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Political contests in Southeast Asia as in the rest of the words have often been influenced by identity claims and featured arguments around ethnicity, race or religion. Analysts and observers, however, have noted that in recent year identity politics have played a more significant role in maintaining political power and even more in the race for political office. Elections, when held, have exposed identity cleavages within plural societies and a tendency to articulate discourses around “indigenousness”, “moral purity” or “homogeneity”…

On 21 August at 10.30 SEA Junction will host Ahmad Suaedy Commissioner at Ombudsman Republic of Indonesia, Asian Pacific Intellectual Fellows of the Nippon Foundation and researcher at the Wahid Institute to discuss his recently published book “Islam, Minorities and Identity in Southeast Asia”. The book, based on research conducted for more than a decade, focuses on identity issues and politics in Southeast Asia and discusses Muslim minorities in mainland Southeast Asia and the Philippines and Singapore as well as other religious and…

Thailand is home to an estimated 3 million migrants of whom about 400,000 are thought to be children. As migration flows increase and so does the length of their stay, the number of migrant children born in Thailand also augments. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) over 1,300 births have been registered since the opening of a legal clinic at Mae Sot Hospital in April 2016 to provide birth registration, needs assessment and case planning for non-Thai children.…

Thailand is home to an estimated 3 million migrants of whom about 400,000 are thought to be children. As migration flows increase and so does the length of their stay, the number of migrant children born in Thailand also augments. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) over 1,300 births have been registered since the opening of a legal clinic at Mae Sot Hospital in April 2016 to provide birth registration, needs assessment and case planning for non-Thai children.…

On 7 July SEA Junction launched a new series on street food and its many dimensions in Southeast Asia in collaboration with “Beyond Food” an initiative focusing on how street food is embedded in the functioning of cities and peri-urban areas. The series highlights the link of street food with other urban dimensions such as use and design of public spaces, urban safety, urban formal economy, and right to the city among others. The first event discussed the implication of…

Thailand is home to an estimated 3 million migrants of whom about 400,000 are thought to be children. As migration flows increase and so does the length of their stay, the number of migrant children born in Thailand also augments. According to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) over 1,300 births have been registered since the opening of a legal clinic at Mae Sot Hospital in April 2016 to provide birth registration, needs assessment and case planning for non-Thai children.…

February last year painter Erica Hestu Wahyuni provided a series of painting classes for both children and adults to introduce them to her colorful world. Erica is well-known in Indonesia and internationally as “Art’s Most Playful Child” because of her distinct, expressive character and naive paintings, hundreds distributed among collectors and galleries in the country and abroad. Taking advantage of her presence in Thailand for a commissioned art work, SEA Junction will hold a workshop on Sunday 9 September 1-4…

In Southeast Asia, like in the rest of Asia, impunity for past human rights violations is entrenched and regional human rights mechanisms remain weak. This has not discouraged, however, civil society groups to continue to act and to devise innovative and comprehensive approaches to truth and reparation at the grassroots as well as at higher administrative levels. On 11 September at 5PM, the Transitional Justice Asia Networks (TJAN) in collaboration with SEA Junction will focus on the role of civil…