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ISSH\-2021
The 2ndInternational Conference on Innovations in the Social Sciences \& Humanities ## Important dates
* **Abstract Submission: Aug 15th, extended till Aug 25th**
* **Notice of acceptance: Sept 20th**
* **Full paper submit by Nov 1st**
* **Registration/payment: Nov 1\-25**
* **Conference: Dec 17–18, 2021**
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**HONORARY CHAIRS**
* Dr. Tran Trong Dao, Acting President of Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam;
* Prof. Kim Scipes, Purdue University, United States.

**CONFERENCE CHAIRS**
**Chairs:**
* [Assoc. Prof.](https://ssh.tdtu.edu.vn/en/CV/assoc-prof-john-hutnyk) [John](https://transversal.at/bio/hutnyk) [Hutnyk](https://ssh.tdtu.edu.vn/en/CV/assoc-prof-john-hutnyk), Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam.

**Co\-chairs:**
* Prof.  Nguyen Huu Minh, Vietnam Sociological Association;
* Prof. Abhijit Roy, Jadavpur University; India;
* Prof. Scott McQuire, The University of Melbourne, Australia.

**Secretary**: Dr. Nguyen Minh Huan, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam.
**Scientific Committee**
* Prof. Abhijit Roy, Jadavpur University, India
* Prof. Pal Ahluwalia, Vice Chancellor University of the South Pacific
* Prof. Jonathan Beller, Pratt Institute, New York
* Prof. Arnab Roy Chowdhury, Higher School of Economics (HSE) University, Moscow
* Prof. Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute, Delhi
* Prof. Nikos Papastergiadis, University of Melbourne
* Prof. Ishita Banerjee, Collegio de Mexico
* Prof. Saurabh Dube, Collegio de Mexico
* Prof. You\-De Dai, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan
* Dr. Joe Buckley, Independent Scholar, UK
* Dr. Asli Telli, Universität Siegen, Germany
* Dr. Ken Fero, Regents University, London
* Dr. Trevor Hogan, Independent Scholar, Singapore
* Prof. Nguyen Huu Minh – Vietnam Sociological Association
* Prof. Bui The Cuong, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences
* Assoc. Prof. John Hutnyk, Ton Duc Thang University
* Dr. Le Thi Mai, Ton Duc Thang University
* Dr. Dang Thi Kim Phung, Ton Duc Thang University
* Dr. Nguyen Thi Do Quyen, Ton Duc Thang University
* Dr. Nguyen Minh Huan, Ton Duc Thang University
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We are also very pleased to be associated with our co\-sponsors. Some of their
brochures and links are added here and worth a look:
Memfest 
Memefest, a social design network of scholar activists and students, seeks to
create change through community and creative action at the grassroots. The focus
is on the margins and uniting around shared goals and interests across a range
of environmental, social and political challenges. The network addresses a
myriad social issues from food security and sustainable development to climate
justice and human rights. Our interdisciplinary network of artists, designers,
activists and academics moves beyond thinking of “innovation” to explore
conceptualisations of collaboration related to care and other strategies of
sustainable development. Drawing on new techniques in media ethnography, we
bridge multi\-disciplines and actualise issues from the outside (extra
disciplinary) and inside (intra disciplinary) in order to mobilise social change
(towards a non\-extractive epistemology). We take as our starting point local
cultures of knowledge production as they exist within and between academia,
practice and social movements. We begin our analysis through the dynamic lens of
collaboration to ask: What does innovation look in radical media, design and
communication projects? What are the complexities of doing ethnography on the
ground or as “outsiders” and scholar activists? Is collaboration a help or a
hindrance?
Olivia Guntarik and Oliver Vodeb.
![](/sites/issh2021/files/ISSH2021/memefest07_poster2.jpg)
The memefest website is here: [www.memefest.org](http://www.memefest.org/)
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The University of Trieste, Italy. One of the original discussions about the 2019
conference was with Prof. Guido Abbattista, the Department of Humanities, the
University of Trieste. Now four of the members of the University will attend:
the Professors Tullia Catalan and Roberta Altin, Prof. Giovanni Mauro and Prof.
Abbattista. The link to the University of Trieste is here (in
Italian): <http://disu.units.it/>
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Another important discussion for the conference was with a long\-time colleague
of [John
Hutnyk](https://www.johnhuntpublishing.com/zer0-books/authors/john-hutnyk)
[from](https://wewanttruthsara.wordpress.com/) Leipzig University in Germany. In
2019 there was a special session of the Shaping Asia network, with a
presentation led by Professor Ursula Rao of Leipzig University.
The brochure for Shaping Asia is linked below:
[![Screen Shot 2019-08-06 at
16.21.02.png](/sites/iessh2019/files/ISSH2019/Screen%20Shot%202019-08-06%20at%2016.21.02.png)](/sites/iessh2019/files/ISSH2019/The%20SHAPING%20ASIA%20network-flyer%205_3719.pdf)
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NCTU, Hsinchu, Taiwan. The International Centre for Cultural Studies is a key
partner for our faculty in HCMC. Their brochure is on this link:
[https://issh2019\.tdtu.edu.vn/sites/iessh2019/files/ISSH2019/a5flyericcs.pdf](https://issh2019.tdtu.edu.vn/sites/iessh2019/files/ISSH2019/a5flyericcs.pdf)
Their Home website is here: 
<http://iccs.nctu.edu.tw/en/>
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The Tricontinental is here: <https://thetricontinental.org/>
![](/sites/issh2021/files/ISSH2021/Screen%20Shot%202021-11-27%20at%2012.22.25.png) [Shaping Asia Network of Leipzig Univeristy](https://issh2021.tdtu.edu.vn/sites/issh2021/files/2019-08/The%20SHAPING%20ASIA%20network-flyer%205_3719.pdf "The SHAPING ASIA network-flyer 5_3719.pdf")
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Organizers | ISSH2021 Skip to main content Toggle navigation Main navigation Home Welcome Organizers Conference fees Submission Process ISSH-2021  The 2 nd International Conference on Innovations in the Social Sciences & Humanities Important dates Abstract Submission: Aug 15 th , extended till Aug 25 th  Notice of acceptance: Sept 20 th  Full paper submit by Nov 1 st  Registration/payment: Nov 1 - 25  Conference: Dec 17–18, 2021 Jadavpur University Organizers HONORARY CHAIRS  Dr. Tran Trong Dao, Acting President of Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam;  Prof. Kim Scipes, Purdue University, United States.  CONFERENCE CHAIRS  Chairs:  Assoc. Prof. John Hutnyk , Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam.  Co-chairs:  Prof.  Nguyen Huu Minh, Vietnam Sociological Association;  Prof. Abhijit Roy, Jadavpur University; India;  Prof. Scott McQuire, The University of Melbourne, Australia.  Secretary : Dr. Nguyen Minh Huan, Ton Duc Thang University, Vietnam.  Scientific Committee  Prof. Abhijit Roy, Jadavpur University, India  Prof. Pal Ahluwalia, Vice Chancellor University of the South Pacific  Prof. Jonathan Beller, Pratt Institute, New York  Prof. Arnab Roy Chowdhury, Higher School of Economics (HSE) University, Moscow  Prof. Vijay Prashad, Tricontinental Institute, Delhi  Prof. Nikos Papastergiadis, University of Melbourne  Prof. Ishita Banerjee, Collegio de Mexico  Prof. Saurabh Dube, Collegio de Mexico  Prof. You-De Dai, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan  Dr. Joe Buckley, Independent Scholar, UK  Dr. Asli Telli, Universität Siegen, Germany  Dr. Ken Fero, Regents University, London  Dr. Trevor Hogan, Independent Scholar, Singapore  Prof. Nguyen Huu Minh – Vietnam Sociological Association  Prof. Bui The Cuong, Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences  Assoc. Prof. John Hutnyk, Ton Duc Thang University  Dr. Le Thi Mai, Ton Duc Thang University  Dr. Dang Thi Kim Phung, Ton Duc Thang University  Dr. Nguyen Thi Do Quyen, Ton Duc Thang University  Dr. Nguyen Minh Huan, Ton Duc Thang University _______________________________  We are also very pleased to be associated with our co-sponsors. Some of their brochures and links are added here and worth a look:  Memfest  Memefest, a social design network of scholar activists and students, seeks to create change through community and creative action at the grassroots. The focus is on the margins and uniting around shared goals and interests across a range of environmental, social and political challenges. The network addresses a myriad social issues from food security and sustainable development to climate justice and human rights. Our interdisciplinary network of artists, designers, activists and academics moves beyond thinking of “innovation” to explore conceptualisations of collaboration related to care and other strategies of sustainable development. Drawing on new techniques in media ethnography, we bridge multi-disciplines and actualise issues from the outside (extra disciplinary) and inside (intra disciplinary) in order to mobilise social change (towards a non-extractive epistemology). We take as our starting point local cultures of knowledge production as they exist within and between academia, practice and social movements. We begin our analysis through the dynamic lens of collaboration to ask: What does innovation look in radical media, design and communication projects? What are the complexities of doing ethnography on the ground or as “outsiders” and scholar activists? Is collaboration a help or a hindrance?  Olivia Guntarik and Oliver Vodeb. The memefest website is here: www.memefest.org *********  The University of Trieste, Italy. One of the original discussions about the 2019 conference was with Prof. Guido Abbattista, the Department of Humanities, the University of Trieste. Now four of the members of the University will attend: the Professors Tullia Catalan and Roberta Altin, Prof. Giovanni Mauro and Prof. Abbattista. The link to the University of Trieste is here (in Italian): http://disu.units.it/  **********  Another important discussion for the conference was with a long-time colleague of John Hutnyk  from Leipzig University in Germany. In 2019 there was a special session of the Shaping Asia network, with a presentation led by Professor Ursula Rao of Leipzig University.  The brochure for Shaping Asia is linked below: ******  NCTU, Hsinchu, Taiwan. The International Centre for Cultural Studies is a key partner for our faculty in HCMC. Their brochure is on this link:  https://issh2019.tdtu.edu.vn/sites/iessh2019/files/ISSH2019/a5flyericcs.pdf  Their Home website is here:  http://iccs.nctu.edu.tw/en/  *******  The Tricontinental is here: https://thetricontinental.org/ Shaping Asia Network of Leipzig Univeristy Copyright © 2021 Ton Duc Thang University