Recent technological upheavals, including the embedding of social media and the advent of generative AI, have radically altered young women’s understanding and experience of intimacy. This symposium presents research findings of a three-year, multi-sited qualitative and ethnographic study of young university-going women in four cities: Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Singapore, and Bangalore, to reveal how they negotiate the institutions of family, marriage, and tertiary education which have undergone profound transformation due to digital mediation.

The Symposium delightedly includes the following speakers (in alphabetical order):
Dr Bai Meijiadai, Liaoning University, China
Dr Hou Lixian Holly, South China Agricultural University, China
A/P Ritty A. Lukose, New York University, USA
Prof Tejaswini Niranjana, Ahmedabad University, India
Ms Chinmayi Ramaiah, Parivarthan Counselling, Training and Research Centre, India
A/P Tang Denise Tse Shang, Lingnan University, Hong Kong SAR China
A/P Nitya Vasudevan, Azim Premji University, India
Prof Audrey Yue, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Organising Committee:
Prof Audrey Yue, Convenor
Dr Hety Wong, Conference Manager

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