Thriving Communities
The Thriving Communities Research Strength focuses on issues of marginalisation and heritage in Malaysia and the Southeast Asian region. This Research Strength is multi-disciplinary, cross-disciplinary and interdisciplinary in its approach. It brings together the expertise of academics who work in areas such as film, television and screen studies, public relations, writing and literature, communication studies, religious studies and gender studies. In the area of marginalisation, this Research Strength concentrates on human communities that are disenfranchised, stigmatised and ostracised, and thus excluded from political and social resources on numerous levels. These communities include people who are subjected to socio-economic disadvantage, and discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, class, age, ability, gender and sexuality. In the area of heritage, this Research Strength looks towards the rich legacies of the country and region that exist in multifarious forms, such as political, film and public relations historicities, cultural artefacts, literary and artistic innovations, online religious performances, and local spiritual epistemologies.
Areas of research:
- Migration and mobility
- Cinematic heritage
- Diverse sexes, sexualities and genders
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