[Humanities Across Borders] Linger Longer with Youth on the Move: Collaborative engagement in collecting and narrating the young peoples’ stories

Roundtable Convenor(s)

• YC

  Ying Cheng

  Peking University, China
• MT

  Min Tang

  Tongji University, China
• AD

  Anuj Daga

  University of Mumbai, India

Roundtable Chair(s)

• YC

  Ying Cheng

  Peking University, China
• MT

  Min Tang

  Tongji University, China
• AD

  Anuj Daga

  University of Mumbai, India

Roundtable Participant(s)

• YC

  Ying Cheng

  Peking University, China
• MT

  Min Tang

  Tongji University, China
• AD

  Anuj Daga

  University of Mumbai, India
• AK

  Aarti Kawlra

  International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Netherlands
• QF

  Qidi Feng

  University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
• SA

  Segun Adefila

  Crown Troupe of Africa, Nigeria
• FR

  Frederico Ravioli

  ARCO Cooperative School, Brazil
• ST

  Siqi Tu

  Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, Germany

Roundtable Abstract:

Project Information
"Youth on the Move (YOTM): Performing Urban Space in the Global South" is a research project initiated by Ying Cheng (Peking University, cultural studies), Min Tang (Tongji University, southern urbanist) and Anuj Daga (School of Environment & Architecture, architect-curator), that has received the Urban Seminar Series 2023 Award granted to the most promising urban studies proposals across the world annually by the Urban Studies Foundation(USF), UK. The project seeks to investigate Southern urbanities that youth produce on the move - through short - and long-term mobilities in/across the radically changing urban spaces. It aims to decolonise knowledge production and explicitly promote South-South collaboration, notably across Asia-Africa. The YOTM project has been moving from Lagos Artistic Workshop (2023.06), to Virtual Online Lecture Series (10.2023-01.2024), and to Shanghai Early Career Scholars' Methodological Workshop (05.2024).
For more information, please visit: https://asiaafricayouth.com/

Youth On the Move X Surabaya
YOTM in collaboration with Humanities Across Borders presents "The Waiting Room '' Exhibition, along with a roundtable session "Linger Longer" followed by a performance-story. "ÌGBÀLÈ / Pasca Ruang / Post-Space'', by Segun Adefila, founder of Crown Troupe of Africa, (Nigeria) in collaboration with Surabaya performance artists from Studio IMMATERIAL (Ryan Herdiansyah, Dimas Ijat, Rezza Lellyana, and Dwiputra Rizkyandhani).
This performance is an outcome of exchanges in Surabaya, as well as inspiration from the various practices of youth across the global south narrated in the exhibition. The three events have been co-produced by scholars and practitioners across Asia, Africa and beyond. They demonstrate collaborative engagements in collecting and (re)narrating the young peoples’ stories; making the grounded knowledge accessible to a wider audience.