Schedule

                  1st ALTERSEA VISIOCONFERENCE – Timetable

TIME (CEST)

SESSION HOST INSTITUTION CHAIRPERSON NOTES
DAY 1 – July 7
8.30 OPENING TALK ALTERSEA The Organizers  

Youtube Live 

15.00-16.30 

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

An Open Discussion

ALTERSEA

(Co-Host: SEA Junction)

Tania Murray Li

Discussant: Catherine Scheer

20.00 – 21.30 (Bangkok)

10.00-12.00

PANEL 1 

Environmentalism

UNDIP

(Co-Host: LP3ES)

Wijayanto

 

15.00 – 16.30 (Jakarta)

9.00-10.30  PANEL 3A

Identity, Culture, & Heritage

ALTERSEA Vatthana Pholsena 14.00 – 15.30 (Jakarta)

15.00 – 16.30 (Singapore)

11.00-12.30  PANEL 3B

Identity, Culture, & Heritage

SEA Junction

(Co-Host: ALTERSEA)

Jamie S. Davidson 16.00 – 17.30 (Jakarta)

17.00 – 18.30 (Singapore)

DAY 2 – July 8
08.00-09.30  PANEL 4A

Political Participation (Indonesia)

LP3ES

(Co-Host: UNDIP)

Michele Ford 13.00 – 14.30 (Jakarta)

16.00 – 17.30 (Sydney)

10.00-11.30   

PANEL 4B

Political Participation (ASEAN)

LP3ES

(Co-Host: UNDIP)

Astrid Norén-Nilsson 15.00 – 16.30 (Jakarta)

10.00 – 11.30 (Lund)

08.00-09.30  PANEL 5

Goods, Tools, & Transactions

SEA Junction

(Co-Host: ALTERSEA)

Iqra Anugrah 13.00 – 14.30 (Bangkok)

15.00 – 16.30 (Tokyo)

12.00-13.30  PANEL 7

Covid19 – Imaginations

Ateneo de Manila University

(Co-Host: ALTERSEA)

Mary Racelis 18.00 – 19.30 (Manila)
DAY 3 – July 9
08.00-09.30  PANEL 8A

Political & Mass Violence

ALTERSEA Idhamsyah Eka Putra 13.00 – 14.30 (Jakarta)
10.00-11.30  PANEL 8B

Political & Mass Violence

ALTERSEA Danielle P. Ochoa 15.00 – 16.30 (Jakarta)

16.00 – 17.30 (Manila)

12.00 -14.00  PANEL 9

Revisiting the Memory of 1965

ALTERSEA

(Co-Host: LP3ES)

Grace Leksana

Discussant: Saskia Wieringa

17.00 – 19.00 (Jakarta)
09.00-11.00  PANEL 10

Integrating People’s Participation in Social Media

Ateneo de Manila University

(Co-Host: SEA Junction)

Mary Racelis 15.00 – 17.00 (Manila)
12.00-14.00  ROUNDTABLE MYANMAR  SEA Junction

(Co-Host: Ateneo de Manila University)

Rosalia Sciortino

16.30 – 18.30

(Nay Pyi Taw)

 

17.00 – 19.00

(Bangkok)

14.15  

CLOSING  TALK

 

ALTERSEA

 

The Organizers

Youtube live 


CONTENT OF THE SESSIONS

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Tania Murray LI (Toronto University) – Alter-Politics and the Challenge of Articulation in Rural Indonesia


PANEL 1 ENVIRONMENTALISM

Chairperson: Wijayanto (LP3ES, Indonesia

Host institution: Diponegoro University (Co-Host: LP3ES)

  • Muzayin Nazaruddin (University of Tartu, Estonia) Natural Disasters and the Semiotic Transformations of Culture:  The Case of the Volcanic Eruptions of Mt. Merapi, Indonesia
  • Sar Mory & Dustin Barter – Contesting Hydropower Hegemony: Civil Society Resistance in Cambodia
  • Senata Adi Prasetia (University of Sunan Ampel Indonesia)  Islamic Ecology and Environmental Literacy in Contemporary Indonesia
  • Nurul Hasfi, Ahsani Taqwim Aminuddin, Bayujati Prakoso, Rachela Belinda Fatharani (Diponegoro University) – Potential of Deliberative Discussion on YouTube:  Online Discussion about the Risks of Environmental Destruction Caused by The Implementation of Omnibus Law

PANEL 3A IDENTITY, CULTURE & HERITAGE

Chairperson: Vatthana Pholsena (National University of Singapore)

Host institution: ALTERSEA (Co-Host: SEA Junction)

  • Puji Hastuti (University of Indonesia)  State Sovereignty and The Rupture of Mamatik Tradition Among Indigenous People in North Borneo
  • Sarah Anaïs Andrie(EHESS Paris) Kasundaan, wayang golek and political identity in West Java, Indonesia

PANEL 3B IDENTITY, CULTURE & HERITAGE

Chairperson: Jamie Davidson (National University of Singapore)

Host institution: SEA Junction (Co-Host: ALTERSEA)

  • Eduardo Erlangga Drestanta (Paris-Sorbonne) – Customary Village (Desa Adat) and Inter-Ethnic conflict in Ceram Island, Moluccas
  • Eka Ningtyas (INALCO-Paris)  The first Indonesian Kebatinan Congress of 1955
  • Hamzah Fansuri (Heidelberg University)  Hijrah Phenomena among Indonesian Celebrities: Contesting Identity through Urban Mobility

PANEL 4A POLITICAL PARTICIPATION (INDONESIA)

Chairperson: Michele Ford (Sydney Southeast Asia Centre)

Host institution: LP3ES (Co-Host: UNDIP)

  • Jim Donaghey (Ulster University) – Under the Radar? : the Changing Face of Repression Against Anarchism and Punk in Indonesia
  • Pradipa P. Rasidi (University of Indonesia) – Playing with Politics: Cyber Troops and their Moral Theater 
  • Muhammad Thaufan (Nagoya University, Japan; Andalas University, Indonesia) – Civil Society and Oligarchic Power: A Case Study of Broadcast Media Reform in Post-Suharto Indonesia
  • Herlambang P. Wiratraman (University of Airlangga) – The Return of Authoritarian Politics and its Impact on Academic Freedom in Indonesia

PANEL 4B POLITICAL PARTICIPATION (SOUTHEAST ASIA)

Chairperson: Astrid Norén-Nilsson (Centre for East and Southeast Asian Studies, Lund University)

Host institution: LP3ES (Co-Host: UNDIP)

  • Siti Asdiah Masran (University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur) – The Global Bersih Movement: Politics and Belonging Among Malaysian Diaspora Abroad
  • Wijayanto (University of Diponegoro & LP3ES) – Cyberterror, academic alliance on anti-corruption and Indonesian democratic regression
  • Yuyun Wahyuningrum (University Rotterdam) – Contesting the State in the Time of Pandemic: Trajectories of Civil Society in Southeast Asia

PANEL 5 GOODS, TOOLS & TRANSACTIONS

Chairperson: Iqra Anugrah (Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University)

Host institution: SEA Junction (Co-Host: ALTERSEA)

  • Randiano Tamelan (Lakoat.Kujawas) – Indigenous knowledge and the social movement: A lesson from Mollo, Indonesia
  • Arya W. Wirayuda (Eötvös Loránd University) – Islamism, Economy, and Authoritarianism in Indonesia 
  • Pierre Prouteau (LESC, Nanterre University) – Are Thai Sound Systems a Hegemonic Tool or a “Weapon of the Weak”?

PANEL 7 COVID-19: FROM OLD IMAGINATIONS TO NEW PRACTICES 

Chairperson: Mary Racelis (Ateneo de Manila University)

Host institution: Ateneo de Manila University (Co-Host: ALTERSEA)

  • Andar Nubowo (ENS de Lyon, France) – Covid-19, Fatwas, and Socio-religious Praxis:  Muhammadiyah’s Social Mission and Engagement in Coping with the Outbreak in Indonesia
  • Theresia Pratiwi Elingsetyo Sanubari & Galuh Ambar Sasi (Universitas Kristen Satya Wacana, Indonesia) Public kitchen during a pandemic: identities collaboration for food justice
  • Michael Charlston Briones “Xiao” Chua (De La Salle University, Philippines) – The  feast of the Black Nazarene in Manila under Covid-19 crisis

PANEL 8A POLITICAL & MASS VIOLENCE

Chairperson: Idhamsyah Eka Putra (University of Persada, Indonesia)

Convener: Idhamsyah Eka Putra (University of Persada, Indonesia)

Host institution: ALTERSEA

  • Haidar Buldan Thontowi (Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia) – 1965-1966 anti-communist repression in Indonesia: the role of counter-narratives in promoting reparative action
  • Danielle P. OchoaClod Marlan Krister Yambao & Diwa Malaya A. Quiñones (University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines)  – Integrating Perspectives on State-Sponsored Violence in the Philippines towards Forging Paths of Collective Resistance
  • A.B. – Reasons and Problems of political violence and conflict in Myanmar

PANEL 8B POLITICAL & MASS VIOLENCE

Chairperson: Danielle P. Ochoa (University of the Philippines Diliman, Philippines)

Convener: Idhamsyah Eka Putra (University of Persada, Indonesia)

Host institution: ALTERSEA

  • Eunike MutiaraAnnie Pohlman & Winnifred Louis (University of Queensland, Australia) – Civilians’ Memories during the May 1998 riots: Attacks and Rapes toward Chinese Indonesians
  • Idhamsyah Eka Putra (Persada University, Indonesia), Any Rufaedah (DASPR, Indonesia) & Haidar Buldan Thontowi (Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia) – Mass Violence and Its Denial in Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, and Myanmar
  • Peter Carey (Fellow Emeritus Trinity College, Oxford UK) – The Current Crisis in Burma

PANEL 9 REVISITING THE MEMORY OF 1965: THE WRITINGS AND ARTWORK OF INDONESIAN YOUNG GENERATIONS

Chairperson: Grace Leksana (University of Negeri Malang)

Convenor: Gloria Truly Estrelita (CASE/EHESS); Yerry Wirawan (University of Sanata Dharma)

Discussant: Saskia Wieringa (University of Amsterdam)

Host institution: ALTERSEA (Co-Host: LP3ES)

  • Kelana Wisnu Sapta Nugraha (University of Padjadjaran) – Orchestrating Immutable Songs: Re-reading the Impact of the 1965 Mass Killings on Indonesian Music History
  • Rangga Purbaya, Sirin Farid Stevy & Debby Gea (FIS 1965) – Faith in Speculations
  • Wulan Dirgantoro (Melbourne University, #1965SetiapHari) – #1965SetiapHari: Transnational Spaces and Memory Activism of the 1965-66 mass killings
  • Mega Nur (Studio Malya) – Denoting the Generation: Youth Perspective and ‘65 Tragedy

PANEL 10 – INTEGRATING PEOPLE’S PARTICIPATION IN SOCIAL MEDIA

Chairperson: Mary Racelis (Ateneo de Manila University; University of the Phillippines)

Convenor: Mary Racelis (Ateneo de Manila University; University of the Phillippines)

Host institution: Ateneo de Manila University (Co-Host: SEA Junction)

  • Mary Racelis (Ateneo de Manila University; University of the Phillippines) – Introduction to Panel 10 – Integrating people’s participation in social media
  • John Joseph Posadas (University of the Philippines, Philippines) – Dilemmas of the Urban Poor: Male Survival Strategies in Doña Imelda, Quezon City
  • Simone Sales (Association of United Families of the 4Ps/CCT Program, Philippines) – Women Leaders as Enablers in Communities Confronting Economic, Health, Well-being and Participatory Governance: Implications of Covid-19 in Mindoro Oriental and Santa Ana, Manila.
  • Regina Bautista (University of the Philippines, Philippines) – Holding Government Accountable in Covid-19 Lockdowns: Camarin, Caloocan City

ROUNDTABLE MYANMAR – Resistance in Myanmar: Voices from the Civil Society

Chairperson: Rosalia Sciortino (SEA Junction)

Host institution: SEA Junction (Co-Host: Ateneo de Manila University)

  • Debbie StothardALTSEAN-Burma  Update on the political situation
  • Laure Siegel – The Myanmar ProjectDocumenting the Revolution
  • Testimony of a Burmese researcher-activist – The Unionist Movement
  • Maw Kun Thit Art of Resistance