Dewesternizing digital cultures: gender, agency and resistance in Asia
Co-hosted by the QUT Digital Media Research Centre and the Itatsu Lab from the University of Tokyo, this workshop examines gendered identities and digital practices across Asian contexts. Through case studies on masculinities, virtual influencers, digital peacebuilding, and digital exclusion, the workshop shows how individuals and communities negotiate visibility, belonging, and resistance by highlighting diverse forms of agency that redefine what it means to participate, perform, and resist in the digital age.
| DATE: | Friday 14th November, 2025 |
| TIME: | 9:00AM – 12:00PM Tokyo Time |
| 10:00AM – 1:00PM Brisbane Time | |
| LOCATION: | Online |
| ZOOM | JOIN VIA LINK HERE. (MEETING ID: 821 5063 5388, PASSCODE: 584098) |
| PROGRAM: | See link to full program here. |
Speakers from QUT:
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Nguyen Do Doan Hanh – ‘Performative Authenticity: Examining Masculinity and Labour of Vietnamese Game Livestreamers’
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Nguyen Do Doan Hanh and Huynh-Vinh Khang – Reinterpreting Masculinities through Vietnamese Virtual Influencer: A Textual Analysis of Tho Bay Mau (Rainbow Rabbit)”
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Lynrose Jane Genon – “A Day In My Life”: Everyday “Digital Peacebuilding” By Muslim Young Women On TikTok”
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Prawinda Putri Anzari -“Intersecting Inequalities: Digital Exclusion of Former Child Brides in Indonesia”
Speakers from UTokyo:
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Amaël Cognacq – ‘About the Spread of Masculinism in Social Media’
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Leo McDonagh – ‘Tumblr made me trans: The social media platform at the forefront of the “transgender tipping point’
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Yuluan Gong – ‘Digital Intimacy and Vigilantism in VTuber Fandom: Audience Perspectives on Doxxing’
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Dulan – ‘Cyber Solidarity: Ueno Chizuko’s Digital Translation and the Mechanisms of Intra-Asian Feminist Influence in China’
