This program works from the ground up and is motivated by the
pressing need to understand how local communities are currently
negotiating the challenges of globalization. By conducting a mapping of
communities in key cities in the Asia-Pacific region, the Program
provides a way of connecting the local and global dimensions of social
and economic change at the community level.
The program examines the associations, networks and bonds that help
situate individuals and groups in relation to their cultural, spatial
and temporal surroundings. It studies the way these factors operate
within specific localities, and as they move across localities. Our
research investigates practices affected by the globalization of trade,
business, work and welfare. It covers sustainable livelihoods, money
and exchange as well as places, spaces and networks, health, well-being
and migration. In short, it analyses how communities are sustained
through time, how they cohere and change. |
