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March 1, 2021
Democracy for Sale
Elections, Clientelism, and the State in Indonesia
Edward Aspinall and Ward Berenschot
Hosted by Michele Ford
In post-Suharto Indonesian politics the exchange of patronage for political support is commonplace. Clientelism saturates the political system through everyday practices of vote buying, influence peddling, manipulating government programs, and …
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Southeast Asian Studies
March 1, 2021
Fighting for Virtue
Justice and Politics in Thailand
Duncan McCargo
Hosted by Nick Cheesman
Anyone who has taken any interest in the politics of Thailand at all in the last two decades could not help but have noticed the part that the country’s judiciary …
SSEAC Stories
February 25, 2021
A Thai Contemporary Artist on Identity, Power, and the Space In-Between
A Discussion with Phaptawan Suwannakudt
Phaptawan Suwannakudt
Hosted by Natali Pearson
As a Thai-Australian woman artist, Phaptawan Suwannakudt has long battled prejudice and discrimination relating to her gender. This disappointment with society’s dictates features at the heart of Phaptawan’s artistic practice …
SSEAC Stories
February 18, 2021
Decolonising Conservation Practices and Research
Seeing the Orangutan in Borneo with Dr June Rubis
June Rubis
Hosted by Natali Pearson
Around the world, orangutans are widely recognised as an iconic species for environmental and wildlife conservation efforts. The rainforest in the Malaysian state of Sarawak is one of last remaining …
Southeast Asian Studies
February 15, 2021
The Politics of Love in Myanmar
LGBT Mobilization and Human Rights as a Way of Life
Lynette J. Chua
Hosted by Michele Ford
The Politics of Love in Myanmar: LGBT Mobilization and Human Rights as a Way of Life (Stanford UP, 2018) offers an intimate ethnographic account of a group of LGBT activists before …
SSEAC Stories
February 11, 2021
Combating African Swine Fever in Timor-Leste
A Discussion with Associate Professor Paul Hick
Paul Hick
Hosted by Thushara Dibley
Since it first arrived in Asia in 2018, African swine fever virus has caused a devastating pandemic resulting in more than a quarter of the global pig population being killed …
Indian Ocean World
February 10, 2021
Miracles and Material Life
Rice, Ore, Traps and Guns in Islamic Malaya
Teren Sevea
Hosted by Kelvin Ng
In Miracles and Material Life: Rice, Ore, Traps and Guns in Islamic Malaya (Cambridge UP, 2020), Teren Sevea reveals the economic, environmental and religious significance of Islamic miracle workers (pawangs) in the …
SSEAC Stories
February 4, 2021
Reducing Poverty through Digital Finance Schemes in Myanmar
A Discussion with Dr Russell Toth
Russell Toth
Hosted by Thushara Dibley
Financial inclusion has been one of the most prominent issues on the international development agenda in recent years, as access to payments, remittances, credit, savings and insurance services have been …
Southeast Asian Studies
February 1, 2021
Making Two Vietnams
War and Youth Identities, 1965-1975
Olga Dror
Hosted by Patrick Jory
We are familiar with the history of the division of Vietnam in 1954 into two states, the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in the north and the Republic of Vietnam in …
SSEAC Stories
January 28, 2021
Trading Birds of Paradise
A Brief History by Dr Jude Philp
Jude Philp
Hosted by Natali Pearson
Long praised for their splendid plumage, birds of paradise are a rare sight only to be found in the remote rainforests of New Guinea and associated islands. They are among …
History
January 27, 2021
Coup, King, Crisis
A Critical Interregnum in Thailand
Pavin Chachavalpongpun
Hosted by Michael Vann
There are many Orientalist stereotypes about Thailand. Known as the “Land of Smiles” to foreign tourists, they often comment on the calm and pleasant demeanor of a people seemingly averse …
Genocide Studies
January 25, 2021
The International People’s Tribunal for 1965 and the Indonesian Genocide
Annie Pohlman, Jess Melvin, Saskia E. Wieringa
Hosted by Kelly McFall
How do you hold a government accountable for crimes it refuses to acknowledge? Today's book, The International People's Tribunal for 1965 and the Indonesian Genocide (Routledge, 2019) emerges out of the International …
Anthropology
January 22, 2021
Everyday Economic Survival in Myanmar
Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung
Hosted by John Traphagan
Reforms in Myanmar (formerly Burma) have eased restrictions on citizens' political activities. Yet for most Burmese, Ardeth Maung Thawnghmung shows in Everyday Economic Survival in Myanmar (U Wisconsin Press, 2019), eking …
Southeast Asian Studies
January 15, 2021
Disturbed Forests, Fragmented Memories
Jarai and Other Lives in the Cambodian Highlands
Jonathan Padwe
Hosted by Faizah Zakaria
Cambodia’s troubled history has often been depicted in terms of conflict, trauma and tussles between great powers. In Disturbed Forests, Fragmented Memories: Jarai and Other Lives in the Cambodian Highlands …
Southeast Asian Studies
December 31, 2020
Speaking Out in Vietnam
Public Political Criticism in a Communist Party-ruled Nation
Benedict J. Tria Kerkvliet
Hosted by Michele Ford
Since 1990 public political criticism has evolved into a prominent feature of Vietnam's political landscape. Over the last three decades, such criticism has become widespread around four main clusters of …
East Asian Studies
December 22, 2020
Buddhist Tourism in Asia
Courtney Bruntz and Brooke Schedneck
Hosted by Daigengna Duoer
This edited volume is the first book-length study of Buddhist tourism in contemporary Asia in the English language. Featuring chapters from diverse contributors from religious studies, anthropology, and art history, Buddhist …
East Asian Studies
December 21, 2020
Asymmetrical Neighbors
Borderland State-Building Between China and Southeast Asia
Enze Han
Hosted by Victoria Lupascu
Asymmetrical Neighbors: Borderland State-Building Between China and Southeast Asia (Oxford UP, 2019) explains the variations in state building across the borderland area between China, Myanmar, and Thailand. It presents a …
Southeast Asian Studies
December 21, 2020
Man of Contradictions
Joko Widodo and the Struggle to Remake Indonesia
Ben Bland
Hosted by Patrick Jory
Joko Widodo, or “Jokowi”, as he is popularly known, famously rose from a riverside shack to become president of Indonesia in 2014. In a country better known for decades of …
SSEAC Stories
December 17, 2020
COVID-19 and Migrant Workers in Southeast Asia
A Discussion with Emeritus Professor Philip Hirsch
Philip Hirsch
Hosted by Natali Pearson
COVID-19 has had such far-reaching impacts that it can be, and has been, studied from the perspective of almost any academic discipline. For geographers, the ways in which COVID-19 affects …
SSEAC Stories
December 10, 2020
Beating Plastic Pollution in Timor-Leste with Professor Thomas Maschmeyer
Thomas Maschmeyer
Hosted by Thushara Dibley
As environmental emergencies go, the explosion of plastic waste is right up there. With global plastic production exceeding 300 million tonnes each year, the world has generally looked at it …
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