Dear All,
After the intense and artistic August program, SEA Junction is slowing down in early September to allow for my taking home leave to Italy and for the new hires to get acquainted with the job. Activities will be limited to the daily functioning as a reading room and to the holding of the monthly Southeast Asia Mini Book Fair.
In the second half of September we will go back to our usual pace with two events, both part of ongoing series. The first, under “The Rice of Southeast Asia” series, explores the traditional Sundanese rice harvesting music of Tarawangsa. For the second, focus is on on movements of people and policies governing them in Southeast Asia as part of “ASEAN People in Flux”, a series consisting of seven interrelated events in collaboration with the Heinrich Boell Stiftung Southeast Asia. This fourth event in the series highlights the often-neglected topic of governance mechanisms countries of origin can put in place to protect migrants.
I look forward to welcoming you and hope you can help us in disseminating this September agenda 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
9–10 September 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.
See further: http://seajunction.org/event/
KARAWANG HARVESTING MUSIC
(3rd EVENT OF “THE RICE OF SOUTHEAST ASIA” SERIES)
Tarawangsa is a traditional and sacred music in West Java, Indonesia, played during the harvesting ceremony to welcome Dewi Sri (the Goddess of rice), while entertaining the community. During the program Tarawangsawelas, a group composed of three musicians will introduce tarawangsa music and perform and demonstrate it, both in classical and contemporary version.
See further: http://seajunction.org/event/
PANEL ON PROTECTING MIGRANTS IN COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
(4TH EVENT OF “ASEAN PEOPLE IN FLUX” SERIES)
The panel focuses on the roles countries of origin can play in protecting their nationals migrating abroad by discussing labor migration governance mechanisms of sending countries, including national policies, common practices, and international standards. Discussion is grounded in a recent publication by the Mekong Migrant Network entitled “Safe from the Start” and follows–up a recent policy forum on the subject held last July in Yangon, Myanmar.
Detailed information soon to be posted on our website
