Viral Ports, Virtual Currents: SEATRiP Conferen...

The emphasis on the arts and media in this conference should open more comprehensive ways of thinking about Southeast Asia and its diasporas as a whole. This conference reflects on Arjun Appadurais call for a new architecture of area studies which is driven by the concept of process geographies—areas are spaces of action, interaction, and motion (Burgess 2004: 127). The theme of arts and media in everyday life engages with these geographies in motion by highlighting the dynamic, multidirectional networks of culture within Southeast Asia and through its diasporic communities throughout the world in addition to addressing complexities that make a contribution to developing new approaches of thinking.

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