03 February 2012
Asia@RMIT seminar
The Graduate School of Business and Law together with the School of Media and Communication, invite you to attend the first Asia @ RMIT seminar for 2012.
Event Details
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Title: |
Asia@RMIT seminar |
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Person: |
Various |
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Date: |
2012-02-08 |
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Time: |
12.15 pm – 1.30 pm |
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Location: |
The Emily McPherson Building 13 Boardroom (013.04.002) 379 - 405 Russell Street (corner Russel and Victoria Streets Melbourne) |
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Registration: |
RSVP to Tina Katselos at tina.katselos@rmit.edu.au by Monday 6 February, 12 pm. A light lunch will be provided |
Speakers
Dr Rajeev Anantaram
Fellow, Emerging Leaders Programme, Australia India Institute, University of MelbourneProfessor (Designate) of Economics, International management Institute, New Delhi
China in India's Economic Strategy
China as a dominant economic player globally is having a tremendous impact on individual countries' economic strategy. Countries are thus faced with the choice of devising defensive strategies and/or cooperating with China as in the case of South east Asia. I will talk about four areas where Chna can potentially impact India--a regional production system, Foreign Direct Investment, commodity prices and natural resources. My talk will analyze the gamut of options available to India on each of these issues.
Professor Jo Tacchi
Deputy Dean Research and Innovation, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
Meaningful Mobility: Gender, development and mobile phones
In this presentation I explore broad questions of development, gender and technology through a focus on mobile phones and their everyday use by women in India, in particular focusing on rural and less affluent populations. I introduce ways in which technologies might be thought about in terms of meaningful mobilities, using examples from qualitative research in India. I consider the complex nature of everyday lives to contextualize the role of mobiles in these examples. I conclude by discussing the limits of modernizing approaches to understanding technologies and social change and the importance of holistic approaches. Mobiles are presented as an active agent in complex and evolving gendered relationships that must be understood within their everyday uses and settings, in order to understand their meanings.
Further details
For further information phone Tina Katselos at tina.katselos@rmit.edu.au.
Please also note that a website, containing details of the Asia@RMIT project, and research depository is available at Asia@RMIT website. We welcome updates of your research