BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:190@harvard-yenching.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150401T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20150401T160000 DTSTAMP:20201027T004208Z URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/new-media-cyber-activism-and-s ocial-movements-asia/ SUMMARY:New Media\, Cyber-activism and Social Movements in Asia DESCRIPTION:\n A workshop sponsored by the Harvard-Yenching Institute\n\n\n Read the workshop summary\n\n  \n\n The rise of new media and online soc ial networks is one of the major forces that have contributed to novel pra ctices of popular democracy in the last three decades. Formerly\, traditio nal political movement often emphasizes street protests and direct contest ation to power holders. The development of communication technologies\, ho wever\, has altered the nature and dynamics of social movement by stimulat ing the diffusion of protest ideas and strategies beyond the limit of phys ical boundaries and the modern nation-states. Such changes have also trans formed state-citizen relationships and surveillance practices in the polit ical arena.\n\n  \n\n A growing body of literature already recognizes the rise of new social movements and the impacts upon the transformation of p olitical landscape. Yet\, less attention has been paid to the manifestatio n of political actions and their linkages to the roles of communication te chnologies that are interfaced with social and political movements\, parti cularly the formation of the counter-public and public sphere activism. Me anwhile\, in social sciences and communication studies\, the subject of in ternet-based social networks has recently been acknowledged as an importan t resource for social movement communication. Nevertheless\, few studies h ave investigated the specific features of online social networks and the k ey factors that affect the interaction between the online networks and act ual social movements. Such factors include network leadership\, usages\, p ractices\, and online-offline participation. Other key issues that need fu rther examination are the changing state apparatus and transnational netwo rking.\n\n  \n\n Since 2010\, a number of protests and mass movements hav e been witnessed throughout Asia\, ranging from the Yellow- and Red-Shirt demonstrations in Thailand to the Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong. Despite the distinctiveness in nature\, these movements are intricately connected and facilitated by the Internet. They occupied politically potent space in the city\, while linking rural-urban political spaces with global and tra nsnational spheres. Conceptualizing the roles of new and social media and the development of cyberspace as the new tool and language of social activ ism is thus significant to the understanding of public sphere and popular movement in contemporary Asia.\n\n  \n\n This multidisciplinary workshop will bring together leading scholars and researchers in cyber studies and social movement specialists in Asia. The workshop participants will explor e the state of the art of current studies in new media\, cyber-activism an d social movement with comparative lenses to better understand and re-theo rize the internet-based movements in Asia that affect people and political configurations. The workshop is intended to address empirical and theoret ical issues in different national contexts relating to social change in As ia\, which will shed light on emerging research agendas and new ideas in t he study of internet-based social movement.\n\n  \n\n The objectives of t he workshop are threefold.\n\n \n To provide a theoretical and empirical overview of recent studies on new media and social movement in Asia as pre sented by specialists in media and social movement studies\;\n \n To equi p workshop participants with conceptual frameworks and analytical views th at are useful to further develop a deeper understanding of the central rol e of information and communication technologies in socio-political changes and emerging social networks in Asia\; and\n \n To identify key research agendas pertaining to internetworking\, net-based political actions\, cyb er-activism that contribute to new forms of social relations\, democratic mobilization\, and popular movement in Asia.\n\n\n Workshop Panelists:\n J ing Wang\, Massachusetts Institute of Technology\; Yukti Mukdawijitra Univ ersity of Wisconsin\; Penchan Phoborisut\, University of Utah\; Sudarat Mu sikawong\, Siena College\; Wahyu Dhyatmika\, Harvard University\; Pandit C hanrochanakit\, Ramkhamhaeng University\; Pinkaew Laungaramsri\, Chiang Ma i University\n\n PROGRAM\n\n 9:00-9:15     Opening\, workshop objectives : Apiwat Ratanawaraha\n Self-introduction of workshop participants\n\n 9:1 5-10:45    Presentations followed by Q&A | Moderator: Pitch Pongsawat\n\ n Jing Wang\, NGO2.0 and Social Media Praxis\n Yukti Mukdawijitra\, Commun ities Reassembling: The Internet and the Assemblage of Hopes in Vietnam\n \n 10:45-11:00     Coffee break\n\n 11:00-12:30    Presentations follo wed by Q&A | Moderator: Apiwat Ratanawaraha\n\n Wahyu Dhyatmika\, Civic Di gital Media in Indonesia\n Penchan Phoborisut\, Visualizing Thai Protests: “Self(ie)” Activism Against the 2014 Coup\n\n 12:30-1:15     Lunch\ n\n 1:15-2:45     Presentations followed by Q&A | Moderator: Tyrell Habe rkorn\n\n Pinkaew Laungaramsri\, Cyber Scout\, Cyber Witch Hunt and the Ri se of the Right Wing Movement in Post-Coup Thailand\n Pandit Chanrochanak it\, Anti-Thaksin Networks and Their Strategies\n\n 2:45-3:00     Coffee break\n\n 3:00-3:30     Presentation followed by Q&A | Moderator: Arany a Siriphon\n\n Sudarat Musikawong\, Youtube Subversive Repositories: Thail and under Authoritarianisms\n\n 3:30-4.00     Open Discussion | Moderat or: Apiwat Ratanawaraha LOCATION:\, \, X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=\, ;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TI TLE=:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20150308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR