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Programme (Online)

The 13th Asian Conference on Arts & Humanities (ACAH2022) is a multidisciplinary conference held concurrently with The 13th Asian Conference on the Social Sciences (ACSS2022). Speakers will provide a variety of perspectives from different academic and professional backgrounds. Registration for either conference will allow participants to attend sessions in both.

This page provides details of featured presentations, the conference schedule and other programming. For more information about presenters, please visit the Speakers page.

Conference Outline

Thursday, June 2Friday, June 3Saturday, June 4Virtual Presentations
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
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11:35-11:50: Announcements, Recognition of IAFOR Scholarship Winners, & Welcome Address
Joseph Haldane, IAFOR, Japan

11:50-12:35: Keynote Presentation
Grappling with Values: Gender Perspectives on Young Social Innovator’s Meaning of Work in China
Han Ling, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

12:35-12:45: Break

12:45-13:30: Keynote Presentation
Climate Change, Energy Security and Ukraine War
Jun Arima, University of Tokyo, Japan

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16:00-17:15: Live-Stream Presentation Session 1
Room A: Interdisciplinary
62464 | Pan-Asianism in Twentieth-century Indian and Japanese Art: The Resilience of a Shared Artistic and Cultural Heritage
63870 | The Role of Typography in the Linguistic Landscape of Singapore’s Chinatown
63814 | Working Paper: Exploring the Intersection of Culture and Design – Does Culture Influence User Experience?

Room B: Economics and Management
63803 | Effects of Activating Mating Mindsets on Different Types of Luxury Consumption
63513 | It Matters to Employee Retention Strategy: Exploring the Employer Branding Strategy for Different Types of Organization and Age Segmentation

17:15-17:25: Break

17:25-18:15: Live-Stream Presentation Session 2
Room A: History / Historiography
63773 | The Making of Omiyage: Factors Behind the Commercial Success of Omiyage Products
62387 | Revisiting Manto, Recovering Histories: Partition Violence and the Little People

Room B: Cultural and Media Studies
62731 | Affective Self-positioning and COVID-19 Vaccine Sentiment on Twitter: From Fear and Hesitancy to Solidarity and Trust
62865 | Online Self-Representation of Military Women – The Case of Thailand

18:15-18:25: Break

18:25-19:40: Live-Stream Presentation Session 3
Room A: Interdisciplinary Media
63723 | Recording of a Piano and Violin Duo: A Case Study to Explore Challenges and Opportunities of Recording during COVID-19 Pandemic
63702 | North Korean Goddess – Myth of Kim Chŏng-suk in the DPRK cinema
62655 | What is an “Expert” in the COVID-19 Debate and am I One?

Room B: Education and Social Studies
63421 | Critical Constructivism in Learning Teaching: An Overview
62499 | Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Swidden Farmers in Northeast India: A Reflection from the Kukis of Manipur
62599 | Playing with Languages: Linguistic Innovation of Multilingual Children

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11:00-12:00: Featured Panel Presentation
Accidental Leadership and Innovative Learning
Parissa Haghirian, Sophia University, Japan
Lisa Lam, Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU), Hong Kong
Grant Black, Chuo University, Japan (Moderator)

12:00-12:15: Break

12:15-13:55: Live-Stream Presentation Session 1
Room A: Interdisciplinary / Arts & Education
61897 | The Perception of College Experience for Students with ADHD
63697 | How Can Color Blindness be Interpreted in Schools and Society for the Future?
62841 | The Impact of COVID Pandemic on Students’ E-learning in Higher Education Digital Pedagogy in Nepal

Room B: International Social Science
63730 | Return Migration to Japan: Experiences of Japanese Brazilians
62883 | Ethnic Diversity and COVID-19 Resilience in Sri Lanka
63691 | Responsibility Towards Inclusivity: Gender Understanding of Yet Another Kind
63264 | Reinterpreting Hui Identity in Intermarriage With Han: A Case Study in Ningxia

13:55-14:05: Break

14:05-15:45: Live-Stream Presentation Session 2
Room A: Literature / Literary Studies
62578 | "The Wild Thing of Yr Hearts Desire": Representing Black Venus in Suzan-Lori Parks’s Venus
63778 | What Draws Young Men Overseas? Identifying the Impact of Overseas Business Experiences on Young Men in Dickens’ Novels
62765 | Winter in Japanese and Okinawan Poetry – Comparative Analysis of Different Connotations of Similar Expressions
62722 | A Definition of “Rekishi Shōsetsu” Through Ōoka Shōhei’s Criticism of Mori Ōgai’s "Sakai Jiken"

Room B: Politics & Public Policy
63577 | Domestic Politics and Negotiation Process between Japan and the ROK on the Japanese History Textbook Issue in 1982
62750 | Diversified Career Path of Legislators in New Democracies: South Korea’s Case
62686 | Open Data Policies in Central Europe – Comparative Analysis
62685 | One Country, Multiple Stories – Women’s Work-life Balance in Rural and Urban China

15:45-16:00: Conference Closing Session

63769 | Research of the Art Creation on the Virtual and Real Integration of Argumental Reality
62832 | Applying Creative Drama to Exhibition Course: Taking “Where the Toys Go” in the Playhouse as an Example
63734 | How Do We Define the Global in Ways, Which Would Take Into Account Epistemological and Material Inequalities?
62602 | The Role of Government in Fostering Resilience Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
63204 | Criminal Trials of Parents Claiming “Sibling Abuse” – How Do Midwives Address Such Cases?
63589 | Acceptance of Social Robotics and the Use of a Paro Robot in Working With the Seniors by Social Work Students

63631 | Innovative Design of Sustainable Fashion – A Case Study of Practical Fashion Design Teaching
63780 | Axiomatic Dimensional Analysis of Art in the Visual Culture of the Ibibio People of Nigeria
63633 | Why Do People Not Attend Arts Events? The Influence of Perceived Risks and Level of Involvement
62145 | Ways People Thrive During a Pandemic: Stories of Growth, Self-prioritization, and Resilience
62438 | “Garden Blooms”: Acts of Environmental Imagination in Erlinda Alburo’s Poetry
57114 | Filial Responsibility: A Pragmatic Reading on the Fictions of Ernesto Lariosa
61613 | A “Skillful Artifice” of the Impeccable and the Masculine: Examining Gender and Trauma in Fun Home
62461 | Happiness and Heartlessness Represented in Cantonese Opera: With Reference to Burning of the Incense and Scent of a Lady
62833 | Faceless Blogging and Gatewatching on Social Media: A Study of Selected Ghanaian Blog Pages on Instagram
62473 | Contact Tracing Apps for Community Resilience Battle Against COVID-19_the App Review Analysis From US Covidwise; France Tousanticovid; Finland Koronavilkku; and China Alipay Health Code
62505 | Digital Stakeholder Engagement in Corporate Social Responsibility: An Exploratory Study in Hong Kong
62607 | ‘What “She” Was…’: Representations of Women in Films – A Historical Perspective
62518 | Traditional Practices and Rituals Incorporated in Preparing Maguindanaon Native Delicacies
63260 | Does Motivation Break the Chains of Desistance?
62834 | Education During and After the Pandemic: Students’ Integrity Issues in Online Tests and Exams
63033 | Coping Up With Online Learning During the Pandemic: Challenges for Rural Students in Bangladesh
63688 | Conceptual Collaborative Learning Space in “Studio-based Classroom” for Future Campus
63561 | Parasitism: The Inextricable Connection of the Indispensables
61804 | Unboxing the Addictive Blind Boxes: Investment, Social Enculturation, and Authorial Control Through Mediated Collection, Exchange and Resale of Figurines
62875 | Resistance in the Transnational Sinophone Mediascape: A Textual Analysis of Namewee’s YouTube Music Video Fragile and its Fan Discourse
63715 | Psychological Well-Being Among Immigrants and Refugees in St. Louis, Missouri
63691 | Responsibility Towards Inclusivity: Gender Understanding of Yet Another Kind
62887 | Decoding Everyday Human Insecurities in Southeast Asia
63423 | Perceptions of Long-term Home Care Users With Dementia: Taiwanese Professional Care Workers’ Views
62681 | Marriage Equality: Social Movement for Same-Sex Marriage in Thailand
62902 | The Nautical Significance of India-Japan Relationship
62393 | Mediating Role of Resilience Between Health Anxiety and Psychological Well-Being: Study Among Medical Doctors in Aceh, Indonesia during Coronavirus Pandemic
62644 | Relationship between Gratitude and Realistic Optimism: A Study on Indian University Students
62396 | The Antecedent Events Leading to Teenage Fatherhood: The Filipino Teenage Fathers Experience
63796 | Exploration of the Relationship Between Housing Conditions and Cultural Capital in Hong Kong
62897 | Smartwatch, Sport, and Health: Identities and Everyday Lives of China’s University Students
63782 | Just a Sham? – An Empirical Investigation of Homeowners’ Misperception of Self-sufficiency in the Context of Fossil-fueled Heating in Germany
62061 | The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Society, Education, and Work: Global Society in the Age of Autonomous Systems

The above schedule may be subject to change.

Featured Presentations

  • Climate Change, Energy Security and the Ukraine War
    Climate Change, Energy Security and the Ukraine War
    Keynote Presentation: Jun Arima
  • Accidental Leadership and Innovative Learning
    Accidental Leadership and Innovative Learning
    Panel Presentation: Lisa Lam, Parissa Haghirian & Grant Black
  • Grappling with Values: Gender Perspectives on Young Social Innovator’s Meaning of Work in China
    Grappling with Values: Gender Perspectives on Young Social Innovator’s Meaning of Work in China
    Keynote Presentation: Han Ling

Final Programme

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The Conference Programme contains access information, session information and a detailed day-to-day presentation schedule.

Important Information Emails

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Pre-Recorded Virtual Presentations

A number of presenters have submitted pre-recorded virtual video presentations. We encourage you to watch these presentations and provide feedback through the video comments. A full list of these is on the conference website.

Virtual Video Presentations

Previous Programming

View details of programming for past ACAH conferences via the links below.

ACAH2021 ACAH2020 ACAH2019
ACAH2018 ACAH2017 ACAH2016
ACAH2015 ACAH2014 ACAH2013
ACAH2012 ACAH2011 ACAH2010
Climate Change, Energy Security and the Ukraine War
Keynote Presentation: Jun Arima

COP26 adopted the ambitious Glasgow Climate Pact. However, an ambitious statement does not necessarily lead to equivalent actions. Contrary to the IEA’s vision on Sustainable Recovery, the recovery process from COVID-19 has resulted in the highest CO2 emissions in 2021. Energy crisis since last autumn is being further exacerbated by the Ukraine war. On one hand, reducing import dependence on Russian energy could accelerate the clean energy transition. On the other hand, substituting energy supply from Russia could necessitate additional fossil fuel investment which is incompatible with the 1.5 degree pathway. There is marked difference between developed and developing countries as to priorities among 17 SDGs and SDG13 (climate action) is not the top priority in developing countries. Competition over LNG supply between Europe and Asia could further raise gas prices and discourage fuel switching in Asian developing countries from coal to natural gas. More fundamentally, a “divided world” after the Ukraine war would not be conducive to global collaboration in combating climate change. What could we do to sustain climate action amid various adverse environments?

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Accidental Leadership and Innovative Learning
Panel Presentation: Lisa Lam, Parissa Haghirian & Grant Black

IAFOR is delighted to host a panel discussion with Lisa Lam, Director of the Centre for Innovative Service Learning at Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong; and Parissa Haghirian, Professor of International Management at Sophia University, Japan. The discussion will be chaired by Grant Black, associate professor in the Faculty of Commerce at Chuo University in Tokyo and an IAFOR VP. The discussion will explore ideas around leadership as an accidental occurrence: some may train to be a leader, some are born leaders, but for many of us, circumstances thrust upon us a leadership role. Accidental leadership goes hand in hand with innovative learning because the challenges of an unexpected leadership role require a spirit of innovation and commitment to learning. The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A session.

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Grappling with Values: Gender Perspectives on Young Social Innovator’s Meaning of Work in China
Keynote Presentation: Han Ling

The search for values and meanings alignment in work and life has been an important characteristic of the current younger generation. Today, many youths will not compromise their citizen subjectivity, personal values, and meanings of work. Studies have pointed out that the expansion of neoliberal management has valorised individuals and organisations as purposive actors empowered by their own vision, innovation, and entrepreneurship. In China, with the call for mass entrepreneurship and innovation to encourage more young people to engage in innovative endeavours to boost national development, there emerged a social innovation sector, a sub-sector at the intersection of nonprofits and businesses, where many young people today engage in social impact work to advance their social visions.

Through thirty semi-structured interviews with young social innovators and social entrepreneurs in China and a year-long participant observations in over fifty social innovation-related events, I show how this field is gender-ambivalent, a field with a mixture of simultaneously contradictory gender ideas and attitudes. To navigate such paradox and tension to sustain their meanings of work in this field, young women and men align different meanings and demonstrate different attitudes to sustain and make sense of their work. Women often speak about the purpose of life and building relationships. Men often talk about bringing social change, while commenting about enjoying autonomy in this field more than in other sectors. This study further highlights how structural and socio-cultural factors may facilitate different constructions of meaningful work in young people’s entrepreneurial pursuit of social causes.

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