CAPSTRANS CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS 2005

• WINTER WORKSHOP ON CITIZENSHIP, IDENTITY AND MOBILITY IN THE ASIA-PACIFIC
  14-16 June 2005

CAPSTRANS held its inaugural Winter Workshop for Doctoral Students from 15-16 June 2005. The Winter Workshop was jointly sponsored by CAPSTRANS and the ARC Asia Pacific Futures Research Network (APFRN).

Aims of Workshop
Who were the participants?

Aims of Workshop

The Winter Workshop aimed to:

• Assist doctoral students to enhance their academic knowledge and expertise,
• Develop scholarly networks, and
• Work towards a peer-reviewed publication.

This 3 day residential workshop brought together postgraduate research students from different universities working on a range of topics related to the intersection of citizenship, identity and mobility in the Asia-Pacific region. Through the presentation of short papers on their research, students had the opportunity to discuss their research with peers and with three CAPSTRANS mentors – Lenore Lyons, Alastair Davidson, and Kate Hannan.

Some of the participants of the workshop

WHO were THE PARTICIPANTS

Students were selected through a competitive application process. The following students participated in the workshop:

Petra Buergelt
School of Psychology, Massey University
Migration experiences of German migrants to New Zealand and Australia

Hazel Easthope
School of Sociology and Social Work, University of Tasmania
Going Home: The return migration of young Tasmanians

Deborah Gough
CAPSTRANS, University of Wollongong
Contemporary Samoan migration: echoes of the past?

Sri Habsari
Women's studies, Flinders University
Indonesian women's identity from the new order to the reformation era

Yoko Harada
CAPSTRANS, University of Wollongong
Why do Japan and Australia appear similarly ambiguous within Asia ?

Johanna Hood
Australian National University
Narrating HIV/AIDS in the PRC: Imagined immunity, Distracting Others and the Configuration of Race (Color), Place and Disease through HIV/AIDS media narratives

Marie Segrave
Criminal Justice and Criminology, Monash University
Sex trafficking, statecraft and borders

Glen Stafford
Centre for Asian Studies, University of Adelaide
Chinese international students studying in Australian high schools

Sanjugta Vas Dev
School of Politics and International Relations, Flinders University
Refugee advocacy movements as a political force

Adrian Woithe
Adelaide University
The role of the state within international migration in South Australia

Book of abstracts [pdf 112kb]

Workshop participants on an outing

Yoko Harada:   "The three days I spent at the Nan Tien Temple, Wollongong as part of the CAPSTRANS Winter Workshop, became one of the most crucial moments for me in 2005. I learned a lot and enjoyed even more. Cut off from the daily hustle and bustles of university, and experiencing a taste of a pilgrim's life, ten postgrad students from around Australia were able to concentrate on very intensive discussions. Frank comments from other participants and sincere advice from the mentors impressed me. By participating in this workshop, the most basic argument of my thesis became very clear to me. "