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Rear-View Stories of Japan’s Waning Car Scene
Impressions and stories from a summer spent working in a Japanese custom garage.
The Impact of Collectivism on East Asian Consumer Behaviour
Observing how the collectivist culture in East Asia influences consumer behaviour. Asian consumers are shown to be more avoidant of risk, and prefer to be assured against risk through greater transparency and being given greater control in their consumer experience.
Batik: Malaysia’s Dying Artform
Diverging Paths to Climate Solutions: How COP29 Highlights the East-West Divide in Tackling Global Warming
Contesting Shenzhen’s Modernity: State-legitimisation and public resistance in the People’s Republic of China
Fynn explains how Shenzhen is used as a tool for political legitimisation and explores what the city reveals about the power of the state and its ideology.
NOA Episode 9.4.2 Doris Okenwa on Cultural and Demographic Tensions Shaping The Future of Development in Africa
Joined by Doris Okenwa, member of the UCL Anthropology Department, in this episode, Karyn and Angela will be continuing with the topic of corporate social responsibility by honing in on the roles played by culture and demographic tensions in shaping the future of development in Africa. Addressing potential threats towards resource permanency and Africa’s green future, the episode ties together the past, present and future of investment in Africa.
NOA Episode 9.4.1 ‘Trade Not Aid’: Ethical Capitalism and Rearticulation of African Development with Doris Okenwa
Joined by Doris Okenwa, member of the UCL Anthropology Department, in this episode, Karyn and Angela will be introducing Doris’ research on Oil in Kenya whilst looking more closely at the practice of ethical capitalism and corporate social responsibility, as well as framings of development against a neoliberal backdrop in Africa.
NOA Episode 9.2 Past, Present and Future of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Africa
Drawing from the previous discussion in episode 9.1 over China’s foreign policy towards Africa, our moderator, Angela, and Min Jing, a writer from UCL Asiatic Affairs, together with Lisa, Larissa and Stephen from UCL African Conference will be further exploring China’s Belt and Road Initiative and its role in African development in this episode. In addition to visible current implications, the episode extrapolates into the advancing economic frontier before deliberating over the future of the Project in Africa.