Spaces of Creative Resistance 2021
Agenda and Presenter List
**Times are listed in U.S Pacific Daylight Time (GMT-7)**
Day 1 – May 7th (Asia: May 8th)
5:00 p.m. – Opening Introduction
Jeff Hou & Andrea Gevurtz Arai, University of Washington
5:15 p.m. – Session 1: Making Changes
Creative, collaborative remaking of spaces and livelihoods. Resisting labor, gendered and peripheral inequalities.
Andrea Gevurtz Arai, University of Washington
Hyein Chae, University of Washington
June Ku, National Dong Hwa University
Discussant: Christopher Nelson, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
6:55 p.m. – Break
7:05 p.m. – Session 2: Commoning the City
Focusing on urban commoning initiatives as a form of resistance and community-building.
Shuyun Cao & DMAS, Dinghaiqiao Mutual Aid Society
Yeonjung Ahn, Bibil Base
Discussant: Shu-Mei Huang, National Taiwan University
8:15 p.m. – Day 1 Closing
Day 2 – May 8th
5:00 p.m. – Session 3: “Revitalizing” the Local
Collaborative initiatives in rural contexts: community design, social welfare, and local revitalization.
Hsiufan Lin & Yuyu Liu, National Taiwan University & Hi Home
Yumi Matsubara, Waseda University
Keisuke Sugano, Kanazawa Institute of Technology
Discussant: Sohyun Park, Seoul National University & Architecture & Urban Research Institute (AURI) of Korea
6:40 p.m. – Break
6:50 p.m. – Session 4: Re-creating Spaces – Streets, Rooftop, Local Cinema
Focusing on the agency of space and placemaking initiatives and the possibilities (and constraints) for resistance.
Sampson Wong, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Zoosun Yoon, Architecture & Urban Research Institute (AURI) of Korea
Hidehiko Ishibashi, Toyooka Cinema
Discussant: Naomi Uchida, Saitama University
8:15 p.m. – Day 2 Closing
Day 3 – May 9th
6:00 p.m. – Plenary Session of Presenters and Discussants
7:30 p.m. – Wrap-Up of the Symposium