The Asian CenturyEmerging StoriesSPAS Graduate Student Conference The University of Hawaii at Manoa

March 14-16, 2018Center for Korean Studies

Keynote Speaker Dr. Sophal Ear, Occidental College

SchoolofPacificandAsianStudies

2018GraduateStudentConference

TheAsianCentury:EmergingStories

CenterforKoreanStudiesMarch14-16,2018

Program

CoverdesignedbyEmilyCardinaliTheUniversityofHawaiʻiatMānoaisanequalopportunity/affirmativeactioninstitution.For

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Organizedby:UniversityofHawai’iatMānoa’sSchoolofPacificandAsianStudies.Co-Directors:EmilyCardinali,GraduateTeachingAssistant,SPAS

SoksamphoasIm,GraduateTeachingAssistant,SPASThe2018SPASGraduateStudentConferencewouldnothavebeenpossiblewithoutthegeneroussupportof:

StudentActivityandProgramFeeBoardSchoolofPacificandAsianStudies

AsianStudiesProgramSPASOfficeoftheDean

SEEDInclusion,Diversity,Equity,AccessandSuccess(IDEAS)UHDepartmentofPoliticalScienceUHDepartmentofEconomics

CenterforSoutheastAsianStudiesCenterforSouthAsianStudiesCenterforJapaneseStudiesCenterforChineseStudiesDr.R.AndersonSuttonDr.CathrynClaytonTheresaConstantinoJonalynMokiaoJulieFujimotoMyraYamamoto

Mahalonuiloatoallofourmoderatorsandparticipantswhomadethisconferencepossible!

Wednesday,March14,2018

Registration

3:30p.m.-4:30p.m.CenterforKoreanStudies

OpeningCeremonyandKeynoteAddress

4:30p.m.-6:00p.m.CenterforKoreanStudiesAuditorium

Welcome

EmilyCardinali&SoksamphoasImCo-Directorsof2018SPASGraduateStudentConferenceOpeningRemarks

Dr.R.AndersonSuttonDean,SchoolofPacificandAsianStudies,UniversityofHawaiʻiatMānoaHawaiianBlessing

KumuMaeliaCarter,KeahiahiLongKeynoteAddress

“China,America,andtheCollapseofDemocracyinSoutheastAsia:TheCaseofCambodia”Dr.SophalEarOccidentalCollege,AssociateProfessorofDiplomacyandWorldAffairs

Reception

6:00p.m.-7:30p.m.

Thursday,March15,2018

Registration/Breakfast

8:00a.m.-9:00a.m.

PanelSession1

9:00a.m.-10:30a.m

1.1PoliticalIssuesinEastAsia

Moderator:LonnyCarlileCenterforKoreanStudiesAuditorium1.MatthewCrooke:BetrayingRevolution:TheFoundationsoftheJapaneseCommunistParty2.Sol-biKim:CartelPartyinSouthKorea:weakenedalignmentsinpartysystem

3.JakeSotiriadis:HegemonicIdeologies:TowardsaNeo-Confucian,"GreaterChina?"4.LeeEnglish:AsianJustWarTheoryinComparativeHistory1.2Nationalism&IdentityI

Moderator:PattieDunnCenterforKoreanStudiesConferenceRoom1.ChangLiu:LittlePink-ANewNationalistGroupinCyberChina2.MiaeLee:TheExhibitionofNegativeHistory:TheHistoryMuseumofJ-KoreansinTokyoMuseumstudies3.RosiImron:SouthernThai-MuslimahStudents’CulturalIdentityintheirLearningActivitiesinIndonesia

Panel2

10:30a.m-Noon2.1CulturalPhenomenonModerator:AndreHaagCenterforKoreanStudiesAuditorium1.Yen-ZhiPeng:LocalizationofJapanesepopularcultureinTaiwan:PersonificationinTaiwaneseAnime,Comic,Game(ACG)field2.TokikeIi:HowtoSaveaLife:3.11DisasterandMemorialsinJapan3.SayoSakamoto:TheParadoxofFujiKeiko:EnkaattheBoundarybetweenShinjukuandFurusato2.2Household&HumanMobility

Moderator:CathrynClaytonCenterforKoreanStudiesConferenceRoom1.EktaPandry:FakeMedicinesRealRisktoDigitalIndia2.ImeldaNin:HouseholdEnergyTransitioninIndonesia3.ChristopherChapman:TheTasteofHome:Alcohol,Identity,andHealthinHawai'i'sJapaneseDiaspora4.SameerSaraswat:UrbanmobilityinAsiaintheageofAutonomousvehicles

Lunch:Noon-1:00

Panel3

1:00p.m.-2:30p.m.3.1DefenseSecurity

Moderator:Sang-HyopLeeCenterforKoreanStudiesAuditorium1.BillBeeson:JapaneseSecurityStrategicChangeinUS,JapanandChinaRelations,in2012-2016:TheImpactofEconomicDevelopmentonJapaneseForeignAffairs

2.EdGreen:WolfattheBackDoor:WouldChinaInvadeNorthKorea?3.PriyaRasheed&Ryan:StrategicSymphony:WhyUSmilitarypolicyinSoutheastAsiamustbeCoupledwithaMajorInvestmentintheSocialandPoliticalDevelopment3.2GenderStudiesModerator:Ming-baoYueCenterforKoreanStudiesConferenceRoom1.HyejinKim:Agirl’shanrepresentedin"TheStatueofPeace"2.ClarisseCulla:AnalyzingImplicationsofShiftingGenderDynamicsintheFilipinoFamilyonLaborMigrationPatterns3.Kyung-okKim:JapaneseWomen'sLaborandChildcareintheHanaokaMine,1937-454.YouSotheary:GenderBasedViolenceinCambodiaWomen'srightsinCambodia

Refreshments2:30p.m.-3:00p.m.

Panel4

3:00p.m.-4:30p.m.

4.1Literature&Cinema

Moderator:Young-aParkCenterforKoreanStudiesAuditorium1.EunYoungSeong:OutsideStoryteller:ShinyaEiko'sSinset’aryŏngandZainichiKoreanHistory2.SiriwanPreechanarit:LifeandDeathin“MoonlightShadow”3.YoonjungPark:TheMeaningandExpandabilityof'Jikatagaku'inInazoNitobe'sThought4.AdrianAlarilla:LegitimatingVisions:ImaginingtheChinesediasporainSoutheastAsiancinemas4.2Language/Literature

Moderator:CenterforKoreanStudiesConferenceRoom1.XiaolongLu:PreliminaryStudyonInteractionandIntegrationofMandarinWordsbetweenMainlandChinaandTaiwan2.FaithFrancisco:Cultureinforeignlanguagepedagogy:ExaminingthegenderedJapaneselanguagethroughJapanFoundation’sMarugototextbook3.YiRen:TheShiftofTaiwaneseLinguisticIdentitiesDuringandAftertheJapaneseColonialRule4.MatthewKelty:“Antek-Antek":TheShutteringofBPS-AffiliatedNewspapersin1965

Friday,March16,2018

Registration/Breakfast

8:00a.m.-9:00a.m.

Panel5

9:00a.m.-10:30a.m.5.1TopicsonNorthKorea

Moderator:CheehyungHarrisonKimCenterforKoreanStudiesAuditorium1.MargaretPence:Trumpingthe“Rocketman”:PresidentDonaldTrump’sRhetoriconNorthKorea2.ChiyeonHwang:MoranbongClub:ExploitationofNorthKoreanDefectors’Narrative3.JungahLee:PhoneticdifferencesbetweenSouthKoreanandNorthKorean5.2InternationalRelations

Moderator:CenterforKoreanStudiesConferenceRoom1.BaskoroPramadani:FutureofInstitutionBuildinginAsia2.PriyaRashid:AsianImitator:Timor-Leste'sbidtojoinASEAN3.WonGeunChoi:TheAsiaPacificRefugeeRightNetworkandReconfigurationofPowerRelationshipinRefugeeProtection4.GarrettHillyer:MisionaSamoa(SamoanMissionaries)

Panel6

10:30a.m.-Noon6.1Nationalism&IdentityII

Moderator:ReginaldKwokCenterforKoreanStudiesAuditorium1.CrystalKwok:NotBlackandWhite-aperformativelensonadocumentaryaboutChineseinthesegregatedAmericanSouth.2.HyewonUm:BecomingLegitimateJapanese:NegotiatingBoundariesofJapanesethroughSocialMovements3.MichelleHuynh:TheVirtueinPropaganda:ADramaticPlay4.Chiao-wenChiang:TheTaoSingingandthe2017Anti-NuclearWasteConcert,Lanyu,Taiwan.6.2SocialIssuesModerator:AnnaStirrCenterforKoreanStudiesConferenceRoom1.YukieSato:TheGwangjuUprisingandTransitionalJustice:TransformationofHistoricalReconciliationamongDemocratizationMovement2.BenjaminMoseley:ApaOseOrangAmbon?:ThePortugueseInfluenceonChristianAmboneseIdentity3.NirukaSanjeewani:IllicitBorderCrossingofWomen:AnalysingoftheTransnationalSecurityChallengesinSouthAsia

4.StevenJamesFluckiger:"ToRewardHerforThisDevotion"CatholicManipulationoftheConversionofEarlyModernPhilippineWomen

Lunch:Noon-1

Panel7

1:00p.m.-2:30p.m.

7.2Arts&Media

Moderator:MiriamStarkCenterforKoreanStudiesAuditorium1.AdrianAlarilla:QueerTransnationalLoveinthetimeofSocialMediaandGlobalization2.ChristinaAyson:LearningfromFilipinoArtHistory-Collaboration,Performativity,&HumorPt13.RebeccaMarie-Goldschmidt:LearningfromFilipinoArtHistory-Collaboration,Performativity,&HumorPart2

7.2History&Philosophy

Moderator:JonathanPettitCenterforKoreanStudiesConferenceRoom1.JustinMcDonell:JapaneseConfucianAdaptationsandChineseOthernessinEarlyEdo2.Chih-weiPeng:TwoInterpretationsofGeWu(��)andtheIs-OughtProblem

3.WeiZhang:FlowingfromIndiatoChina:thePerformativeFigureof“Thousand-HandAvalokitesvara”inChineseDanceandContemporaneity4.Q.Z.Lau:ExchangeasLegitimation:BuddhistObjectsasInstrumentsofPowerinRitualTradeNetworksinPost-HanEasternAsia

ClosingRemarks

2:30p.m.-3p.m.CenterforKoreanStudiesAuditorium

Abstracts

Thursday,March15,2018

PanelSession1:9:00a.m-10:30a.m.

Panel1.1PoliticalIssuesinEastAsia

MatthewCrooke/UniversityofSanFrancisco BetrayingRevolution:TheFoundationsoftheJapaneseCommunistParty

WiththeendoftheSovietUnionin1991andChina’srestorationofcapitalism,itiseasytodismisstherelevancyofsocialismtoday.Yet,theJapaneseCommunistParty(JCP)hasenjoyedsuccessatthepollsandrecognitionasaseriousopponenttothegovernmentofAbeShinzō.TheJCPhoweverisnotmakingapushforpower.Instead,itsupportsliberaloppositionparties,mostrecentlythrowingitsweightbehindthenewConstitutionalDemocraticPartyofJapan(CDP)intheOctober2017generalelection.AfutureCDPgovernmentinJapancouldincludetheJCPasacoalitionpartner.DoesthismeantheJCPrepresentsathreattocapitalisminJapanandAsiamorebroadly?Theanswerisno.ThispaperexaminesthefoundationsoftheJCPinthewakeoftheRussianRevolutionin1917,itsevolutionalongStalinistlines,andwhyitsupportscapitalistpartiestoday.EarlyJapanesecommunistshadfailedtomakeaproperassessmentoftheinternationalprograminitiallyexpoundedbytheRussianBolsheviksin1917.ThismadeiteasierfortheJCPtofallundernationalistandStalinistinfluencesbythe1920s.DespitethegrowingroleoftheJCPinmodernpolitics,muchoftheexistingresearchonthepartycomesfromconservative,ColdWar-erahistorianswhoviewedtheJCPthroughthelensofanti-communism,acceptingitasagenuinelyrevolutionaryparty.Thispaperarguesratherthattheparty’smodern,andinfactpro-capitalist,positionscanbetracedbacktothisdegenerationunderStalinism.Sol-biKim/EwhaWomansUniversity CartelPartyinSouthKorea:Weakenedalignmentsinpartysystem

Thispaperisgoingtoanalyzefundamentalreasonofvariabilityofpartysystembyutilizingcartelpartymodel.ItmeansthatthepaperwillpresumealmostallpoliticalpartiesinSouthKoreaarefollowcartelpartymodelandthismodel’sprincipalcharacteristicsareincreasingfragmentationofpartysystem.Forgoingintodetailofthisphenomenon,thepapersetsitsfacetoanalyzecartelpartyastheframework.ThisisbecauseapplyingandlookingintodevelopmentofcartelpartymodelthatemergedfromKatzandMair’spaper,throughmasspartymodelandcatch-allpartymodel,SouthKorea,asoneofthelaterdemocratizedcountry,couldincludesignificantimplication.Forthisexamination,thispaperwillreflectMackie’sanalysisandmoreoverprospecttransitionofpartysysteminSouthKoreaaswellasEurope.Mackiepresentedpossibilitiesinhisthesisthatcartelpartymightmotivatesocialmovementsuchasleft-libertarianornewrightmovement,andevenstimulateestablishmentanddevelopmentof‘challenger’parties.Ifthemajorpoliticalpartiescouldnotperformtheirfunctionaschannelmentofcivilsociety’sexpression,people’spoliticaldissatisfactionwillgraduallyincreaseastheresultofpartysystem’smobility.Asmanyscholarscriticizedintheirthesis,thecriseordeclineofpartysystemsareabletogoforcartelpartiesthatcannotdotheircrucialresponsibility. JakeSotiriadis/DepartmentofPoliticalScience,UniversityofHawaiʻiatMānoa HegemonicIdeologies:TowardsaNeo-Confucian,"GreaterChina?"

IncontemporaryChina,anewpoliticalepochhasemerged--oneinwhichtheomnipresentshadowofreform-fatherDengXiaopingisnoweclipsedbyXiJinping’svisionsofaNeo-Confucian,“GreaterChina."

WherepreviouslyhegemonicideologiesofAmerican"democracypromotion"orSoviet-inspired,doctrinairecommunismsoughttotransformexternalpoliticalactors,Neo-Confucianismisdecidedlyaimedatinternalcentersofpoweranddiscourse.Thus,Neo-ConfucianismrepresentsanattempttoimposeahegemonicideologythatralliestheentirebodypoliticofChinesesociety.Thisprojectexplorestheconstitutiveagencyofideologyvis-a-vistostates’foreignpolicystrategies.Framingmaterialandideationalpowerrelationshipsasadialecticversussimplereductionistcompetition,itdepartsfromconventionalnotionsof“ideas”or“ideology”inanefforttoillustratethematerialcharacterandstructureofideologyitself.Inthisrespect,ideologyrepresentsmovingbeyondestablishednormstouncoverpatternsofhabituationandmaterialstructure.Hence,itre-conceptualizesideologyasthemannerinwhichideasbecomeorganizedandhowsuchorganizationsleadtopathdependencies(e.g.,howbordersareenforced,howmilitariesbecomestructured,etc.).Tothisend,theprojectconstructsanideologicalmapofNeo-Confucianismandexaminesthematerialmeansbywhichtheideologyismanifestingitselfanditssubsequentimplications.Additionally,itcomparestheideationalandmaterialstructureofXi-Jinping'sNeo-ConfucianismwithRussia'sNeo-Eurasianapproachtoideologicalrenewaltodemonstratethatoursupposed"post-ideological"worldisactuallyinthemidstofafiercestruggleforideologicalhegemony. LeeEnglish/UniversityofHawaiiatManoa AsianJustWarTheoryinComparativeHistory

Itiswidelyrecognizedthatallcultureshavebeliefsaboutwhenitisacceptabletogotowarandhowwarshouldbewaged.Whatismorehotlydebatediswhetherornotthesebeliefscanbeconsideredformalizedandconsistentjustwartheories,asopposedtoshiftingpoliticalrhetoricusedtojustifyindividualconflicts,inthemanneroftheEuropeantraditionsofjusadbellum(whenitisjustifiedtofight)andjusinbello(howonefightsinajustifiedmanner).Inthispaper,Iexaminethehistoriographyofthesediscussions,andcomparehowvariousAsiantraditionsofjustwarareexaminedandevaluatedincomparisontohowhistorianshavetreatedEuropeanjustwartheory,particularlythestandardssetforthinJamesThompson’s“HistoricalRootsofJustWarTraditioninWesternCulture”.Usingsuchastandard,itsoonbecomesclearthatAsianjustwartraditionsareoftenjudgedbydifferentstandardsthanEuropeanones,andarenotexaminedwiththesamelevelofcomplexityandnuance,presentinganoverlysimplifiedandstaticviewofthedevelopmentofjustwarideologyinAsia.WhilecomparativehistoryhasalreadydoneagreatdealinhelpingmodernscholarsunderstandAsianconceptionsofjustifiedwarfare,muchmorecanbedonetoimprovethatunderstandingwiththepropertechniquesandtoolsofhistoricizationandcontextualization."Panel1.2Nationalism&IdentityI

ChangLiu/SchoolofPacificandAsianStudies, LittlePink-ANewNationalistGroupinCyberChina

In2016,anewterm,called“LittlePink”,appearedincyberChina.LittlePinkisagroupofyoungInternetuserswhoshowstrongpatrioticenthusiasmandhighpassionofdefendingthecurrentregime.Attheendof2016,ThePublicOpinionMonitoringUnitofPeople’sDailyreleasedtheiranalyticalreportofthisgroupsayingthatLittlePinkisledbytheofficialWeiboaccountoftheCentralCommitteeoftheCommunistYouthLeague.Theymostlyappearduringnewsworthyonlineevents,suchastheOlympicGames;TsaiIng-wensteppingintopower;ZhaoWeicastingLeonDai,aTaiwaneseactorwhosupportTaiwanindependence;theSouthChinaSeaArbitration;andsoon.NationalisticmovementsarenotsomethingnewinChina.Whatmakesthisparticularnationalistgroupdifferent?IstheoccurrenceofLittlePinksporadic?Whoisgivingpermissionforthemassparticipationonline?Basedonasuccessionofinfluentialeventsthattheyhave

achieved,thispaperexaminestheonlinebehaviorofLittlePinkandtheirsharedcharacteristics.Furthermore,thispapertakesacloserlookatthemotivationsthatdrivetheirbehaviors.

MiaeLee/GraduateSchoolofArtandSciences,UniversityofTokyo TheExhibitionofNegativeHistory:TheHistoryMuseumofJ-KoreansinTokyo

Thispaperfocusesonamuseumthatexhibits“negativehistory”inJapan.Therearecurrentlymorethanfivethousandsmuseumsinjapan.Amongthem,therearemanypeaceandwarmuseums.ButtherearefewexhibitionsofJapanesecolonialruleandWorldWarIIcrimes.TheexhibitionsofpeaceandwarmuseumshavemainlyshownthedamagetoJapan,whichwascausedbyairraidsandatomicbombsduringtheWorldWarII. However,afewexhibitsoftheJapaneseempireandtheWorldWarIIcrimesdealwithnegativehistorywhichisrelatedtopainfulconsequencesofJapanesecolonialruleoverAsiancountries.Thesemuseumsthatpresentnegativehistoryarerunbyeitherindividualornon-governmentalorganizations.Thus,notonlyisthesizeofthemuseumssmallbutalsothemuseumshavefinancialdifficulties. Inthispaper,IanalyzeTheHistoryMuseumofJ-KoreansinTokyoinwhichtheexhibitionpresentsthediscriminationandthemarginalizationexperiencedbyKoreansunderJapanesecolonialrule.TheHistoryMuseumofJ-Koreanswasestablishedin2005withthemissionoftransmittingthehistoryofZainichi(KoreansinJapan)tofuturegenerationsbycollecting,organizingandexhibitingmaterials.EventhoughtheZainichiKoreanhistoryreflectsthehistoryofbothJapanandKorea,ithasnotbeenacknowledged.IpointoutthatweneedtoteachtheexperiencesandthememoriesofthevictimsunderJapanesecolonialruletothenextgenerationinordertoimprovemutualunderstandingbetweenJapaneseandKoreans."RosiImron/SocialStudiesEducationDepartment,MaulanaMalikIbrahimStateIslamicUniversityofMalang SouthernThai-MuslimahStudents’CulturalIdentityintheirLearningActiviesinIndonesia

Culturalidentityisacurrentandcrucialissueinsociallifeparticularlyinthefieldofeducation.Byunderstandingthisculturalidentity,astudentwillbeabletofullyunderstandherselfandknowsherpositioninthesocietywhereshelivesin.Itisalsoexpectedthatstudentwillhaveabettertolerantattitudetowardothercultures.Intheeducationalworld,itisextremelyimportantnotonlyforthestudentstocomprehendtheirculturalidentitybutalsofortheteacherswhointeractwiththestudentswithdiversemulticulturalbackgrounds.Basedonthisurgency,itisthereforeneededforthemtobeabletodefinetheiridentitiesinordertoeasethepossibleproblemsandeasilyadaptinthe(new)educationalsystem. ThisresearchisaimedtoexploreThaiMuslimahstudent’sculturalidentityinMaulanaMalikIbrahimStateIslamicUniversity,theirformationprocessofnewidentitiestosupporttheirlearningprocesses,andexplainsupportingandbarrierfactorsaswellastheirsolutionintheirlearningactivities.Thisprojectisdesignedqualitatively.Thedataispresentedintheformofdescription,explanations,andpictures.Theprimaryresearchobjectsare3Thai-Muslimah(Female)studentswhileitskeyinstrumentistheresearcherhimself.Thetechniqueofcollectingdatausedbothinterviewanddocumentanalysis.Theresearcherusestriangulationtechniquetotestthevalidityofdatainordertodrawaproperconclusion. Panel2:10:30a.m.-Noon

Panel2.1GenderStudies

HyejinKim/DepartmentofEastAsianLanguagesandLiterature,UniversityofHawaiiatManoa Agirl’shanrepresentedin"TheStatueofPeace"

RegardedasuniquelyKorean,han(�)referstocomplexfeelingsofgrief,regret,anger,resentment,

andresignation.WomeninKoreaareoftendescribedasmorehan-filledthanmenbecauseunequalstructureofthepatriarchalsystemoppressedwomenforsolong,furtheraggravatingtheirnegativefeelingsofhan.Paradoxically,however,hancanalsobetransformedintohopeandempowermenttoprovideameansofresolutionas“itisnotonlyasymptom,butadynamicprocesswithbothcoerciveandtransformativepotentialsforapoliticalimagination.”Inthispaper,Iarguethatthemeaningofhananditsrepresentationinthecreationofculturalproductsshiftaccordingtothesociopoliticalaswellashistoricalcontextanddemonstratehow“TheStatueofPeace”illustratessuchchanges.“TheStatueofPeace”isalsooftencalled"StatueofaGirl"or“ComfortWomanStatue”inKorean.Theterm,“Comfortwomen”referstothegirlsandwomenwhowereexploitedruthlesslybytheImperialJapaneseArmyassexualslavesduringtheJapanesecolonialperiod.IwillanalyzethesymbolismandaffectofthisstatuetoshowhowitreflectsthetransformationofamorepassiveandindividualhaninprivatespaceintopeacefulbutactiveandcollectiveresistanceinthestreetagainstviolentideologiessuchaspatriarchyaswellasJapaneseImperialism. ClarisseCulla/AsianCenter,UniversityofthePhilippines,Diliman AnalyzingImplicationsofShiftingGenderDynamicsintheFilipinoFamilyonLaborMigrationPatterns

LabormigrationhasbecomeintegraltotheFilipinoexperience.Sinceitsboominthe1970s,migrationasameanstoalleviatepovertyandprovideforthefamilyhasbecomeanarrativefamiliartomostFilipinoworkers.Thishascausedasignificant,ifnotundeniablyvisibleshiftinthedynamicsnotjustoflocaleconomy,butalsointhehome.Inthissense,labormigrationduetoincreasingglobalizationhasfurtherblurredlinesbetweenthepublicandprivatesphere.Althoughmigrationmaybeseenasaneffectofoutsidefactorsbothfromtheglobalandlocal,italsoaffectsthehouseholdsofmigrantworkers,particularlyintheirinteractionswithinthenuclearfamily.WhileplentyofliteraturehasalreadybeenwrittenontheeffectsofmigrationonthegenderdynamicsandfamilialresponsibilitieswithintheFilipinofamily,notmuchhasbeenspeculatedonhowthesedynamicsinturnfeedintomigrationpatterns.Thisisasignificantgapthatmustbeaddressedinformulatingthenuancesinthemigrantexperience. ThispaperthusaimstocomeupwithaninitialassessmentofhownotionsoffamilydynamicsaffecthowmigrantworkersoperateinglobalandlocalspacesbylookingatthevariousperspectivesonthechanginggenderroleswithintheFilipinofamilyintheageofwidespreadglobalization.Kyung-okKim/GraduateSchoolofArtsandSciencesDepartmentofAreaStudies,TheUniversityofTokyo JapaneseWomen'sLaborandChildcareintheHanaokaMine,1937-45

TheAsia-PacificWarhadavastsocialandpsychologicalimpactonJapanesewomen.Theyweretreatedasobjectsofgovernmentlabormobilizationschemes,andsoplayedacrucialroleinmines.In1939,theJapanesegovernmentalleviatedtheregulationoffemalelabortosolveaseriousshortageoflaborinmines.Atthesametime,childcarecentershavefunctionedasaninstrumenttomobilizefemalelaborsinmines.ThisresearchexaminestheHanaokamineinAkitaPrefecturewhichproducedmainlycopper,whichwasdesignatedasamunitionscompanyin1944.Thisminebuiltakindergartenin1935andachildcarecenterintheminesitein1937.PreviousstudiesontheHanaokaminehavefocusedononlytheHanaokaincident,whichwascausedbyChinesedrafteeson30June1945.Theyhaveoverlookedchildcareandlaborofthefemaleworkerswhoworkedthere.Moreover,thesestudieshavenotfocusedonmobilizationofmarriedwomenandtheroleoftheminminesduringthewar.TheaimofthisresearchistoanalyzewhattheroleoffemaleworkerswasandwhatthefunctionofthechildcarecenterwasintheHanaokamineinwartime.TheJapanesegovernmentrequiredchildcarecenterstobechargedwithkeepingaroleasabufferzonebetweendecreasingpopulationandlaborshortage.ThisresearchwillalsoshowtherelationshipofpowerbetweentheregionwheretheminewaslocatedandtheHanaokachildcarecenter.

YouSotheary/DukeUniversity GenderBasedViolenceinCambodia

Cambodianwomenfacegender-basedviolenceinvariouswaysincludinggenderdiscriminationatworkplaceandleadershiplevel,violenceagainstwomen,anddomesticviolence,etc.AstudybytheNationalInstituteofStatisticofCambodiareportedthatoneinfivewomeninCambodiahasexperiencedsexualand/orphysicalintimatepartnerviolence.Theconservativetraditionalandculturalnormsarebelievedtobetherootcausesofthegender-basedviolenceinCambodia.ThispaperwillexplorepowerdynamicinCambodiansocietywhichaffectedthecausesofgender-basedviolenceinCambodia.

Panel2.2Household&HumanMobility

EktaPandey/DepartmentofHumanitiesandSocialScience,IITDelhi,IndiaFakeMedicinesRealRisktoDigitalIndia

AsIndiaisrushingtowardsacompletedigitalecosystemwithmajorinstitutionalreformslikeminimumgovernment,maximumgovernance,DigitalIndia,MakeinIndia;thebigquestionstillremainsisarethesereformssafeandsustainableinalldomainsofthesociety.Soifthereisevenaslightdeviationfromthegoldendreambehindthesereforms,arethecitizenspreparedenoughtofacetheconsequencesandprobablyquicklycometocourse-correctionmode.Theproposedresearchpaperwantstoreviewtheeffectofactivedigitizationprocessonhealthandeconomicconsequenceslinkedthroughonlinepurchaseofmedicines.Therehasbeenasubstantialevidencewhichshowsastronglinkbetweentheincreaseinpurchaseofcounterfeitmedicinesandonlinesalesofmedicinesbothindevelopedanddevelopingeconomies.Unfortunatelythefakedrugsinvolvebothlifesavingaswellaslifestyledrugs.Theproblemisevenworseinwheremostofthehealthcarepaymentisthroughout-of-pocketpaymentswithlackofanyformofinsurancemechanism.Theissueofcounterfeitmedicinesnotonlytakesawaytheincomefromconsumerbutalsoposeathreattolifeofthepatient.Themethodologyadoptedbypaperwouldbetodoacomprehensivestudyofcaserelatedtofakedrugsindevelopingworld;andarigorousreviewofliteraturetolearnthelawsandpreventivemeasuresadoptedbyUSFDAandWHOtopreventcounterfeitmedicinetradepractices.Theaimoftheresearchistothrowlightonhowwecandistinguishcounterfeitmedicines;tounderstandthesignsofunsafeinternetpharmacywebsites,toincreasetheconsumerawareness,tominimizetheeconomicandhealthrisksassociatedwithonlinepurchaseoffakedrugsinIndia.Inaworldwhereinnovationisextremelyimportantforoveralleconomicprosperityhowtosafeguardwithilleffectsofdigitaleconomyisverycrucialandultimatelyrequired.

Imelda/DepartmentofEconomics,UniversityofHawaiiatManoa HouseholdEnergyTransitioninIndonesia

Iestimatetheimpactofahouseholdfueltransitionprogramonearlylifehealthandworkinghours

byexaminingakerosenetoliquidpetroleumgas(LPG)conversionprogram,oneofthelargesthouseholdenergytransitionprojectseverattemptedinthedevelopingworld.Theprogram,motivatedmainlybytherisingcostofsubsidizedkerosene,reducedhouseholduseofkeroseneby83%injust4years.Ifindconsistentlypositivehealtheffectsoninfantsduetotheprogram,bothduringandafterbirth,witheffectsconsiderablylargerforhouseholdswherecookingisdoneindoors.SwitchingtoLPGalsoincreaseshouseholds'workinghoursbyabout270hoursannually.LPGproducessignificantlylessindoorairpollutioncomparedtokerosene.Indevelopingcountries,burningdirtycookingfuelsisthemainsourceofindoorairpollution.Thisresultssuggesttheimportanceofcleanfuelinterventions.

ChristopherR.Chapman/DepartmentofAnthropology,UniversityofHawai'i TheTasteofHome:Alcohol,Identity,andHealthinHawai'i'sJapaneseDiaspora

ThispaperexploresanethnographicaccountofsocialidentityandhealthnegotiationthroughalcoholuseamongJapanesetransnationalsinaJapanese-stylepubinHonolulu,Hawai’i.Currently,over18,000JapanesenationalsliveonOahu;comparedtothelargerpopulationofJapanese-AmericansthesenewJapaneseimmigrantsconstituteasmall,invisiblediasporalimitedbyculturalandeconomicbarriers.Japanese-stylepubs,inHonolulu,provideaplacewhereidentityandhealtharemediatedthroughmutualalcoholconsumption.Theeffectandcourseofintoxicationisembodied–itislearnedthroughdiscourseandpracticeacrosstimeandspace,givingitatherapeuticeffect.TheseformsofalcoholritualsaredistinctastheyareareconfigurationofthosefoundinJapan,embeddedwithinconflictingstructuresgoverningalcoholabuseintheUnitedStates.Overall,thisprojectdemonstratesthatalcoholconsumptionisaculturalresourceembracedbyadiasporiccommunitytopromotegoodhealth,aformofcommodifiedhealthstratifiedbysocialpositionandgender.SameerSaraswat/UniversityofHawaiiatManoa,UrbanandRegionalPlanning UrbanmobilityinAsiaintheageofAutonomousvehicles

Thetraditionofdrivinghascostusheavilyintermsoftrafficrelatedfatalities,injuries,andsubstantialeconomiclosses.Worldwide1.24millionpeoplewerekilledonroadsin2010,withAsialeading.Theeconomiclossesrelatedtotrafficaccidentswereestimatedatabout300billionin2009.Longcommutetimeswhicharecommoninlargermetropolitanareasalsocausehugelossofrevenue. OverpastfewyearstopautomakersandtechgiantshaveinvestedbillionsofdollarsintoAutonomousvehicles(AV)technology(e.g.Driverlesscars)whichisbeingpresentedasthesolutiontotheabove-mentionedproblemsandthefutureofurbanmobility.Vehicleswhichself-drivewithalmostnomarginoferror,freeingthecommuterstoindulgeinanytaskwillredefinethewaywemovewithinourcitiesaccordingtomajorthinktanks.Manywesterngovernmentsandurbanauthoritieshavebeguntoincorporatetheshiftfromhumandrivenvehiclestoautonomousvehiclesbymeansofpolicyandpilotprojects.HowwillthisshiftbeaddressedinAsiawhichisthefastesturbanizingregion,grapplingwithmajorurbanissueslikepoverty,energy,andlackofinfrastructureamongothers.InChinaalone,itisestimatedthatby2035therewillbearound8.6millionautonomousvehiclesontheroad.HowwilltheAVtechnologyimpacttheurbanmobilityinAsiaandwhatshouldplannersinAsiadotoprepareforthistransitionissomethingIexploreinthispaper.Panel31:00p.m.-2:30p.m.

Panel3.1DefenseSecurity

WilliamBeeson/SchoolofPacificandAsianStudies,UniversityofHawaii JapaneseSecurityStrategicChangeinUS,JapanandChinaRelations,in2012-2016:TheImpactofEconomicDevelopmentonJapaneseForeignAffairs

Sincethebeginningofthe21stcentury,China’sincreasedeconomic/globalinfluence,aswellas

Japan’sdeclineineconomic/globalinfluence,hascausedpoliticalscholarstoquestionJapan’sabilitytosignificantlycontributetothetrilateralrelationshipbetweentheUnitedStates,ChinaandJapan.Therefore,manyscholarswereastonishedbytheJapanesegovernment’sdecisiontosignificantlyincreasethenation’ssecuritycontributionstotheUnitedStatesbetween2012-2016.Unfortunately,amajorityofscholarshavefailedtothoroughlyexaminewhyJapanchosetoreviseitsbilateralsecuritystrategy.Inordertoanswerthisquestion,mypaperanalysesthesignificantchangestothetripartiteduringthe2012-2016period.Forthe

sakeofproducingacomprehensiveanalysisofthistopic,fivedifferentfacetsofthetrilateralrelationshipareexamined:(1)theeconomicstatistics(GDP)ofChinaandJapanbetween1960-2016,(2)reasonswhyJapaneseindustrieshavestruggledintheinternationalbusinessarena,(3)modificationstoJapan’snational/bilateralsecuritypolicies,(4)America’sforeignpolicyresponsetoChina’sriseintheAsia-Pacificregion,and(5)Japan’sresponsetoUSforeignpolicyafter2012.IarguethateconomicdeclineservedasastimulusandrationaleforJapanincreasingitssecuritycontributiontotheUnitedStates.Inconclusion,thispaper,bycloselyexaminingvariouschangeswithinthetrilateralrelationship,acknowledgestheinfluenceofeconomicdevelopmentonJapaneseforeignpolicy." EdwardGreen/SchoolofPacificandAsianStudies,UniversityofHawaii WolfattheBackDoor:WouldChinaInvadeNorthKorea?

AreviewofSino-DPRKrelationsoverthelasttwodecadesindicatesthatthePRCremainsinvestedinitstraditionalstrategytowardtheDPRK.However,anincreasinglycomplexsecurityenvironmenthasexposedseverelimitationsinthatstrategyandpresentsafundamentalthreattoChina’sstrategicinterestsinNorthKorea.Undercertainconditions,ChinamightbeinducedtointervenepreemptivelyandmilitarilyinNorthKoreatopreventregimecollapseand/ortoforestallaforeigninvasion.Thispaperexploresthepossibilityofsuchanintervention.First,itidentifiesandevaluatesChina’sstrategyvis-à-visNorthKoreathroughanalysesofChineseresponsestomultipleDPRKprovocationsandadaptstheresultstoanoperationaldesigndiagram.Then,itconsiderswhichconditionsmightmotivatepreemptivemilitaryinterventionbeforeaddressingtheprincipal,associatedchallenges.PriyaRashidandRyanDipaolo/WilliamS.RichardsonLawSchool(WSRLS),UnitedStatesPacificFleet(USPACFLT)JurisDoctorate,andMastersinStrategicWarfareStrategicSymphony:WhyUSmilitarypolicyinSoutheastAsiamustbeCoupledwithaMajorInvestmentintheSocialandPoliticalDevelopment

HowthefutureoftheUnitedStatesmilitarypresenceinSoutheastAsiamustbecoupledwithmassiveincreasesinsocialinfrastructuredevelopmentindevelopingnationssuchasTimor-Leste,Vietnam,PapuaNewGuinea,andIndonesia. Panel3.2CulturalPhenomenon

Yen-ZhiPeng/AsianStudiesprogram,UniversityofHawaii LocalizationofJapanesepopularcultureinTaiwan:PersonificationinTaiwaneseAnime,Comic,Game(ACG)field

Inthelastdecade,TaiwaneseperceptionofACGhaschangedfromasocialpathologytoeye-catching

andprofitablestrategysincethestrongglobalJapanesesoftpowerhasdevelopedandthefirstgenerationofTaiwaneseJapanomaniatribes(youngfansofJapanesepopularculture)haveenteredintoworkplaces.Asaresult,TaiwaneseACGworksalsochangedandarenolongerseenaspoorcopycatsofJapaneseACG.WhereaspreviouslyTaiwaneseauthorsadoptedJapanesemangastylesandmodes,nowtheyinsertmoreTaiwaneseelementsandtheme,andimprovetheproductdifferentiation.ThepurposeofthispaperistoshowhowTaiwaneseauthorsusetheconcepts,styles,andstrategiesofJapanesepopularcultureasavehicletosellorconveythecontentofTaiwanesenessafter2010.InordertoseehowTaiwaneseACGworkssuccessfullyasbothreceiversandtransmittersofJapaneseACGstrategies,thispaperchoosesanewtrendofpersonificationconceptwhichhashappenedinTaiwaneseACGfieldsrecently.ThetrendwasinitiatedbyaJapanesewebcomic“Hetalia:AxisPowers,”whichsweptJapan’sandTaiwan’sACGfieldandappliedintourismalmost

synchronouslythroughtheInternet.ByinvestigatingwhatandhowTaiwaneseauthorsproducetheworks,andthereactionofTaiwaneseconsumers,thispaperarguesthatTaiwan’sworksofpersonificationdemonstrateeffectsoflocalizationaswellasreinforcementofTaiwanization.

TokikakeIi/HistoryDepartment,UniversityofHawaiiatManoa HowtoSaveaLife:3.11DisasterandMemorialsinJapan

Thispaperexaminestheprocessofmemorializationofthe3.11Disaster.Morespecifically,Iamworkingonacomparativeanalysisoftheembodimentoflostsoulswithinthefollowingsitesandfilm.Atfirst,inOtsuchicity,Iwateprefecture,thereisaphoneboothcalledKazenoDenwa,thatisnotconnectedtoanyphysicallandline.Yet,thevictimsoftheearthquakeandalsonumerousnon-victimvisitorsvisitthesitetohaveanemotionalconversationwiththeirlovedones.Then,thereisalsotheHyouryuPosutoinRikuzentakatacity,whichisapostofwhichthevictimscouldsendlettersaddressedtothedeceased.Withinthesesitesandcities,especiallyinOtsuchicity,thepopulationactivelyseekstore-connectwiththedeceased.Further,thisyearningforthelostpopulationandlandscapeshasbecomeanationalphenomenonasinthesearchforthelostcityofItomoriinthefilmKiminoNawa(YourName)whosecentralplotrevolvesaroundtheevocationofthe3.11Disasterthroughprotagonist’stelepathicencounterwithafemalewhodiedfromameteoriteattack.Inmypaper,bydeployingJudithButler’sconceptofmelancholicagency,KennethFoote’snotionofsanctification,aswellasMaritaSturken’sconcernfordarktourism,Iarguethatthisprocessfeaturesacomplicatedintertwiningofthefollowingthemes:Japanesetraditionalsenseoftomurai(mourning),aswellastheinabilityofthepopulationtoleavethestateofmelancholia.

SayoSakamoto/Japaneseprogram,AsianLanguagesandLiterature,UniversityofWashingtonTheParadoxofFujiKeiko:EnkaattheBoundarybetweenShinjukuandFurusato

Thispaperexaminestheculturalsignificanceofenkainthe1960sand1970sbyanalyzingatriangularrelationshipbetweenenkasingerFujiKeiko(1951-2013),Shinjuku(oneofthebusiestdowntownareasofTokyo),andhometowns(furusato).EnkaisaformofJapaneseballad,oftendescribedassongsfor“thesoulofJapan.”AsAmericananthropologistChristineYanopointsout,enkawasconstructedbyadistinctiveculturallogicinwhichthepastandthedistanceexpressedinenkafeedaninternalexoticismandironicallyserveasaversionofthecenterofJapaneseculture.ThislogicgeneratestheimageofenkaastraditionalJapaneseculture.However,infactenkaisaquitenewgenreofpopularmusicestablishedinthelate1960saspartofcounterculture. ThedebutofFujiKeikoin1969hadasignificantrolenotonlyinestablishingenka,butalsoinmediatingtwoconflictingbutimportantconceptsinthe1960sand1970s—ShinjukuasthecenterofTokyo,andhometownsinruralareas.Fujiperformedasonewhohadanunfortunateupbringing,leftherhometown,andnowlivedinShinjuku,whichwasamagneticplaceforyouthswhoparticipatedinantiestablishmentmovementsandundergroundculture.Inthisregard,Fujistoodataboundarybetweentheconceptoftheurbancityandhometowns,aswellasatthetransitionalperiodofthepostwarJapaninwhichpeoplewerediscontentwiththesocialrealityinthemidstofrapideconomicgrowthandreemergingasaninternationallypotentnation.Panel43:00p.m.-4:30p.m.

Panel4.1Literature&Cinema

EunYoungSeong/DepartmentofEastAsianLanguagesandLiteratures,UniversityofCalifornia,Irvine OutsideStoryteller:ShinyaEiko'sSinset’aryŏngandZainichiKoreanHistory

ThispaperfocusesonamonodramaaboutZainichiKoreanwomeninborder-crossingfamiliesintheJapaneseempire.ZainichiKoreansaretheimmigrantswhocametoJapanwhenJapancolonizedKoreaaswellastheirdescendantswhohaveremainedinJapanaftertheendofJapanesecolonialrule.IhighlighttheproductionprocessofthemonodramaSinset’aryŏngwhichwascreatedbyJapaneseactressShinyaEiko.Shinyaproducedthismonodramainthe1970swhichpresentsanarrativeofaneighty-year-oldZainichiKoreanwoman.Theterm“Sinset’aryŏng”isaritualisticsongthatlamentsthepainfullifeofaperson,whichisbasedonatraditionalKoreanrhythm.EventhoughShinyadidnothaveknowledgeaboutKoreanhistoryandlanguage,shedecidedtomakeSinset’aryŏngwhenshereadabookthatrecordedtheoralhistoriesoftwelveKoreanwomeninJapanfromthe1920stothe1970s.ShinyastagedSinset’aryŏngovertwothousandstimesuntilshediedin2016.SherevisedheroriginalscriptmultipletimesaccordingtotheadvicefromZainichiKoreans.DespitethesignificanceofShinya’smonodrama,thescholarshiponZainichiKoreanhistoryandculturehasbarelypaidattentiontothisworkbecausetheexistingframeworkthatlinksZainichiKoreancultureonlytothepeoplewhohaveethnicKoreanidentityhascosignedthisJapaneseactress’sworktooblivion.Inthispaper,Isuggestanalternativeframeworktobetterunderstandworksbynon-KoreanpeoplewhoareindialoguewithZainichiKoreans,regardlessofspecificethnicidentity,inculturalinteractions. SiriwanPreechanarit/FacultyofArts,ChulalongkornUniversity,THAILAND LifeandDeathin“MoonlightShadow”

"MoonlightShadow”,ashortnovelwrittenbyBananaYoshimoto.InspiredbyMoonlightShadowmusicbyMikeOldfield.Thethemesaredeath,loveandsurrealistic.Thisstoryisaboutencouragingpeoplewhoarediscouraged,findhowtopushthrough.Thisarticleaimstoanalyzetheaffectingthelifestyleoftheprotagonistsafterfacingthedeathofthelovedoneandhowcantheyrecoverfromsuffering.Thefindingsofthisstudyare1)thelosingofabelovedoneaffectstheprotagonists’behavior.Throughoutthestory,thegriefoftheprotagonistsarerepeated,butattheend,bothSatsukiandHiiragiareabletoovercomefromsufferingandrealizethevalueoflife.2)AvitalelementofhealingisTanabataphenomenon YoonjungPark/GraduateSchoolofArtsandSciences,TheUniversityofTokyo TheMeaningandExpandabilityof'Jikatagaku'inInazoNitobe'sThought

Existence"Recently,therehasbeenagrowinginterestinthebalancebetweenanation'seconomicgrowthandglobalpeace.InazoNitobe(1862-1933)isaJapanesethinkerwhodeservesourattentionforbeinganadvocateofeconomicgrowthforthestrengtheningofthenationandalsoaninternationalistconcernedwithworldpeace.ThefamedauthorofBushido:ThesoulofJapan(1900),healsocontributedtointernationalpeaceasthesecretarygeneraloftheearlyLeagueofNationsinthe1920s.Infact,NitobewasaneconomistwhoclaimedtheimportanceofagricultureinModernJapan.Itwouldthusbeofinteresttolearnhowthesetwoseeminglyconflictingvalueswereabletocoexistinhisthought. Nitobeadvocatedfor'Jikatagaku'(Ruriology)in1898.'Jikatagaku'meanstheresearchofruralsocietybasedonagriculture.Itwasbasedonthethoughtthatinvolvementinagriculturewouldaffectanimprovementinpersonality.Thisshowsthathebelievedintheexistenceoftranscendentalpowerbeyondnature.Hisideaofhumanequalityactuallyevolvedfromthisbeliefintheinnerlightobtainedthroughindividualrelationshipswiththetranscendentalexistence.Suchanideabecamethebasisofhisdiverseactivitiesenablinghimtoworkasaninternationalist. ThisresearchexaminestheformationofNitobe'sagriculturaltheorybyfocusingon'Jikatagaku'.Afteranalyzingthemainfeaturesofhistheory,itwillexamineitspracticesandexpandabilityorvalidityofhisideasonColonization.ThepurposeofthisresearchistoreevaluateInazoNitobeinJapaneseintellectualhistory.

AdrianEllisAlarilla/SoutheastAsiaCenter,UniversityofWashington LegitimatingVisions:ImaginingtheChinesediasporainSoutheastAsiancinemas

ThepeopleofChineseheritageinSoutheastAsiahavearichhistoryintheregion.Atthesametime,theyoccupyanambivalentspaceinthenationalizedhistoriesoftheiradoptedhomelands.ThetensionbetweendifferenceandbelongingnesscanbeseeninthecinematicproductionsofdiasporicChineseworkingwithinthegenreoffamilymelodrama.ThroughatextualanalysisofthreecontemporaryfilmsbythreediasporicChinesefilmmakersfromtheregion,thisIntra-Asianstudyaimstoexaminetheintersectionsofnationalismanddiaspora,aswellasofSoutheastAsianCinemaandSinophoneCinema.ManoPo3:MyLove(��:���,2004)aTagalog,English,andMinnan-languagefilm,centersaroundamarriedChinese-Filipino

womanwholovesanothermanwhowantstobringherbacktoChina.BabiButaYangInginTerbang(BlindPigwhowantstofly,2008),anIndonesian-languagefilm,revolvesaroundaChinese-IndonesianfamilywhosefatherwantstoconverttoIslaminordertomarryapribumi(native)woman.Thesemi-autobiographicalIloIlo(����,2013),aHokkien,English,Tagalog,andMandarin-languagefilm,

explorestherelationshipbetweenaSingaporeanboyandhisFilipinanannywhosematernalnatureprovokesthejealousyofthechild’srealmother.Despitethedifferencesinstyle,treatment,andlanguage,thesethreefilmsallseemtodealwiththelegitimacyofwivesand/oroffsprings,vis-à-visthelargercontextoftheChinesediasporaastheystruggletolegitimatetheirclaimsaspartofSoutheastAsiansociety. Panel4.2Language/Literature

XiaolongLu/DepartmentofEastAsianLanguagesandLiteratures,UniversityofHawaiiManoa PreliminaryStudyonInteractionandIntegrationofMandarinWordsbetweenMainlandChinaandTaiwan

TaiwanMandarinandmotherlandMandarinsharethesameorigin,thenorthernChinadialect.ButtodaywecanseelexicaldifferencesinmainlandChinaandTaiwan,becauseofhistoricalissues. Fromlinguisticperspective,weseethefood""Hua-sheng""(peanut)inthemotherlandiscalled""Tu-dou""(��)inTaiwan;likethegeographyname""Xi-ni""(Sydney)iscalled""Xue-li""(#�)inTaiwan;like

theanimal""Xiong-mao""(panda)iscalled""Mao-xiong""( �)inTaiwan.However,somespecialwords

fromTaiwan,havebeenincludedintoModernChineseDictionary(6thedition)inChina,suchastheword""Chu-qiu""(��),""Tie-piao""(!�),""Bian-dang""(��),""Chu-yu""(�$),""Xun-xi""(� )etc..

PreviousstudieshardlyexplainedtheinteractionmechanismsinMandarinwordsbetweenthetwosidesofTaiwanStrait?Therefore,weputforwardthefollowingresearchquestions:(1)Couldweeffectivelydifferentiatethe""interaction""wordsand""integration""wordsbasedoncorporaanddictionariesintwoareas?Ifso,whataretheuniformstandardandmethods?(2)WhatkindsoflanguagestrategiesareembodiedintheinteractionandintegrationofMandarinwordsinthetwosidesofTaiwanStrait? Thisstudymainlybasesoncorporaanddictionariesinthetwoareas.Wefocusontheexplanationsofwordinteractionandcomparison,whichcanbeofgreatpracticalsignificancetotheChineseteachingandcommunicationinthePacificRimandalsotothetypologicalresearchofglobalChinese."

FaithFrancisco/AteneodeManilaUniversity,QuezonCity,Philippines Cultureinforeignlanguagepedagogy:ExaminingthegenderedJapaneselanguagethroughJapanFoundation’sMarugototextbook

Languageandculturehasalwaysbeendeemedintangible.However,itisonlyinrecentyearsthatthishasbeengainingpopularityinthefieldofLanguageEducation.WiththeadventoftheCommonEuropeanFrameworkofReferenceforLanguages(CEFR),andtheestablishmentoftheStandardsforForeignLanguage

Learning(1993),theimportanceofbothculturalandlinguisticaspectshavebeenconsideredassomeofthekeycompetenciesoflanguageteaching,learning,andassessment.PivotaltotheserecentshiftsisthecreationofJapanFoundation’sJapaneselanguageteachingstandard,andaJapaneselanguagetextbookmodeledaftertheCEFR.ThisistheMarugotomodule.IntheanalysisofthismediumMarugoto,thispaperexaminesJapaneselanguagepedagogy,withinthecontextofteachinggenderlinguisticnuancesasintegraltotheJapaneselanguageclassroom.TextbookanalysisoftheMarugotomoduleisinstrumentalasitservesastheideologicalJapaneselanguagestandardwhichpresumablycapturesthevarioussociolinguisticcomplexitiesofthelanguage.Furthermore,approachingthisstudytowardslanguagepedagogyisvitalbecauseithighlightseducators’activeroleinteachingstudentsthecomplexgenderdynamicsbroughtbychangesinJapanesesociety.ThispaperrecognizesthatthereismoretoteachingthegenderedcultureofJapaneselanguageotherthanthebinaryofamale-femalelinguisticuse,andaspecificsetofwordsandgrammaticalstructures.Intheend,theaimofthisthesisistohighlightthevalueofgenderinlanguageeducationasitbuildsforeignlanguagelearners’genderliteracies,especiallythosefromanotherculture.

YiRen/DepartmentofEastAsianLanguagesandLiteratures,UniversityofOregon TheShiftofTaiwaneseLinguisticIdentitiesDuringandAftertheJapaneseColonialRule

ThispaperexaminestheroleofJapanesecolonialruleinshapingmodernTaiwaneselinguisticidentities.Recognizinglinguisticidentityashybrid,multiple,anddynamic,thepapertriangulatesdatafrommultiplesourcestoanalyzetheshiftofTaiwaneselinguisticidentitiesthroughthepast120years.ThepaperfirstexaminesthelanguagepoliciesimposeduponTaiwanduringtheJapaneseoccupationfrom1895to1945,andthenpresentsaqualitativeanalysisofpostsfromtheTaiwanesecyber-communitytoelucidatelinguisticidentitiesamongTaiwaneseyoungsters.BecauseoftheJapaneseassimilationpolicy,thegenerationgrowingupunderoccupationnaturallybecamefluentinJapaneseanddevelopedabilingualidentity.Furthermore,thebilingualidentityhasbeenpassedonthroughseveralsubsequentgenerationstothepresentday,whichalsoleadstothetrendoflearningJapaneseasasecondlanguageinTaiwannowadays.Thesefindingsindicatethatbilingualidentities,eventhoseimposedonapopulation,canhaveaprofoundinfluenceonthelinguisticidentityofmultiplegenerationslongaftertheendofcolonization.

MatthewKelty/TheatreandPerformanceStudies,UniversityofHawai'iatMānoa “Antek-Antek":TheShutteringofBPS-AffiliatedNewspapersin1965

ThispresentationexploresthewaysinwhichtwonewspapersaffiliatedwithBadanPendukungSukarnoisme(BPS)inIndonesiareportedontherevocationoftheirpublishinglicensesshortlybeforethemasspoliticalkillingsthatoccurredinthatcountryin1965and1966.Italsoexaminesthetoneoftwoofthesepublications-MerdekaandTheIndonesianObserver-whentheyresumedpublishingin1966,aftertheworstoftheviolence.Utilizingoriginalsourcematerials,thereportanalyzestheradicallydifferentapproachesthatthesenewspaperstook-despitebeingownedbythesamemediacompany-inreportingnotonlytheirdeaths,butalsotheirresurrections.Thepresentationwillplaceeventsinhistoricalcontext,detailinitialfindings,andprovidesuggestionsforfurtherresearchonthetopic. Friday,March16,2018

Panel5:9:00a.m.-10:30a.m.

Panel5.1TopicsonNorthKorea

MargaretPence/UniversityofSanFrancisco Trumpingthe“Rocketman”:PresidentDonaldTrump’sRhetoriconNorthKorea

Throughout2017,PresidentDonaldTrump'stweetsandrhetoricconcerningNorthKoreahaveraisedalarmaboutthefuturerelationsbetweentheU.S.andNorthKorea,ashiswordsoftenvergeonthebrinkofthreateningwar.AsPresidentTrumphasmadeclearindicationsoftheU.S.continuedpresenceinAsia,analyzingTrump'srhetoricisimperativetounderstandingthefutureofAmericanforeignpolicytoNorthKorea,aswellasdeterminingtheU.S.'scontinuedrolewithintheAsianPacificregion.ThispaperanalyzesTrump'stweetsandspeechesduringhisfirststatevisittoAsiatogleananinsightintohisforeignpolicygoalsforNorthKorea.ThestudyfindsthatTrumpportrayshimselfasapresidentwhousesstrategicambiguitytoconductforeignaffairs,makinghimselfa"dealmaker."ThroughanevaluationofTrump'srhetoric,thepaperconcludesthatTrump'srhetoriconNorthKoreaiscreatingconfusionabouthisforeignpolicyobjectives;however,mixedintheseconfusingmessagesisthegoalofbetteringAmerica'straderelationshipwithJapan,SouthKorea,andChinasothatTrumpcantriumphasadealmakerintheseemergingAsianmarkets. ChiyeonHwang/EastAsianLanguagesandLiteratures,UniversityofHawaiiatManoa MoranbongClub:ExploitationofNorthKoreanDefectors’Narrative

MyprojectaimstorevealthewayaSouthKoreanTVshow,MoranbongClub,reproduceshierarchicalmisconceptionsbetweenSouthKoreansandNorthKoreandefectorstopromoteunderlyingSouthKoreannationalismandpoliticalideology.SuchmisrepresentationunderminestheNorthKoreandefectors’experiencesandtheoppressivepositiontheyfindthemselvesinevenafterescapingthecommunistregime.IwillusetheconceptofculturalidentityasreproducedintheKoreancontextasterministicscreens(Burke)toshowhowtherhetoricprojectedinMoranbongClubisproblematicinitsclaimsto"educate"thepublic.Inparticular,identificationofaSouthKorean‘Self’injuxtapositionwithaNorthKorean‘Other’(Son)willbeusedtoexaminehierarchicalstructuresembeddedinSouthKoreanpublicdiscourseregardingNorthKoreandefectors.Additionally,theseidentityconstructionsarefurthercomplicatedbyexploringunderstandingsofethnicidentityamongsttheyoungergenerationofSouthKoreans(Ha&Jin).Concurrently,television’sroleinthemaintenanceandreproductionofhegemonyprevalentinsocietymakeapparenttheterministicscreenthatinfluencesSouthKoreans’perceptionoftheiridentityandnationalismassuperiortothatofNorthKoreans,ultimatelyfailingtobridgetheculturalgapandinsteadpropellingpoliticallyconstructedhierarchywithinKorea. JungahLee/EastAsianlanguagesandliteratures,UniversityofOregon PhoneticdifferencesbetweenSouthKoreanandNorthKorean

SinceKoreahasdividedintotwoseparatedcountriessince1950,avarietyofdifferencesbetweenSouthKoreanandNorthKoreanhavebeenobserved.EventhoughmanystudiesinvestigatedthelexicaldifferencesbetweenSouthKoreanandNorthKorean,researchonphoneticdifferencesoftwodialectshaslittlebeenexplored.Inthisarticle,IaimtostudyphoneticdifferencesbetweenSouthKoreanandNorthKorean.Drawingonspeechrecordingsandacousticanalysis,IselectedoneNorthKoreanfemaledefectorwhoisanativePyongyangstandardNorthKoreanspeaker,andhasworkedforsevenyearsasananchorinNorthKoreanbroadcast.IusedrecordingsamplesofSouthKoreanwhichisuploadedinIPAwebsite.Theparticipantrecordedeachwordlistandnarrativesentence.IcomparedNorthKoreanrecordingswithSouthKoreanspeechsamples.Iexaminedintonation,vowelspace,andprosodyinthewordandnarrativelevel.Inthewordlevel,SouthKoreanspeakerdistinguisheshomonymswithstressandlength.Ontheotherhand,NorthKoreanspeakertendstousetonedistinction.Aswellasinthenarrativelevel,significantdifferencesinvowelspacehavebeendiscovered.Furthermore,inprosodicanalysis,NorthKoreanindicates'HL'patternsincontrasttoSouthKoreanwhichhas'LH'patterns.IconcludethatmanyphoneticdifferencesbetweenSouthKoreanandNorthKoreanexist.ThisstudyprovidesmeaningfulevidenceofphoneticfeaturesofNorth

KoreanaswellasgivinganalyticguidelinesforfutureresearchregardingNorthKoreanphonetics.IwillexplainphoneticdifferencesbetweenSouthKoreanandNorthKorean.TheacousticresearchofNorthKoreanhasnotbeenaddressed.Thus,thisstudyismeaningfulintermsofprovidingphoneticfeaturesofNorthKoreanaswellassuggestingfutureresearchinNorthKoreanlinguistics.Panel5.2InternationalRelations

BaskoroPramadani/AsiaPacificCollegeofDiplomacy,AustralianNationalUniversity FutureofInstitutionBuildinginAsia

ThepaperwillexaminetheneedformoreunderstandingaboutinstitutionbuildinginEastAsiaandtheAsia-PacificregioninsecuringtheprospectofthefutureAsianCentury.UniquefeatureofAsianregionwhichconsistsofvariedbackgroundservesmainchallengestotheinstitutionbuilding.Differencesamongactorsintheregionhasemergedthepreferencetowardbilateralcooperation,andthereforeignoretheprocessofinstitutionbuilding.DespitetheproliferationofregionalinstitutioninEastAsiaandtheAsia-Pacificregioninthelasttwodecades,thereisnoclearevidenceofpreferenceshiftingtowardsmultilateraldiplomacy.Toelaboratethetopic,thisarticlewillbringASEANupasanexamplethatprovidesreflectionabouthowcooperationintheregionshouldbebestorganized.ThisapproachisunsurprisinglydifferentwiththeonewhichisusedinEU,buteffectivetobeappliedinAsia.Despiteskepticalviews,thereishighpossibilitythatregionalinstitutionbuildinginEastAsiaandtheAsia-PacificwillkeepdevelopinginthefutureasamainpartofAsianCenturythrough“theASEANWay.”PriyaRashid/WilliamS.RichardsonSchoolofLaw,UniversityofHawaii AsianImitator:Timor-Leste'sbidtojoinASEAN

ThispaperdiscussestheuniquepositionofTimor-Leste,apost-colonialnation,initsstruggleto

reachgreatereconomicindependenceandgrowthbyjoiningtheAssociationofSoutheastAsianNationsasamember-state.TheirpetitionisanimportantdefiningmomentforbothTimor-LesteandtheSoutheastAsiancommunity,onwhatitmeansachieveeconomicautonomy,andultimately...whatitmeanstobeAsian.WonGeunChoi/DepartmentofPoliticalScience,UniversityofHawaiiatManoa TheAsiaPacificRefugeeRightNetworkandReconfigurationofPowerRelationshipinRefugeeProtection

Thisresearchfocusesontheroleofcivilsocietyinglobalgovernanceofrefugeeprotection,specificallyinAsiancontext.Asiahoststhelargestnumberofforcedmigrants,morethan31millionpeople.However,onlysixAsiancountriesratifiedtheinternationalrefugeelaw.Asianstateshavefrequentlyfailedtoinstitutionalizeinternationalrefugeelawsandtoconstructregionalrefugeeprotectionnorms.Incontrast,Asiahasthemostvibrantcivilsocietyorganizationsastheonlystakeholderstryingtofacilitateprotectionofrefugees,providingserviceatthelocallevelandinstigatinganadvocacyatthegloballevel.Asiancivilsocietyischallengingthestate-centricinternationalrefugeelawsandnormsbyestablishingalternativerefugeeprotectionprinciplesandpracticesaftertheestablishmentofaglobalnetworkorganization,theAsiaPacificRefugeeRightNetwork(APRRN).ThisresearchexploresAPRRN’seffortstochangethesubordinatedpositionoflocalNGOsinglobalgovernanceofrefugeeprotectionandtobringalternativeprinciplesandpracticesintotheinternationalrefugeenormsinAsia.Theproject’sspecificresearchquestionsareasfollows:HowdoNGOscountertheinfluenceofthepredominantstakeholders—statesandinternationalorganizations—inrefugeeprotection?HowdoAsianNGOsimplementinternationalrefugeelawintheirnationalandregionalpoliticalandculturalcontexts?ThisresearcharguesthatAsiancivilsocietyreconfiguresconventionalpowerrelationshipintheinternationalrefugeeregimeintwodimensions:challengingdominationofstateand

paternalismoftheUNHCRinthefieldandimplementationofalternativeprinciplesandpracticestoenhanceitsproductivepower. GarrettHillyer/UniversityofHawai'iatManoa MisionaSamoa(SamoanMissionaries)

Inthelatenineteenthcentury,SāmoanmissionariestraveledthroughoutOceaniatospreadtheChristianfaith.Indoingso,theyimplementedtheirSāmoanlanguageastheofficiallanguageofthechurchinplaceslikeTokelau,Niue,andTuvalu,amongothers.Still,indigenouslanguagespersistedasthe‘everyday’formofcommunicationbetweenmembersoftheseindigenousspeechcommunities.Inanefforttostiflethispersistence,SāmoanmissionariesworkedtoeschewlanguageideologiesbydeclaringthatSāmoanwas,infact,ahigherformofPolynesianlanguage.Thispaperexplorestheimplicationofthishistoryonlanguageideologiesinislandspeechcommunities,withaspecificfocusontheimpositionofSāmoaninTokelau.Drawingfromresearchinhistory,linguistics,anthropology,andethnography,thispaperpresentsaninterdisciplinaryanalysisofthepowerstructuresatplayinlanguagerelationships,andthewaysinwhichOceanicmissionizationhistorycanofferawindowintotheseshiftingdynamics. Panel6:10:30a.m.-Noon

Panel6.1Nationalism&IdentityII

CrystalKwok/SchoolofTheaterandDance,UniversityofHawai'iatManoa NotBlackandWhite-aperformativelensonadocumentaryaboutChineseinthesegregatedAmericanSouth.

Thispaperexaminesasegmentofmywork-in-progressdocumentaryfilm,“NotBlackandWhite”aboutadeeplytraditionalChinesefamilygrowingupintheblackneighborhoodofthesegregatedDeepSouthinthelate1930s.TheirpositionasnonwhiteandnonblackposesacuriouslensonsocialculturalissuesinbinaryAmerica.Becauseofthedominantframingofstructuralinequalities,theChinesevoiceisvirtuallynonexistentintheAmericanSouthletaloneAmericaasawhole.Thestudyalsoexplorestheperformativenatureofthedocumentaryprocessofhowthesubjects’voicesaresimultaneouslyheardandsilenced,ofhowtheconceptofframingincludesandexcludescontent.Throughthisprocessofinterviewing,conceptsofmemoryandhistoryemergeandintertwine,givinginterestingthoughttotheintersectionalrelationshipsbetweenidentity,gender,discrimination,andculturalmemory.Notonlyarethesubjectsperformingbyprovidingoralhistory,thefilmbecomesthestageonwhichmyjourneyasafilmmakerisplayedout.HyewonUm/DepartmentofPoliticalScience,UniversityofHawaii BecomingLegitimateJapanese:NegotiatingBoundariesofJapanesethroughSocialMovements

WhatmakesacertaingroupofpeopleinJapanmoreorlessJapanesethantheothers?Howdoesthegroupachievetheirmovements’goalsbyshapingboundariesofJapanese?UnlikethepersistentclaimsofhomogeneousJapan,variousgroupsofpeoplehaveattemptedtoshapeandre-shapeboundariesoftheJapanesethroughpoliticalandlegalstruggles.FocusingonJapanesewarorphans’litigation,thispaperarguesthatboundariesoftheJapanesehaveconstantlychangedthroughpoliticalnegotiationaswellaslegalbattles.JapanesewarorphansrefertoJapaneseciviliansleftbehindinManchuriaaftertheendofWorldWarII.ManyofthosesurvivorshaverepatriatedtoJapanfrom1970stoearly2000s.TheirlegitimacyasJapanesecitizenbasedonevaluationofsocio-cultural,geneticand,linguisticJapanese-nessisconsistentlyquestionedinJapan.AfterseveralattemptstoachievefinancialsupportsfromJapanesegovernmentfailed,thewarorphansandtheirsupporterstookseriesoflegalactionsagainstJapanesegovernment. ComparingcasesofLeprosylitigation,Abductees(byNorthKorea)repatriationmovement,andJapanesewarorphanslitigationagainstJapanesegovernment,thispaperalsocontendsthatrecent

movementstoredresspastsufferingcausedbythestate’swrongdoinghavehadsignificantimpactonrights-claimingandlawsuitsasthebasicrightsofcitizensinJapan.Byanalyzingawiderangeofprimaryandsecondarysourcesincludingnewspaperarticles,governmentpolicies,andin-depthinterviewswiththemovementparticipants,thispaperexploreshowmeaningoftheJapaneseandtheirrightsaslegitimateJapanesenationalshaveoftenchangedindifferentcases.MichelleHuynh/CollegeofArts&Humanities,UniversityofHawaiiatManoa TheVirtueinPropaganda:ADramaticPlay

Wehavealllearnedaboutthecontroversies,brutalities,andlegalitiesoftheVietnamWar.However,anaspectweneverlearnaboutisoftheVietnamese.OnemayimmediatelythinkoftheViệtCộngorBácHồ,buttherearethousandswhoarelookedoverandforgotten—“warbabies.”ThisdirectlytranslatedwordfromtheVietnameselanguagedescribesasmallgroupofminoritieswhowerebornofAmericansoldiersandVietnamesemothers.Beingbornduringthewar,manybabieswereeitherabandonedorkilledbecauseoftheprejudicetowardstheAmericanmilitary.Similarlyenough,mymotherisaCaucasianwomanborninVietnamduringtheheatofthewarinpoorcountrysideVietnam.Shewasluckilyfoundonthestreetsbutfacedracism,abuse,andinequalityasshelived.Herstoryandthestoryofother“warbabies”areoneofmyinspirationsbehindtheplayIhavewritten. AnotherissuethatstrikesmeistheamountofliteraturewrittenthatshowcasestheVietnamese’sperspective.Perspectiveisanimportantissuetomebecausesocietylackstheattempttosolvelingeringbiases.Myfull-lengthplayiswrittentofeaturetheemotionsandsentimentsoftheVietnamesenationalswiththelensfocusedonthesepeoplewhoconsiderthemselvesVietnamese,but“notVietnameseenough.”Ascultureandnationalismarehottopicstodayinmanycountries,itisessentialforustodiscussthisinasafeplace—thetheatre.ThegoalistodisplaytheemotionalstoryoftheconflictedVietnameseidentity." Chiao-WenChiang/DepartmentofMusic,UniversityofHawaii IndigenousTaoSingingandthe2017Anti-NuclearWasteConcert,

OnAugust4,2017,theTaiwaneseindigenousTaoethnicgroupmountedaprotestagainstthedubbingofnuclearwasteontheirhomelandOrchidIslandbytheTaiwangovernmentsince1982.TheeventwasaccompaniedbyaconcertthatmadeuseofthetraditionalTaochantgenrecalledanood.WhatisuniqueaboutthisconcertisnotthatindigenousmusicwasusedasprotestbutthewayanoodwascreativelyusedtoarticulateasenseofTaoidentityandasanimpetusforself-determination.Anood,oneofthegenresofTaopeople’straditionalchanting,isbasedonarepetitivebriefmelodywithimprovisedorprecomposedtextsthatarerichinculturalmetaphors.ThispaperfocusesonthewayamarginalgroupsuchastheTaopeoplevoicedtheirconcernspubliclywhilecritiquingtheunjusttreatmentoftheircommunitybythecentralgovernment.AlthoughthiseventforegroundswhatMarcAbélèscalls“thepoliticsofsurvival,”IarguethattraditionalchantingnotonlyreinforcesTaopeople’sculturalidentity,italsoperpetuatesindigenousknowledgeandconstitutescommunity.Byanalyzingthemusicalandtextualcontextofanood,alongwiththenew-composedsong“Jikangai(Don’tCome!),”IintendtoshowthatanoodismorethanaprotestsongfortheconcertbutacallforunityandgroupcohesionfortheTaopeople.Anoodencapsulatestheexperienceofmarginalityandisaperformanceofindigenousself-determinationagainstinternalcolonialismbythepost-colonialnation-state.Panel6.2SocialIssues

YukieSato/GraduateSchoolofPoliticalScience,WasedaUniversity

TheGwangjuUprisingandTransitionalJustice:TransformationofHistoricalReconciliationamongDemocratizationMovement

Mystudyexaminestheprocesses,benefits,andlimitationsofthehistoricalreconciliationprojectsforstateviolence,particularlyfocusingontheGwangjuUprising,democratizationmovementoccurredinSouthKoreain1980,suppressedbyauthoritarianKoreangovernment. Toaccomplishthisobjective,thisstudyperformsthreetasks;itclarifies(1)howthepublicmemoryoftheUprisingwasformed,(2)theprocessesofthereconciliationprojectsafterdemocratizationin1987,and(3)thebenefitsandlimitationsoftheseprojectsbyusingthetransitionaljustice(TJ)concept. Bymeetingtheseobjectives,thisstudyclarifiesthreepoints.First,thefindingofthe“Minjung(People)”conceptwasatriggerforKoreanstothinkaboutreconciliationfortheUprisingasanimportantissueforthendemocratizationmovement.Second,thedemocratizedgovernmentapproachedreconciliationprojectsattimesbycomplyingwiththereconciliation-conditionspresentedbycitizens.Third,theseprojectsdemonstrateexemplarypracticalitiesofTJ.Whilethereareomissions,victimsandcitizensarestrugglingwiththem.Hence,theformofreconciliationcontinuestochange. Byclarifyingthesepoints,thisstudybecomessignificantfromthreeperspectives.First,itprovidesakeyforsolvingproblemsbasedonthegapsinthehistoricalrecognitioninEastAsia.Second,itprovidesasignificantkeytorealizehistoricalreconciliationfornotonlyEastAsiabutalsootherregionsbyapresentationofanEastAsiancasetoTJdebatesgenerallylimitedtoLatinAmericaregionorSouthAfrica.Finally,itwillbeofgreatassistancetoabolishstateviolenceinallotherregionsaswell." BenjaminMoseley/DepartmentofHistory,UniversityofHawai'iatMānoa ApaOseOrangAmbon?:ThePortugueseInfluenceonChristianAmboneseIdentity

ThispaperanalyzesthepresenceofPortugueseheritageintheculture,language,andreligiouspracticesoftheislandofAmboninIndonesia’sMalukuprovincewhilealsoprovidingahistoricaloverviewtothearrivalanddepartureofthePortugueseandtheaccompanyingJesuitMissionsinthispartofSoutheastAsia.Thispaperseekstounderstandhowtheinitial16thcenturyPortuguesesettlementsinAmbonandtheJesuitmissionscontinuedtohavealastingimpactonthesocial,religious,andculturallandscapeofAmbondespitetheendofPortuguesecolonialruleintheearly17thcenturyandsubsequentregionaldominancebytheNetherlandsEastIndiaCompany.Ultimately,thispapercontendsthatcurrentAmboneseChristianscaninparttraceasignificantportionoftheiroriginstotheperiodofthePortuguesepresenceinAmbonandthatthisPortugueseinfluencemanifestsitselfinnumerousculturaltraits,especiallylanguage.Inthispaper,colonialdocuments,Jesuitmissionletters,indigenousAmbonesehistories,historicallinguisticspapers,andcontemporaryanthropologicalarticlesareutilizedtoexaminetheroleofthePortugueseandJesuitmissionsinthedevelopmentofadistinctiveAmboneseChristiancommunity.ThispaperprovidesavaluableintroductiontounderstandingthedevelopmentoftheAmboneseChristiancommunityanditsrelationtonotjustthePortugueseandJesuits,buttoothercolonialpowersandmissiongroupsaswell. NirukaSanjeewani/GeneralSirJohnKotelawalaDefenceUniversity,SriLanka IllicitBorderCrossingofWomen:AnalysingoftheTransnationalSecurityChallengesinSouthAsia

TerritorialBordersaredemarcatedbyeverystatetosafeguardthewell-beingoftheircitizensfromexternaluncertainties.Illicitcrossingofthosebordersbyoutsiderscreatesecuritythreatsforanumberofstates.Theillicitwaysrefertotheactsofcrossingborderswithouthavingauthenticlegaldocumentationsuchasvisasandpassports.WithinthisscenarioongoingbordercrossingofwomeninIndia,Bangladesh,Pakistan,NepalandAfghanistanhaveconstitutedsecuritychallengestotheentireSouthAsianregion.Thiscontemporarychallengecanbeidentifiedasatransnationalsecuritythreatwhichmostlydemonstratesnon-

militarystrainsthatemergeacrosstheborders.Therootcausesforillicitbordercrossingofwomenareoftenassociatedwiththepushandpullfactorsintheeconomic,socialandenvironmentalaspects.Underthepushfactorswomenmoveintoanothercountrybecauseoftheindividualriskintheirnativelands.Incontrast,pullfactorsforcewomentoenterintoanotherterritoryduetothevariousneedswhichcannotbemetbythemintheirhomecountries.Asanultimatefalloutoftheaboveconstraints,womenbecomevulnerabletotraffickingaswell. ThekeyobjectiveofthispaperistoexamineillicitbordercrossingofwomenbyfocusingoncountrieslikeIndia,Bangladesh,Pakistan,NepalandAfghanistan.Thedataofthestudywereaccumulatedfromsecondarysourcesincludingbooks,journalsandonlinearticles.Further,thisresearchisentailedbythequalitativeresearchmethodtoanalyseapplicablefindingstoofferinsightsintobetterunderstandingofillicitbordercrossingofwomen.StevenJamesFluckiger/CollegeofArtsandHumanities,UniversityofHawaii "ToRewardHerforThisDevotion"CatholicManipulationoftheConversionofEarlyModernPhilippineWomen

DuringtheinitialcolonialperiodofthePhilippines,Catholicmissionariesencounteredculturesthatplacedthespiritualadministrationofindigenousanimismonwomen.Thesewomenheldinfluentialpositionsintheirsocieties,yetmissionariesworkedtodebasetheirspiritualpracticesandsupplantitwithCatholicism.Becauseoftheinfluencetheseindigenousanimistwomenwielded,Catholicmissionariessoughttoconvertindigenouswomentocounteracttheseanimistleaders.Onceconverted,theclergythenusedthesewomenaspublicsymbolsoftheblessingsofCatholicismtoshowindigenousPhilippinepeoplethatwomenandmenwouldbenefitgreatlyfromadoptingCatholicism.Oneofthemethodsthesemissionariesusedwaspubliclydisplayingandrecountingthevisions,miracles,andhealingsindigenouswomenexperiencedorwitnessedthroughtheirfaithfuladherencetoCatholicprinciples.Usingtheseexperiences,theCatholicmissionariesshowedtheindigenouspopulationsthattheynolongerneededtorelyonthewomenwholedanimisttraditionsandthattheycouldinsteadfollowtheexampleoftheseChristianwomenwhowereremarkablyblessedspirituallythroughtheirdevotiontoCatholicism.Thepromotionofthesemiracles,visions,andhealingswasanattempttostrengthenthepowerandinfluenceoftheCatholicChurchinthearchipelago.Thispaperanalyzesseveralaccountsofthesevisions,miracles,andhealingswhileacknowledgingtheactiveroleindigenouswomentook.ItalsoacknowledgeshowCatholicclergyrejectedcertainaccountsofChristian-relatedvisionsandhealingsbecauseitthreatenedtheirauthorityanddidnotsupportCatholicdogma.

Panel7:1:00p.m.-2:30p.m.

Panel7.2Arts&Media

AdrianEllisAlarilla.SoutheastAsiaCenter,UniversityofWashington QueerTransnationalLoveinthetimeofSocialMediaandGlobalization VideoDiaryTrailer:https://vimeo.com/238421988 Inthistheoreticalstudyinvideoform,thefilmmakeranalyzesthepossibilitiesandunsustainabilityofqueer,transnationallove.Usingfoundfootage,heretracesthestoryofhislovewiththeresearchsubjectinanefforttoworkthroughthetraumaofendingarelationship." "Trailer:https://vimeo.com/238421988 Inthistheoreticalstudyinvideoform,thefilmmakeranalyzesthepossibilitiesandunsustainabilityofqueer,transnationallove.Usingfoundfootage,heretracesthestoryofhislovewiththeresearchsubjectinanefforttoworkthroughthetraumaofendingarelationship."ChristinaAyson/AmericanStudies,UniversityofHawaii,Manoa

LearningfromFilipinoArtHistory-Collaboration,Performativity,&HumorPart1

EvaluatingFilipinxartfromWesternvaluationsofaestheticvaluelimitsthepotentialsoflearningfromFilipinoarthistory.Rather,subscribingtothevisualregimesofAmericancolonialismperpetuatesstereotypesofFilipinxpeoplesandfurtherupholdsWesternmodels.Inthistalk,IwillpresentanewwayofviewingFilipinxarthistorybyreadingworksfromtheFilipinxepistemeofperformativity,collaboration,andplay.IwillfocusonartistsRaymundoAlbano,CarlosVilla,andJeniferWoffordwhohavecreatedworksofartthatfeaturethesethreeaesthetics.Ratherthanposingtheseworksas“artforartssake”oractivist,Iproposethattheseaestheticsdemandsocialchangeasapartoftheworkitself.Worksofartbecomeaprocessforsocialcritiqueandtransformationratherthanareflectionorobjectofthesemovements.Byunderstandingthesetoolsofartmaking,wecanapplyperformativity,collaboration,andplaytoourownteachingandresearchpracticestodemandamoreradicalandequitableuniversityenvironment.Thispresentationwillprecedeaperformanceworkshopthatwillpracticethetheoriesdiscussed. RebeccaMariaGoldschmidt/DepartmentofArtandArtHistory LearningfromFilipinoArtHistory-Collaboration,Performativity,&HumorPart2–WorkshopParticipatoryPanel7.2History&Philosophy

JustinMcDonnell/SchoolofAsiaPacificStudies,UniversityofSanFrancisco JapaneseConfucianAdaptationsandChineseOthernessinEarlyEdo

ThisresearchlooksatandexaminesJapan’spreoccupationwithChinaanditsculturalinfluenceinthelatepre-modernperiod.ThoughJapanhasalwaysbeencloseenoughwithinthereachoftheChineseculturalsphere,JapaneseadoptionsofConfuciantraditionsdivergedfromtheirChineseorigins.JapaneseinterpretationsandunderstandingofChinaandConfucianismcontestedthehistoricalaccountofChinaasZhongguo,ortheMiddleKingdom.Intheirindigenousdebatesandwritings,particularlythewritingsofAraiHakuseki,YamagaSoko,andAsamiKeisai,JapaneseConfucianistsrespondedtothousandsofyearsofhistoryandthepressuresofhowtoapplytheirunderstandingsofConfuciantraditionsinJapanintheearlyEdoperiod.ConfucianismwasutilizedbytheEdoshoguntostrengthenlegitimization,butitsimultaneouslyposedgreatchallengesthatcouldshaketheveryfoundationsoftheshogunateasamajorpoweroverthemonarchy.UtilizingphilosophicalandhistoricalChineseandJapanesesources,IexploreJapaneseculturalmanifestationsoftheConfucianismofantiquitytoacquireafulleranddeeperunderstandingofJapan’scomplextiesandinteractionswithitsChineseneighbor,theConfuciantradition,andJapan’sownuniquesenseofidentityandthought.Chih-WeiPeng/DepartmentofPhilosophy,UniversityofHawaiiatManoa TwoInterpretationsofGeWu(��)andtheIs-OughtProblem

AmongallproblemsoftheinterpretationoftheGreatLearning(Daxue�),howtocorrectly

understandthemeaningofgewu(��)isoftenregardedasthemostimportantphilosophicaltaskforNeo-

Confucianthinkers.Inthispresentation,Ishallexplainandevaluatetwointerpretationsofgewu:oneis‘investigatingthings’proposedbyZhuXi(��)andtheotheris‘correctingaffairs’suggestedbyWang

Yangming(�"�).Afterthat,IshallpointoutthatZhuXi’sunderstandingofgewuseemstoencounterthe

Is-OughtproblembutWangYangming’sunderstandingofgewuisimmunetothedelicateissue.But,afterproposingasimplemethodtosolvetheIs-OughtprobleminZhuXi’sphilosophicalworks,Ishallarguethatthetwointerpretationsofgewuinfactcomplementeachother;nooneisbetterthantheother.

WeiZhang/UniversityofHawaiiatManoa FlowingfromIndiatoChina:thePerformativeFigureof“Thousand-HandAvalokitesvara”inChineseDanceandContemporaneity DuringthelonghistoricalperiodofBuddhism’slocalizationinChina,theIndian“Thousand-HandAvalokitesvara”wastransformedintoafemaleimageinChineseculture,absorbingTaoismandConfucianism,andfinallycreatingthelocalChineselegend.Venerableandpowerful,andabletohelppeopleoutoftheirdistressandmisery,theAvalokitesvarabecamethereincarnationofaChineseSaviour,respectedbyvastnumbersofthecommonpeopleincontemporaryChina.

Chinese“Thousand-HandAvalokitesvara”danceexperiencedtheevolutionfromaclassicaldanceworktoafamousdance-drama.Handgesturesofthisstyle,whichoriginatedinIndiabutdevelopedoutsidethecountry,containimplicitspiritualmeanings—butnotnarrativeones—thatadapttheBuddhistcontext.

Mypaperpresentationwillfirstfocusonthespecificdancepiecesanddancedramaof“Thousand-HandAvalokitesvara”from2000to2005todemonstratehowBuddhiststyleofhandgesturespromotetheBuddhistphilosophyflowingfromIndiatoChina.Additionally,Iwillcompareperformativepracticesof“thousand-handandthousandeye”figuresoffthestage,whichareconsideredtobetheperfectionofAvalokitesvaraintheearthlyworld.

Thisphenomenon,reflectingBuddhistthemes,isaperpetualtopicinperformativecreation,whereittakesspecialadvantageoftheuseandinnovationofmovements.Onaccountofitshighspiritualrealm,thepreachingofBuddhismwithclarityisdifficultthroughnarrativeartforms,andthusitisofadvantagetotheartisttorecasttheexplicitspiritualworldintopracticesofmovement,and,byusingBuddhist-stylegestures,promotethephilosophicalaestheticsandethicalideologyforcontemporaryChinesesociety.Q.Z.Lau/UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara ExchangeasLegitimation:BuddhistObjectsasInstrumentsofPowerinRitualTradeNetworksinPost-HanEasternAsia

NetworksoftradeconveyingrituallyimportantobjectsofpowerhavebeenakeyfeatureforpolitiesontheeasternEurasiancontinent,withregionalrulersofpolitiesleveragingcontrolofthedistributionandpossessionofrituallysignificantgoods,objects,andpeopleinordertolegitimatetheirownrule.Theabilitytocontroltheimportationofmaterials,productionofsignificantritualobjects,andthepowertodistributethemtoindividualsofinteresttotherulingclanandotherpolitiesservedtoaffirmmutualrelationsandconstructionsofhegemony.WhileproblematicinitssimplisticassessmentofChina,elementsofMarcellMauss’sinfluential“TheGift”provideausefulframeworktoanalyzetheseinteractions. TheflourishingofthenewreligionofBuddhismduringtheNorthernDynastiesdidnotleadtotheabandonmentofthesedistributivepracticesbutinsteadresultedinthecreationandconveyanceofnewritualobjectsforrulerstoasserthegemonicpower.Ilookatthreetypesofnewritual“objects”:Buddhistmonkswithscholarlyabilities,imagesoftheBuddha,andreputedrelicsoftheBuddha. RenownedBuddhistscholar-monks,throughtheirreputedsupernaturalpowersandlinguisticmasteryofsacredtexts,becamethemselvesnewobjectsofexchangeintheeraandpowerfulsymbolsoflegitimation.IexaminethevalueandpowersascribedtotheeminentKushantranslatorKumārajīvaMeanwhile,Buddhaimagesandrelics,thoughdissimilarfromritualgiftspreviouslyusedintheregion,becameintegratedintooldpatternsandsymbolsofauthorityinareassuchastheNorthernDynasties,Silla,Baekje,andJapan.

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