ACS Crossroad 2010

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		Day 5 (21 June)
9:30 - 11:00	Plenary Session
	Plenary Speakers: Kara Keeling, University of Southern California: Black Futures and the Queer Times of Our Life Andrew Ross, New York University: Urban Sustainability in the Age of Climate Justice Chair: Kuan-hsing Chen, Chiao Tung University
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee Break
11:30 - 1:00	Panels 8
	Panel 8.01 *Perspectives from Hong Kong: East Asian Cinema and its Dynamics* Organizer: Ka-hang Jason Ho, University of Hong Kong Chair: Ka-hang Jason Ho, University of Hong Kong Panelists: Ka-hang Jason Ho, University of Hong Kong: Bonding in Flux: The Sons, their Parents, and Traditions Renewed Yuen-wai Helena Wu, University of Hong Kong: Re-/Imagining the Self and the City: A Look at Jianghu and its Recontextualizations in Urban Space Wai-lo Rachel Yan, University of Hong Kong: A Cinema of Attachment: Individuality, Community and Authenticity
	Panel 8.02 *Contemporary* *Asia: Art as Public Intervention* Organizers: Bo Zheng, University of Rochester; Sohl Lee, University of Rochester Chairs: Bo Zheng, University of Rochester; Sohl Lee, University of Rochester Panelists: Hsiang-chun Elsa Chen, National Yang Ming University: Publicizing Migratory Histories and Contemporary Art Weng-choy Lee, Independent Art Critic / Sotheby’s Institute of Art: Global Art Publics – Who Reads Criticism Today, and Who will Read the Future World Art History? Some Preliminary Observations from Southeast Asia Shol Lee, University of Rochester: Rethinking Democracy in South Korea: The Political in Art since 2008 Bo Zheng, University of Rochester: Creating Publicness in China
	Panel 8.03 *The Science-Fictionalization of Cultural Studies* Organizer: Veronica Hollinger, Trent University Chair: Veronica Hollinger, Trent University Panelists: Adam Guzkowski, Trent University: Encounters with Difference: The Cultural Analytics of Alien(nes)s Veronica Hollinger, Trent University: New Subjects for the Posthuman Future Mario Wenning, University of Macau: Utopianism after the End of Utopia?
	Panel 8.04 *Comedy Close to the Edge: Race, Gender, Class and Nation* Organizer: Jane Park, University of Sydney Chair: Jane Park, University of Sydney Panelists: Yoshiko Fukushima, University of Hawaii at Hilo: Blackface in 1930s and 40s Japan: Ambivalence of Mimicry in Enomoto Kenichi’s Performance Jane Park, University of Sydney: Celebrating the Unruly Body: Race, Sexuality and the Politics of Pleasure in Margaret Cho’s Stand-up Performances Guy Redden, University of Sydney: The Mail-order Bride as a Figure of Fun
	Panel 8.05 *Positioning Taiwanese Popular Culture in the Inter-Asia Crossroads of Nationalism, Postcolonialty and Globalization* Organizer: Kelly Hu, National Taiwan Normal University Chair: Kelly Hu, National Taiwan Normal University Discussant: Eva Tsai, National Taiwan Normal University Panelists: Kelly Hu, National Taiwan Normal University: The Postcolonial Encounters between Chang-de Liu, National Chengchi University: Hating Korea, Loving Japan: Taiwanese Sports Nationalism towards the East Asia in the Age of Globalization Ti Wei, National Chiao Tung University: Japanese and Korean Factors in Taiwanese ‘Idol Drama’: Cultural Imperialism, Transnationalism, and Capitalism
	Panel 8.06 *Bruce Lee's Cultural Legacies* Organizer: Paul Bowman, Cardiff University Chair: Meaghan Morris, Lingnan University Panelists: Paul Bowman, Cardiff University: Bruce Lee, Differently Leon Hunt, Brunel University: Enter the 2-Disc Platinum Edition: Bruce Lee and Post-DVD Textuality Gina Marchetti, University of Hong Kong: Dragons in Diaspora: Bruce Lee, Jet Li and Europe in Ruins
	Panel 8.07 *The Construction and Management of Crises* Organizer: John Clarke, The Open University Chair: John Clarke, The Open University Discussants: Lawrence Grossberg, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Panelists: John Clarke, The Open University: What Crisis is this? Constructing Business as Usual in Recession Alan Smart, University of Calgary: Experiencing Crisis: Constructing Sequence in Series of Crises
	Panel 8.08 *Heroism Under Historical Revision* Chair: Sidney Logan Sondergard, St. Lawrence University Panelists: Kim-mui Elaine Chan, University of Hong Kong: Ip Man: Cinemtaic Representation, Identity and Difference Igor Prusa, University of Tokyo: Mediation of a Hero as Cultural/Moral Stereotype and its Role in the Social Integration of a Society Sidney Logan Sondergard, St. Lawrence University; Ramona Ralston, St. Lawrence University: The Painted Screen: Reception Theory and Revisionist Popular Culture in Two Film Adaptations of Pu Songling’s ‘Painted Skin’ (hua pi)
	Panel 8.09 *Cities, Cultural Politics and Public Space* Chair: David Sachs, Kansas State University Panelists: Michael T. Friedman, University of Maryland; L. David Andrews, University of Maryland: Last Dance in Southeast: Capital and the Production and Destruction of a Sexualized, Queer Space in Washington, DC Cho-kiu Li, Chinese University of Hong Kong: Victoria Park in Movement: The Politics of Public Space in Colonial Hong Kong David Sachs, Kansas State University: From Shanghai to Rome: People in Public Space
	Panel 8.10 *Performance, Politics and Popular Entertainment* Chair: Hyunjung Lee, Nanyang Technological University Panelists: Wieslaw Godzic, Warsaw School of Humanities and Social Sciences: New Celebrities in East-Central Europe: Between (Hidden) Power and (Overt) Democratainment Chun-kit Ko, Chinese University of Hong Kong: From the Other of Capitalism to the Hero of Capitalism: The Image of Pirates in the Pirates of the Caribbean Film Series Hyunjung Lee, Nanyang Technological University: Reconstructing Urban Culture through Theatre: Kim, Min-ki's Korean Production of the Musical Line 1
	Panel 8.11 *Bad Affects? : Intimidation Discrimination and Monstrosity* Chair: Roddey Reid, University of California, San Diego Panelists: Johan Hoglund, University of Kalmar: Road to Moloch: The Space of the Colonised as Technologies of Monstrosity Roddey Reid, University of California, San Diego: Public Bullying and Democratic Culture, or, the Politics of Abject Subjecthood in U.S. Daily Life Erkki Vainikkala, University of Jyväskylä: Affective Discriminations: The Fragmented Subject, Affirmation, and Abusive Empowerment
	Panel 8.12 Networked Video Culture Organizers: Jie Johnny Gu, Australian National University; Siling Henry Li, Queensland University of Technology Chair: Jean Burgess, Queensland University of Technology Panelists: Jie Johnny Gu, Australian National University: Con-ducer: Towards a New Understanding of New Media Consumers’ Role on YouTube Siling Henry Li, Queensland University of Technology: Redactional Truth, Public Memory, and Spoof Videos Tsz-ching Kwong, Hong Kong Baptist University: Broadcast Your Love: YouTube and Fan Videos in ACG Fandom
	Panel 8.13 Communities: Frictions, Strangers and Contingencies Chair: Brigitte Hipfl, Klagenfurt University Panelists: Hon-wai Fong, University of Sydney: A Community in Splinters: Frictions and Life Being-with Brigitte Hipfl, Klagenfurt University: Tschuschen: Power - Towards an Affective-performative Approach in Media Studies Na-young Lee, Chung-Ang University; Min-woo Jung, Chung-Ang University: The Spatial Constructions of ‘Strangers’ in/between Boundaries: Post/Colonial Space of Hierarchy, Itaewon in Korea
	Panel 8.14 Cultural Geographies of Globalization Chair: Hye-jin Lee, University of Iowa Panelists: Hye-jin Lee, University of Iowa: What in the World Does World Mean? : A Curious Mixture of Korean Nationalism and Americentricism in the Label of “World Star” Ja-young Nam, University of Tokyo: Touring ‘Far East’ to Entertain ‘America’: Network of Live Entertainment for the U.S. Military in East Asia Valerie Joelle Ngocka Kouam, Institut de Culture et de Langues Yaounde: Cultural Aspects of the Link between Cameroon and Italy
	Panel 8.15 Promises of Reality: Sex, Death and National Identity Chair: Peter Thompson, Carleton University Panelists: Kristina Pia Hofer, Johannes Kepler University: Telling on the On/Scene Act: The Making of Amateur Porn 2.0 as Fiction of the “Real” Peter Kleinrath, Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt: '‘It’s not death. It’s Six Feet Under’: An Autopsy of Dealing with Death in HBO’s Most Black-humorous Quality-TV-series Peter Thompson, Carleton University: Reconsidering Canada’s Popular Middlebrow: The Case of “Peak Season”
	Panel 8.16 Boundaries: Rethinking Cyborgs and Subalterns Chair: Matti Juhani Savolainen, University of Tampere Panelists: Zae-young Ghim, Ewha Womans University: How Flexible is the Boundary between Human and Machine? Digital Convergence and Re-definition of Human Being Matti Juhani Savolainen, University of Tampere: Cyborgs and Subalterns: Standardization, Assembly Lines, and the Posthuman Leong Yew, National University of Singapore: Asianism: Toward a Theory of Subaltern Orientalism
	Panel 8.17 Consumption, Health and Risk Chair: Inka Juslin, University of Tampere Panelists: Wai-yin Chan, Chinese University of Hong Kong: Beyond Public Health: The Cultural Politics of Tobacco Control in Hong Kong Inka Juslin, University of Tampere: Breaking Ground Zero. Body, Beverage and Performance in Women’s Advertising on Consumption Jukka Törrönen, Stockholm University; Elinor Månsson, Stockholm University: Changes in Female Identities in Popular Media. Alcohol in the Advertisements of Women’s Magazines from the 1960s to the 2000s
	Panel 8.18 Cultural Heritage and Community in Asian Cities Chair: Siu-leung Li, Lingnan University Panelists: Iam-chong Ip, Lingnan University: Cultural Studies and Cultural Politics: Interrogating the Identity of a Cultural Preservation Movement Pawit Mahasarinand, Chulalongkorn University: Active Preservation of Classical Thai Dance and Theatre: The Life and Works of Young Masters Mirana May Szeto, University of Hong Kong: Contesting Neoliberalism: The Cultural and Community Movement of Blue House, Hong Kong
	Panel 8.19 Women and Popular Media Culture Chair: Catherine Anne Driscoll, University of Sydney Panelists: Stephanie Aragao, University of Massachusetts Amherst: Nymphos, Vixens, Damsels…Feminists? Gazing at the Evolving Bond Girl Georgina Isbister, University of Sydney: Postfeminisms and the Future of Feminism Su-lin Yu, National Cheng Kung University: Reading Asian-American Chick Lit: A Cross-Cultural Perspective
	Panel 8.20 Culture and the Social Life of Technology Chair: Gerard Michael Goggin, University of New South Wales Panelists: Burçe Çelik, Bahçeşehir University; Kaya Özkaracalar, Bahçeşehir University: Rewinding the 1980s: Cultural History of Cassette Technologies in Turkey Gerard Michael Goggin, University of New South Wales: Global Mobile Media: The Cultural Politics of Smartphones and Open Mobile Networks Thomas Streeter, University of Vermont: Capitalism, Passions, and the Social Construction of the Internet
	Panel 8.21 *Unthinking the Nation-State: Towards a Critical Ethnic Studies Project* Organizer: Denise Ferreira da Silva, University of California, San Diego Chair: Denise Ferreira da Silva, University of California, San Diego Panelists: Ortiz Ofelia Cuevas, University of California, Riverside: Race, the Citizen and the LA Human: Race Relations and State Violence in Globalized Los Angeles Denise Ferreira da Silva, University of California, San Diego:o: Many Hundred Thousand Bodies Later: An Analysis of the ‘Legacy’ of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Jodi Kim, University of California, Riverside: Disposable Lives, Scarce Bodies: Race, Organ Trafficking, and the Threshold of the Human
	Panel 8.22 Formations of Modernity: Politics and Policy in Popular Cultures Chair: Maureen Elizabeth Burns, University of Queensland Panelists: Maureen Elizabeth Burns, University of Queensland; Joan Leach, University of Queensland: Frontiers of Science: Environment and Scientific Rhetorics of the Future Amane Kasai, Tokyo University of the Arts: Dancing with the War: Disciplinary Power via Exercise Music in Early Modern Japan Varij Abbas Kazemi, University of Tehran; Baharak Mahmoodi Hanarood, University of Tehran: Cinema and Iranian Modernity: Before the Islamic Revolution
	Panel 8.23 Cultural Institutions and Creative Practices Chair: Hillegonda Rietveld, London South Bank University Panelists: Martin Fredriksson, Linköping University: Copyright Law and the Discourse of the Knowledge Based Economy Kirstie Anne Jamieson, Edinburgh Napier University: Designing Unesco Culture: Internationalism and The Global Imagination Hillegonda Rietveld, London South Bank University: NETAUDIO: Utopian Activism in Intellectual Rights Management
	Panel 8.24 Ethnicity, Alterity and Social Formation Chair: Hiroki Ogasawara, Kobe University Panelists: Kyoo Lee, City University of New York: From Paper Sons to Asian Babies: Echoes of Familial Alterity From the Chinese Exclusion Act, 1882-1943 Hiroki Ogasawara, Kobe University; Atsuhisa Yamamoto, Sophia University: Fantasising the Black Male Body, Again: How does Blackness Ignite the Revival of the Japanese Traditional Body Image? Dazzelyn Baltazar Zapata, National University of Singapore: Televising Ethnicity: (re)Constructing Igorot Identity in Popular Television
	Panel 8.25 Drama Education and Teacher Development Organizer: Yuen-fun Muriel Law, Lingnan University Chair: Po-keung Hui, Lingnan University Panelists: Yuk-lan Phoebe Chan, Hong Kong Art School: Reflecting on a Teacher Professional Development Programme on Learning English through Process Drama Yuen-fun Muriel Law, Lingnan University: Experiencing for a Change: Implications of Drama Pedagogy for Liberal Studies Teacher Development
	Panel 8.26 *Difficult Narratives, Contested Names* Chair: Weiyi Wu, University College Cork Panelists: Weiyi Wu, University College Cork: Unsettled Enquiry of Self-identity under Two-way Exclusions: A Cultural Analysis of the Educated Youth Literature Seigo Kayanoki, Kobe University: ‘The Drowned and the Saved’: How Can We Tell the Story about Failed Migrants? Chun-kai Woo, National Taiwan University: Tourism as the Cultural Governance:Jiangs, Mainland Tourist and the (de)politicization of Tourism
	Panel 8.27 *Food and the Citizen: Nationalism or Calorie Counting ?* Chair: Jessica Mudry, Concordia University Panelists: Mahmut Cinar, Bahcesehir University: The Hypocrisy of Official Nationalism: Who is Turk? Defne Karaosmanoglu, Bahçeşehir University: A Culinary Offering from Turkey: Nationalism with a Cosmopolitan Dressing Jessica Mudry, Concordia University: Making the Calorie Human: The Technology of the Calorimeter and Quantitative Food Culture
1:00 - 2:30	Lunch /ACS Meeting
2:30 - 4:00	Keynote II / Closing
	Chair: Meaghan Morris, Lingnan University Discussant: Beng-huat Chua, National University of Singapore Tony Bennett, University of Western Sydney: After Culture?