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DESCRIPTION:Global Asia in the Digital Age Graduate Symposium\n\nApril 4-5\
 , 2025\n\nHybrid: Watson Library (West 3 Wing) & Online\n\nFree. Registrat
 ion required.\n\nOpen to the Public.\n\n \n\nREGISTRATION \n\nIn person\n\
 nOnline\n\n \n\nOVERVIEW\n\nThis two-day symposium examines the transforma
 tive role of digital technologies across various domains\, from education 
 to creative expression and activism\, through the analytical lens of Globa
 l Asia. By framing the digital age within the interconnected and transnati
 onal contexts of Asia\, this perspective highlights how regional and globa
 l dynamics intersect to shape technological adoption and innovation. \n\nT
 he panels delve into the use of digital tools such as AI\, network analysi
 s\, and 3D printing in higher education\, creative fields\, and activism i
 n China\, South Korea\, Japan\, and Vietnam.  \n\nBy using Global Asia as 
 a conceptual framework\, this interdisciplinary exploration reveals the du
 al potential of digital tools to inspire innovation and provoke critical q
 uestions about their societal impacts. It offers a nuanced understanding o
 f how technology shapes learning\, creativity\, and activism in a rapidly 
 changing world\, while also foregrounding the role of Asia in rapidly chan
 ging world due to the advancement of digital technologies. \n\n \n\n[Link 
 to Day 1 Schedule]\n\n \n\nSaturday\, April 5\, 2025  |  9:00 A.M. - 4:30 
 P.M.\n\n \n\n \n\n9:00 AM - Registration & morning refreshments \n\n \n\n9
 :30 AM - Welcome  \n\nAmi Kitada\, President\, graduate student\, East Asi
 an Languages and Cultures\, University of Kansas    \n\n \n\n9:45 -11:00
  AM - Keynote Speech\, “Digital\, Physical\, (Wonder)lands” by Dr. Ama
 nda Kennell\, Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at 
 the University of Notre Dame \n\nIn the last fifty years\, technological d
 evelopments have enabled information to travel across the globe at the spe
 ed of light and even be transformed into new linguistic and mediatic forms
  without immediate human oversight.  These developments have altered how h
 umanity perceives the world and other peoples living within it.  To put it
  another way\, the invention and spread of new\, digital technologies have
  affected the conceptual basis of East Asian Studies.  Yet despite the spe
 ed with which information moves today\, the technologies enabling that spe
 ed were first theorized almost two centuries ago.  Their affordances and l
 imitations\, dangers and opportunities\, have been imagined and discussed 
 at length in not only esoteric academic documents but also popularly consu
 med texts that have themselves traversed the globe.  In this presentation\
 , Dr. Amanda Kennell traces Alice in Wonderland’s adaptation across the 
 bounds of time\, nation\, medium\, and technology to elucidate the effects
  of digital technologies in the contemporary media environment.   \n\n \n\
 n11:00-11:10 AM - Break \n\n \n\n11:10-12:30 AM (W3W and Online) - Panel\,
  Navigating Digital Intercultural Interactions  \n\nPanelists: \n\nHuan Ch
 en\, M.A. student\, Film and Media Studies Department\, University of Kans
 as\, “Pixels of Power: BiliBili’s Role in Redefining Global Political 
 Symbols in Asia’s Digital Age”  \n\nHu Ning\, PhD student\, Department
  of Chinese Studies\, Universiti Malaya\, “Sentiments in Malaysian Inter
 national Guan Gong Cultural Festival within the Malaysian Chinese Communit
 y on YouTube” \n\nYanchun Xu\, Visiting scholar\, Harvard John F. Kenned
 y School of Government\, Ph.D. candidate\, Political Science\, Renmin Univ
 ersity of China\, “The Remodeling and Adjustment of Identity Perception 
 among Chinese and American People by Transnational Digital Platforms” \n
 \n \n\n12:30-1:30 PM - Lunch Break \n\n \n\n1:30-2:50 PM (W3W and Online) 
 - Panel\, Leveraging Digital Technology for Change  \n\nPanelists: \n\nGra
 ce Gao\, M.A. student\, Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizatio
 ns (University of Pennsylvania)\, From Steppes to Screens: Reimagining Nom
 adic Pastoralism in Mongolia’s Digital Age (virtual)\n\nMiki Shono\, M.A
 . student\, East Asian Languages and Cultures Department\, University of K
 ansas\, “Anime Pilgrimage Leads to Tourist Well-being: How Digital Media
  Gives Rise to New Types of Pilgrimage” \n\nWenminzi Wu\, M.A. student\,
  East Asian Languages and Cultures Department\, University of Kansas\, “
 Bridging the Digital Divide: AI and Inclusive Health Literacy for Marginal
 ized Older Adults in the Chinese Post-COVID-19 Era” \n\n \n\n2:50-3:00 P
 M – Break \n\n \n\n3:00-4:00 PM - Workshop/Lecture by Cecilia Zhang (Chi
 nese Collections Librarian) \n\nThis workshop introduces the concept of Cr
 itical AI Literacy\, focusing on the essential skills and standards to app
 ly this literacy when using generative AI tools effectively. Participants 
 will gain insights into critically approaching and evaluating the results 
 provided by AI\, with a brief example of database-anchored AI futures to i
 llustrate its potential. The workshop aims to equip attendees with the too
 ls to thoughtfully engage with AI in humanities research\, fostering a nua
 nced understanding of its applications and implications. \n\n4:00 PM- Clos
 ing Remarks \n\n \n\n4:15-4:30 PM – Socializing
GEO:38.956581;-95.24484
LOCATION:Watson Library\, West 3 Wing
SUMMARY:Digital Age Symposium
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ku.edu/event/digital-age-graduate-symposium
CATEGORIES:Lectures & Presentations
CATEGORIES:Academic
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