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Tonan Talk “Burmese women migrant workers in Thailand: Managing productive and reproductive responsibilities”
Title: Burmese women migrant workers in Thailand: Managing productive and reproductive responsibilities Speaker: Dr.Kyoko Kusakabe, Associate Professor, Gender and Development Studies, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology Date: July 25 (Fri.), 12.00-13.30, 2014 Place: Meeting Room (Room No. 107) on the 1st Floor of East Building, CSEAS, Kyoto University Abstract: This presentation is a case study of Burmese women migrant workers in Thailand, and it argues that even in increasingly unstable circumstances women migrant workers have to continue to balance their reproductive responsibilities as mothers and daughters with their on-going roles as wage workers and economic providers, often managing complex trans-border care arrangements. The paper extends […]
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Visual Documentary Project2014: “People and Nature in Southeast Asia”
Date: January 14th, 2015 Venue: Kyoto University Clock Tower Centennial Hall Support：Japan Foundation Asia Center The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Kyoto University will host a film forum to screen five selected documentaries by independent,young film-makers from Southeast Asia on the topic of people and nature. From the sky to the mountains, forests to mangroves, fields to orchards and animals to insects,what is the relationship between people and nature in Southeast Asia?How do people connect with their environments?In what ways do they think about, feel, touch, speak and share their surroundings in their societies, and through their cultures? This year, the visual documentary project presents five short documentaries, […]
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