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DESCRIPTION:Gatty Lecture Series\n\nJoin us for a talk by Liang Wu\, Postdo
 ctoral Associate at SEAP/Science and Technology Studies\, Cornell Universi
 ty. \n\nThis Gatty Lecture will take place at Rockefeller 374\, Asian Stud
 ies Lounge. Lunch will be served. For questions\, contact seapgatty@cornel
 l.edu.\n\nAbstract\nWhat and where is “Maritime Southeast Asia”? In th
 is Gatty Lecture\, maritime scholar Dr. Liang Wu presents a case study of 
 Filipino among other Southeast Asian seafarers working in the internationa
 l shipping industry across the global oceans\, thus expanding the conventi
 onal definition of “Maritime Southeast Asia” – the archipelagic regi
 on of Southeast Asian countries situated between Indian and Pacific Oceans
 .\n\nAt this moment\, hundreds of thousands of Southeast Asians are circum
 navigating the world as they work on ocean-going merchant vessels of conte
 mporary shipping\, delivering 90% of international trade and sustaining ec
 onomies and societies around the globe. The majority of the world’s 2 mi
 llion seafarers come from the Global South regions of Southeast Asian coun
 tries such as the Philippines\, Indonesia\, Myanmar\, and Vietnam\, alongs
 ide China and India. Due to their long contracts and cyclical employment\,
  most of these Southeast Asian workers spend their lives on the high seas 
 beyond national jurisdictions\, under flag-of-convenience states such as P
 anama\, Liberia\, and the Marshall Islands\, and within the foreign territ
 ories of port states – all beyond the definitional region of “Maritime
  Southeast Asia”.\n\nThrough learning about the lifeworlds and lifeways 
 of Southeast Asian seafarers\, Dr. Wu will discuss in this Gatty Lecture a
  range of critical topics from containerization to postcolonialism\, famil
 ism\, the social infrastructures of maritime ministries\, and also industr
 ial- environmental externalities. In tracing the far-reaching and uneven c
 onditions and ramifications of such maritime metageography of sea trade\, 
 Dr. Wu’s work shifts analytical attention from regional seas\, ports\, a
 nd littoral societies to transoceanic labor\, nodes\, and networks\; it ad
 vances a labor-centered and mobility-political approach to study the “ma
 ritime Southeast Asian” aspects of the global archipelago – one consti
 tuted not only by circulation and connectivity\, but also by routinized ab
 sence\, spatial confinement\, juridical ambiguity\, social invisibility\, 
 and integral accidents.\n\nIn the aftermath of the COVID-19 global pandemi
 c and as supply chain disruptions continue to erupt\, Dr. Wu’s redefinit
 ion carries urgent implications for how we conceptualize maritime regions\
 , essential labor\, and the social foundations of global logistics and hum
 an condition.\n\nAbout the Speaker\nDr. Liang Wu is a SEAP Postdoctoral As
 sociate at Cornell University. He is also affiliated with the Department o
 f Science & Technology Studies and the interdepartmental consortium Cornel
 l Oceans. Dr. Wu started studying the international shipping and seafaring
  industry in 2006\, and has carried out research at ports in Asia and the 
 U.S.\, onboard\, and online. Dr. Wu received his Ph.D. in anthropology fro
 m the Graduate Center\, City University of New York. His interdisciplinary
  maritime work has been supported by the National Science Foundation\, Soc
 ial Science Research Council\, Wenner-Gren Foundation\, Center for Engaged
  Scholarship\, and Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies among 
 other funding agencies. Overall\, Dr. Wu is an engaged scholar who examine
 s the intersection of maritime economy\, blue humanities\, social oceanogr
 aphy\, and marine policy. He is a former Visiting Assistant Professor at B
 ates College enhancing ocean literacy and ocean engagement in Maine\, and 
 a Marine Policy and Science Communication Knauss Fellow at the National Oc
 eanic and Atmospheric Administration. Dr. Wu also belongs to various natio
 nal and international working groups and professional associations such as
  Waterfront Alliance\, Deep-Ocean Stewardship Initiative\, United Nations 
 Ocean Decade Global Stakeholder Forum\, Climate Change Interest Group (CCI
 G) of the American Anthropological Association\, and American Association 
 for the Advancement of Science.
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LOCATION:Rockefeller Hall\, 374
SUMMARY:Beyond “Maritime Southeast Asia”: Seafarers of the Internationa
 l Shipping Industry and the Making of a Global Maritime Region
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.cornell.edu/event/beyond-maritime-southeast-as
 ia-seafarers-of-the-international-shipping-industry-and-the-making-of-a-gl
 obal-maritime-region
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