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SUMMARY:Photo Exhibition Who Cares? COVID-19 Divides in Southeast Asia
DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Background \nThe photo exhibition “Who Cares? COVID-19 Divides in Southeast Asia” organized by SEA Junction on 17 October – 12 November and displayed at the 3rd Floor’s Curved Wall of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Center (BACC)—documents how the pandemic in Southeast Asia laid bare the entrenched wealth and welfare inequities in society and their diverse implications for the well-being and safety of the various segments of the population as well as the differentiated social protection responses to the crisis. \nIn mainland Southeast Asia\, the pandemic´s human toll initially was limited compared to that in peninsular Southeast Asia and to global figures. However\, the image of a region largely unscathed by COVID-19 began to change by the end of 2020\, when new strains of the virus emerged. By the middle of 2021\, the Delta variant had turned Southeast Asia into a global center of the pandemic. The health and socioeconomic damage which COVID-19 inflicted on the countries of this region\, together with the containment measures which they began to apply more strictly—and at times coercively—have had huge and inequitable consequences. \nOverall\, the regional economy contracted and registered the largest drop since the 1997 Asia crisis\, resulting in increasing the precarity of informal workers\, women and marginalized groups. Taken aback by the scale of the crisis\, societies were challenged with respect to protecting the most vulnerable in their midst. This largely was due to inadequate or non-existent allowances for informal workers and migrants and those officially considered outside of the labour market\, including people with disabilities and the elderly. As government support was far from sufficient and often inequitably distributed\, individuals\, communities and non-governmental and non-profit organizations stepped in to try to fill these gaps by distributing food and aid as well as providing health services\, family care and funeral services to those most in need. Looking ahead\, structural reforms are needed if the profound divides laid bare by the pandemic are to be addressed seriously.  \nPhotographers from six countries\, Edy Susanto for Indonesia\, Hasnoor Hussain for Malaysia\, Tanwe (pseudonym) for Myanmar\, Kimberly dela Cruz for the Philippines\, Grace Baey for Singapore\, and Sayan Chuenudomsavad for Thailand highlight how pre-existing inequities have resulted in a disproportionately large toll being taken on disadvantaged groups and in greater constraints and reduced protections for these same groups. \nDuring the exhibition\, two related events are planned at SEA Junction as follows: \n\n18 October\, 5.30-7pm: Photographer Talk on which the photographers will discuss their work during the pandemic.\n25 October 5.30-7pm: Book Launch of the Thai language version of the recently published book “Who Cares? COVID-19 Social Protection Response in Southeast Asia” edited by SEA Junction’s founder Rosalia Sciortino\, published by Silkworm Books and illustrated with selected exhibition photos. The launch will present a panel focused on the book’s chapter on Thailand and discuss lessons that can be drawn from the COVID-19 social protection response that are of relevance to current policy discussions on elderly welfare and e-wallets aid for the overall population.\n\nThe exhibition as well as the books production (both in English and Thai) and the respective launches are part of a regional research project conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021-2022\, which was conducted by the Institute for Population and Social Research (IPSR) of Mahidol University with funding from the National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) under the Integrated Strategic Research Program on Social Sciences: Khon Thai 4.0. \nPhotographers Talk Participants’ Profiles \nEdy Susanto is a documentary photographer born in Jakarta. He completed a special training on photo journalism at Antara Journalistic Photo Gallery in 2000 and has attended a number of training and workshop in photography\, including the one in which he was selected to join a photography workshop mentored by German photographer winning in a World Press Photo Contest\, Peter Bialobrezky. See https://www.edy-susanto.com/. \nGrace Baey is a photographer and filmmaker based in Singapore. Trained as a human geographer\, she has a keen eye and sensitivity for crafting human-interest stories that are authentic\, emotional and thoughtful. She’s especially interested in issues of migration and mobility\, gender\, identity\, and place. Her personal work focuses on queer and gender identity in Southeast Asia. Member of @womenphotograph @diversifyphoto @authoritycollective @equallens. See further www.gracebaey.com \nHasnoor Hussain picked up the camera in his early 20s and has been a photographer ever since. In March 2017\, he was among the earliest staff starting a portal The Malaysia Insight and continuing reporting in visual form; still picture and video. He is currently photographer at Reuters Malaysia. See http://www.hasnoorhussain.com/. \nKimberly dela Cruz is an independent photographer based in Manila. While studying Journalism\, she became an activist and started carrying a camera in protests. She began her career as a photo correspondent for the Philippine Daily Inquirer in 2013 before transitioning to documentary photography and working for different publications. See https://www.kimberlydelacruz.com/. \nSayan Chuenudomsavad has been working as a photojournalist for several years\, reporting and taking photos on any rising challenges of development\, of the environment\, and of any social changes which take place in the Mekong region. Diverse and vibrant\, his images capture everyday people living alongside the challenges of development\, climate change and social changes in the region. See https://sayanchuenudomsavad.wordpress.com/. \nTa Mwe is a Burmese documentary photographer with experience covering a wide range of political and social stories and events throughout Myanmar. After many years working for national and international publications and organizations as a photographer\, videographer and video editor\, Ta Mwe’s recent work has focused on analogue still photography\, covering first the COVID-19 crisis and then the country’s anti-coup protests. Due to the political situation in Myanmar the name Ta Mwe is an alias and this bio has been heavily redacted to remove any identifying information. See further https://tamwe.link \n \n  \nFor more information\, please email: info@seajunction.org or phone/wa: +66970024140 \nNB: SEA Junction events are free\, but donation most welcome! \nOrganizers: \nSEA Junction \nSEA Junction\, established under the Thai non-profit organization Foundation for Southeast Asia Studies (ForSEA)\, 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 407-8 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.seajunction.org\, join the Facebook group:  http://www.facebook.com/groups/1693058870976440/ and follow us on Twitter and Instagram @seajunction. \nInstitute for Population and Social Research (IPSR)\, Mahidol University  \nIPSR was established in 1971 and has become one of Asia’s premier population research and training hubs. The Institute conducts research and provides training in population\, sexual and reproductive health and development with a focus on Thailand and on neighbouring countries in Southeast Asia\, with the ultimate goal of improving the quality of life for all. For more information\, see https://ipsr.mahidol.ac.th. \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/photo-exhibition-who-cares-covid-19-divides-in-southeast-asia/
LOCATION:Curved Wall\, 3rd floor\, BACC
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SUMMARY:From Across the River: Creative Change for Myanmar
DESCRIPTION:Thousands fled to the Thailand border town of Mae Sot from Myanmar in the aftermath of the 2021 military coup. Among these so-called “newcomers” to differentiate them from the already established Myanmar migrant community in Thailand\, are members of the civil disobedience movement (CDM)\, journalists\, activists\, and artists. To highlight their plight and resilience an exhibition of murals and drawings created by teaching artists-in-residence at Joy House will be displayed at SEA Junction in the weekend of 4-5 November 2023 from 11am to 7pm. \nOn the first day of exhibition on Saturday\, 4 November 2023 at 5.00-7.00 pm\, an opening panel will be held along with online live performances.  The panel will share insights into the mental health and psychosocial challenges faced by this undocumented community\, and how community organizations are responding to their needs. The online performances will feature music\, dance and martial art with performers (children and adults) affiliated with Joy House. The day after\, on Sunday 5 November at 3.30pm there will be in-person music performance with Myanmar harp by Bangkok-based Co-Culture Ensemble. More details can be found below: \nSaturday 4 November 2023\, 5.30 pm – 7.00 pm \nOpening with Virtual Performance Broadcast Live from Mae Sot \n\nBagan Dance by Joy House students\nFundamental Martial Art Performance (Martial Art)\n“Loyalty of Blood”\, Violin by Phoe San\n\nPanel Discussion on Situation of “New Comers” \nSpeakers: \n\nHtoo Chit\, Director\, Foundation for Education and Development\nNay Chi Win\, Coordinator\, Joy House.\nThet Swe Win\, Founder and Executive Director\, Synergy\nNyunt Naing Thein\, public health expert\n\nModerator: \n\nRosalia Sciortino\, Founder and Executive Director of SEA Junction\n\nClosing with Virtual Performance Broadcast Live from Mae Sot \n\nU Shwe Yoe and Daw Moe Dance by Hein Zar Couple\n“The Dictatorship Must End”\, Violin by Phoe San\n\nSunday 5 November 2023\, 3.30 pm – 5.00 pm \nIn-person Performance \n\nCo-Culture Ensemble with Burmese arp\n\nSpeakers’ Profiles \nNay Chi\, currently the Program Coordinator at Joy House\, a Mae Sot-based community center for those displaced by the current political crisis\, is an advocate for children’s education. Over the past decade\, she has worked as a Program Manager at BMTA (Burmese Migrant Teachers’ Association and was actively engaged in research and training projects\, helping to improve education in Myanmar and across the border. \nHtoo Chit\, a migrant rights’ defender for the people of Myanmar in Thailand\, is the founder of the Thailand-based Foundation for Education and Development (FED; see below). After arriving in Thailand as a political exile in 1990\, Htoo Chit spent several years as teacher in refugee camps and activist on the Thailand-Myanmar border. From 1996 to 2002 he served as the chairman of the Relief Committee for Southern Area (RCSA) before founding FED. For his many contributions\, he has received various international awards. \nThet Swe Win is a human rights activist who has led numerous campaigns to counter hate speech\, Buddhist nationalism\, and anti-Muslim and anti-Rohingya discrimination and violence. He is also the founder of Synergy – Social Harmony Organization\, which seeks to strengthen social cohesion in Myanmar and now also across the border. He has received the prestigious Human Rights Tulip award of the Dutch Government. \nNyunt Naing Thein\, graduated as a medical doctor from Yangon and continued his study in public health\, social work and counselling in Thailand and New Zealand. He has been working with migrants\, refugees and displaced people from Burma since 1989 in the Thailand-Myanmar border with a number of local and international humanitarian organizations and has received various awards for his humanitarian efforts. Currently he is actively contributing to strengthen civil society organizations and providing training and mentoring to activists and practitioners along the border. \n \nFor more information\, please email: info@seajunction.org or phone/wa: +66970024140 \nNB: SEA Junction events are free\, but donation most welcome! \nOrganizers \nSEA Junction\, established under the Thai non-profit organization Foundation for Southeast Asia Studies (ForSEA)\, 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 407-8 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\, please see www.seajunction.org\, join the Facebook group:  http://www.facebook.com/groups/1693058870976440/ and/or follow us on Twitter and Instagram @seajunction. \nJoy House is a community healing center in the border town of Mae Sot\, Thailand offers free classes in visual and performing arts and wellness to children\, youth\, and adults from Myanmar and Thailand. Serving as a sanctuary for stress relief through positive creativity\, it aims to foster friendship between Thai and Myanmar communities while building youth development skills. For more information\, please see https://www.facebook.com/joyhousecenter/. \nFoundation for Education and Development (FED)\, also known as Grassroots Human Rights and Education (GHRE)\, empowers Burmese families in Myanmar and Thailand to achieve their basic rights by providing education\, social services\, and advocacy. Since 2004\, it has operated mainly in Southern Thailand and along the border at Ranong and Mae Sot. For more information\, please see  https://fedgrassroots.org/. \n
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LOCATION:SEA Junction\, 4th floor\, BACC
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