[csaa-forum] asiapacific at rmit seminar series - october

[Catherine Gomes]

 Dear All,

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to the 2018 AsiaPacific at RMIT
Seminar Series.

*Date*: Wednesday, 10 Oct 2018
*Time*: 12:30 pm – 1.30 pm
*Venue*: B013-04.02 (Boardroom in the Emily McPherson Building, 405 Russell
St <https://maps.google.com/?q=405+Russell+St&entry=gmail&source=g>.)
*Presenter*: Dr Marion Muliaumaseali’i, RMIT University


*Title*:  The Digital Divide and the Va (space in-between or gap), a Samoan
concept of space that Technology Cannot Bridge

Technological infrastructures, ranging from mobile phone towers, expanded
coverage, spectrum licenses and pre-paid services, have played a key role
in state and company efforts to address the digital divide via mobile
technologies. But what happens when the mobile phone is positioned within a
collective society where most communication practices are carried out and
governed by a community? Drawing upon eight months of ethnographic research
in rural Samoa, I analyse negotiations around villagers’ decisions to
access the communicative ecologies that the mobile phone gives rise to and
how the *va* influences the non-use of mobile phones within the village
hierarchy; to illustrate why the digital divide within *va* is intentional.

*Bio*:

Marion Muliaumaseali’i is a researcher and communication specialist who
completed her PhD (2017) in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT
University, Australia. Her PhD thesis, “*The Space in-between: An
Ethnographic Study of Mobile Technology and Social Change in Rural
Samoa” *examined
the changing communicative ecologies of village Samoa and its relationship
to the *va*, a ‘thread’ that exists in every gesture, speech and
interaction between Samoans. Marion was also a key researcher on the PACMAS
State of Media and Communication report and worked in Tuvalu, Samoa,
Kiribati and Micronesia.


The seminar is a brown bag lunch event. Please RSVP
catherine.gomes at rmit.edu.au by Friday 5 October.

*The AsiaPacific at RMIT Seminar Series is organised by  the Graduate School
of Business and Law (GSBL), the School of Media and Communication and the
School of Global, Urban and Social Studies (GUSS).*


best wishes,
Cat Gomes, Supriya Singh and Paul Battersby


*AsiaPacific at RMIT  Seminar Series 2018 Schedule*


*10 October*
The Digital Divide and the Va (space in-between or gap), a Samoan concept
of space that Technology Cannot Bridge
Dr Marion Muliaumaseali’i, RMIT University

*14 November*
Diversity and Inclusion in Australian Academia: The Case of Asian Academics
Assoc. Prof Nana Oishi, Asia Institute, University of Melbourne




-- 
*Associate Professor Catherine Gomes*

*School of Media and Communication*

*RMIT University124 La Trobe Street*


*Melbourne, Victoria 3000AustraliaRoom:  5.2.3 (city campus)*



*tel: + 61 3 9925 5068fax: + 61 3 99259730email:
catherine.gomes at rmit.edu.au <catherine.gomes at rmit.edu.au>*

Staff website <http://www1.rmit.edu.au/staff/catherinegomes>

Research Lab Co-Leader, Migration and Diverse Communities Lab
<https://digital-ethnography.com/portfolio-posts/migration-and-diverse-communities-lab/>
(Digital Ethnography Research Centre <https://digital-ethnography.com/>)

Founding Editor, Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration
<http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=252/view,page=0/>

Transient Migrant project website
<http://translatingimpermanence.org/> (Australian
Research Council DECRA Fellowship)


*Recent books *
Siloed Diversity: Transnational Migration, Digital Media and Social Networks
<https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9789811303319>
Transnational Migrations in the Asia-Pacific: Transformative Experiences in
the Age of Digital Media
<https://www.rowmaninternational.com/buy-books/product-details/?productId=3-156-3ad7333d-8296-45dc-91de-c70c9714fe65>
Transient Mobility and Middle Class Identity: Media and Migration in
Australia and Singapore <http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811016387>,
International Student Connectedness and Identity: Transnational Perspectives
<http://www.springer.com/in/book/9789811025990>
Quality Assurance in Asia-Pacific Universities: Implementing Massification
in Higher Education <http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319461083>
The Asia Pacific in the Age of Transnational Mobility: The Search for
Community and Identity on and through Social Media
<http://www.anthempress.com/the-asia-pacific-in-the-age-of-transnational-mobility>

*Recent Journal Articles and Chapters*
Navigating through the hostility: international students in Singapore
<https://www.routledge.com/Educational-Reciprocity-and-Adaptivity-International-Students-and-Stakeholders/Ata-Tran-Liyanage/p/book/9781138707399>
International Student Identity and the Digital Environment
<https://sty.presswarehouse.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=525678>
Digital journeys: A perspective on understanding the digital experiences of
international students <http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1129166.pdf>,

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