Dear All,
We are glad to inform you that the celebration for our 1st Anniversary went very well with a festive bazaar, and engaging discussion on medical tourism and a constructive meeting with our founding partners and key supporters. We now enter our second year with a varied program in terms of activities and countries involved.
Our rich program for July starts with the launching of an alternative tourist guide on Bangkok by three Indonesian female writers and resident of the city and a creative workshop on corporal punishment and positive discipline by the Philippines Educational Theater Association (PETA) to screening of a documentary on inter-ethnic relations in Myanma and another on environmental destruction in Sarawak, and a talk by renown journalist Michael Vatikiotis on current governance issues in Southeast Asia. SEA Junction will also organize a panel discussion on philanthropy in Southeast Asia at the 10th International Conference on Asian Studies (ICAS) in Chiang Mai and is considering a related event in Bangkok. You can read more in this month agenda below.
Looking forward to welcoming you and please help us disseminating this information to your network. All events are free, but donations to enable us to continue our activities are welcome!
Best regards,
Lia Sciortino Sumaryono
Founder and Executive Director SEA Junction
July Agenda
2 June 2017 at 11 AM – 1PM
LAUNCHING OF THE BOOK ‘BANGKOK RASA LOKAL” (EXPLORING BANGKOK LIKE LOCALS”
The book to be launched at SEA Junction is unique in that it presents the insights of three Indonesian women authors and residents of Bangkok about the city they live in for an Indonesian public. The event will be in Indonesian, but translation will be provided if there are non-Indonesian speakers who are interested.
2 June 2017 at 2PM – 5PM
CREATIVE WORKSHOP “NURTURING VS PUNISHING”
Early July, THE Philippine Education Theater Association (PETA) will be performing Adobo Monologue as part of the Mode of Liaisons Exhibition organized by BACC and the Japan Foundation Asia Center. Complementing the play, PETA will conduct a creative workshop on positive discipline for anyone who takes care of children using role-play, discussion and other participatory approaches.
6 July 2017 at 5-7PM:
“SITTWE” DOCUMENTARY SCREENING AND DISCUSSION
Sittwe is a short documentary about two teenagers affected by conflict in Burma’s Rakhine state. Interviews filmed over two years explore their ideas about education and the possibility of reconciliation. The film was due to premiere in Yangon at the Human Rights, Human Dignity Film Festival but was banned by the government censors. The Asian Premier is on 5 July at FCCT followed by the screening at SEA Junction a day after.
8-9 July 2017 at 11 AM -7 PM:
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. The incomes derived from the fair are used to support SEA Junction’s activities.
7 JULY 2017, 5.30-7.30
‘THE BORNEO CASE” SCREENING AND DISCUSSION
Premiere in Thailand, SEA Junction will show this coregeous documentary on environment destruction in Malaysia. The focus is on the destruction of Sarawak’s forests, the struggle of indigenous tracks the trail of power and money that has driven the deforestation. Following the screening, there will be discussion with one of the main characters in the movie, Mutang Urud
More details will soon be provided on our website.
16 JULY 2017, 5-7PM
PRESENTATION OF FINAL IPT1965 REPORT
On November 2015 the International People Tribunal (IPT) was held for past abuses in Indonesia. The two speakers, Nursyahbani Katjasungkana, a prominent human and women’s rights activist, and a general coordinator of the IPT 1965, and Saskia E. Wieringa, professor emeritus at the University of Amsterdam and Chairperson of the Foundation IPT 1965 will present the final report and share about their experience with the IPT process.
21 JULY 2017
PANEL DISCUSSION ON PHILANTROPHY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
SEA Junction is organizing a panel discussion at the 10 International Asian Studies Conference on the evolving state of philanthropy in Southeast Asia. The speakers, including SEA Junction’s Director Rosalia Sciortino, will examine the emergence of new home-grown foundations and forms of institutionalized giving as well as discuss changes in the donor landscape and shifts in philanthropic paradigms towards business-like and technocratic approaches and the way this affects funding of development causes and organizations.
More details will soon be provided on our website.
25 JULY 2017
PUBLIC LECTURE “THE CHALLENGES OF PEACE AND GOVERNANCE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA” BY MICHAEL VATIKIOTIS
Former journalist and conflict mediator for the Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, Michael Vatikiotis will discuss the current peace and governance environment in Southeast Asia and the challenges that emerges for States and their citizens among complex region’s dynamics.
(More details will soon be provided on our website)
About SEA Junction, OUR Venue on Southeast Asia
SEA Junction 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 408 of the Bangkok Arts and Culture Centre 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 and join the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com /groups/1693055870976440/
