Mobile Communication and Asian Modernities
(Conference Programme)
Day 1 | Day 2
Day 17th June 2005
08:30-09:15Registration
09:15-09:30Opening Speech by Prof. Lee Chin Chuan, Head of Department of English and Communication
09:30-11:00 Morning Session 1

Panel I: Our'Asian'Mobile Communication?
Papers (30 minutes each):
  1. Prof. Leopoldina Fortunati, Udine University & Dr. Patrick Law, Polytechnic University of Hong Kong:'Individualization Process in Europe and Implications for Asian Countries.'
  2. Dr. Chantal de Gournay, France Telecom:'Personal Communication Regarding Family Group and Public Sphere: Cultural Differences Between China, Japan and France.'
Discussant (Comments/Questions on 2 papers):
Prof. Raul Pertierra (10 minutes)

Questions from the audience and discussion with the panel members
(20 minutes)
11:00-11:15 Morning Tea Break (Light Refreshments)
11:15-12:45 Morning Session 2

Panel IIa: Mobile Communication, Identities and Social Practices
Papers (30 minutes each):
  1. Dr. Angel Lin, City University of Hong Kong:'Romance and Sexual Ideologies in SMS Manuals Circulating Among Migrant Workers in Southern China.'
  2. Dr. Garland Liu, Open University of Hong Kong:'Expressing Identity and Sexuality: Comparison Between the Use of the Newspaper Media and ICTs by Hong Kong Sex Workers.'
Discussant (Comments/Questions on 2 papers):
Dr. Larrisa Hjorth (10 minutes)

Questions from the audience and discussion with the panel members
(20 minutes)
12:45-13:45Lunch
13:45-15:15 Afternoon Session 1

Panel IIb: Mobile Communication, Identities and Social Practices
Papers (30 minutes each):
  1. Dr. Shin Mizukoshi, Mr. Masaaki Ito and Ms. Mamiko Hayashida, University of Tokyo:'Reconsideration of Media Literacy with Mobile Media in the East Asian Region.'
  2. Dr. Eric Charles Thompson, National University of Singapore:'Reaching Home by Hand-Phone: Foreign Worker Communities and Mobile Communication in Singapore.'
Discussant (Comments/Questions on 2 papers):
Dr. Chantal de Gournay (10 minutes)

Questions from the audience and discussion with the panel members
(20 minutes)
15:15-15:30 1st Afternoon Tea Break (Light Refreshments)
15:30-17:45 Afternoon Session 2

Panel III: Mobile Communication and Political Participation
Papers (30 minutes each):
  1. Dr. Zhou He, City University of Hong Kong:'SMS in China: A Major Carrier for the Private Discourse Universe.'
  2. Mr. Aske Dam and Ms. Kiyoko Toriumi, University of Tokyo: 'From Personal/Commercial to Communal: "Critical Media Practice" on Keitai as Media of Citizen's Expression.'
  3. Dr. Shin-dong Kim, Hallym University: 'Technologies of Political Modernity.'
Discussant (Comments/Questions on 2 papers):
Prof. Lee Chin Chuan (15 minutes)

Questions from the audience and discussion with the panel members
(30 minutes)
18:00Conference Dinner

Day 28th June 2005
08:30-09:00Registration
09:00-11:15 Morning Session 1

Panel IVa: Contexts of Development in Asia
Papers (30 minutes each):
  1. Dr. Jonathan Donner, Columbia University:'Research Approaches to Mobile Use in the Developing World: A Review of the Literature.'
  2. Mr. Bart Barendregt, Leiden University:'The Ghost in the Phone and Other Tales of Indonesian Modernity.'
  3. Mr. Bui Hoai Son, Vietnam Institute of Culture and Information:'The Relation Between Social Capital and Internet Usage: A Case Study in Hanoi, Vietnam.'
Discussant (Comments/Questions on 3 papers):
Dr. Eric Charles Thompson (15 minutes)

Questions from the audience and discussion with the panel members
(30 minutes)
11:15-11:30Morning Tea Break (Light Refreshments)
11:30-13:45 Morning Session 2

Panel IVb: Contexts of Development in Asia
Papers (30 minutes each):
  1. Prof. Raul Pertierra, University of the Phillipines:'Without A Room of Your Own? Buy A Cellphone.'
  2. Prof. Ravi Dhar, GGS Indraprastha University:'Modernity' and'Post-Mobile'India: An Odyssey from the Global to the Glocal.'
  3. Prof. Salahuddin Aminuzzaman, University of Dhaka:'Mobile Phone and Its Impact on Empowerment of Women in Rural Bangladesh.'
Discussant (Comments/Questions on 3 papers):
Dr. Jonathan Donner (15 minutes)

Questions from the audience and discussion with the panel members
(30 minutes)
13:45-14:45Lunch
15:00-17:15 Afternoon Session

Panel V: New Horizons of Asian Modernities
Papers (30 minutes each):
  1. Dr. Larissa Hjorth, RMIT University:'Locating the Mobile Customisation and Gender in Asia-Pacific Region.'
  2. Prof. Harmeet Sawhney, Indiana University:'Mobiles, Local Connectivity, and Negotiation of Asian Modernities.'
  3. Dr. Gerard Goggin, University of Queensland:'Asian Modernities and the Rethinking of Mobile Phone Culture.'
Discussant (Comments/Questions on 3 papers):
Prof. Leopoldina Fortunati (15 minutes)

Questions from the audience and discussion with the panel members
(30 minutes)