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Tag: Asian studies

  • Fieldwork on community gardening in Singapore

    Fieldwork on community gardening in Singapore is coming to an end. During his stay, Blaž talked to more than twenty interviewees including gardeners, garden managers and community activists from Boon Lay Nature Garden, Clementi Woods Park Allotment, City Sprouts at Henderson and West Coast Park, Funan Urban Farm, Horts Park Allotment, Jalan Peletok Art Garden,…

  • Casie goes to Singapore!

    The time has come. For the next two months, the Asia Research Institute, ARI at the National University of Singapore will be hosting CASIE. The stay in Singapore aims to explore the importance of neighbourhood collective action and social innovation in building resilient communities in the city. In addition to the ethnographic fieldwork and research…

  • Korean neighbourhoods beyond Korea

    Neighbourhoods are known for their social networks and identities embedded in particular places. Blaž will present on a seminar on Korean neighbourhoods beyond Korea, comparing three Korean neighbourhoods with strong social networks and distinct identities based on social class and/or ethnicity. Of these neighbourhoods, only Haengdang-dong is located in Korea. It used to be one…

  • Changing scope of gentrification in Seoul

    Kim Kon and Blaž published an article in The Developing Economies journal on the changing scope of gentrification in Seoul that compares neighbourhood transformation and displacement in traditional industrial clusters in the city. After endless reviewing, revising and waiting, the article Changing scope of gentrification in Seoul? Neighbourhood transformation and displacement in Sangwangsimni and Changsin-Sungin…

  • The importance of knowledge and the university in society

    Blaž will be presenting CASIE at the Meeting Point session of the SMUL conference in Ljubljana, which focuses on the importance and value of knowledge and the university in today’s society. The research Neighbourhood Collective Action and Social Innovation for Resilient Cities in East Asia and Europe, CASIE, seeks to understand the importance of collective…

  • Civic urbanisms in East Asia

    Blaž will present a new book on civic urbanisms in East Asia at the East Asia Resource Library in Ljubljana. Discussion on the collaboration between Asian studies and urban studies will follow the book presentation. In parts of Asia, citizens are increasingly involved in shaping their neighbourhoods and cities. This marks a significant departure from…

  • Strengthening social cohesion through neighbourhood improvement in Seoul and Singapore*

    The cities of Seoul and Singapore offer valuable insights into the potential of neighbourhood improvement as a social policy that can strengthen social cohesion in neighbourhoods and cities. Social cohesion and sustainable development of citiesCities are vital to national and global economic growth. They are the centres of social, cultural, and political life. However, they…

  • Why Casie?

    CASIE seeks to understand and highlight the importance of collective action and social innovation for resilient neighbourhoods and cities in East Asia and Europe. Two-thirds of the world’s population is expected to live in cities, which are considered the engines of global and national economic growth and hubs of social, cultural, and political life. However,…