The LuceSEA Transitions series of webinars is co-organized by the University of Hawai‘i Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the East-West Center, Michigan State University James Madison College and Asian Studies Center, and the Chiang Mai University Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development.
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In recent decades, people living in the Lower Mekong Region 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 series of four webinars will explore how communities in the region are experiencing the economic, social, and cultural dislocations of these transformations.
Panelists: Ian Baird (University of Wisconsin-Madison); Ben Belton (Michigan State University); Nathan Green (National University of Singapore); Patrick Slack (McGill University)
Moderator: Jefferson Fox (East-West Center)
Panelists: Nga Dao (York University); Heather Peters (Ophidian Research Institute); Phanwin Yokying (East-West Center); Ore Huiying (Independent Photographer)
Moderator: Amanda Flaim (Michigan State University)
Panelists: Hieu Phang (University of Michigan); Andrew Alan Johnson (University of California Berkeley); Benjamin Bauman (University of Heidelberg); Holly High (University of Sydney)
Moderator: Courtney Work (National Chengchi University)
Panelists: Brian Eyler (Stimson Center); Carl Middleton (Chulalongkorn University); Nguyen Huong Thuy Phan (Graduate Institute Geneva); Pon Souvannaseng (Bentley University); Apichai Sunchindah (Independent development specialist)
Moderator: Wisa Wisesjindawat-Fink (Michigan State University)
In recent decades, people living in Southeast Asia have witnessed major transformations in their lives and livelihoods. This series of seminars will focus on a variety of issues—all of which have a plastic connection. The first webinar introduces the expanding problem of plastic waste in the region and community and government action to reign it in. The following webinars talk about the growth of fisheries and aquaculture, the expansion of oil palm and rubber plantations, and the politics of conservation and heritage areas. This series of four webinars will explore how communities in the region are experiencing the economic, social, and cultural dislocations of these transformations.
Panelists: Doug Woodring (Ocean Recovery Alliance); Tiza Mafira (Indonesia Plastic Bag Diet Movement); Marian Ledesma (Greenpeace Southeast Asia); Quach Thi Xuan (Pacific Environment)
Moderator: Jennifer Turner (China Environment Forum, Wilson Center)
anelists: Brian Szuster (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa); Senglong Youk (Fisheries Action Coalition Team); Wisa Wisesjindawat-Fink (Michigan State University); Aaron Koning (University of Nevada)
Moderator: Amanda Flaim (Michigan State University)
Panelists: Vong Nanhthavong (University of Bern); Lisa Kelley (University of Colorado Denver); Andini Desita Ekaputri (University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa); Jean-Christophe Diepart (University of Liege)
Moderator: Philip Hirsch (University of Sydney)
Panelists: Ana Labrador (National Museum of the Philippines); Ming Chee Ang (Georgetown World Heritage Incorporated); Masanori Nagaoka (UNESCO Phnom Penh Office); Ajirapa Pradit (RMUTL Chiang Mai); Worrasit Tantinipankul (Chiang Mai University)
Moderator: Miriam Stark (UH Mānoa)
In recent decades, people living in the Lower Mekong Region 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 series of four webinars will explore how communities in the region are experiencing the economic, social, and cultural dislocations of these transformations.
Panelists: Ahmad Dhiaulhaq (Research Institute for Humanity and Nature); Micah Fisher (East-West Center); Naw Pe Tha Law (Advocate, Chiang Mai); Courtney Work (National Chengchi University)
Moderator: Daniel Ahlquist (Michigan State University)
Panelists: Rita Padawangi (Singapore University of Social Sciences); Keith Barney (Australian National University); Ming Li Yong (East-West Center); Anthony Medrano (Yale-NUS College)
Moderator: Jefferson Fox (East-West Center)
Panelists: Emily Hong (Haverford College); Kalyanee Mam (Documentarian & Storyteller); Tosca Santoso (Journalist, Author of Sarongge, & Coffee Farmer)
Moderator: Kelsey Wagner (Michigan State University)
Panelists: Anysay Keola (Laos, Director, “The Che Brother”); Alex Curran-Cardarelli (Producer, MEKONG 2030); Sean Chadwell (Associate Producer, MEKONG 2030)
Moderator: Courtney Work (National Chengchi University)
In this segment of the Luce Southeast Asia in Transition Webinar Series, we will explore the story of Development from varied perspectives, putting local interactions with the development paradigm and the more-than-human world into a broad conversation. Picking up where the last series left off, exploring through film the Mekong River as a living entity, we have invited speakers who talk about, engage with, and experience Development through relationships with the dead, with invisible entities in the land, and with the living world of fish, frogs, rice, and trees. We will hear about development from people who share different perspectives upon and experiences with these matters. Our speakers include academic, practitioner, and local voices, and the conversations will reveal what Development looks like from a mix of viewpoints and social positions.
Panelists: Chann Sopheak (Michigan State University); Sophie Chao (University of Sydney); Amy Weismann (FHI 360); Medallion Alrna Anak Mukan (Iban Community Representative for Minority Report)
Moderator: Courtney Work (National Chengchi University)
Panelists: Mike Dwyer (Indiana University); Lisa Arensen (Universiti Brunei Darussalam); Chi Suwichan Phatthanaphraiwan (Srinakharinwirot University); Gabriel Yong Yit Vui (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)
Moderator: Alyssa Parades (Michigan State University)
Panelists: Ming Li Yong (East-West Center); Akarath Soukhapon (University of Wisconsin-Madison); Van Pham Dang Tri (Can Tho University); Hadi Sham Abdullah (Ecotourism Operator, Temburong National Park)
Moderator: Lisa Arensen (Universiti Brunei Darussalam)
Panelists: Chanrith Ngin (University of Auckland); Walker DePuy (Cornell University); Armand Carbol (National Chengchi University); Ek Sovanna (Prey Lang Community Network, Cambodia)
Moderator: Sopheak Chann (Michigan State University)
Panelists: Nurhady Sirimorok (Hasanuddin University); Somvilay Chanthalounnavong (National University of Laos); Sango Mahanty (Australian National University)
Moderator: Wolfram Dressler (University of Melbourne)
Panelists: Amanda Flaim (Michigan State University); Christina Griffin (University of Melbourne); Nasrullah (University of Mulawarman)
Moderator: Micah Fisher (East-West Center)
Panelists: Wisa Wisesjindawat-Fink (Michigan State University); Daniel Ahlquist (Michigan State University); Megan English (School for Field Studies)
Moderator: Ming Li Yong (East-West Center)
Panelists: Siddharth Chandra (Michigan State University); Ramjee Ghimire (Michigan State University); Nguyen Minh Quang (Can Tho University)
Moderator: Sumeet Saksena (East-West Center)
Fall 2023: Embracing Collaborative Approaches: Understanding Transformations in Rural Southeast Asia
Panelists: Krisna Suryanata (UH Mānoa); Olivia Meyer (UH Mānoa)
Moderator: Jefferson Fox (East-West Center)
Panelists: Sukanlaya Choenkwan (Khon Kaen University); Muhammad Alif K. Sahide (Hasanuddin University); Micah Fisher (East-West Center)
Moderator: Ming Li Yong (East-West Center)
Panelists: Anna Duerr (UH Mānoa); Ariel Mota Alves (UH Mānoa); Fatwa Faturachmat (Hasanuddin University); Dalilah Laidin (UH Mānoa)
Moderator: Micah Fisher (East-West Center)
Panelists: Ariel Mota Alves (UH Mānoa); Sara Loh (UH Mānoa); Dalilah Laidin (UH Mānoa)
Moderator: Ehito Kimura (UH Mānoa)
Panelists: Ashok Das (UH Mānoa) Priyam Das ((UH Mānoa)
Moderator: Miriam Stark (UH Mānoa)
Panelists: Sarou Long(Australian National University); Hillary Foxson (University of Montana); Apisom Intralawan (Mae Fah Luang University); Wiwik Dharmiasih (University of Hawai’i at Mānoa)
Moderator: Udomluck Hoontrakul (Thammasat University)
Panelists: Try Thoun (Royal University of Phnom Penh); Soksamphoas Im (University of Michigan); Cheng Nien Yuan (Singapore University of Technology and Design); Maggie Jack (New York University)
Moderator: Sopheak Chann (James Madison College)
Panelists: Thongchai Winichakul (University of Wisconsin-Madison); A. Safril Mubah (Universitas Airlangga); Khen Suan Khai (Mae Fah Luang University)
Moderator: Ehito Kimura (UH Mānoa)
Panelists: Hwok Aun Lee (ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute); Hindun Ansah MA (Ministry of Manpower, Indonesia); Amporn Jirattikorn (Chiang Mai University)
Moderator: Abdul Haque Chang (IBA Karachi)
Panelists: Ahmad Rifai (Kota Kita, Indonesia); Hue-Tâm Jamme (Arizona State University); Yanjun Cai (Singapore University of Technology and Design)
Moderator: Ashok Das (UH Mānoa)
Panelists: Laura Radiv (Marine Institute); Mokbul Morshed Ahmad (Asian Institute of Technology); Melinda Martinus (ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute)
Moderator: Sopheak Chann (Michigan State University)
Panelists: Thanet Aphornsuvan (Thammasat University); Parker Novak (Indo-Pacific Security Initiative and Global China Hub, Atlantic Council); Sam Seun (Royal Academy of Cambodia); Dominggus Elcid Li (Institute of Resource Governance and Social Change (IRGSC))
Moderator: Meredith L. Weiss (University at Albany, SUNY)
Panelists: M. Alif Sahide (Department of Forestry, Universitas Hasanuddin, and Forestry Research Group); Yingshan Lau (Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore); Enrique Nunez (Biodiversity, International Land Coalition)
Moderator: Brian Szuster (UH Mānoa)
Panelists: Huong T. Bui (Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University); Boboi Costas (Grassroots Travel & Former Tourism Officer, Cebu Provincial Government, Philippines)
Moderator: Xiaodan Mao-Clark (UH Mānoa)
Panelists: Chi-Suwichan Phatthanaphraiwan (Mae Fah Luang University); Clare Suet Ching Chan (Universiti Putra Malaysia); Dewa Putu Berata (Cudamani)
Moderator: Verne de la Peña (University of the Philippines)
Panelists: Long T. Bui (UC Irvine); Dan “Fig” Leaf (Honorary Consul for Vietnam in Hawaii / Retired US Air Force); Thy Phu (University of Toronto Scarborough)
Moderator: Barbara Watson Andaya (UH Mānoa)
Panelists: Jayant Menon (ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute); Herawati (The Habibie Center);Tong Bui (UH Mānoa)
Moderator: Micah R. Fisher (UH Mānoa)
Panelists: Aarie Glas (Northern Illinois University); Daniel Awigra (ASEAN Human Rights Advocacy of the Human Rights Working Group); Sirada Khemanitthathai (Chiang Mai University)
Moderator: Gillian Bogart (UH Mānoa)
Panelists: Xiaoyun Neo (UHM); Areerat Worawongwasu (UHM); Abdurrahman Abdullah (Universitas Hasanuddin); Irfan Saputra (Universitas Hasanuddin); Aswin Baharuddin (Universiti Malaya)
Moderator: Micah Fisher (UH Mānoa)