Organizers:

East-West Center, Michigan State University, University of Hawai’i’s CSEAS, Chiangmai University, University of Hawai’ils Center for Chinese Studies

Lecture Series:

Southeast Asia in Transition: 2022 Webinar Series

Description:

In recent decades, people living in Southeast Asia have witnessed major shifts from predominantly subsistence agriculture to industrializing economies, with attendant changes in migration, crop production systems, and major infrastructure (roads, dams, industrial estates). This webinar will explore how communities in the region are experiencing the economic, social, and cultural dislocations of these transformations. We will focus on forests, rivers, documentarians and writers, and Imaging Environmental Futures.

Speakers:

Emily Hong, Assistant Professor & Documentarian, Haverford College

Kalyanee Mam, Documentarian & Storyteller

Tosca Santoso, Journalist, Author of Sarongge, & Coffee Farmer

Moderator:

Kelsey Wagner, PhD Candidate & Visual Artist, Michigan State University

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