Asia-Pacific Cosmopolitanisms: Managing Diversity and Identity Politics in a Changing Region

为什么不同文化和其他背景的人有时可以设计出共同生活的方式，而在其他时候，他们可能会被卷入种族主义和暴力？有没有办法应对、管理--甚至庆祝--人类的社会、文化、生物和性别多样性，而不会导致冲突和排斥？我们是否看到新的世界主义正在涌现？这项研究将以亚太地区为重点来研究这些问题。这项研究将产生若干出版物(专著、文章等)、一个网站/讨论论坛、一个研究数据库/资源设施、一个会议，以及加强与亚洲知识分子的长期合作联系。

Why can people of diverse cultural and other backgrounds sometimes devise ways of living together while, at other times, they can be drawn into racism and violence? Are there ways of coping with, managing - even celebrating - human social, cultural, biological and sexual diversity that do not lead to conflict and exclusion? Are we seeing new cosmopolitanisms emerging? This research will investigate these questions by focusing on the Asia-Pacific region. The research will result in several publications (monographs, articles, etc.), a website/discussion forum, research database/resources facilities, a conference, and the consolidation of long-term collaborative links with Asian intellectuals.