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Chinese literature expert Anne McLaren joins Ear to Asia host Clement Paligaru to discuss her research into the folk ecology of the lower Yangtze delta, including the folksongs of this fascinating region. And she explains how these vanishing oral traditions shed light into how people of a bygone era lived.
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An Asia Institute podcast, produced by Profactual.com.
Political scientist Dr Sow Keat Tok discusses China's unique view of territorial sovereignty, its creative approaches to sovereignty issues in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the South China Sea, and how it can come into conflict with conventional models of sovereignty originating in the West. Presented by Sen Lam.
Transcript available here. More information about this and other episodes of this podcast series is found here.
An Asia Institute podcast, produced by Profactual.com.
Economist and demographer Professor Binod Khadria joins Ear to Asia host Sen Lam to discuss the huge global movement of skilled and unskilled Indian workers in its surprising diversity, the conditions they work under in destination countries and their persistent ties to Mother India.
Transcript available here. More information about this and other episodes of this podcast series is found here.
An Asia Institute podcast, produced by Profactual.com.
Queer studies researcher Dr Claire Maree joins Ear to Asia host Sen Lam to discuss the plight of people in same-sex relationships in Japan. Despite Japan having a reputation for tolerance of sexual minorities, rigid legal and social barriers are leading same-sex couples to seek creative workarounds to obtain a degree of recognition and rights.
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An Asia Institute podcast, produced by Profactual.com...
Dr Ken Setiawan, Indonesian civil rights specialist, explains how a new generation of Indonesians are using digital and social media platforms to keep the memory of the genocide of 1965-1966 alive as successive government administrations stall on uncovering the truth. Presented by Sen Lam.
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An Asia Institute podcast, produced by Profactual.com.
Linguistics expert Dr Ikuko Nakane joins Ear to Asia host Sen Lam to discuss language and interpretation in criminal trials in Japan, and in particular how defendants who aren't native speakers of Japanese may be aided or disadvantaged by the language divide.
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An Asia Institute podcast, produced by Profactual.com.
Veteran researcher of Indonesian politics Prof Vedi Hadiz examines the phenomenon of contemporary Islamic populism in Indonesia, Turkey and Egypt, how it fares at the ballot box and how it fits into western notions of democracy. Presented by Sen Lam.
More information about this and other episodes of this podcast series is found here.
An Asia Institute podcast, produced by Profactual.com.
Ear to Asia is a new podcast series produced by Asia Institute, the Asian research specialists, from the University of Melbourne, Australia. We take you from Japan to Turkey, from China to Indonesia, and to many places in between, talking to researchers who focus on Asia -- in all its diversity of peoples, societies and histories. Hosted by Sen Lam.
More information about this podcast series is found here.
An Asia Institute podcast, produced by Profactual.com.