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August 2017
Public Talk by Pairoj Teeraprapa & Kwanpoom Vilaival on the Decorative Designs in Wat Yai Suwannaram Temple
The morning lecture by two graphic experts will highlight the contemporaneity of decorative motifs and designs of the late Ayutthaya period in Wat Yai Suwannaram Temple in Petchaburi Province. According to the description by the Thai Tourism Authority: “the temple, featuring a windowless main shrine hall, houses magnificent 300-year-old murals of mythical angels. Its Sala Kanprian (multi-purpose hall), which was once located in Ayutthaya's Grand Palace, was entirely built of teakwood and decorated with fine woodwork especially at the door panels. There…
Find out more »Workshop on Silk-Screen Printing Created from Ayutthaya Stencil Patterns by Kwanpoom Vilaival
Following the morning lecture at SEA Junction on 13 August 2017 by two graphic experts on the contemporaneity of decorative motifs and designs at Wat Yai Suwannaram Temple in Petchaburi Province, a related workshop will be held in the afternoon at the same venue by one of the speakers, former stylist and Thai art designer Kwanpoom Vilaival. The workshop, which is open to both adolescents and adults, aims to teach how to apply the traditional motifs of the late Ayutthaya…
Find out more »Southeast Asia Mini Book Fair
The mini book fair, held once a month in the space in front of SEA Junction, showcases a limited collection of new and used books on various aspects of Southeast Asia consisting of two kinds of books: New books from recognized publishers with an interest in the countries of Southeast Asia including Silkworm Books from Thailand and Yayasan Pustaka Obor of Indonesia. New and used books that are doubles to those of SEA Junction’s Library or have been donated…
Find out more »September 2017
Southeast Asia Mini Book Fair
GET A BOOK, SUPPORT SEA JUNCTION! Once a month, SEA Junction holds a mini book fair focusing on Southeast Asia. Three kinds of books are displayed: New books given in consignment from recognized publishers with an interest in the countries of Southeast Asia including Silkworm Books from Thailand, ISEAS from Singapore and Yayasan Pustaka Obor from Indonesia. New and used books that are double to those of SEA Junction’s Library. They include books in Thai, English and Indonesian on various…
Find out more »3rd Event of The Rice of Southeast Asia Series: Tarawangsa Harvesting Music
Tarawangsa is a traditional, sacred music in West Java, Indonesia, which is played during the harvesting ceremony to welcome Dewi Sri (the Goddess of rice), while entertaining the community. Tarawangsa is played with a simple string instrument locked within 42 standard compositions. The performance with tarawangsa music can be played differently in various parts of West Java such as Sumedang, Tasikmalaya, Bandung and among the Baduy community in Banten., but always occur during the rice harvest ceremony. In each tarawangsa…
Find out more »Safe from the Start: Panel Discussion on Migrants’ Protection in Countries of Origin
From April 2015 to May 2017, the Mekong Migrant Network, a sub-regional network of civil society organizations (CSOs) and research institutes conducted a research project to review the labor migration governance mechanisms of countries of origin, including national policies, common practices, and international standards. Through consultation meetings with migrant workers in Thailand and returnees in Cambodia and Myanmar, along with interviews with Cambodian and Myanmar government officials, inter-governmental organizations, and recruitment agencies, the study analyzed the policies and practices of…
Find out more »October 2017
Regional Workshop SEARN-SRHR (Closed Event)
The Southeast Asia Researcher Network on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SEARN) is a one year initiative supported by HIVOS through the innovation grants of the Netherlands government. Piloted in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and Timor Leste, it aims to bring together sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) researchers, both qualitative and quantitative, in the region and provide greater access to the crucial information they produce but may not be disseminated to a wider audience and end-users. Research and…
Find out more »Southeast Asia Mini Book Fair
GET A BOOK, SUPPORT SEA JUNCTION! Once a month, SEA Junction holds a mini book fair focusing on Southeast Asia. Three kinds of books are displayed: New books given in consignment from recognized publishers with an interest in the countries of Southeast Asia including Silkworm Books from Thailand, ISEAS from Singapore and Yayasan Pustaka Obor from Indonesia. New and used books that are double to those of SEA Junction’s Library. They include books in Thai, English and Indonesian on various…
Find out more »Class on Philanthropy in Southeast Asia for AIT Students (Closed Event)
SEA Junction Director, Dr. Rosalia Sciortino, will talk about philanthropy in Southeast Asia to students who are taking the course Gender, Enterprise and Organization, which is offered under the Master in Gender and Development Studies, Department of Development and Sustainability, School of Environment, Resources and Development at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT). The course covers gender analysis of small-scale enterprises and women workers in the informal economy; social security and protection measures; micro credit; social enterprises; gender analysis of…
Find out more »4th Event of the “The Rice of Southeast Asia” Series: Workshop to Create CACALAN: Balinese Rice-dough Offering Figures
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…
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