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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:35th #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Monthly Updates
DESCRIPTION:On 8 November 2023 at 4-5 pm (Bangkok Time)\, SEA Junction in collaboration with Mizzima as a media partner will hold the 35th #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Monthly Updates. This update series was started soon after the coup d’état in Myanmar with the aim of contributing to a greater understanding of the crisis situation there for informed action in support of the democratic movement in the country and beyond. \nSince February 2021\, Myanmar has been in turmoil as the Myanmar Army\, known as Tatmadaw\, detained State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint following a general election which Suu Kyi’s NLD party won by a landslide. The coup by General Min Aung Hlaing brought an end to a decade of semi-democratic rule and returned full power to the military. Courageously\, the population has been resisting and demanding the release of the imprisoned leaders and restoration of the democratic rule and the National Unity Government (NUG) has been formed by the Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH)\, a group of elected lawmakers and members of parliament ousted in the coup. Economic collapse amid escalating conflict is making of Myanmar a failed state\, with many leaving the country in search of refuge and opportunities. The global community has overall condemned the coup and the military abuses\, but concerted diplomatic interventions are still too bland. After more than two years of the coup\, ASEAN has been excluding Tatmadaw representatives from their summits\, but still fails to recognize NUG as the legitimate representative of Myanmar. While the future of the country is in the hands of its people\, international and regional bodies ought to isolate the military junta\, ban arms\, embargo business by the militaries and their cronies\, address gross violations of international human rights and humanitarian law and provide humanitarian relief to the population. \nThe update aims to contribute to a greater understanding of the crisis situation in Myanmar for informed action in support of the democratic movement in the country and beyond. It is meant to be short informal dialogues with a speaker who provides an analysis of the latest events in the preceding two weeks for about 20 minutes before the moderator\, SEA Junction’s Founder and Director Rosalia Sciortino\, opens the floor for questions and answers. Our former speakers include Aung Zaw\, Founder and Director Irrawaddy; Khin Ohmar\, a well-known Peace and Security Advocate; Debbie Stothard\, an active promoter of human rights in Burma and the ASEAN regions; and May Zin Thaw\, the founder of a local think tank institute Researchers’ Republic. This monthly update in November 2023 are going to restart with Asst. Prof. Lalita Hanwong who is very specialize in the subject of colonial Burma and was widely praised for her research works on Myanmar. \nTo participate\, tune in for the monthly update planned for 8 November at 4-5 pm (Bangkok Time) via Zoom (Link: https://bit.ly/MyanmarUpdates2023) and Facebook Live on our page: SEA Junction. \n \nSpeaker Profile: \nAsst. Prof. Lalita Hanwong  completed her PhD dissertation in history at the School of Oriental and African Studies\, University of London. Her PhD thesis explored the colonial perception of crime and how the British exercised their crime deterring practices upon Burma during the late 19th – early 20th centuries. Lalita has been teaching in 2 universities in Thailand\, namely Mahasarakham University (2006-2016) and Kasetsart University (2016-present). After her graduation in 2012\, Lalita has been working on research projects on a variety of themes regarding colonial Burma. Her latest research\, ‘Hla Myint: Reflections on His Socio-Economic Thought\, from the Colonial Time to a Postcolonial Era’\, was funded by the Thai Research Fund (TRF) explores the role of Professor Hla Myint\, the most prominent Burmese economist in international economic areana. Lalita also contributes to a weekly column called ‘Thailand Meets Burma’ (Thai Pop Phama) in Matichon Daily newspapers; as well as a monthly article on The101.world\, a leading Thai web-based journal. Please see: https://www.iias.asia/profile/lalita-hanwong  \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 \nMedia Partner: \nMizzima \nMizzima\, derived from the Pali for middle or moderate and chosen for its inference of an unbiased and independent media\, was established in 1998 in New Delhi\, India\, by veterans of Myanmar’s 1988 pro-democracy uprising. Founder Soe Myint and co-founder Thin Thin Aung participated in the movement for democracy and they were in exile in India as refugees. Since its founding the aim of Mizzima has been to provide high quality news relating to Myanmar while contributing toward freedom of expression and the realization of an inclusive and democratic Myanmar for all the country’s peoples. For more info\, please see: https://www.mizzima.com/ \n
URL:https://seajunction.org/event/35th-whatshappeninginmyanmar-monthly-updates/
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