Proceedings of the XV East Asia Net Research Workshop
Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, May 14-15, 2015
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abstract
Papers contained in this volume were prepared for the XV East Asia Net (EAN) Research Workshop, held at University Ca’ Foscari of Venice in Spring 2015. The workshop addressed two themes: the nature-culture-society nexus and cultural diplomacy. Works featured in this book draw from a variety of disciplinary and methodological approaches, representative of the the current trends in multidisciplinary research in the field of Asian Studies.
Hanoi • Science • Postcolonial • Landscape phenomenology • Seawater • Seascape • Feed-in-Tariff • Modernity • Spectacular society • Japan • PRC • Renewable energies • Water management and regulation • Japanese fishing communities • Environmental anthropology • Hanban • Confucius Institutes • Cultural diplomacy • China • Folk religion • Chinese ecological discourse, ecological Marxism, • Vietnam • Web-based charm offensive • Globalization • Small and micro-scale hydropower • Technology • Cultural policy • Development cooperation • Soft power