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DTSTART;TZID="Asia/Krasnoyarsk":20171104T110000
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SUMMARY:Shift Maps Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:On 4 November 2017 at 5PM\, the month-long exhibition “Shift Maps” will be launched at SEA Junction exposing the personal live histories of refugees and migrants living in Bangkok as written and illustrated by them on palm leaf manuscripts made from the Talipot Palm\, also known as the ‘Shadow Palm’ (Corypha umbraculifera; Thai: Bai Larn). \nThe bulk of manuscripts were produced in two workshop sessions conducted by Bangkok-based artist Varsha Nair at SEA Junction on 26 and 28 October by a group of refugees and migrants composed of clusters of family members as well as young refugees on their own from a variety of countries including Vietnam\, Myanmar\, Sri Lanka\, Pakistan\, and Sudan. They worked with leaves to tell their personal stories\, reflecting about “who we are\, where we come from\, our connection with the past\, and present way of being”. Recording oral histories\, they drew and wrote their stories\, from memory and based on their current reality – life stories connected with location\, relocation\, dislocation – the physical\, emotional and psychological shifts – at times subtle and at times tectonic. \nAdditional palm works were created at a workshop for 365 Days: LIFE MUSE (Model study for Nongpo community’s foreign laborers)\, a project by Baan Noorg Collaborative Arts and Culture\, curated by jiandyin (Jiradej and Pornpilai Meemalai). \nThe Palm can be considered as being one of the first migrants in the world – dispersing itself by floating on the seas\, arriving in far-flung places and rooting down way before humans appeared on the scene. Palms continue to be an important part of our daily life. We also revered them using their leaves to record what was once oral history and sacred discourses\, as evident in traditional palm leaf manuscripts. This tradition is a common one that connects India\, Myanmar\, Thailand\, Cambodia\, Laos\, and Indonesia. \nIndividuals from different parts of the world who now find themselves in-between places created the palm leaf documents presented here. They can be seen as current records of flux and of memory – of horizons lost\, found\, and desired. \nAt the opening\, and intermittently during the course of the exhibition\, short videos created by some of the same refugees and some others will be shown. They were made as part of a research project conducted by Rebecca Warren\, in which several young refugees wrote and created digital poetry based on a poem by George Ella Lyon\, called ‘Where I’m From’. The poems explored the young person’s sense of identity\, memory\, and attempted to capture their journey through life with images and descriptions of things that they’ve felt\, sensed\, touched\, heard\, smelt\, seen\, the experiences that make us who we are. Irrespective of varying degrees of elaboration\, each is unique and poignant in its own way. \nThe opening will also feature a panel discussion including Varsha Nair\, Rebecca Warren as well as representatives of refugee organizations. \nThis event is the sixth of a series of events on movements of people in Southeast Asia entitled ASEAN People in Flux\, which is organized by SEA Junction in collaboration with the Heinrich Boll Stiftung Southeast Asia. The series consisting of seven interrelated events aims to examine the complexity of intraregional mobility spurred by regionalization efforts and to discuss the policies governing it. In particular\, by putting a spot on different kinds of people’s movements\, the series highlights the double standards in the ASEAN’s approach to mobility. \nOn one side\, ASEAN promotes “people to people connectivity” by facilitating movements for business\, study and tourism\, while on the other side it limits migration of much needed “un-skilled” workers to exploitative contract labor schemes and it refuses to recognize refugees\, asylum seekers and displaced persons. These double standards were clearly illustrated by the first event of the series on “refugee crisis in ASEAN” as contrasted to the booming industry of medical tourism discussed in the second event. The third event presented an additional dimension of policy discrimination from a gender perspective by focusing on women migrant workers in ASEAN\, while the forth focused on the often-neglected topic of pre-departure policies to protect migrants. The fifth event returns to explore privileged flows\, this time the facilitated intraregional movements of students\, as contrasted to the young refugees who tells their stories of dislocation and exclusion from education opportunities in this sixth event. \nContributors \nVarsha Nair was born in Kampala\, Uganda\, and studied at Faculty of Fine Arts\, Maharaja Sayaji Rao University\, Baroda\, India. Inviting multidisciplinary collaborations her work encompasses various approaches and genres including making\, writing\, and organizing projects. Nair has lived in Bangkok since 1995. See www.varshanair.studio  \nRebecca Warren works for The British Council in Bangkok\, Thailand. She also volunteers as a teacher with refugees and is conducting doctoral research into the educational experiences of young refugees in Bangkok. \nThe participating refugees for now prefer to remain anonymous\, but names/pseudonyms may be provided at a later date if conditions allow it. \n \nFor information/reservation for our events please email southeastasiajunction@gmail.com or phone/wa: +66970024140 \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/shift-maps-exhibition/
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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DTSTART;TZID="Asia/Krasnoyarsk":20171109T100000
DTEND;TZID="Asia/Krasnoyarsk":20171110T130000
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SUMMARY:GAATW-IS Consultation (Closed Event)
DESCRIPTION:\n\nOn 9-10 November SEA Junction and our Director as one of the Board Members will host the International Secretariat of the Global Alliance of Traffic in Women (GAATW-IS)  to discuss the findings of the organizational assessment  recently conducted with the aim of identifying and addressing areas of strengths\, weaknesses\, gaps\, challenges\, and opportunities in its programming and operational structure\, to better enable it to move forward with a clearer vision and strategic direction\, and strengthened operations. \n \nAt the meeting\, GAATW-IS and selected board members will review the presentation of the consultant and their findings based on the online survey among GAATW members and in-depth interviews with selected representatives of member organizations and the International Board. The survey and interviews aimed at collecting feedback on the Alliance strengths and weaknesses and proposed ways forward. Based on this feedback\, GAATW-IS will elaborate an organizational development framework and priorities for future actions that will lead to a stronger\, more efficient Alliance. The meeting will start with a presentation of the findings before going into more working groups/planning mode to develop the organizational development framework/recommendations. \n\n\nPlease note that this is a closed event by invitation only.\n \n\n \nOrganizers: \nSEA Junction\, OUR Venue to Connect on Southeast Asia (see https://seajunction.org) 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 seajunction.org and join the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/groups/1693055870976440/ \n \nThe Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW) is an Alliance of more than 80 non-governmental organisations from Africa\, Asia\, Europe\, LAC and North America with the  International Secretariat based in Bangkok\, Thailand. .GAATW sees the phenomenon of human trafficking intrinsically embedded in the context of migration for the purpose of labour. For more information see Home – The Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women (GAATW)\n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/gaatw-consultation-closed-event/
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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