[Commlist] CFP Digital Transactions in Asia IV

Call for Papers - *Digital Transactions in Asia IV, Conference and 
Workshops, 10-11th February 2022*

Hosted by

Asian Communication Research Centre,  Wee Kim Wee School of 
Communications, Nanyang Technological University

Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi

School of Communication and Arts, University of Queensland

The Asian region is passing through a period of unprecedented social and 
economic change, and digital transaction platforms operate at the centre 
of these processes. Transaction platforms take a number of forms, 
including point of sale payment apps, money transfer services, trading 
platforms, micro credit apps and the multi-faceted exchange mechanisms 
built into retail, service and social media platforms.  The capture of 
transactional processes within platform ecosystems actively converges 
social, economic, and cultural exchanges in novel ways. Transactional 
cultures are thus a fundamental building block in the transformation of 
Asian societies since, in adopting digital systems, localised 
communities adapt their transactional cultures in line with their own 
environments, means and norms.

The scale and scope of the shift to digital transactions is at its most 
acute in Asia, as the location of the world’s digital majority, and as a 
region where digitization has become synonymous with national and 
transnational development ambitions. Transaction platforms are central 
to the strategic design and operation of platform ecosystems, a digital 
paradigm that infuses commercial ambitions and state policy. To remake 
the financial system is to reshape the social system, and digital 
transactions are laden in each case with powerful meanings that 
determine the parameters of trust, reciprocity and social relationships. 
Addressing both the systemic implications and grassroots experiences of 
digital transactions in Asia, our fourth multilateral conference and 
workshop event will consider the instances and processes through which 
new sets of social, economic and political transactions are being 
established between markets and publics, citizens and states, cultures 
and commodities in Asia.


  Guest Speakers:

*Bill Maurer*, University of California, Irvine

*Heather Horst*, University of Western Sydney

*Ping Sun*, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

*Nicholas Loubere*, Lund University


  Format: Our 2022 conference will include a panels of presenters along
  with workshop sessions conducted at our hosting sites in Singapore and
  New Delhi, linked through the Zoom platform.

Following the format of previous events, Digital Transactions in Asia IV 
will include presentations from across Asia. Paper presenters are 
invited to our virtual workshop sessions on critical methodological, 
theoretical and logistical issues for addressing the rise of Digital 
Transactions in Asia.


  Scope: Given the inter-and trans-disciplinary nature of its theme, the
  conference is intended to be of interest to researchers from a diverse
  variety of backgrounds and disciplinary orientations in the Humanities
  and Social Sciences, Business, IT, Economics and Law. We will also
  consider submissions of technical works, along with professional
  contributions from industry and non-governmental organisations.

We invite abstract submissions (500 words) addressing the following themes:

·Digital Transaction Platforms in Everyday Life

·Digital Currencies and Commodities

·Blockchain, Ledgers and Transaction Data

·Digital Transactions, Public Health and Pandemic

·Digital Platforms and Labour Transactions

·Digital Governance, Citizenship and Rights

·Social Transactions and Informal Economies

·Cultural Transactions and Interpersonal Exchanges

·FinTech Business Models in Asian contexts

·Digital Geographies of Exchange

·Digital Development and (In)equalities

·Learning Transactions and Digital Teaching Practice

·Mobile Technologies and Financial Inclusion

·E Commerce, Consumption and Digital Economy

·Platform Regulation, Finance and Economic Policy

*For the submission of abstracts*: please send your abstract (500 
words), institutional details and research bio to the organising 
committee by 30 November 2021, via*/:  (a.athique /at/ uq.edu.au) with the 
subject line: 'Digital Transactions in Asia IV'./*


  Researcher Support:  A limited number of bursaries covering air travel
  and accommodation for the duration of the event will be available on a
  competitive basis for paper presenters working at institutions within
  the Asian region. Under the present circumstances, these awards will
  be subject to current arrangements regarding travel to Singapore,
  along with requirements for international airlines, accommodation
  providers and campus regulations regarding COVID 19 vaccination,
  social distancing and other relevant protocols, along with the visa
  regulations and conditions regarding international visitors to
  Singapore. /If you wish to be considered for a bursary in the
  eventuality of a resumption of international travel, please indicate
  your interest in your abstract. The University of Queensland will
  subsequently contact you regarding travel bursaries, should we be able
  to award them, and no later than 5th January 2022./


  Submissions and Key Dates

·November 30, 2021: Deadline for the Submission of Abstracts

·December 15, 2021: Acceptance of Abstracts

·January 3, 2022: Results of Travel Bursary Applications (Travel 
Conditions Permitting)

·January 30, 2022: Final Paper Submission

·February 10-11 2022: Conference and workshop nodes at Nanyang 
Technological University and IIT Delhi.


  Publication: For all funded participants, a final paper of 5,000 words
  will be requested by 30 January 2022 for inclusion in an edited
  publication.


  Organising Committee: Adrian Athique (University of Queensland); Emma
  Baulch (Monash Malaysia); Gerard Goggin (Nanyang Technological
  University); Vigneswara Ilavarasan (IIT Delhi); Jinna Tay (National
  University of Singapore); Haiqing Yu (RMIT)


  For further information, contact: Adrian Athique: (a.athique /at/ uq.edu.au)


  Venue: The conference panels and workshops will be held at Wee Kim Wee
  School of Communication, Nanyang Technological University and
  Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi.

Principally, we anticipate that proceedings will be conducted via the 
Zoom session, but we will make provision for physical presentation 
should the necessary agreements and protocols be in place for inbound 
visitors to Singapore in February 2022, and/or for on campus events with 
domestic participants within Singapore and/or New Delhi.

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