ALTERSEA – RESEARCH ARGUMENT
Table of Contents
MAIN ARGUMENT ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 2
COMPARISON ACROSS SOUTHEAST ASIA …………………………………………………………… 7
Common Alternative Features ………………………………………………………………………………………….. 7
Coexistence of Multi Cosmo-Visions ………………………………………………………………………………… 7
Divergent Onto-Politics ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 8
MISSIONS ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 10
1. Researching on Multiple Political Definitions ……………………………………………………………… 10
2. Scaling the Programmes ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 11
3. Ethnographing the alter-political fabric ………………………………………………………………………. 13
4. Fostering collaborative Science …………………………………………………………………………………… 14
5. Contributing to the epistemological reflection on alter-politics and social sciences …….. 16
CLUSTERS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 18
1. Environmentalism – Cosmo-Visions through Plural Ecologies & Multi-Sociologies ……. 18
2. Identity, Culture and Heritage – Commonalities & Alterities within Cosmopolitan & Historical Territories ………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 18
3. Religiosities – Orders & Disorders between Immanent Life Forces & Transcendental Religions ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 19
4. Political Participation – Geometries of Participation facing Neoliberal-influenced Authoritarianism ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 20
5. Objects and Transactions – Alternative Materialities & Non-Merchant Circulation …….. 20
6. Subjects – Gender, Generation, Class & Race ……………………………………………………………… 21
0. Transversal Themes – Translation, Participation, Scales & Engagement ……………………. 22
INITIAL ACTIVITIES …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 26
FUTURE AGENDA …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 26
REFERENCES …………………………………………………………………………………………………………