Seeking an Inclusive, Multi-centered Academic Collaborative Framework of Southeast Asia ‘South’ - Asserting Academic and Civic Knowledge Practices in the face of World Challenges from the Region’s ‘Periphery’ I

Roundtable Convenor(s)

• LH

  Lalita Hanwong

  Kasetsart University, Thailand

Roundtable Chair(s)

• LH

  Lalita Hanwong

  Kasetsart University, Thailand

Roundtable Participant(s)

• SC

  Sypha Chanthavong

  National University of Laos, Laos
• LU

  Leang Un

  Royal University of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
• KM

  Kanokwan Manorom

  Ubon Ratchathani University, Thailand
• AR

  Albert Rumbekwan

  Cenderawasih University, Indonesia
• MZ

  Mardliya Pratiwi Zamruddin

  Mulawarman University, Indonesia
• UN

  Ully Nuzulian

  Tanjungpura University, Indonesia
• Hd

  Hendriketa da Silva

  Universidade Nacional Timor Lorosa’e, Timor-Leste
• QT

  Quoc Lap Trinh

  Can Tho University, Vietnam
• PP

  Philip Ian Prieto Padilla

  University of Philippines Visayas, Philippines
• AB

  Amy Azuan Bin Abdullah

  University of Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia
• TT

  Tharaphi Than

  Northern Illinois University, United States
• MF

  Mamadou Fall

  Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal
• IN

  Ibrahima Niang

  Cheikh Anta Diop University, Senegal
• WK

  Webby Kalikiti

  University of Zambia, Zambia
• MS

  Mathew Senga

  University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
• RP

  Rita Padawangi

  Singapore University of Social Sciences, Singapore
• AP

  Adrian Perkasa

  International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Netherlands
• IW

  Irfan Wahyudi

  Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia
• LP

  Lina Puryanti

  Universitas Airlangga, Indonesia
• PP

  Philippe Peycam

  International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Netherlands
• CD

  Cut Dewi

  Universitas Syiah Kuala, Indonesia
• RI

  Reza Idria

  International Center for Aceh and Indian Ocean Studies, Indonesia
• FT

  Fadjar Ibnu Thufail

  The National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia

In its efforts to assert academic and civic knowledge practices from a southern perspective, the IIAS-facilitated South-South-North initiative (S-S-N) is supporting strategic collaborative partnerships, first, at the Southeast Asian regional level (S-S-N Roundtable 1), and then between Southeast Asia and Africa, as two truly ‘southern’ world regions (S-S-N Roundtable 2).

A number of institutes and collectives - Airlangga Institute for Indian Ocean Crossroads (AIIOC), Kasetsart University-Africa-Asia Centre (KU-AAC), Southeast Asia Neighborhood Network (SEANNET), Collective Africa-Southeast Asia Platform (CASAP), Humanities Across Borders (HAB), and International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) – are associated with this exploratory initiative. Through the S-S-N initiative framework, they decided to join force to assert how Southeast Asian academic and civic leaders, beyond those from the usual regional (and national) globally-connected ‘hubs’, together with a few knowledge practitioners from other regions, engage with three of the most crucial challenges our contemporary societies are facing today: Environment-Society, Communities-States, Knowledge Production.

With this two-parts interactive roundtable, to take place at ICAS 13 in Surabaya, participants will first try to ascertain the need for such truly horizontal and multi- centered model of interaction – why?, whom?, for whom? (Session 1). They will then focus on the intertwined world-challenges that are: environment-society, community representation and knowledge generation/sharing, for their potential to shape a truly ‘southern’ approach (Session 2). The third session, as an informal workshop held in a Surabaya community (Kampung) space, will discuss the kinds of adapted formats that are needed, and the methods to follow for these south-south interactions to occur and sustain themselves, as part of an alternative South-South-North economy of knowledge sharing.