By examining the geopolitical divides between East and West, North and South, this section will discuss elements of discourse, history, politics and economy that created and maintain borders. It will also examine the possibility of transcending, dismantling and reconstructing those borders. This session welcomes diverse topics related to East-West and North-South. The sub-topics for this session will include: North-South and political economy in crisis; race, state, people, class, language, geography of education, orientalism and westernization, monopoly, poverty and violence; feminism and activism; community, communication, and networking in Korea and Asia.


Sub-theme Coordinator

Ko, Gap Hee
Dept. of English Language and Literature, Hanshin University
Professor
Research Center for Women’s Culture and Theory
Committee Member
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