Dear Partners and Friends of SEA Junction,
A month has passed since the recent 7.7-magnitude on March 28, 2025 and many are still struggling to rebuild a life amidst devastation. Together with a group of photographers from Myanmar we will present the visual documentation of the disaster’s impact, to call for support to be distributed through local credible channels. Our next #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar will also provide an update of the latest situation in the country.
Shifting the focus to the region, we will hold two book discussions on very diverse topics, namely comics in Southeast Asia and Cambodian migrant workers’ challenges to regularization in Thailand, along with the monthly mini Book and Craft Fair.
We hope you will continue to find our program of interest. We count on your participation and help in sharing the information about our programs with your network and hope in your support (see below). SEA Junction relies on community members like you to be able to maintain our venue and continue our work at a time when civic spaces and resources for civil society are curtailed all over the world.
Lia Sciortino Sumaryono
Founder and Executive Director, SEA Junction
PLEASE consider a donation to support our activities!. To donate is easy. You can: transfer via bank to our dedicated account for our Foundation for Southeast Asia Studies TMB #043 -7-18114-2 or if in Thailand you can just scan our QR code below. If in the US you can make tax-free donations through Partners Asia not forgetting to state that it is for us (just click here)!!
EVENT PROGRAM
Photo Exhibition “7.7 MMERQK: Capturing Myanmar’s Unheeded Cry”
Date: 6-18 May 2025
Time: 10.00 am – 8.00 pm
Place: Corner Space, 1st floor, BACC
The exhibition, organized by Platform 36, in collaboration with SEA Junction and Bangkok Tribune News and with support from CMB will showcase photos of the earthquake-affected areas near Mandalay and Sagaing, where significant damage has been reported. The display will also highlight surrounding regions such as Nay Pyi Taw, Bago, Magway, and parts of Shan State. All funds raised during this exhibition and opening will be directly donated to local groups to support the affected communities.
See further: https://seajunction.org/event/
Book Launch and Discussion “Connecting Through Comics in Southeast Asia”
Date: 24 May 2025
Time: 4:00 – 5:30 pm
Place: SEA Junction, Room 407-8, 4th floor, BACC
On Thailand’s launch of the Southeast Asia comic anthology South East Asian Kommunity 2024, which was produced by Komiket and Philippine International Comics Festival, editors Paul Herras from the Philippines and Lim Cheng Tju from Singapore together with Thai artist Ping Sasinan will discuss the challenges and opportunities that comic artists face in the region.
See further: https://seajunction.org/event/book-launch-and-discussion-connecting-through-comics-in-southeast-asia/
Southeast Asia Mini Book and Craft Fair
Date: 31 May – 1 June 2025
Time: 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Place: SEA Junction, Room 407-8, 4th floor, BACC
Once a month, SEA Junction holds a mini book and craft fair focusing on Southeast Asia. At the fair, we offer small crafts from the region along with many books, including new books from recognized publishers, second-hand books double to those in our library, and development-related books from outside the region that have been donated to SEA Junction. Craft from the region and photos of previous exhibitions are also on offer. Please note that all funds raised at the fair contribute to SEA Junction’s functioning and activities.
See further: https://seajunction.org/event/southeast-asia-mini-book-and-craft-fair-55/
Book Discussion “The Trade-Offs of Legal Status; Safe Migration, Documentation and Debt in Southeast Asia”
Date: 27 May 2025
Time: 5:30-7:00 pm
Place: SEA Junction, 4th Floor, Bangkok Art and Culture Center
“The Trade-Offs of Legal Status” explores the costs, risks, and unfreedoms produced alongside migrant regularization in Southeast Asia. Based on multi-sited ethnography and informed by a decade of experience researching migrant communities in Cambodia, the book describes the experiences of Cambodians confronting Thailand’s intensifying documentation regime. The discussion will be led by Maryann Bylander, the author, and commented on by Ben Harkins (ILO).
50th #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Monthly Updates
Date: 22 May 2025
Time: 3-4 PM
Place: Zoom and Facebook Live
SEA Junction in collaboration with media partners, Mizzima and The Irrawaddy, will hold the 50th episode of the #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Monthly Update in which Khin Ohmar, human rights advocate, will discuss the recent earthquake and the evolving of multiple crises in Myanmar. Link for this event to be provided later.
For more information please email info@seajunction.org and phone/wa: +66970024140
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.
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