ABOUT
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What is the Exchange THE EXCHANGE is a series of evening events, held weekly, featuring guest presentations, performances, activities, and great food. Sessions explore the pressing issues, histories, challenges, innovations, and vibrant cultures that make the Asia-Pacific region unique. THE EXCHANGE is a chance for students and distinguished guests to share their time and their ideas, with each becoming better informed and better connected as a result. THE EXCHANGE is planned and produced by graduate students at the East-West Center. Location Imin International Conference Center East-West Center 1777 East-West Road Honolulu, Hawaii |
Spring 2021: Globalization Reconsidered
Perspectives on Ongoing Debates The nuanced cultural, political and economic processes of interconnectedness and interaction that we understand as globalization have resulted from significant advances in communication technologies and transportation. Acknowledging the complexity of globalization, the Spring 2021 Exchange series seeks to reconsider its benefits and limitations in the context of the current pandemic, the greatest threat to global cooperation which our generation has faced. We open the series by looking at the impacts of COVID-19 on various globalization processes. The sessions that follow reconsider globalization in terms of communal approaches to health, mindfulness and wellbeing and its role in promoting and upholding basic human rights, including equality in education and racial identity. We pair these topics with a re-examination of the roles of leadership, technological advances, and personal and communal happiness to promote a vibrant global culture that builds on and preserves local cultural heritage. |
The Team
Uyanga Ganbat
(Planning) Uyanga is a second-year Master of Public Health student at University of Hawai'i at Mānoa. She has an M.D. degree from Health Sciences University of Mongolia and M.Sc. degree in Nutrition from China Medical University. Her current research interest focuses on ethnic/racial differences in cognitive decline and other risk factors among older adults. She has worked in medical supply and nutritional supplement distributor companies in Mongolia. She also volunteers for "Quality Life," a senior's health and wellbeing non-profit organization in Mongolia. Her future goal is to become a university lecturer in Mongolia. She enjoys cooking, hiking, and reading. 
Samraansh Sharma
(Activity) Born in India and raised in Morocco and Myanmar, Samraansh is a student at William S. Richardson School of Law, University of Hawa'i at Mānoa pursuing his Master's in Law (LL.M) specializing in Environmental Law. He began his professional career in Hong Kong where he worked in corporate banking for a year before deciding to study law. Prior to Hawaiʻi, Samraansh worked with World Wildlife Fund for Nature - India at the Center for Environmental Law in New Delhi. Samraansh wishes to work as a policy maker to tackle Asia Pacific's long standing geopolitical and environmental issues which have and are still causing impediments in progress of sustainability practices and human well-being. 
Leonard Chite
(Technology and Administration) Leonard is pursuing a Master's degree in Law (LL.M), specializing in the area of Business & Commercial Law, and International & Comparative Law. He completed his Bachelor of Laws study (LL.B) at the University of South Pacific, and previously served as a legal practitioner in the Solomon Islands legal aid before his appointment to the bench. Leonard has been an active member of the Solomon Islands Judiciary where he holds he position of Principal Magistrate until recently when he commenced studies. He is committed to improving the quality of service delivery and overall access to justice in Solomon Islands. |
Maggie Ivanova
(Performance) Maggie is pursuing an M.F.A. in Theater, specialising in Asian Performance - Directing. She holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. in Comparative and World Literature (Drama) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Having worked in Australia for ten years, for Flinders Univerisity's Drama Department, she now seeks to develop expertise in socially engaged and community based performance making in the Asia Pacific region. She is committed to infusing Japanese and Asian Studies in the undergraduate Creative Arts curriculum and holds a leadership position with the Japan Studies Association. A product of globalization, Maggie calls three countries home: the United States, Bulgaria, and Australia. 
Yumi Saito
Tatsuki Kohatsu
(Marketing) Tatsuki is an M.A. student in the Department of Geography and Environment. He holds a B.A. in Cultures and Languages from University of the Ryukyus in Okinawa. In his research, he seeks to re-examine development and security issues by focusing on people’s lives in Okinawa. While he was involved with oral history projects in Okinawa, he became interested in the interconnectedness of places and people in the Asia-Pacific region. Intercultural learning has been one of his greatest experiences at the East-West Center. He looks forward to continuing the learning through the Exchange. |
