We would like to invite you to the presentation of the book: Emerging Civic Urbanisms in Asia: Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore, and Taipei beyond Developmental Urbanization, which will be followed by a discussion about research approaches and importance of collaboration between Asian studies and urban studies. The presentation will take place on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 at 16:00 in Lecture room 8, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana.
The book deals with the changing relationship between the state, civil society and urban change in four major cities in East Asia focusing on eighteen examples of civic urbanisms, from social movements to save the Lo-Sheng Hospital in Taipei and Choi Yuen Village in Hong Kong to urban walks in Singapore’s Queenstown and Geylang. Examples of community-based urban regeneration in Hong Kong’s To Kwa Wan and Seowon Maeul, Samdeok Maeul and Haebangchon in Seoul are also presented. The book shows that in order to understand contemporary East Asia one needs to know its cities.
Blaž Križnik will present the book as one of its editors and will be joined by Luka Culiberg, Nataša Visočnik Gerželj and Matjaž Uršič for a discussion on the collaboration between Asian studies and urban studies after the presentation.
PROGRAMME:
16:00-16:10 Introductory speech
Luka Culiberg, EARL director and Assistant Professor at the Department of Asian Studies, University of Ljubljana
16:10-16:40 Presentation of the book:
Blaž Križnik, Coeditor of the book and Associate Professor at the Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
16:40-16:55 On the collaboration between Asian studies and urban studies…
Nataša Visočnik Gerželj, Associate Professor at the Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana
16:55-17:10 On the collaboration between Asian studies and urban studies…
Matjaž Uršič, Associate Professor and Researcher at the Centre for Centre for Spatial Sociology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana
17:10-18:00 Discussion
moderated by Luka Culiberg
LINKS
- Official link to the book published by Amsterdam University Press:
https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789463728546/emerging-civic-urbanisms-in-asia
- Review of the book on the International Institute of Asian Studies website:
https://www.iias.asia/the-review/various-expressions-civic-urbanism-four-asian-cities