Launching ARTSEA: art, design and architecture in Southeast Asia

Will the initiative complement or sideline the existing regional architecture built by ASEAN?

Protecting rural indigenous people’s control over food resources is linked to the wellbeing of migrant workers in the cities.

Just as the Renaissance from the 14th to the 17th centuries overcame the dark Middle Ages by reappraising classical insights, critical history is now imperative.

Just as it was particularly difficult for the progressives to withstand repression and killings, reviving the Left after 1965 was equally formidable.

During this pandemic, “losing” these key Parliamentary functions has exacerbated the lack of “checks and balances”

Resistance in Ubon Ratchathani has historically endured repression and recently pandemic

The subjects of the drawings are "always conscious of being different and an outsider, a target of racial vilification, a slave."

Dr Nattapoll's case is part of a broader pattern of SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) cases.

The re-establishment of the First Fleet holds significant implications for Thailand’s small navy.

On the displacement of the traditional communities and vendors who reside on land owned by Thailand's oldest university.

The voices of and inputs from communities and civil society in national strategic development planning have not been heard.

An important and unanswered question is the extent to which traditions of subsistence farming may still keep families afloat.

The illusion that the domestic space is only a site for social reproduction is over, but what will replace it?

Hosted by the ANU Malaysia Institute, the 2020 Malaysia Update was held at a time of public health, political and economic crisis globally. Malaysia too is facing unprecedented challenges, with political alliances shifting and restructuring, the economy contracting sharply during COVID-19, and many people at risk of losing their lives and livelihoods. At the Cultural...

Local media are failing to supervise regional Indonesia, with many relying on government PR budgets or politicians’ fresh cash.

Why, after such a long hiatus, is underwater cultural heritage is once again being considered as an economic, not an archaeological or historical, resource?

For Indonesia and Australia, the salvage of Perth has put maritime heritage cooperation into the spotlight, prompting greater bilateral engagement.

For better or worse, players and game designers are part of the project of making Southeast Asian history.

A critical reflection on the emergence, dominance and legacy of Java’s historic ‘empire’.

What does world heritage inscription means in a country where human rights abuses are ongoing.