WHEN & WHERE
Wednesday, February 26, 12:00pm-1:00pm (Pacific Time)
Buchanan Tower Room 323
1873 East Mall
Please join us for a PHH Noted Scholar Lecture by Dr. Amanda Cheong, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, where she will speak about her PHH Faculty Fellowship project, “Life and Death Off the Record”.
Presenter: Dr. Amanda Cheong (Department of Sociology)
Introduction: Dr. Ayaka Yoshimizu (Department of Asian Studies)
Abstract: 1 in 4 children under the age of 5 worldwide have not been registered at birth. Why are births still going uncounted in the modern world, despite the importance of civil registration for individuals’ rights and for states’ governance capacities? In this talk, I present findings from my book (Omitted Lives), which ethnographically explores the challenges faced by legally marginalized families accessing basic recognition of their existence, and the documents to prove it, in Malaysia. Focusing on the experiences of pregnant women and mothers, I describe the mortal consequences that result when the inclusionary and universal project of civil registration becomes subordinated to the exclusionary project of citizenship. I also share artistic/activist works-in-progress by formerly stateless youth, with whom I have been collaborating with this year as a Public Humanities Hub Faculty Fellow.
Presenter:
Dr. Amanda Cheong is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia. She researches the impacts of documentation and legal status on people’s lives, working with stateless, undocumented, and refugee communities in Southeast Asia and North America. Her work has appeared in venues such as Social Problems, Sociological Theory, International Migration Review, and Ethnic & Racial Studies. She earned her PhD in Sociology and Social Policy at Princeton University in 2019.
Event offered by: Public Humanities Hub, Asian Canadian & Asian Migration Studies program (ACAM), Centre for Asian Canadian Research & Engagement (ACRE) and Centre for Migration Studies (CMS), with promotional support from the Department of Sociology.
Please register for the event using the link below.