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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The Asian Media and Cultural Studies Network</b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">is transdisciplinary, drawing on scholars from across the arts, social science and humanities disciplines and who work in both national and transnational Asian contexts. The network will explore Asian media and cultural studies from the
‘inside out’, reversing previous core-periphery binaries. It will undertake comparative and cross-cultural work, particularly in the areas of digital media production, youth cultures, national and regional identities, and cultures of fame. The Asian Media
and Cultural Studies Network is an initiative of Deakin University with partners from Tsinghua and Wuhan Universities in China, Shanghai University, Hong Kong Baptist University, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, Osaka City University in Japan,
and the University of Hyderabad, India, amongst others. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Further details of the network can be found <a href="https://www.deakin.edu.au/communication-creative-arts/research/asian-media-and-cultural-studies-network">
here</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/220341592560951/">here</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We would like to draw colleagues to two activities that the Network has been involved in:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#70AD47">The #MeToo Asia Thinking Aloud Series curated by Dr Monika Winarnita, Deakin University<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The series explore the way that #MeToo Movement was translated and transformed in China, India, Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With audio pieces by:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1D2129;background:white">Dr Qian Gong</span></b><span style="color:#1D2129;background:white"> from Curtin University, powerfully explores the #MeToo movement in China in relation to sexual assault and female solidarity.
Available </span><span style="background:white"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUijNP1iKhM&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1b8CsD8WLTmoUoBbJJCqRtdLQdz_L9i84JC1IlGNCOvv68D1TWeZrZSxc">here</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1D2129;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1D2129;background:white">Dr Emerald King</span></b><span style="color:#1D2129;background:white">, Lecturer in Japanese from La Trobe University This episode includes the story of the Japanese flower demonstration
in solidarity with victims of sexual violence and the message "with you". Available
</span><span style="background:white"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXEXO8xkxSk&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3azS7uEDUFdocC7jxEF7W093rL8kvR3ZbGOFG7m6QU8Owui-zrjXvabXY">here</a><span style="color:#1D2129"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1D2129;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1D2129;background:white">Dr Gauri D. Chakraborty</span></b><span style="color:#1D2129;background:white"> Associate Professor at the Amity School of Communication, India, on stories from India such as the social media
movement '#memum' on how systemic sexual harassment have been silenced or 'mummed' in Bollywood and India's creative industries. Available
</span><span style="background:white"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQfK5JcL568">here</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1D2129;background:white"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#1D2129;background:white">Joanne Byrne</span></b><span style="color:#1D2129;background:white">, PhD Scholar in Anthropology, Social Inquiry from La Trobe University. It features stories about the House of the Unsilenced
art project #houseoftheunsilenced, #TalkAboutIt (#MulaiBicara) campaign, Jakarta Feminist Discussion Group, and Magdalene a bilingual online women focused publication with a feminist perspective. Available
</span><span style="background:white"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0hKczLUCnE">here</a><span style="color:#1D2129"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Dr Earvin Charles Cabalquinto, </b>Lecturer in Communication at Deakin University Melbourne Australia, explores the Filipino women's movement in the digital sphere and beyond. #BabaeAko (I am Woman) story begins in 2018 as online posts
together with the statement Lalaban ako! (I Will Fight) which then went beyond the digital sphere into street protests to end misogyny. The latest campaign #HijaAko was used to reclaim the term Hija (daughter, female teen) as girls who fight for their rights
as human beings. This last presentation from our inaugural podcast series #MeToo Asia ends with a reflection on how #BabaeAko and #HijaAko are social media movements in the Philippines to fight back against sexism, exploitation and misogyny. Available
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soSObZcsE1I&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR3yJVXf53P3nfRKpDX32WNsqRpVGyNBFbku32TNw4aUqkBfuJ0wYljB3OI">
here</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#70AD47">Asian Celebrity and the Pandemic: Misreading the Room?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#70AD47"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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In this this virtual roundtable discussion our panellists explore how celebrities in Asia responded to the Covid-19 pandemic. They draw on examples from China, India, Hong Kong and Singapore. They ask, was their input an example of democratisation, resistance,
personal branding, or fan communion? Did some celebrities misread the room or provide affective responses for ordinary people to gather around? Did celebrities in Asia speak for or against the imagined nation state or offer new transnational relationships?
Q&A follows the discussion.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="color:#1D2129">Panellists:</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#1D2129">Dr Crystal Abidin</span></b><span style="color:#1D2129">, Senior Research Fellow & ARC DECRA Fellow, Internet Studies, Curtin University</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;word-spacing:0px">
<b><span style="color:#1D2129">Dr Bertha Chin</span></b><span style="color:#1D2129">, Lecturer (Social Media) , School of Design and Arts, Swinburne University of Technology (Sarawak campus)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;word-spacing:0px">
<b><span style="color:#1D2129">Dr Dorothy W. S. LAU</span></b><span style="color:#1D2129">, Assistant Professor, Programme Director, Film and Television Concentration, Academy of Film, Hong Kong Baptist University</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);background-position:initial initial;background-repeat:initial initial;word-spacing:0px">
<b><span style="color:#1D2129">Dr Nandana Bose</span></b><span style="color:#1D2129">, Ph.D. Film Studies, University of Nottingham, Author of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>Madhuri Dixit</i><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>(BFI: 2019)</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Available <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN_l7YU4scGPQfPdFu6bgRg/featured">
here</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For further details about the network please contact Jian Xu
<a href="mailto:j.xu@deakin.edu.au">j.xu@deakin.edu.au</a> or Sean Redmond <a href="mailto:s.redmond@deakin.edu.au">
s.redmond@deakin.edu.au</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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