadao Ando's ArchitecturePing-Yu Tsai, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan
Ching-I Wu, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan
Cheng-Chih Liu, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taiwan
0059"The Japanese Engawa: Borders of Difference"
Jocelyn Hazelwood Donlon, Tokai University, JapanJon Griffin Donlon (photographer), Tokai University, Japan

ACCS – Friday Session 2 (Extended) – 10:45-12:45 – Matsu – Subjectivities and identities 1/1
Session Chair: Andrzej Szahaj
0053
Growing up Australian: Exploring the Lived Experiences of Second Generation Vietnamese
Youth in Australia
Selina Tang, Curtin University, Australia
0091
Realizing the Imagined World -- Case Studies of Hong Kong Youths Visiting Japan on Cultural
Pilgrimage
Connie Cheng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, China
0115
The Poor and the Media in Turkey: Looking at Each Other
Emre Gokalp, Anadolu University, Turkey
Hakan Ergul, Hacettepe University, Turkey
Incilay Cangoz, Anadolu University, Turkey
0027
Good Community for a New Brave World
Andrzej Szahaj, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland

ACCS – Friday Session 2 (Extended) – 10:45-12:45 – Kusu – Globalization 2/3
Session Chair: Alice Yeow
0090
Soka Gakkai in Hong Kong: Localizing a Japanese New Religion in the Chinese Soil
Ka Shing Ng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
0092
Popular Culture, History, and National Education
Ching Lau, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
0075
From Slavery To Salary
William Pascoe, University of Newcastle, Australia
0112
Feminist Aesthetics and the 'Art' of Cosmetic Surgery
Alice Yeow, Curtin University of Technology, Australia

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ACCS/ACAS Friday Parallel Sessions
Session 2

ACAS – Friday Session 2 ([WHQGHG – 10:45-12:5 – Sakura B – South-East Asian Studies 1/3
Session Chair: Angela Frattarola
0072
At the Archbishop's Table: Food, Society and Status in 1950's
Karl Ian Uy Cheng Chua, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines
0089
The Development of Fisher-folk's Livelihood Strategies: A Case Study of the Makassarese of
Sulawesi in Indonesia
Go Iwata, Kyoto University, Japan
0042
Where is My Bamboo Shoot? A Silent Question from Native People in Northern Lao PDR
Werapong Mesathan, Thailand
0030
Fabricating the Past through Folklore in Ming Cher’s Spider Boys
Angela Frattarola, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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ACCS/ACAS Friday Parallel Sessions
Session 3

ACCS – Friday Session 3 – 13:45-15:15 – Sakura A – Globalization 3/3
Session Chair: Ramaswami Harindranath0069
Bollywood’s ‘Brave Old World’: The Retro Rage in Contemporary Hindi Cinema
Suchitra Mathur, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
0084
Cinema Audiences' Genre Preferences, Cultural Distance, and Linguistic Affinity
Wayne Fu, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
0098
Reassessing Global Media Research: Post-colonial Interventions and Conjunctural Analyses
Ramaswami Harindranath, University of Melbourne, Australia

ACCS – Friday Session 3 – 13:45-15:15 – Matsu – Linguistics, Language and Cultural Studies 3/3
Session Chair: Carla Pacis
0043
The Brave New Watery World of Tim Winton: Water, Boundaries and Difference in the Fiction of Tim Winton
Jennifer Banyard, University of Western Australia, Australia
0082
The Impact of Politics in the Development of Contemporary African and Palestinian LiteraturesAli Yigit, Kirklareli University, Turkey
Mahmut Kaleli, Kirklareli University, Turkey
0050
Not All is Yummy: Food is Southeast Asian Literature
Carla Pacis, De La Salle University, Philippines

ACCS – Friday Session 3 – 13:45-15:15 – Kusu – Environment, space and place 3/3
Session Chair: Sant Suwatcharapinun
0100
The Impact of Social Change on the Transformation in the Traditional Dwelling of Central
Thailand
Piyarat Mullard, King Mongkut Institute of Technology, Thailand
0039
Methodological Trouble: Re-Considering the Phenomenologist Exploration on the Identity of Thai
Architecture
Sant Suwatcharapinun, Chiang Mai University, Thailand

ACAS – Friday Session 3 – 13:45-15:15 – Sakura B – South-East Asian Studies 2/3
Session Chair: Wylma Samaranayake-Robinson
0043
Communal Political Paradigm after the 2008 Election in Malaysia
Noriyuki Segawa, Osaka Gakuin University, Japan
0047
Thailand's Responses to CEDAW: 26 years of Women's Human Rights
Kanyanattha Ittinitiwut, University of New South Wales, Australia
0004
Alternative Futures for Governance in Burma: 2040
Wylma Samaranayake-Robinson, University of Hawaii-Manoa, United States

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ACAS – Friday Session 3 – 13:30-15:00 – Kiri – Asian Studies: Health and Welfare 1/1
Session Chair: Nurhafizah Mohd Sukor
0061
Perceptions and Measurement of Family Welfare In Indonesia: A Qualitative Systematic
Review
Rina Herartri, National Family Planning Coordinating Board, Indonesia
0033
Welfare Effects of Access to Water Services in Cambodia
Theara Horn, Osaka University, Japan
0041
The Whereabouts of Conducting Research in Malaysian Setting in Exploring Malay Mothers'
Experiences of Having a Child With Cancer: Learning the Cultural Variation from the Past for thePracticality of the Future
Nurhafizah Mohd Sukor, The University of Queensland, Australia

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ACCS/ACAS Friday Parallel Sessions
Session 4
ACCS – Friday Session 4 – 15:30-17:00 – Sakura A – Constructions of self and other 1/1
Session Chair: Jerry Varsava
0047
Creating Nationalism: Representations of the Japanese in Australian Texts Based on the Kokoda
Track
Erika K. Smith, University of Western Sydney, Australia
0129
Japan in Taiwan’s Contemporary Cinema
Yin C. Chuang, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
0012"Ha Jin's Late Chinese Novels and the Politics of Self and Other"
Jerry Varsava, University of Alberta, Canada

ACCS – Friday Session 4 – 15:30-17:00 –Matsu – Contested spaces 1/1
Session Chair: Elaine Campbell
0051
What Lies Within: Mis-recognition in Hong Kong's CityscapeBidisha Banerjee, Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong
0136
Debunking a Myth or Empowering an Idea: Chinese Sphygmology in Arabic Medicine
M. A. Mujeeb Khan, The University of Tokyo, Japan
0011
Spaces of Desecration: Performing the City and Choreographing the Urban
Elaine Campbell, Newcastle University, United Kingdom

ACCS – Friday Session 4 – 15:30-17:00 – Kusu – Gender and sexuality 1/1
Session Chair: Helene Duerlinger
0031
Postmodern Sex and Love in Murakami Haruki’s Norwegian Wood
Yat-him Michael Tsang, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
0101
Transnational "doing gender" and "doing ethnicity/race" co-constructed by Early Childhood Teachers from the Border Region
Luxembourg/Germany
Helene Duerlinger, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

ACAS – Friday Session 4 – 15:30-17:00 – Sakura B – Japanese Studies 1/1
Session Chair: Michael Sakamoto
0054
Between Original and Host Societies: the Reconstructed Past of Picture Brides
Enyu Lin, National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan
0003“Imagined Innocence Lost: The Performance of Post-Indigeneity in Hosoe Eikoh and Hijikata
Tatsumi’s Kamaitachi”
Michael Sakamoto, Goddard College, United States

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17:00 – 17:30 – Kiku
Closing Remarks

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ACAS Virtual Presentation

0022
Finding the Path for the Deltaic Eco-city: Orchard settlement in Bangkok and its vicinity
Terdsak Tachakitkachorn, Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand

ACCS Virtual Presentation
0083
Performing Landscapes of Identity Production in Dislocated (Non) Places
Eduardo Barros-Grela, Universidade da Coruna, Spain

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  INDEX	
  OF	
  AUTHORS	  	
  Alabdullah, Abdulaziz
Ara, Raziyeh KeivanAziz, Azliana
Banerjee, Bidisha
Banyard, Jennifer
Barros-Grela, Eduardo
Buxbaum, Lara
Campbell, Elaine
Cangoz, Incilay
Chan, Pak-ka
Chen-Ya, Juan
Chen, Fu-jen
Cheng Chua, Karl Ian Uy
Cheng, Connie
Cheung, Ming
Chiang, Yi-hsuan
Chiou, Yen-bin
Chiu, Yu-Lun
Cho, Hyeongkyu
Chuang, Yin C.
Damrongchai, Nareenoot
Ditton, Mary
Donlon, Jocelyn Hazelwood
Donlon, Jon Griffin
Duerlinger, Helene
Ergul, Hakan
Estevez-Saa, Jose ManuelEveraert, Christine
Farazi, Mahdi
Frattarola, Angela
Frenkiel, Emilie
Fu, Wayne
Gezgin, Ulas Basar
Gokalp, Emre
Hamzah, Azizah
Hamzah, AzizahHarindranath, Ramaswami
Herartri, Rina
Horn, Theara
Hsieh, Sheng-Wen
Huang, Tsung-huei
Huang, Tsung-yi Michelle
Husarik, Stephen
Ittinitiwut, Kanyanattha
Iwata, Go
Jakimow, Tanya
Jakubowski, Marek
Jane, Wen-jhanKaleli, Mahmut
Khan, M. A. Mujeeb
Lau, Ching
Leung, Nancy Ling Sze
Lin, Dennis Chwen-derLin, Enyu
Liu, Cheng-Chih
Martin, Marcos Pablo Centeno
Masoomi, Mohsen
Mathur, Suchitra
Merican, Amad
Mesathan, Werapong
Morgado, Marcia
Mullard, Piyarat
Ng, Ka Shing
Njoku, Chukwunenye Clifford
Pacis, Carla
Pascoe, William
Proshan, Chester
Proshan, Chester
Ree, Scott
Reilly, Andrew
Rugwongwan,Yanin
Rybalko, Svitlana
Sakamoto, Michael

0009
0081
0057
0051
0043
0083
0010
0011
0115
0068
0123
0086
0072
0091
0077
0082
0063
0123
0055
0129
0054
0001
0059
0059
0101
0115
0107
0019
0081
0030
0025
0084
0038
0115
0044
0057
0098
0061
0033
0083
0063
0028
0016
0047
0089
0024
0065
0082
0082
0136
0092
0059
0046
0054
0061
0037
0026
0069
0013
0042
0117
0100
0090
0029
0050
0075
0037
0048
0070
0117
0095
0073
0003

Samaranayake-Robinson, Wylma 0004
Schumacher, Anette
0122
Segawa, Noriyuki
0043
Shayan, Fatemeh0010
Sianturi, Dinah Roma
0034
Singhakowinta, Jaray
0021
Smith, Erika K.
0047
Somiah, Vilashini
0044
Sukor, Nurhafizah Mohd
0041
Suwatcharapinun, Sant
0039
Szahaj, Andrzej
0027
Tachakitkachorn, Terdsak
0022
Tang, Selina
0053
Tsai, Ping-Yu
0061
Tsang, Yat-him Michael
0031
Unni, Chitha
0066
Varsava, Jerry0012
Viphatphumiprathes, Thuntuch
0015
Wang, Kai-Ping
0125
Wong, Wayne
0020
Woo, Chun-Kai
0041
Wu, Ching-I
0061
Wu, Min-Ping
0083
Yeow, Alice
0112
Yigit, Ali0082

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