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(In)Justice International held our 2022 World Convention at the National Pingtung University of Science and Technology in Taiwan

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Conflict, Confinement and Immorality was conducted under strict COVID rules and took place over four days (March 22 to March 25, 2022). It consisted of the following six sessions:

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Introduction and Stream 1 Tuesday March 22 (Attended by 85 People)

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Introduction

 

(13.40 TWT/05.40 GMT)

Welcome From Host, NPUST President

Convention Introduction, Dr Simon Prideaux, Director of (In)Justice International, England: See Slides

Keynote Speaker, Professor Nilika Mehrotra, Jawaharlal Nehru University, India

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Black Lives Matter: Global Recognition and Change 

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Chair: Simon Prideaux, Director of (In)Justice International, England

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Presentations:

 

(14.40 TWT/06.40 GMT)

Abel Ugba, University of Leeds, England/Africa – The Media and Racialisation of Africa During COVID-19: A Critical Assessment: See Slides

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(14.55 TWT/06.55 GMT)

Danielle Pereira Araújo, University of Coimbra, Portugal/Brazil - Polysemy of Freedom: See Slides

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(15.10 TWT/07.10 GMT)

Laura Kilby, Sheffield Hallam University, England - Protest, Equality and Grievability: What does it mean to? See Slides

  

(16.15 TWT/08.15 GMT)

Chinwe Stella Egbunike-Umegbolu, University of Brighton, England/Nigeria - The Chronicles of the Pre-Colonial Method of Settling Disputes: Nigeria as a Case Study: See Slides

 

(16.30 TWT/08.30 GMT)

Michael Grant, University of Bradford, England - Promoting Justice and Inclusion for All: A Social Work Perspective: See Slides

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(16.45 TWT/08.45 GMT)

Helen Sanson, Forcera CIC, England - Racism, Social Justice and Capitalism: a Systems Perspective
 

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Stream 2 Wednesday March 23 (Attended by 230 People)

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Indigenous Struggles: The Fight Against Marginalisation, Criminalisation and Oppression 

See Accompanying Video

(08.40 TWT/0o.40 GMT)

Introductory Speaker, Professor Hong-Zen Wang, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan

Chair, Dr Pan Pey-Chun, National Pingtung University of Science & Technology, Taiwan

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Presentations:

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(09.00 TWT/01.00 GMT)

Kui Kasirisir (Hsu, Chun-Tsai), NPUST, Taiwan - Indigenous Older Adults in Taiwan: The Ageing Population and Related Policy: See Slides

 

(09.15 TWT/01.15 GMT)

Shelley Bielefield, Griffith Law School, Australia - Cashless Welfare Transfers and Australia’s First Nations: Redemptive or Repressive Violence? See Slides

 

(09.30 TWT/01.30 GMT)

Sean Hillier, York University, Canada - Healthcare Access and Continued Colonisation of Healthcare in Canada: See Slides

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(09.45 TWT/01.45 GMT)

Lin Hung-Yang & Liu Hsing-Kuang, NPUST/SCSP, Taiwan - Delivering Community Services During the Time of COVID-19 and Beyond: The Case of Southern Pingtung County: See Slides

(10.50 TWT/02.50 GMT)

Scott Avery, Western Sydney University, Australia - Something Stronger: Truth-telling on Hurt and Loss, Strength and Healing, from First Nations People with Disability: See Slides

  

(11.05 TWT/03.05 GMT)

Hala Marshood, Who Profits?, Palestine - Dispossession and De-development of Palestinians in the Naqab: See Slides

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(11.20 TWT/03.20 GMT)

Liu, Hsin-Yi, Drangaira Pa.Lau.Dean & Watansilan, National Chi Nan University(NCNU), Taiwan -

Hunting as a Cultural Way of Life:The Legal Oppression of Taiwan’s Indigenous People

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(11.35 TWT/03.35 GMT)

Sedjam Tjuveljelem & Hong-Zen Wang, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Taiwan - Indigenous Paiwan Culture in Taiwan’s Domestic Violence Regulations: Clash or Gap? See Slides

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Stream 3 Wednesday March 23 (Attended by 214 People)

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Migrant Plight: Before, During and After Flight 

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(13.40 TWT/05.40 GMT)

Introductory Speaker, Dr Niro Kandasamy, University of Sydney, Australia: Click for Video

Chair, Dr Mustapha Sheikh, University of Leeds, England

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Presentations:

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(14.00 TWT/06.00 GMT)

Katherine Langley, York St John University, England - Never Stare directly Into the Sun: A Practical Analysis of the Relevance of the Refugee Convention 1951: See Slides

 

(14.15 TWT/06.15 GMT)

Ana Filipe Neves, University of Coimbra, Portugal - Analysing Refugees’ Flight from Persecution as a Determinant of Their Present Condition and Future Situation: See Slides

 

(14.30 TWT/06.30 GMT)

Rafia Kazim, LN University, DBG, India – “Hum to naa ghar ke ghaat ke”-‘we belong neither at home or work destination’-Understanding Migration from the Perspective of Migrants in India: See Slides

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(14.45 TWT/06.45 GMT)

Roland Zarzycki, Collegium Civitas, Poland  - Modelling the Ideological Determinants of Aversion to Migrants: See Slides

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(15.50 TWT/07.50 GMT)

Magdalena El Ghamari, Collegium Civitas, Poland - Migrants in Europe During Covid 19. Stuck on the Poland-Belarus Border?

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(16.05 TWT/08.05 GMT)

Cavidan Soykan, Freelance Researcher, Turkey - A New Expulsion Regime: Turkey's Unlawful Removal of Refugees from Its Territory: See Slides

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(16.20 TWT/08.20 GMT)

Mei-Hua Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan – Same-Sex Sexual Migration: The Politics of Intersectionality of Same-Sex Marriage Migration: See Slides 

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(16.35 TWT/08.35 GMT)

Alice Coventry, Lumos Foundation, England - Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre: A Study of State Induced Atrocities Against Detained Migrants: See Slides

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Stream 4 Thursday March 24 (Attended by 99 People)

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Disability Discrimination: Ableism, Hate and Social Ostracism  

 

(08.40 TWT/0o.40 GMT)

Introductory Speaker, Professor Emeritus Colin Barnes, Centre for Disability Studies, England: Click for Video

Chair, Professor Karen Soldatic, Western Sidney University, Australia

 

Presentations:

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(09.00 TWT/01.00 GMT)

Cunqiang Shi, University of Cardiff, Wales - Precarity and Opportunity: Exploring the Structure and Agency Tensions Around Disability Employment in China: See Slides

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(09.15 TWT/01.15 GMT)

Liu Hsinyi, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan - The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in Australia

  

(09.30 TWT/01.30 GMT)

Josephine Sirotkin, University of Leeds, England - Making a Monster: Carceral Logics and the Mistreatment of Disabled Adults in ‘Care’

 

(09.45 TWT/01.45 GMT)

Chen Chin Mao & Yang Shang Yu, Asia University, Taiwan – An Exploration of the Factors that Affect the Likelihood of Community Psychiatric Patients Participating in Vocational Training: See Slides

 

(10.50 TWT/02.50 GMT)

Rebecca Porter, University of Leeds, England - The Evils of Welfare Dependency: Disabled People’s Struggles with an Unjust welfare State: See Slides

 

(11.05 TWT/03.05 GMT)

Mo Stewart, Freelance Researcher, England - The Adoption of Preventable Harm, Masquerading as Social Policy Reforms: Click for Video

 

(11.20 TWT/03.20 GMT) 

Kharis Hutchison, University of Leeds, England - The Complexity of Domestic Violence and Abuse Experiences of Disabled Women: Click for Video

  

(11.35 TWT/03.35 GMT)

Leah Burch, Liverpool Hope University, England - Reporting Disability Hate Crime: Ambiguous Concepts and Fractured Relationships: See Slides 

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Stream 5 Thursday March 24 (Attended by 117 People)

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Criminalising the Working Class and Benefit Claimants: Contrasting Costs of Crime and Blame 

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(13.40 TWT/05.40 GMT)

Introductory Speaker, Professor Martin Powell, University of Birmingham, England

Chair, Dr Adam Formby, University of Lincoln, England

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Presentations:

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(14.00 TWT/06.00 GMT)

Chris Tilly, University of California Los Angeles, USA - Informal and Precarious Work in a Global Context: See Slides

 

(14.15 TWT/06.15 GMT)

Adina Karten, Researcher, USA - Disabled People’s Street-Begging: An Ancient Livelihood Necessitated by Urbanity: See Slides

 

(14.30 TWT/06.30 GMT)

Fernando Fontes, University of Coimbra, Portugal – Disabled people’s Access to Employment in Portugal: A Preliminary Analysis

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(14.45 TWT/06.45 GMT)

Alexis Buettgen, McMaster University, Canada - Disability - Inclusion in the Green Economy: Opportunities and Barriers: Click for Video

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(15.50 TWT/07.50 GMT)

Ben Jessop, Bob Jeffrey & Peter Thomas, Sheffield Hallam University, England – From the Ordinary to the Exceptional: An Aetiology of Work-Based Harm During Covid-19: See Slides

 

(16.05 TWT/08.05 GMT)

Liao Pei Ru, NPUST, Taiwan - The Conflicts of Working-Class Masculinity and Violence in the DV Perpetrators’ Intervention Program: A Case Study of County T in Taiwan: See Slides

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(16.20 TWT/08.20 GMT)

Clare Mawson, York St John University, England - Lost Before Lockdown: The Hidden Generation Let Down by Compulsory Schooling

 

(16.35 TWT/08.35 GMT)

Teresa Crew, Bangor University, Wales - The Day to Day Experiences of Working Class Academics Navigating Academia

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Stream 6 Friday March 25 (Attended by 83 People)

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Gender, Youth and Difference: LGBTI+, 'Folk Devils', Alienation and Human Rights Abuse 

 

(08.40 TWT/00.40 GMT)

Introductory Speaker, Professor Karen Soldatic, Western Sidney University, Australia

Chair, Dr Simon Prideaux, Director of (In)Justice International, England

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Presentations:

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(09.00 TWT/01.00 GMT)

Isabel L. Krakoff, York University, Canada - Speaking for the Subaltern: Understanding the Consequences of Assumptions of Universality in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Human Rights in Sub-Saharan Africa: See Slides

 

(09.15 TWT/01.15 GMT)

Ciara Cremin, University of Auckland, New Zealand - Trans-eye View: Life from a Trans Woman’s Perspective: See Slides

 

(09.30 TWT/01.30 GMT)

Li Yi-Zhen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan - Study on the Assisted Reproduction in Taiwanese Same-sex Couples: A Cross Country Comparison

 

(09.45 TWT/01.45 GMT)

Smita Chakraborty, Jhargram Raj College (Girls’ Wing), India - Women, Witchcraft and Witch Branding:  A Critical Discourse Analysis of Female Stigmatization in Jhargram: See Slides

 

(10.50 TWT/02.50 GMT)

Pan Pey-Chun & Jian Wei-Jiang, NPUST, Taiwan – A Pilot Study of the Attitudes Ventured Towards Disabled Women and the Social Resources Made Available in Taiwan for those Wanting Marriage and/or a Child

 

(11.05 TWT/03.05 GMT)

Susan Eriksson, South Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences, Finland - Young People with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities and their Opportunities to Physical Activities in the context of Ableism: See Slides

 

(11.20 TWT/03.20 GMT)

Claudia Radiven, University of Leeds, England – Prevent Wallahs and Comprador Commentators: Click for Video

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(11.35 TWT/03.35 GMT)

Adam Formby, University of Lincoln, England – An Injustice of Youth: Understanding Social Harms, Inequalities and Trajectories of Underrepresented Graduates in the UK

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This was a hybrid gathering with presentations either pre-recorded, online or in person at the National Pingtung University of Science and Technology. Talks were for 15 minutes followed by workshops and Q&A sessions. This event had an overall attendance figure of 828 from over 20 different countries. 

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