Spaces for collective engagement with gender issues in Asia: Creative Commons exhibit, Tokyo 2024

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ABSTRACT This forum collects texts from the participants in an exhibit entitled Creative Commons: Spaces for collective engagement with gender issues in Asia, which was held at the Gallery of the Center for Gender Studies at Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo, Japan, in spring 2024. The exhibit featured the works of six gender-oriented collectives—East Asia Ecotopia (Busan/Seoul), Itazura NUMAN (Tokyo), Keiyep Craft House (Sabah, Malaysia), Lib Shinjuku Center Materials Preservation Association (Tokyo), Queer Reads Library (Hong Kong) and VaChina (United Kingdom/Mainland China)—and several associated events to facilitate exchange between the participating collectives’ members and visitors. These contributions from the organizers and collectives introduce how the exhibit became a space for intellectual and cultural engagement and reflect upon what it meant to bring together a diverse group of creators working around the themes of “collectivism” and “gender” in Asia.