{"title":"Mauri-Centred Care Methodologies and Tools for Regenerative Urbanism","authors":"Amanda Yates","doi":"10.1111/apv.70005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.70005","url":null,"abstract":"<p>How can we practice urbanism care-fully, with an attention to the wellbeing and vitality of the more-than-human? Such a question is fundamental now if we are to counter current Anthropocenic processes and actively transition to urban cultures of care. In this text I review recent work on a tool designed to support a care-based ethical attention to urban and wider living systems wellbeing. With diverse communities future-focused ‘compasses’ were co-created which acted as collaborative direction finders and activation tools for mauri ora or living systems wellbeing. I explore here whether such re-orienting methods can provide a meaningful way to assist communities to activate transitions from extractive to care-based urban practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":46928,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Viewpoint","volume":"66 2","pages":"237-244"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/apv.70005","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144910203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Emerging Methodologies in Care and Caregiving for the Asia Pacific","authors":"Longtao He, Kelly Dombroski","doi":"10.1111/apv.70006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.70006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46928,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Viewpoint","volume":"66 2","pages":"144-147"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144909979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Design a Voluntary Cooperative Network Research in End-of-Life Care","authors":"Cuiwen Fa, Fei Yang, Xinge Shi, Zhilin Xiang, Renye Zhang, Lingqi Wang, Jiahui Zeng, Jiahao Wu, Xinxin Lu, Min Song, Jun Jing","doi":"10.1111/apv.70004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.70004","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>This paper draws on empirical data from a research project on diversified models of palliative care and hospice in China to examine the development and implementation of a Voluntary Cooperative Network Research (VCNR) approach in end-of-life care. The current study identifies several barriers to service provision, including limited institutional development, inadequate resource investment, insufficient training in palliative medicine and low levels of public awareness. Policy restrictions further constrain the delivery of palliative care in nonhospital settings. Employing the VCNR approach, the research generated 1028 quality of death questionnaires (857 valid responses; 83.3% validity rate) and 364 death narratives across multiple settings. The VCNR method demonstrates strengths in mobilising diverse stakeholders and generating rich, multisited data, yet it also encounters challenges, such as the absence of clear dispute-resolution mechanisms and disparities in the professional backgrounds of participants. The study contributes to sociological understandings of end-of-life care in China by foregrounding the complexities of collaborative research in under-resourced and policy-sensitive domains. It also offers methodological reflections on participatory research infrastructures and their capacity to foster interdisciplinary dialogue and inform the future organisation of palliative care services.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":46928,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Viewpoint","volume":"66 2","pages":"188-197"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144910083","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Revealing Young People's ‘Care-Full’ Migration Decision-Making: A Methodological Reflection","authors":"Anmeng Liu, Kelly Dombroski","doi":"10.1111/apv.70003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.70003","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Research has shown how care work and care responsibilities play important roles in mobility and migration decision-making process in China and the broader Asia Pacific region. Care, as both a deeply embedded ethics and a universally present practice, plays a vital role in survival and wellbeing, as well as mobility. Yet few studies have examined the role that care responsibilities play in impacting young people's mobility decisions—in particular the <i>anticipation</i> of care responsibilities as an important factor. Is it possible that the methodologies used in young people's mobility studies have not been fit to pick up this nuance? And what is the role of the researcher in seeking out and representing narratives of care? In this article, we reflect on the methodological decisions in an ethnographic fieldwork experience which examined the reasons behind young people's decision to relocate to ‘lower-tier’ urban places in regional China. We reflect on the methodological choices researchers make in intentionally making care visible, and the implications of doing so. Such implications are not only about understanding young people's migration decision-making, but about strengthening a more ‘care-full’ scholarly discourse and reality where care is a central fact of life.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":46928,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Viewpoint","volume":"66 2","pages":"215-223"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144909951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How Do Psychosocial Support Groups in North India Support Collective Action for Mental Health? A Qualitative Study Using a Caring Methodology","authors":"Kaaren Mathias, Pooja Pillai, Nicola Gailits","doi":"10.1111/apv.12451","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.12451","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In resource-poor settings in South Asia, there are many informal assets in communities that support mental health. Using participatory approaches and a ‘caring methodology’ we aimed to examine whether women's psychosocial support groups improved mental health knowledge, safe social spaces, and collective action. We also hoped to act collectively for mental health through the project and to reflexively consider how this methodology cared for participants and researchers. We conducted this community-based qualitative study in 2016, across three sites in Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, Northern India. Data were collected through focus group discussions with women involved in support groups (<i>N</i> = 10, representing 59 women) and key informant interviews (<i>N</i> = 8), as well as field notes, journals, and reflexive discussions. We analysed data using thematic analysis. This research both researched care and provided mental health care. We found that support groups as well as caring methodologies led to increased mental health knowledge, safer social spaces, improved mental health and more equal gender relations. This methodology also supported women to act collectively to support each other and share their mental health knowledge with others. The caring methodology was constrained by stark asymmetries in literacy and educational status between researchers and participants.</p>","PeriodicalId":46928,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Viewpoint","volume":"66 2","pages":"165-176"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/apv.12451","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144910204","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Innovative Study of the Role of Public Diplomacy in Examining the ‘Anti-Korean Wave’ on YouTube","authors":"Jang Hyo Park, Han Woo Park","doi":"10.1111/apv.12443","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.12443","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>The Korean Wave, a cultural phenomenon originating in East Asia, initially gained popularity in countries such as Japan, China and Taiwan before spreading globally, driven by advancements in digital technology. However, an ‘anti-Korean Wave (AKW)’ (or ‘hate-Korean Wave’) has emerged simultaneously. Various studies have identified factors influencing the spread and success of the Korean Wave via social media. Nonetheless, the AKW remains poorly explored. The present study employed social network analysis to examine the various forms, issues and contents of AKW discourse on YouTube. Analysis of network structures using the keywords ‘AKW’ and ‘hate-Korean Wave’ revealed a prevalent ‘community cluster’ pattern. Specifically, the ‘AKW’ keyword demonstrated a structure resembling a ‘brand cluster,’ dominated by the top five clusters. The content often featured negative portrayals of Korean politics, society, and culture, with local media serving as the primary dissemination source. These findings underscore the significance of active media diplomacy by the Korean government. Efforts are also necessary to create ‘shared understandings and meanings’ with other parties through social media beyond merely delivering information and activities. Producing uniquely Korean cultural content while regularly monitoring digital media and taking countermeasures where necessary must be continued.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":46928,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Viewpoint","volume":"66 1","pages":"115-129"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143762313","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jéan-Louise Olivier, Hamidah Rezaie, Najia Najia, Kathleen Mee
{"title":"‘Tea and Thread: Our Happiness!’ Creative Methods and ‘Researching-With’ Women from Migrant and Refugee Backgrounds","authors":"Jéan-Louise Olivier, Hamidah Rezaie, Najia Najia, Kathleen Mee","doi":"10.1111/apv.12441","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.12441","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Creative methods offer caring ways to conduct research with people from migrant and refugee backgrounds. We reflect on the contributions creative methods, migration studies, and feminist care ethics bring to more caring qualitative research. Guided by feminist work on care and ethics, we expand how creative methods can be employed. Drawing on a range of research traditions, we further develop the concept of ‘researching-with’. We propose researching-with as a methodological approach that takes seriously relationships and responsibilities in research practices. This approach advocates for conducting research collaboratively and in solidarity with research communities. The paper reflects on researching-with creative methods in a research collaboration involving women from migrant and refugee backgrounds, staff and volunteers, a PhD student and a supervisor involving a series of creative workshops at Zara's House in Newcastle, Australia. We expand on some of the methodological learnings of researching-with, including the possibilities and challenges of this methodological approach.</p>","PeriodicalId":46928,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Viewpoint","volume":"66 2","pages":"177-187"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/apv.12441","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144910108","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mismatch and Detachment: Chinese International Students' Campus Electoral Participation in an Australian University","authors":"Yu Tao","doi":"10.1111/apv.12437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.12437","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Based on in-depth interviews with 51 Chinese international students at an Australian university, this article draws on descriptive statistics and qualitative analysis to elucidate the group's participation in Student Guild (Student Union) elections. The empirical findings demonstrate that—contrary to popular media perceptions—most Chinese international students are passive about participating in campus elections for two key factors. Firstly, many Chinese international students contend that the benefits of participating in these elections do not outweigh the direct and opportunity costs. Notably, some perceive that the required knowledge and skills for engaging in these elections do not align with their career development aspirations. Secondly, many Chinese international students who fundamentally lack an appreciation for the political values and institutions that underpin these elections tend to distance themselves from what they perceive as a flawed and meaningless practice. Instead of seeking to infiltrate these elections, they exhibit indifference and detachment.</p>","PeriodicalId":46928,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Viewpoint","volume":"66 1","pages":"95-104"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/apv.12437","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143761869","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Linking Up Degrowth in/From the South With Provincialised UPE: Mangrove and Groundwater Conservations in Semarang, Indonesia","authors":"Bosman Batubara, Marie Belland, Michelle Kooy","doi":"10.1111/apv.12440","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.12440","url":null,"abstract":"<p>This article brings degrowth into conversation with urbanisation through our analysis of environmental transformations in the coastal Southern city of Semarang, Indonesia. We analyse two collective activisms to build a theoretical dialogue between degrowth and provincialised urban political ecology (UPE). The first activism contests the ongoing development of pro-growth giant flood infrastructure and is politically rooted in mangrove ecosystem conservation. The second activism conserves groundwater. We identify mangrove and groundwater conservations as spatial practices of degrowth in/from the south. We make connections between the two scholarships and activisms to expand their political and pragmatic possibilities and, therefore, open space for more hopeful alternatives for the city's future.</p>","PeriodicalId":46928,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Viewpoint","volume":"66 1","pages":"105-114"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/apv.12440","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143761870","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Gegeo, Lincy Pendeverana, Mary Tahu Paia, Jack Maebuta, Anouk Ride, Transform Aqorau
{"title":"Environmental Peacebuilding, Indigenous Epistemologies and Experience: Learning From Ruptures and Resilience in Solomon Islands","authors":"David Gegeo, Lincy Pendeverana, Mary Tahu Paia, Jack Maebuta, Anouk Ride, Transform Aqorau","doi":"10.1111/apv.12431","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/apv.12431","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Environmental peacebuilding, as a construct and practice, holds potential to recognise environmental conflicts and respond to them; however, indigenous perspectives can be obscured in its related processes, projects and reviews. This article draws on in depth research by the authors from within indigenous communities in the Solomon Islands to compare local experiences of environmental rupture, conflict and change. This comparison of local experience is integrated with analysis of colonial, neocolonial and globalisation factors to link local environmental conflicts with global and national governance, global extractive and agricultural industries, and security and governance interventions with local conflict conditions. This article argues for a reorientation of the field towards decolonising knowledge, through drawing on indigenous epistemologies and ontologies to frame and respond to environmental conflicts, and therefore peacebuilding. In doing so, space can be opened to recognise the unique relationship of indigenous people with terrestrial and marine areas, and the unacknowledged culpability and responsibilities of actors at national and global levels in fostering environmental conflicts.</p>","PeriodicalId":46928,"journal":{"name":"Asia Pacific Viewpoint","volume":"66 1","pages":"130-141"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2025-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/apv.12431","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143761979","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}