Neoliberal Globalization, Biopolitics and Emanating Conflicts: Intersection of Race, Gender and Class in Asia

Panel Convenor(s)

• NC

  Naomi Chi

  Hokkaido University, Japan

Panel Chair(s)

• NC

  Naomi Chi

  Hokkaido University, Japan

Presenter(s)

• NC

  Naomi Chi

  Hokkaido University, Japan
• YT

  Yukino Tsutsui

  Kansai University, Japan
• MS

  Maya Suzuki

  Daito Bunka University, Japan
• HK

  Hisae Komatsu

  Otemon Gakuin University, Japan

This panel aims to explore the new stage of global struggles concerning gender, diversity and globalization, Based on the notion that market systems are inherently political and conflict-ridden, this panel will focus on the different conflicts shaping the path of neoliberal globalization. Thus, the panel attempts to explore what are the significant conflicts emanating from neoliberal globalization, and what their implications are.

In today’s neoliberal globalized world, we are witnessing is the stratification of human beings through the intersection of race, gender, and class. We argue that this is one of the central neoliberal governing techniques to facilitate the global division and the feminization of migration of labour. Also, the intersection of race, gender, and class provide justification of the globalizing process. These parameters are not simply the channel to push forward neoliberal globalization, but they also reinforce it.  

Focusing on Asia, this panel attempts to explore how the intersection of race, gender, and class facilitates the transnational movement of capital and labour in this region, while at the same time it sustains the dominance of neoliberalism.

    The presentations in this panel include the discussion of the following: 1) the relationship between the neoliberal globalization and the anti-gender movement in East Asia, particularly Japan and South Korea; 2) how gender affects the mobility of migrant workers and movement of labour in Vietnam; 3) the global and local practice of the contemporary Dalit Movement in India and beyond; and lastly 4) the representations of urban areas in contemporary India, which are rapidly developing and benefiting from globalisation, and local/rural areas, which are marginalised, excluded or even exploited through contemporary Hindi literature.

Presentations:

• 14:00 – 15:45 (GMT+7)

  What's Gender Got to Do With It?: The Gender Dimension of Globalization and Anti-Gender Politics in East Asia
  

  Presenter: Naomi HJ Chi – Hokkaido University
• 14:00 – 15:45 (GMT+7)

  The Gender Aspect of Vietnamese Labour Migrants and its Implications
  

  Presenter: Yukino Tsutsui – Kansai University
• 14:00 – 15:45 (GMT+7)

  Global and Local Practice of the Contemporary Dalit Movement: Making Sense of “Coming out” of Highly Educated Dalit Youth
  

  Presenter: Maya Suzuki – Daito Bunka University
• 14:00 – 15:45 (GMT+7)

  They Turn Your Dream to Shame: The Other Side of Globalism in the Novel "Asthi Phool"
  

  Presenter: Hisae Komatsu – Otemon Gakuin University