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Offerings on the island of Bali in Indonesia are an artistic tradition for Hindu-Buddhist religious events, rites of passage, ancestral worship, and animistic ceremonies. Palm leaves, flowers, fruits, rice, and meat are shaped and assembled into an enormous variety of symbolic forms, special colors, and specific amounts that are defined according to Balinese cosmology. There are many variations across the island, from village to town to city to region. After the invisible spiritual essence of the offering is offered and…

Offerings on the island of Bali in Indonesia are an artistic tradition for Hindu-Buddhist religious events, rites of passage, ancestral worship, and animistic ceremonies. Palm leaves, flowers, fruits, rice, and meat are shaped and assembled into an enormous variety of symbolic forms, special colors, and specific amounts that are defined according to Balinese cosmology. There are many variations across the island, from village to town to city to region. After the invisible spiritual essence of the offering is offered and…

Students of the International Health Social Sciences Master Program (IHSSP), Mahidol University will visit SEA Junction to better understand its function as a knowledge resource and also to discuss sexual and reproductive health trends in Southeast Asia. Their visit is part of their study field activity under the course on Gender, Sexuality, and Health, lead by Prof. Dr.  Pimpawun Boonmongkon. Students are from Indonesia, Myanmar and Bagladesh and have diverse backgrounds and area interests. Their research topics include teen pregnancy in Myanmar, child…

The public talk on 29 October at 11am – 12.30 pm will explore Buddhist arts in Myanmar, starting from the earliest period up to the Mandalay period in the 19th century. Art historian Chedha Tigsanchali introduces stupa Burmese Buddha images, monastery and religious objects from Myanmar and discusses their styles, their iconography as well as their social and cultural function. The lecture will also address the links between Burmese art and other Buddhist schools of art in Southeast Asia. Mainland…

ASEAN aims to harmonize higher education in the region with the aim to enhance regional competitiveness; build a common ASEAN identity; and foster intraregional economic gains. In particular, efforts have been directed at: (1) fostering education cooperation through comparability of higher education systems using a regional quality assurance and qualifications framework; and (2) allowing greater movement of students and through a common credit transfer system and appropriate support structure and mechanism for student and staff mobility. While a priority for…

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). The 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…

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). The 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…

On 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.   At the meeting, GAATW-IS…