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SUMMARY:Fulbright Student Fellowships 2018-2019 Opened for Cambodian Applicants
DESCRIPTION:The Public Affairs Section of the U.S. Embassy is pleased to announce the opportunity to compete for 2018-2019 Fulbright Student Fellowships for graduate study in the United States leading to a Master’s or Doctoral degree. Fellowships are awarded on a competitive basis to qualified candidates under the auspices of the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Program\, subject to the availability of funding. \nDeadline: June 1\, 2017\nThe Fulbright Program was established in 1946 by the U.S. Congress as a means “to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.” For more than sixty years the Fulbright Program has provided opportunities for foreign nationals to study\, teach\, and pursue research in the U.S.\nTo be eligible\, applicants must: \n\nHave a strong academic background and a record of excellence in previous studies;\nHave completed a Bachelor’s degree from a recognized college or university for those applying to study in the U.S. for a Master’s degree program\, or have a Master’s degree from a recognized college or university for those applying to study in the U.S. for a Doctoral program;\nBe proficient in English (a minimum score of 570 on TOEFL or TOEFL ITP\, or 230 on computer-based TOEFL\, or 88 on internet based TOEFL\, or 7.0 on IELTS);\nDemonstrate the ability to adapt readily to a foreign environment;\nBe in good health and able to undergo a rigorous study program; and\nNot have extensive experience living or studying in the United States.\n\nFulbright Student Fellowship grants provide round-trip transportation to the United States\, as well as tuition fees\, and living expenses for full-time graduate study. Grant provisions do not include financial support for dependents.\n \nSource: https://kh.usembassy.gov/fulbright-student-fellowships-2018-2019/\n  \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/fulbright-student-fellowships-2018-2019-opened-cambodian-applicants/
LOCATION:The United State of America\, United States
CATEGORIES:Opportunities
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DTSTART;TZID="Asia/Krasnoyarsk":20191105T110000
DTEND;TZID="Asia/Krasnoyarsk":20191117T190000
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SUMMARY:Exhibition “Sex Work is OUR Work” by Jittrapon Kaicome
DESCRIPTION:Prostitution is prevalent in every country in the world. Despite being extensively publicized in academic papers\, documentaries\, opinions or other media platforms\, only few people realize about the lives of sex workers. Women who do sex work live and work on top of a mountain of social stigma and punitive laws. Laws which offer protections and benefits are withheld and sex workers are left to fend for themselves. The criminal law too often becomes a tool for corrupted officials to extort money and for employers to overlook the labor standards. \nTo highlight the right protection among sex workers in Southeast Asia\, the Empower Foundation in collaboration with SEA Junction will hold a photo exhibition “Sex Work is OUR Work” on 5 – 17 November\, from 11 am to 7 pm in the corner space 1st Fl of BACC. The exhibition focuses on” Can Do Bar”\, an entertainment venue owned and managed by a group of sex workers from Empower in Chiang Mai and on the lives of the Bar’s employees. \nThe opening of the exhibition on 5 November at 6 pm will consist of the screening of a short film made by sex workers on sex workers in Thailand entitled “Last Rescue in Siam” followed by a panel discussion on the exhibition’s topic. \nExhibition Opening Agenda on 5 November 2019\, 6 pm – 8 pm \n\nWelcoming Remarks\nRosalia Sciortino\, Director SEA Junction and Associate Professor IPSR\, Mahidol University\nFilm Screening – Last Rescue in Siam by Empower Foundation\nPanel Discussion\nLiz Hilton\, Member of Empower Foundation\nThanta Laovilawayakul\, Coordinator and sex worker’s leader of Empower Foundation\nLeo Villar\, Independent Consultant\nAnna Olsen\, Technical Specialist\, ILO\nOfficial opening on 1stFloor by photographer Jittrapon Kaicome\n\nThe exhibition and the panel discussion provide a unique opportunity to hear from and engage with the lived realities of sex work. It is a chance to consider and reconsider how the issue of prostitution is framed and what new approaches can be developed. \nPhotographer’s Short Bio \nJittrapon Kaicome \nJittrapon is an emerging Thai photographer\, who has worked with sex workers of EMPOWER to create a photo series to make the work of sex work more visible. Apart from this\, he has also actively engaged in displaying other social issues including environmental degradation and climate changes via multiple photo series.  For his online galleries\, click https://www.jittraponkaicome.com/ \nSpeakers’ Short Bios \nLiz Hilton \nLiz worked for Empower Foundation based in Chiang Mai for over 25 years. Though no longer working\, she remains a core member of Empower and be part of the sex worker community. \nThanta Laovilawayakul \nThanta or better-known as Ping Pong is a sex worker leader and coordinator of Empower Foundation. With her over 20 years at Empower\, she values for her health knowledge and performance skills. \nLeo Villar \nLeo is an independent consultant based in Bangkok. He has worked with several civil society organizations and UN agencies on issues including gender equality\, women empowerment\, migration\, sex work\, LGBTIQ+ rights and HIV/AIDS. He co-authored with Oliver Fisher and Anna Olsen the chapter on Working Conditions for Migrants in Thailand’s Sex Industry in the Thailand Migration Report 2019 of the United Nations Thematic Working Group on Migration in Thailand\, edited by Benjamin Harkins. \nAnna Olsen \nAnna is the Technical Specialist with Tripartite Action to Enhance the Contribution of Labour Migration to Growth and Development in ASEAN project. In this role\, she works on legal and policy development\, assisting with capacity building activities\, providing support in drafting of legislation to protect migrants and managing activities for providing direct support to migrant workers in Cambodia\, Lao PDR\, Vietnam\, Myanmar\, Thailand and Malaysia. \nPhoto courtesy of Jittrapon Kaicome \nFor Information/Reservation for our events please email southeastasiajunction@gmail.com or phone/wa +66970024140 \n  \nNB: Events are free\, but donation most welcome! \n  \nOrganizers  \nSEA Junction\, OUR Venue on Southeast Asia  \nSEA Junction aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions- from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 408 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Center or BACC (across MBK\, BTS National Stadium)\, SEA Junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students\, practitioners\, and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information see www.seajuction.org and join the Facebook group http://www.facebook.com/groups/1693055870976440/ \n  \nEmpower Foundation     \nEmpower Foundation is one of the oldest and strongest sex worker movements in the world\, based in Thailand. Started by Chantawipa Apisuk in 1985 Empower Foundation has decades of experience promoting rights and opportunities of sex workers and its activities have engaged more than 50\,000 sex workers since its founding. Empower Foundation believes it is time to acknowledge that sex work is work\, and that sex workers must have equal labor rights. For more information visit the online library https://www.empowerlibrary.online and Facebook Page https://www.facebook.com/Empower-today-695156470618537/ \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/exhibition-sex-work-is-our-work-by-jittrapon-kaicome/
LOCATION:Corner space 1st floor\, BACC
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SUMMARY:Africa-Asia Textile Exhibition “FABRIC OF BEING” at the ICPD25 Nairobi Summit
DESCRIPTION: \nThe Fabric of Being \nTextiles\, gender equality and the empowerment of women \nTextiles are inextricably linked to our lives\, essential to our survival and powerful signifiers of our existence. \nIn the Fabric of Being textile exhibition at the ICPD25 Nairobi Summit\, renowned artists and designers from Africa and Asia reflect upon womanhood\, women’s rights\, gender equity\, fertility\, contraception\, diversity\, violence against women and other issues that both emanate from and are woven into the ICPD Programme of Action. \nWhile the creators come from different countries and use diverse types of textiles in their work\, they explore universal and fundamental themes at the heart of the agenda in Nairobi. \nThere is a metaphorical precedent for this concept. \nIn 2012\, UNFPA titled one of its publications Women Are the Fabric to stress that women hold societies together\, including in times of crisis\, as they weave the tapestry of life to ensure and strengthen the health\, security and well-being – the very cohesiveness – of families and entire communities. \nThis metaphor expands into new interpretations and representations at the Fabric of Being display.  The collection of artworks resonates with the central themes of the Nairobi Summit: gender and power\, sexuality and reproduction. \nThe works also resonate with current broader contextual issues that affect the agendas of equality and sustainable development\, as addressed by the Nairobi Summit’s signature sessions\, such as social inclusion\, urbanisation and climate change\, reflecting key issues that underpin the Programme of Action as well as the wider canvas within which ICPD sits. \nThe presented artworks\, installations and performances feature different kinds of textiles—from handmade batik and crochet to khanga\, sarong and used cloths. From their culturally diverse perspectives\, they invite visitors to discover multiple layers of meaning expressed in the forms\, colours and technologies applied and the kinds of fabrics used. \nThe symbolic richness of the exhibit reveals both the ceremonial and everyday use of textiles in defining people— and women in particular— as they move through the entire life cycle\, negotiating sexuality\, fertility\, reproduction\, relationships\, childbirth\, health\, illness and – inevitably – death. \nGender norms and roles\, including those that shape the division of labour in the production of textiles\, from spinning and weaving to tailoring\, are challenged. \nA fabric’s social function also emerges as the individual artworks\, and the exhibition as a whole\, give voice to the unspoken\, encourage the audience to embrace alternative visions\, and make bold and explicit statements on diversity\, equity and rights. \nThe collaboration and conversation among African and Asian artists and organizations ultimately embodies the Nairobi Summit’s spirt of innovative partnerships in harnessing creativity for social causes. The exhibition is thus not only an aesthetic addition to ICPD25\, but contributes to the Summit’s aspirations of fully realizing an inclusive Programme of Action underpinned by sexual and reproductive health and rights for all. \nThe conceptualizers and coordinators \nThe Fabric of Being exhibition was inspired by Natalia Kanem\, Executive Director of UNFPA\, and is organized by SEA (Southeast Asia) Junction in Bangkok headed by Rosalia Sciortino Sumaryono\, in collaboration with TICAH (Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health) and its founder Mary Ann Burris in Nairobi\, with curatorial and creative contributions from the Nest Collective and the Performance Collective\, and financial and logistical support by UNFPA. \nAll the organizations and the artists involved have worked closely together sharing a belief in the transformative power of art and textiles. \nThe artists and their stories:  \nExcerpts from the full Fabric of Being catalogue (download here) \nThe Flaming Womb: Pankaja Sethi\, India (silk and cotton) \nPankaja’s textile artwork The Flaming Womb examines the gap between the symbolic and power attributes of womanhood and the role and conditions of women as dictated by a patriarchal society. \nThe artistic depiction of the uterus and womb as sources of power represents women who are negotiating for a space against forces that want to confine their power and make them invisible and unheard. \nThe womb is flaming and burning from women’s anger and resistance in the face of all the injustices they experience. \nWomen’s Circle of Life: Yemisi Ajayi\, Nigeria (cotton) \nThis majestic fabric entitled Women’s Circle of Life is an eloquent example of Yemisi’s work\, in which she expresses her artistic and spiritual emotions\, her experience as a woman and her awe for the wonder of the natural world. \nThis mixed-medium textile art piece symbolizes Yemisi’s reflection on women’s reproductive health and the role women play in replenishing the Earth’s mystery. It tells about the strong women of all ages all over the world and embodies female reproductive health and women’s empowerment\, rather than weakness and inferiority as often portrayed by patriarchal cultures.  \nGender Metamorphosis: Aze Ong\, The Philippines (Chenille\, cotton\, acrylic\, bamboo\, silk\, furry and wool) \nThe installation of 58 colorful crochet pieces hung from the ceiling speaks of gender roles and their transformation in multiple ways. They embody the complex histories of women weavers from diverse ethnolinguistic communities all over the Philippine archipelago. \nThese exhibits also refer to women’s double roles in the domestic and public sphere and the tensions that they create. The installation elevates the feminized practice of crocheting to cosmopolitan art. At the same time\, this installation rejects the binaries of gender and celebrates the rainbow of colors. It breaks away from reductionist views on reproduction and sexuality still persisting in the Philippines and many other countries by hinting at penises and vaginas\, the fluidity of sexual orientations and joyful pleasure. \nIf for feminism the personal is political\, for Aze it is also art—an art that stitches and intertwines the narratives of women in everyday scenarios and across places\, nationalities\, and geopolitical boundaries. \nSisterhood: Dilomprizulike\, Nigeria (Used clothes and wood and other used and discarded objects) \nDilomprizulike’s work concentrates on the city and city life as a curious concept of modernity\, which in Africa\, but also in other locations\, both confronts and interweaves with cultural attitudes and traditional practices. \nHe explores the aspirations of people living in urban settings and the gaps between those who can access and use available resources and the disenfranchised who live at the margins of mainstream society. The artwork conceived for the Nairobi exhibition translates these approaches into a charming and unique representation of sisterhood. \nThe beauty\, diversity\, strength\, and resilience of women emerge from the discarded material used to compose a group of five women standing together for a more just and sustainable world. \nTextile Truths: Mali Ya Abdulla\, Kenya (cotton) \nThe khanga is ubiquitous in Kenya and Tanzania. It is also found in many parts of central and southern Africa\, and as far away as the Middle East. Khangas can express powerful messages without uttering a single word.  \nAt the Nairobi exhibition\, a selection of khangas is constructed around two main ideas. The first is the khanga as an arbiter of women’s autonomy\, especially in their expressing erotic feelings and sexual desires\, which are key to conversations about reproductive health\, and beyond health\, wellness. As affirmed in the ICPD Programme of Action\, loving and being loved in the way that one wants is key to comprehensive sexual and reproductive health. \nThe second idea explored is that of the woman as a social pundit\, purveyor of folk and holistic wisdoms\, and political analyst. In some khangas here\, she is hopeful\, in others resigned\, in others indignant. The traditional maxim that women should be seen and not heard is ironic when juxtaposed with the khanga\, which is\, indeed\, seen and not heard: however\, the woman wearing it is far from silent. \nKaderdina Hajee Essak Limited\, popularly known as Mali Ya Abdulla\, is a company and store based in Mombasa\, focusing on textiles and especially the khanga. \nKhanga Conversations: The Performance Collective\, Kenya \nThe Nairobi exhibition includes an interactive community story-telling performance that combines the history of the khanga as a cosmopolitan African fabric with connections to different parts of the world with stories celebrating its rich history since its creation on the Swahili Coast. \nKhanga Conversations particularly highlights the primary association of the khanga with girls and women and its amplification as a gendered “fabric of being” that carries history\, culture\, life lessons and articulations of experiences\, aspirations and perceptions. The performance is about the “cloth that speaks” through its mix of verbal and visual art and its multi-faceted messaging. Its story-telling celebrates the khanga for the voice it has given to women in promoting their well-being\, health\, and dignity\, especially with regard to their life choices\, relationships\, reproductive rights\, and socio-political power. \nThe Performance Collective is the performance arm of The Orature Collective (TOC)\, a group of Nairobi-based creative intellectuals who create and facilitate safe spaces for communal explorations of issues of collective interest. \nFertility: Nia Flam and Agus Ismoyo\, Indonesia (cotton and silk) \nThe ancient Javanese text “Agastyaparwa” associates the ant with fertility and describes it as a powerful symbol of how the cycles of human reproduction are intertwined with the environment. The textile art installation “Fertility” illustrates the cycles of life’s reproduction on Earth with 26 artworks made in the medium of batik and tie-dye. \nAt the core of the installation\, there are pieces representing the ant house\, the life of ants\, and the elements of water\, earth\, and air. The installation also includes four pieces of sarong (sarung in Indonesian)\, depicting the seen and unseen aspect of our existence as well as the four directions of the earth. One more sarong with soft sculptures inside shows the stages of a woman’s life first as a young girl\, then a woman and finally an aged person (or grandmother). In addition\, there are two videos: one of a woman walking\, representing the dynamic nature of life’s transformations and one of the life of ants in their constant activity of working together. \nAgus Ismoyo (Indonesian) and Nia Flam (American) have been working collaboratively to produce art textiles in Yogyakarta\, Indonesia\, since 1985. Ismoyo’s ancestors were batik makers\, and he was trained in industrial management at the Industrial Academy (AKPRIND) in Yogyakarta. Nia originally explored dye resist techniques from Africa and Asia in America\, before moving to Indonesia in 1983 to study traditional batik. \nGoddess of Water: Aboubakar Fofana\, Mali (hand-sewn linen) \nAboubakar’s work stems from a profound spiritual belief that nature is divine and that through respecting this divinity we can understand the immense and sacred universe. \nHe uses indigo\, a dye different than any other obtained through a living fermentation process that does not require any mordant. The indigo used for the hand-made textile is closely related to fertility in different ways. Indigo has been used for centuries in Africa as a symbol of wealth and fertility and also had medicinal use. \nMore directly\, for women who are having difficulties conceiving\, the advice is to wear a skirt dyed with the fermented leaves as traditionally it is thought that indigo cures infertility. Also\, traditionally\, indigo-dyed textiles bring well-being to pregnant women and ensure a healthy growth for the child. Babies are laid down in indigo-dyed sheet to stimulate their minds. The blue stripes of the exposed four meters-long cloth with all their different tonalities refer to water and other liquids essential to life\, starting from the amniotic fluid protecting the growing fetus and providing it with the necessary nutrients and chemicals. \nBlue is what is visible of indigo\, but the unseen is the spirit of the plant that transforms\, the leaves fermented with live bacteria that from green become blue when exposed to air in a process as mysterious and astounding as birth itself. \nSigns of the Now: Jose Hendo\, Uganda (hand-woven bark cloth and organic cotton) \nThis artwork is in direct response to what is happening in our planet at the present time. Landfill space running out\, the plastic in the oceans\, forests burning and glaciers and polar ice melting. If we do not act now to stop environmental degradation and climate change\, when? The responsibility lies with everyone. Taking inspiration from her past concepts\, research\, and designs\, Jose’s installation and collection Signs of the Now urges all of us to stop being wasteful immediately. \nThe dominant material of her artwork is bark cloth\, which is biodegradable\, organic and manufactured without the use of chemicals. This organic cloth\, predating the weaving era and proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Material in 2005\, is the best ambassador for sustainability: it truly is The Fabric of Being!  \nThe depiction of the planet\, hand carved out of bark cloth\, stands for the how we are all connected and have to act together. At the centre of the planet is Africa\, referring to the origin of the artist\, but also to the disproportionate effect of climate change on populations in Africa and Asia. The laser-cut bark cloth beyond the planet further signifies how fragile the environment has become through our actions. And it is through our actions therefore that we have to remedy the destruction of our habitat. \nBorn from the Same Womb: Abdi Karya\, Indonesia (textile art installation and performance) \nThis textile art installation is composed of ayunan (swings or cradles) and dolls made from sarongs from the artist’s birthplace\, the province of South Sulawesi in eastern Indonesia. \nAbdi’s artwork calls for pluralism and inclusiveness in the face of growing sectarianism\, intolerance\, and identity politics in Indonesia and beyond. He explains how sarongs mark and accompany the entire life cycle: birth\, childhood\, adolescence\, adulthood\, social and sexual interactions and marriage\, in health and sickness\, and until our death. \nThe installation challenges the growth of fundamentalist and sectarian movements in Indonesia and globally\, and calls each one of us to action since attacks on “the other” are attacks to our shared humanity. \nSis\, You Betta Werk: Siwa Mgoboza\, South Africa (Shweshwe [three cats cotton]\, tulle\, glass beads and cotton) \nThis colorful artwork is inspired by “Olympia\,” a painting by Edouard Manet that was controversial at the time\, as it portrayed a brothel setting and a naked courtesan facing the viewer with a servant sitting in the back. Siwa’s tapestry reproduces the same scene in the artist’s specific style to interrogate the importance and value society has placed on the lives of people who work in the sex industry: women\, men and the non-binary – many of whom are murdered and raped every day. \nFor Siwa\, the artwork displayed at the Fabric of Being exhibition represents a wide range of people who exist on the fringes\, people who usually come from disadvantaged backgrounds\, are placed in a subordinate position like women\, are considered outcasts like sex workers and persons outside of the heterosexual paradigm\, or a combination of these. \nWomen’s Resilience: Keeta Istran and Salwanee Hajisamea \nWomen’s resilience is the focus of a set of tapestries composed of artworks created by Keeta Israan and Salwanee Hajisamea. Both artists are based in Thailand’s troubled deep south\, a historically and culturally distinct area consisting of the provinces of Pattani\, Yala\, Narathiwat\, and parts of Songkla along the borders with Malaysia. The Malay Muslim population is the border area’s majority\, but constitutes a minority in the majority Thai and Buddhist country. \nIn the midst of recurrent tensions\, Keeta and Salwanee are united in the goal to show the resilience of local women\, who go ahead with their daily life and continue to work and support their families irrespective of the difficulties they encounter. \nTogether the five art pieces highlight that even in a troubled area\, beauty can be found in the courage and strength of women. \n \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/africa-asia-textile-exhibition-fabric-of-being-at-the-icpd25-nairobi-summit/
LOCATION:Delegates Lounge\, KICC\, Nairobi\, Kenya
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SUMMARY:The Southeast Asian Conference on Education (SEACE 2020)
DESCRIPTION:The inaugural Southeast Asian Conference on Education (SEACE2020) will be The International Academic Forum’s (IAFOR) first event in Southeast Asia. SEACE2020 will be held in Singapore\, a great crossroads of peoples\, cultures and ideas\, and home to some of the world’s finest universities\, and will provide an exciting opportunity for international\, intercultural\, and interdisciplinary discussions on education practices\, policies\, theories\, and innovations. \nInstead of offering a strict conference theme at SEACE2020\, IAFOR has decided to invite submissions on any topic related to the field of education. By opening the conference theme to the broad field of education\, it is expected that we can come together as educators and policymakers without any limitations. \nSEACE2020 is held in partnership with Singapore Management University (SMU)\, the IAFOR Research Centre at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) at Osaka University\, and the ASEAN Career Fair. SEACE2020 encourages academics and scholars to meet and exchange ideas and views in a forum stimulating respectful dialogue. Like our long-running events elsewhere in the world\, this event will afford an exceptional opportunity for renewing old acquaintances\, making new contacts\, networking\, and facilitating partnerships across national and disciplinary borders. \nWe look forward to welcoming to Singapore scholars from across Southeast Asia and around the world for what is sure to be an exciting conference. \n– The SEACE Organising Committee \nJoseph Haldane\, IAFOR\, Japan\nBarbara Lockee\, Virginia Tech\, USA\nFarish Noor\, Nanyang Technological University\, Singapore\nJustin Sanders\, Temple University\, Japan\nHaruko Satoh\, Osaka University\, Japan\nWee-Liang Tan\, Singapore Management University\nZachary Walker\, Institute of Education\, UCL\, UK \n  \nIAFOR Journal of Education (Scopus Indexed Journal) \nThis conference is associated with the Scopus and DOAJ listed IAFOR Journal of Education. There will be a special “Education in South East Asia” issue of the journal featuring selected papers presented at the conference. Authors would need to submit their manuscripts directly to the Editor of the IAFOR Journal of Education for the normal review process. All papers are reviewed equally according to standard peer-review processes no matter whether the paper was presented at an IAFOR conference. Please note that papers already submitted to or published in IAFOR Conference Proceedings are not accepted for publication in any of IAFOR’s journals. IAFOR’s Conference Proceedings are not Scopus listed.\n  \nKey Information \n\nLocation & Venue:MAX Atria at Singapore EXPO\, Singapore\nDates:Friday\, February 07\, 2020 ​to Sunday\, February 09\, 2020\nEarly Bird Abstract Submission Deadline:September 12\, 2019*\nFinal Abstract Submission Deadline:November 14\, 2019\nRegistration Deadline for Presenters:December 12\, 2019\n\n*Submit early to take advantage of the discounted registration rates. Learn more about our registration options. \n  \nAbout IAFOR’s Education Conferences\nIAFOR promotes and facilitates new multifaceted approaches to one of the core issues of our time\, namely globalisation and its many forms of growth and expansion. Awareness of how it cuts across the world of education\, and its subsequent impact on societies\, institutions and individuals\, is a driving force in educational policies and practices across the globe. IAFOR’s conferences on education have these issues at their core. The conferences present those taking part with three unique dimensions of experience\, encouraging interdisciplinary discussion\, facilitating heightened intercultural awareness and they promoting international exchange. In short\, IAFOR’s conferences on education are about change\, transformation and social justice. As IAFOR’s previous conferences on education have shown\, education has the power to transform and change whilst it is also continuously transformed and changed. \nGlobalised education systems are becoming increasing socially\, ethnically and culturally diverse. However\, education is often defined through discourses embedded in Western paradigms as globalised education systems become increasingly determined by dominant knowledge economies. Policies\, practices and ideologies of education help define and determine ways in which social justice is perceived and acted out. What counts as “education” and as “knowledge” can appear uncontestable but is in fact both contestable and partial. Discourses of learning and teaching regulate and normalise gendered and classed\, racialised and ethnicised understandings of what learning is and who counts as a learner. \nIn many educational settings and contexts throughout the world\, there remains an assumption that teachers are the possessors of knowledge which is to be imparted to students\, and that this happens in neutral\, impartial and objective ways. However\, learning is about making meaning\, and learners can experience the same teaching in very different ways. Students (as well as teachers) are part of complex social\, cultural\, political\, ideological and personal circumstances\, and current experiences of learning will depend in part on previous ones\, as well as on age\, gender\, social class\, culture\, ethnicity\, varying abilities and more. \nIAFOR has several annual conferences on education across the world\, exploring common themes in different ways to develop a shared research agenda which develops interdisciplinary discussion\, heightens intercultural awareness and promotes international exchange. \nAbout IAFOR\nFounded in 2009\, The International Academic Forum (IAFOR) is a politically independent non-partisan and non-profit interdisciplinary think tank\, conference organiser and publisher. Based in Japan\, its main administrative office is in Nagoya\, and its research center is in The Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP)\, a graduate school of Osaka University. IAFOR runs research programs and events in Asia\, Europe and North America in partnership with universities and think tanks\, and has also worked on a number of multi-sector cooperative programs and events\, including collaborations with the United Nations and the Government of Japan. \nIAFOR Special Areas of Focus\nIn line with its organisational mission\, IAFOR encourages\, facilitates and nurtures interdisciplinary research\, with an emphasis on international and intercultural perspectives. Current areas of focus of the organisation include the following ongoing collaborative programmes and initiatives. \n  \nSource: https://seace.iafor.org/ \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/the-southeast-asian-conference-on-education-seace-2020/
LOCATION:Singapore
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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SUMMARY:SEACE 2020 : The Southeast Asian Conference on Education (SEACE)
DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR PAPERS | FINAL SUBMISSION DEADLINE: November 14 \nWelcome to The Southeast Asian Conference on EDUCATION (SEACE)\, an interdisciplinary conference held in Singapore\, February 7–9\, 2020. \nSEACE2020 is held in partnership with the Singapore Management University (SMU)\, the IAFOR Research Centre at the Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP) at Osaka University\, and the ASEAN Career Fair. \nThis conference is associated with the SCOPUS and DOAJ listed IAFOR JOURNAL of EDUCATION\, and we are happy to announce a special issue of the journal featuring papers presented at the conference on Education in South East Asia. \n*SUBMISSION STREAMS* | Teaching & Learning| Educational Structures | Community & Society | Language & Culture | Psychology\, Mind & Brain | Innovation & Technology \n  \nSource: http://www.wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=91146&copyownerid=142510 \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/seace-2020-the-southeast-asian-conference-on-education-seace/
LOCATION:Singapore
CATEGORIES:Conferences
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191114
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SUMMARY:2020 Asia Pacific Leadership Program Fellowship
DESCRIPTION:The East-West Center is pleased to accept applications for the 2020 Asia Pacific Leadership Program Fellowship (APLP)\, June 21-November 16\, 2020. The APLP is the center of excellence for leadership education in the Asia Pacific region and a signature program of the East West Center. Applications are due by November 15\, 2019. Please see below for details. \nCurrently celebrating its 20th anniversary\, the APLP has created a network of 653 dynamic leaders in 45 countries who are helping to build a peaceful\, prosperous and just Asia Pacific community. \nProgram Description and Requirements \nThe Asia Pacific Leadership Program is Experiential\, Relational\, Transformative\, Optimistic\, and Impact-oriented. \nEach year\, approximately 25 Fellows are selected  to participate in the APLP and join a highly diverse\, active community. Cohorts typically have representation from over 18 countries and from every type of academic and professional background (as examples: science\, business\, development\, politics\, government\, civil society\, medicine\, religious orders\, art\, finance\, academia or research).  The age of participants ranges from mid 20s to mid 40s with an average of 32 years old. There are no citizenship\, age\, or ethnicity restrictions \nEligibility Requirements \n\nA demonstrated commitment to promoting peace and prosperity in the Indo-Asia Pacific region through professional work\, study or living experience\nAt least 5 years of work experience\nBachelor’s degree – applicants must have at least a 3-year bachelor’s degree or its equivalent from an accredited U.S. College or University or from a recognized institution of higher learning abroad.\nThere are no citizenship\, age\, or ethnicity restrictions.\n\nDesirable Qualifications \n\nLeadership track record in professional\, public\, and/or personal realms\nWillingness to engage fully in experiential leadership development training\nDeep involvement in a specific organization\, business or community impact initiative (applicants must explain how\, with their home-setting teams\, they will experiment with the leadership strategies learned in APLP)\nInternational experience and aptitude\, including overseas residence\, language skills\, intercultural and diversity exposure\nExperience of cohort learning\, working collaboratively in small teams or in large groups.\n\nWhat is the APLP Experience and its time commitment? \nLeaders who can successfully navigate change require creative vision and  the capacity to chart and act upon that vision. The APLP experience is designed to yield just these sorts of outcomes. Embracing and leading change takes time. The APLP is designed as a 5 month blended program in order to maximize the depth and breadth of learning. The program grows from building an introductory base in Honolulu\, Hawaii to applied place-based leadership activities in home settings to a final workshop and event with alumni in Asia. Each phase of the program has a distinct purpose and connection to the whole. The APLP experience is first and foremost about change. \nTogether we engage critical processes of change affecting the region now and in the future. By stepping out of specific individual areas of expertise (for example by discipline or country) and developing new analytic and leadership approaches participants come to have changed perspectives. New insights on regional processes are coupled with opportunities to test and develop one’s leadership capacity through experiential work with diverse co-participants.  \nThe outcome of this process is an ability not only to cope with\, or understand change\, but to lead it. \nProgram Dates\nThe APLP is broken down into three modules: \n\nModule One: Hawaii + U.S. Mainland\nJune 21 – August 14\, 2020\nModule Two: Online\nAugust 15 – October 31\, 2020\nModule Three: Online + Asia\nNovember 1-6\, 2020 (online preparation)\nNovember 7-16\, 2020 (Asia)\n\nApplication Information \nWe are now accepting applications for the 2020 Asia Pacific Leadership Program! \nDeadline to apply is November 15\, 2019. \n  \nSource: https://www.eastwestcenter.org/scholarships-fellowships/asia-pacific-leadership-program-fellowship?fbclid=IwAR0HzpZVAzKcHP9kyqCycSqEe6hiWs3a74qVUbf8eWDOUyx7KBwj5z3QqIo \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/2020-asia-pacific-leadership-program-fellowship/
LOCATION:Hawaiʻi
CATEGORIES:Opportunities
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SUMMARY:Panel Discussion “The Hidden Dimensions of Poverty in Asia”
DESCRIPTION:In Asia\, absolute poverty has sharply declined\, but relative poverty remains entrenched. Various types of poverty alleviation programs have been implemented both by governments and non-government organizations in the realms of health\, housing\, education and economic empowerment. However\, like in others countries worldwide\, the blind spot of these programs remains at what do people\, who actually live in poverty\, say about how themselves are affected by poverty? How do they define and assess their situation?  \nThe panel on 14 November at 6 PM at SEA Junction aims to highlight the urgent need for a better understanding of the multiple ways people experience poverty and the importance of assessing with the concerned people\, the often – overlapping deprivation they face. The panel is organized by All Together in Dignity or ATD Fourth World and is based on its recognition that all persons living in poverty have an untapped knowledge. From their life experience\, they possess insights into the operational problems that arise from the way development policies are often designed and applied\, and have valuable ideas on how these problems might be addressed and if given a fair opportunity they can contribute with essential understandings. When complemented by the knowledge\, representations and practices of other involved stakeholders\, it can culminate into a comprehensive and holistic response\, which is liable to make policies and programs more appropriate and efficient. The panel therefore aims to provide insight into the broader knowledge on poverty highlighted by those who experience it. \nPanel Discussion Agenda on 14 November at 6 pm – 7.30 pm  \nModerator:  \nNarumol Nirathron\, Associate Professor Faculty of Social Administration\, Thammasat University \nPanelists: \n\nPoverty and imbalanced development of communities in Myanmar\nMay Thazin Aung\, Research Associate\, Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI)\nHomelessness Research by firsthand experience of living on the street in Manila\, Bangkok and Tokyo\nBoonlert Visetpricha\, Assistant Professor\, Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology\, Thammasat University.\nOutcome of ATD Fourth World & Oxford University on the “Hidden Dimensions of Poverty 2019” Claude Heyberger\, Regional Delegate of ATD Fourth World in Asia\n\nQ&A \nNB: The report “Hidden Dimension of Poverty 2019” can be found at https://www.atd-fourthworld.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2019/05/Dim_Pauvr_eng_FINAL_July.pdf \nSpeakers’ Bios \nMay Thazin Aung \nMay Thazin Aung is a research associate at Stockholm Environment Institute\, based at Chulalongkorn University. She works on policy research and engagement in relation to environmental issues.  \nBoonlert Visetpricha \nBoonlert is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology at Thammasat University. He is interested in urban anthropology\, marginalized people\, violence and social suffering in Southeast Asia with a particular focus on the Philippines.  \nClaude Heyberger \nClaude is a regional delegate of ATD Fourth World in Asia. Claude engaged through the participatory research on “The Hidden Dimensions of Poverty” by ATD Fourth World and Oxford University in 2019.  \nPhoto Courtesy: Yoonki Kim \nFor information/reservation for our events please email southeastasiajunction@gmail.com or phone/wa+66970024140  \nNB: Events are free\, but donation most welcome! \nOrganizers \nSEA Junction\, OUR Venue to Connect on Southeast Asia SEA Junction aims to foster understanding and appreciation of Southeast Asia in all its socio-cultural dimensions – from arts and lifestyles to economy and development. Conveniently located at Room 408 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre or BACC (across MBK\, BTS National Stadium) SEA Junction facilitates public access to knowledge resources and exchanges among students\, practitioners and Southeast Asia lovers. For more information see www.seajunction.org and join the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1693055870976440/   \nATD Fourth World Thailand \nEstablished in Thailand in 1980\, ATD Fourth World Thailand works with the Friends of ATD Thailand Foundation so as to build better understanding of the lives of people in poverty. In addition\, it aims to create supportive environments in marginalized communities of Bangkok. For more information see https://www.atd-fourthworld.org/ \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/panel-discussion-the-hidden-dimensions-of-poverty-in-asia/
LOCATION:SEA Junction\, Room 408\, BACC\, 939 Rama 1 Rd\, Pathum Wan\, Khet Pathum Wan\, Krung Thep Maha Nakhon 10330 Bangkok\, Thailand\, Bangkok\, Thailand
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