Dear Partners and Friends of SEA Junction,
October was a month of mixed activities, including workshops on making Balinese rice-dough offerings and classes to graduate students of AIT and Mahidol University, crowned by the fascinating public talk of art historian Chedha Tigsanchali on Buddhist art in Myanmar.
This month will be dominated by the series “ASEAN People in Flux”, which SEA Junction organizes in collaboration with the Heinrich Boell Stiftung Southeast Asia with a panel on student mobility in ASEAN and a month-long exhibition of art installation and digital poetry by Varsha Nair, Rebecca Warren and refugees children and their parents living in Bangkok.
I also wish to signal a comprehensive review of our organization and activities in IIAS Newsletter, the main Asian studies magazine at the link https://iias.asia/the-newsletter/article/sea-junction-our-venue-connect-southeast-asia
I look forward to welcoming you and hope you can help us in disseminating this November agenda to your network. All events are free, but we welcome donations to enable us to continue our activities.
Best regards,
Lia Sciortino Sumaryono
Founder and Executive Director SEA Junction
November Agenda
2 November 2017 at 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
Panel Discussion on Higher Education Cooperation and Students Mobility in ASEAN
ASEAN aims to harmonize higher education in the region to enhance regional competitiveness; build a common ASEAN identity; and foster intraregional economic gains. The panel discussion will address some of the benefits and challenges of economic integration in the context of student mobility and education cooperation.
See further: http://seajunction.org/event/panel-discussion-higher-education-cooperation-students-mobility-asean/
Shift Maps Exhibition Opening
4 November 2017 at 5:00 am – 7:00 pm
Exhibition
5 November – 4 December 2017 at 11:00 pm – 8:00 pm
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).
See further: http://seajunction.org/event/opening-shift-maps-exhibition/
9 – 10 November 2017
SEA Junction and our director as one of the Global Alliance of Traffic in Women’s board members will host the International Secretariat (GAATW-IS) in a closed event to discuss the results of an organizational assessment to strengthen the effectivity of the network.
Details soon to be provided on website
18 – 19 November 2017 at 11:00 AM – 7:00 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.
Details soon to be provided on website
