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\"SpacesSpaces of Creative Resistance:\u00a0Social Change Projects in Twenty-First-Century East Asia<\/em><\/a> (Rutgers University Press 2025) brings together an exciting cross-regional interdisciplinary group of scholars, scholar activists, artists, and others for a collection that addresses the last two decades’ hollowing out of social connections, socioeconomic income gaps, and general precarity of life in East Asian societies. Written by authors from China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, each chapter is focused on people making a difference together in socially sustainable ways, particularly in the areas of gender, labor, and environments\u2014both built and natural.\u00a0 This volume began with a 2021 conference<\/a> partially funded by the Global Innovation Fund\u00a0by the\u00a0Office of Global Affairs and also with funding from other UW East Asia focused centers and programs.<\/p>\n

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BOOK TALK<\/strong><\/div>\n
November 12, 2025<\/div>\n
3:30 – 5PM<\/div>\n
Thomson Hall 317<\/div>\n
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Join Andrea Gevurtz Arai, Jeff Hou, and Davinder Bhowmik for a panel discussion on November 12, 2025. DETAIL HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n
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