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Moderating the Impact of Climate Change One University at a Time
Get PDFA sufficient response to the threats posed by climate change presents a leadership challenge proportional in scale with the urgency and complexity of wartime mobilization. The world’s 190 million students may be enlisted to respond to such threats through action-research focused on building resiliency. Concepts such as social labs, institutional empathy, and scholarship help reframe the mandates of universities as they respond to climate change, making them platforms for developing leaders and changemakers who will increase the resilience of communities and ecosystems
The Mosaic of Asean Identities: Issues, Challenges, and Prospects in the Formation of ASEAN Identity Among Ethnic Chinese In Insular Southeast Asia
Get PDFDo “peranakan” in Malaysia relate well with peranakan in Indonesia, Singapore, and Brunei, or with “tsinoy" in the Philippines? Given the historical reality that they are relative newcomers in the nation-states, how do the peranakan view the concept of nationality? Do they see ASEAN more as a “home” rather than simply a country of residence? Does the presence of Chinese communities in most parts of SEA serve as a cultural thread toward ASEAN Identity? This study investigates the (non)formation of ASEAN Identity among ethnic Chinese in SEA based on various historical records from the colonial era up to the present. At one point, the locals in each country tended to cooperate with the ethnic Chinese, but after Independence when the latter began to obtain more economic gains, the institutionalization of concepts such as “asli” and “bumiputra” took place, resulting in antagonism, domination, and later, resistance. The centuries-old struggle with adaptation and non-acceptance contributes to the delay in welcoming the idea of an ASEAN Identity among ethnic Chinese
B. Representations of Women in Korean Drama
No full textAt the turn of the 21st century, the world witnessed a global phenomenon involving the rise of interest in Korean pop culture. This spread of popularity is termed Hallyu, transliterated as “flow of Korea”, by academic scholars. Kpop music and Korean dramas have been captivating a lot of people, especially teenagers and young adults, not only in Asia but also in the West. The Korean entertainment industry emerged as a major player in the export of popular culture, competing with the Western countries like the US and UK. Capitalizing on this, the Korean government used Hallyu to increase its soft power and supported the export of everything Korean: from food, taekwondo, traditional culture and history, to cosmetics, and tourism, even allotting some of its national budget for the said purpose. As Hallyu successfully and continuously conquers the world’s entertainment industry, we, as its target audience, must not consume blindly but instead, we should be critical of the kind of media we immerse ourselves in because it greatly affects our idea and perception of everyday reality according to Cultivation Theory. This paper aims to examine portrayals of women in Hallyu by identifying the tropes and common qualities of female leads in internationally-recognized Korean dramas. The effects of these constructed female images on Korean society will then be examined. Also, female gender roles present in Korean society and their roots in history will be identified. Lastly, the interaction of the media portrayal of women and their societal role will be analyzed using the Cultivation Theory
B. Seeing Suicide through a Different Lens
No full textSouth Korea has endured a difficult history. From its involvement in wars that culminated into its separation from North Korea in 1953 to the various expressions of dissent and protests from activists challenging the government in the late 1980s. South Korea’s literature outlines these tumultuous years of political and socioeconomic changes that are characterized by the state’s great exercise of control and regulation across different institutions. This paper discusses suicide in Kim Young-Ha’s I Have The Right To Destroy Myself by viewing it as a way of rejecting the consistent control and regulation of bodies. This paper aims to analyze selfinflicted violence in the story in two ways: (1) as a personal undertaking to regain control of the body and (2) as a form of aggression towards the society. This paper applies Foucault’s theory of the docile body, which puts forward that bodies are made to be inscribed upon by tightly organized institutions that maintain order; therefore, effectively stripping off the capacity of individuals to resist control. The paper uses this theory to show that the characters in Kim Young-Ha’s novel use suicide as a means to reclaim control of their bodies
