[asiacouncil] ASDP 2021 Georgia spotlight & looking ahead to San Diego in 2022

[Eric Kendrick]

Asia Council colleagues:

The ASDP 2021 virtual national conference has just wrapped up, and Georgia was well represented, as you can see from the list at bottom.  The entire program is attached.

Our council chair, Eric Spears, in addition to serving as an officer with the ASDP Alumni Chapter of the East-West Center,  served as chair and technical support for several sessions.

Keep ASDP 2022 in San Diego on your radar.  With its famous Gaslamp Quarter https://www.gaslamp.org/  (where presumably the conference hotel will be) and beautiful bay, it is easily one of American’s most beautiful cities.  And the weather is always perfect!

I plan to organizing a pre-conference cultural tour for Asia Council and Georgia faculty like I did in Portland (2017) and D.C. (2018).

San Diego County is home to a large, diverse and vibrant Asian community, making up some 10 percent of the entire county population. Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean, Cambodian - in fact, the county is home to one of the largest Filipino populations in the United States   https://www.tripsavvy.com/san-diego-asian-restaurants-and-markets-2937095

Some Asian sties and places on the tour include:

The Japanese Friendship Garden (in famous Balboa Park) See how Japanese garden aesthetics translate to an arid climate  https://www.niwa.org/

More about Balboa Park (for those who want to see more)  https://www.balboapark.org/
                        There are several museums - I highly recommend the Natural History Museum.
The free desert gardens and Spanish architecture are worth a stroll, even if you don’t go I not a museum (the park is just a short ride up the hill from the downtown gaslight area)
And of course, there’s the San Diego Zoo, arguably the great in the world.

The Convoy District & Asian Restaurant Row  https://www.sandiego.org/campaigns/creative-communities/convoy-district.aspx

Little Saigon (in City Heights / El Cajon Blvd)  https://littlesaigonsandiego.org/

  *   San Diego has the 4th largest Vietnamese community in the U.S.
  *   I spent a couple of extended trips in Little Saigon with one of my close Vietnamese friends back in the mid-90s (this is when I fell in love with San Diego!)

More about City Heights https://www.tripsavvy.com/san-diego-asian-restaurants-and-markets-2937095
The City Heights area of San Diego is probably the city's most ethnically diverse neighborhood. In this sprawling area between North Park and the College Area, you'll find a melting pot of Hispanic, Vietnamese, Somali, Indian, and Middle Eastern cultures. City Heights is where immigrants try to carve out their niche in the American Dream. Which is why this is place you want to go if you're looking for authentic ethnic food.

While the focus will be on Asian culture, it wouldn’t be appropriate to visit San Diego without going to Old Town for Mexican American culture (and food!)  https://www.sandiego.org/articles/old-town/old-town-san-diego.aspx     https://oldtownsandiegoguide.com/

More info in the near future!

Eric Kendrick
Chair-elect, Asia Council


ASDP Georgia faculty spotlight
Session 4A: Modern China

  *   Future Directions of US-China Relations under a Biden Administration

Louis Furmanski, University of Central Oklahoma

  *   Another Round of Reform? The Politics and Ideology of China's Civil Code

Shiping Hua, University of Louisville

  *   China’s Diplomatic Forays in the CARICOM Community in the Light of the Belt and Road Initiative

Nalanda Roy, Georgia Southern University

Session 5B: Lessons Learned from Asian Philosophical Traditions

  *   Immortality and the Meaning of Life: A Daoist Perspective

Jeffery Dippmann, Central Washington University

  *   Socratic & Buddhist Ignorance

Stephen Laumakis, University of Saint Thomas

  *   Lessons From 沈括 Shen Kuo

Matt Marone, Mercer University
Session 7A: Social Science Examines Modern Asian Policies

  *   Buddhas for Sale: Buddhism, Capitalism and Tourism in Modern Myanmar

Barbara Lass, City College of San Francisco

  *   Conceptual Blending Theory and the Mind-body Efficacy of a Socialist Market Economy

Stephen Herschler Mattern, Oglethorpe University

  *   Placing Hukou in China: A Critical Geographic Inquiry

Eric Spears, Columbus State University


Session 8B: The Arts and Pedagogy

  *   A qualitative case study in the top Chinese Conservatory, by using cross-cultural perspective and experience to discuss the Chinese dancer's professional growth in 21st China

Yi An, University of Hawaii, Manoa

  *   Khaen Performance: An American Perspective on Traditional Pedagogical Tradition

Charles Occhipinti, University of Hawaii, Manoa

  *   Vedic Chanting, Cognitive Function, and How the US and India can Collaborate to Improve Education

Ramesh Rao, Columbus State University

Session 9B: Exploring Asian Film

  *   Lovecraft Country and Fred Ho: Using Afro Asian Futurism to Teach About Transnational Masculinity

Taine Duncan, University of Central Arkansas

  *   Visualizing the Invisible Strings: Supplementing Student Understandings of Contemporary China, Indonesia, and the Philippines through Film

Roslyn Schoen, Texas A&M University, Central Texas

  *   Asian Cinema in Your Living Room or Laptop

Eric Kendrick, Georgia State University, Perimeter College
Workshop Session 11: Compass Making

  *   Workshop Coordinator: Matt Marone, Mercer University



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