Journal of Population Research- Vol. 20 No. 1

Journal of Population Research Volume 20, Number 1 May 2003 Fertility Decline in Asia: Trends, Implications and Futures The Journal of Population Research is a peer-reviewed, international journal which publishes papers on population-related issues. Coverage is not restricted geographically. The Journal publishes substantive empirical analyses, theoretical works, applied research and contributions to methodology. Submissions may take the form of …

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Sanglap: Journal of Literary and Cultural Inquiry – Special Issue: Translation Impossible: The Ethics, Politics and Pragmatics of Radical Translation in South Asian Literatures (Vol. 5, No. 1)

Since the growth of translation studies, translators and literary scholars have increasingly come to acknowledge the intense ethical and political, as well as practical, issues involved in preparing, producing and circulating translations of literature. In the field of South Asian literature, questions of status and visibility affecting authors, regional literatures and marginalized populations have been paramount, for …

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Journal of Aging and Health – Long-Term Care for Older Adults in ASEAN Plus Three: The Roles of Family, Community, and the State in Addressing Unmet Eldercare Needs (Vol. 30 Issue 10)

Objective: To introduce this Special Issue that focuses on understanding the issues surrounding the long-term care (LTC) in selected societies in Southeast and East Asian countries. Method: We first provide demographic and socioeconomic context for these countries and then summarize the seven articles in this issue. Results:The articles highlight the rapidly rising demand for LTC in this region in …

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WPS 268 Creative Placemaking as a Policy and a Practice of Urban Regeneration in Singapore: Negotiating Power Relations and Forging Partnerships in Civic Society

Existing research of emerging urban paradigms like heritage activism, placemaking and other creative interventions establishes a strong link between urban cultural production and emerging forms of civic participation in East and Southeast Asia, marking the shift in relationships between states and civic societies. Although prosperous Singapore with its tightly controlled urban planning and cultural policies …

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Cities in Asia by and for the People

This book examines the active role of urban citizens in constructing alternative urban spaces as tangible resistance towards capitalist production of urban spaces that continue to encroach various neighborhoods. The collection of narratives presented here brings together research from ten different Asian cities and re-theorises the city from the perspective of ordinary people facing moments …

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Social Identities – Special Issue: Mixed Race in Southeast Asia and Australasia: Race, Nation, Identity and Belonging (Vol. 25, Issue 3)

Visions of a cosmopolitan, melting pot world, where races and cultures are blended and intermixed to produce hybrid cultures and ‘coffee coloured people’, are common in both popular culture and academic theorizing. Despite the theoretical messiness of the concept of race, ‘mixed race’ itself is an increasingly popular area of study in the social sciences, …

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Transnational Migrations in the Asia-Pacific Transformative Experiences in the Age of Digital Media

This edited collection interrogates the diversity of transnational migration experiences in the Asia-Pacific through the lens of digital ethnography in order to explore the transformative effects digital media plays in these experiences. While there has been work on the various ways in which internet communication technologies (ICTs) particularly mobile communication allows for various forms of …

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