| 14-15th November 2019 | Workshop: Modes of Activism under Authoritarian Governance Regimes in the Asia Pacific | This workshop included 18 papers, divided into panels on Authoritarian Practices and Political Regimes; Protest Movements; Art and Activism; Environmental Activism and Development; and Modes of Activism – Film and Communication. The workshop opened with a keynote from Associate Professor Lynette Chua (National University of Singapore) on Law, Authoritarianism, and Social Movements in Asia and closed with a keynote from Associate Professor Edmund W. Cheng (City University of Hong Kong) on Protest Response and Movement Radicalization in a Hybrid Regime. Across. The workshop was funded by a Faculty of Arts Themed Research Workshop Grant and the Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics (CAVE). |
| 13th November 2019 | Film screening: ‘Our Youth in Taiwan’ and conversation with director Yue Fu | A public screening of the award-winning documentary ‘Our Youth in Taiwan’, a film that explores the experiences of activists in the 2014 Sunflower Student Movement. This was followed by a Q&A session with the director, Fu Yue, who joined us from Taipei via video link. The screening was supported by the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Sydney and the Taiwan Film Festival in Sydney. |
| 25th October 2018 | Roundtable discussion: Art and Activism | This roundtable discussion investigated the intersections between activism and artistic practice in a variety of different contexts. Presentations from Thomas Baudinette, Justine Lloyd, and Can Yalcinkaya explored the role of art in civil society, social justice, and diverse forms of advocacy. |
