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d iˈv a n  |  A Journal of Accounts offers critical interpretations on contemporary art and culture, and its broader historical, socio-political, and theoretical contexts, from the greater Asia (Middle East, South/Southeast/East Asia and Asia-Pacific) regions which determine historical and current socio-cultural affinities with contemporary Australian art and society.

Published by DI'VAN ART JOURNAL (Alan Cruickshank) and UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture
Editor: Alan Cruickshank
Design: Alan Cruickshank
ISSN 2207-1563
© Copyright 2018 Alan Cruickshank in conjunction with UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture, Sydney, the authors, and artists.

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Image: Downloadable WhatsApp Pepe emoji sticker pack, used by pro-democracy Hong Kong protesters; Hong Kong’s Pepe is a distinctly local meme reincarnated as a “local hero” and an irreverent symbol of their resistance, as opposed to American/post-Trumpian phenomenon.