Second International Symposium on "Chinese Women and their Cyber Networks" Oct 2004
Objective:
The primary objective of this international symposium is to bring together a group of scholars specializing in works related to Chinese women and the cyber culture. It will explore how Chinese women are able to exploit and use the Internet and the cyber networks for their personal and social gains.
Broad themes include:
1. Cyber-culture and the construction of women's identity
2. Chinese women and consumption of cyber-culture
3. Cyber-network as Chinese women's social capital
4. Use and abuse of cyber network
5. Chinese women and cyberactivism
Date: Oct 20-21, 2004
Venue: Foundation Chamber, Eliot Hall, The University of Hong Kong
Programme schedule:
Day One (20 October 2004)
8:40-9:00am Registration
9:00-9:15am Welcome Speech
9:15-9:30am Coffee Break
Session 1 (9:30-12:00): Internet: Emerging Tool for New Social and Economic Space
12:00-1:30pm Lunch Break
Session 2 (2:00-4:30pm): Consuming the Net
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Day Two (21 October 2004)
Session 3 (9-11:30am): The Net as a New Social and Political Space
12:00-1:30pm Lunch Break
Session 4 (1:30-4:00pm): Internet, Sexuality and Marriage
4-4:15pm Coffee Break
Session 5 (4:15-5:45pm): Roundtable discussion
(Chairperson: Kuah-Pearce Khun Eng; Discussion on emerging key themes arising out of this symposium for the edited book)
6:00pm Symposium Dinner
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