Course Topic: Changes in Asia at the beginning of the end of Covid-19: Data collecting, Evidence selecting and storytelling.
Content: Asia Workshop is the dynamic working space where students and instructors work together to discuss emerging issues in Asia. Topics for discussion changes every year to keep up with changes at both regional and global scales. Against the prolonged backdrop of the Covid-19, we are committed to sustaining the interactive working environment for the students and promoting “get-your-hands-dirty” activities to facilitate the students’ first-hand observations of problems and encourage their original interpretations of the collected data. To realize that aim, we will introduce an online platform as a working space where students can discuss and exchange opinions with the support of visual aids to have a real feel for the projected reality. At the class, the students can experience:
- “One sees for all” (one collect material (video, picture, narrative) for the rest to observe);
- “Together, we see more and better” (all interpret one given material),
- “Different eyes different views” (one reality can be presented differently in a different context)
The topics covered include development, health, poverty, global warming, unemployment and many more (subject to changes depending on the students’ background). We also provide lectures delivered by guest speakers during the semester.