"till flesh do us part" Poem What happens, when cultural anxieties around sexual and gendered norms meet the ghost of Pontianak, the vengeful spectre of victims of sexual assault? The poet Marylyn Tan has them meet in a haunted ballroom – and gives us a glimpse of this in a fiery spoken word piece. Marylyn Tan
Getting Rid of Gendered Stereotypes in Cambodia Analysis Rigid gender norms in Cambodia continue to reinforce a version of masculinity that tends to stifle progress toward gender equality. These outdated norms harm both women and men, fueling gender-based violence, and stigmatizing nonconformity. Kong Sreynou
Oppression, Expression, Liberation Explored through the eyes of Bonnibel Rambatan, masculinity in Southeast Asia reveals a deeply personal dimension. As a transfeminine nonbinary person, Bonni’s youth was shaped by silence, resistance, and self-discovery. Bonnibel Rambatan
Beyond the Binary: Masculinity in Southeast Asia Web-dossier This mini-dossier shows three contributions from Southeast Asia that have originally been published as part of the project “Masculinities in Asia: What About the Boys?”. The contributions from Cambodia, Indonesia and Singapore, share the intimate works that explore masculinities through personal journeys. Kong Sreynou examines how rigid gender norms reinforce harmful stereotypes and calls for redefining masculinity to advance equality. Bonnibel Rambatan’s sequencial art and Marylyn Tan’s poem invite us into stories of pain, growth, and transformation – where gender becomes a canvas for reflection and resistance.
Treasures and Tragedies: Discourses and Narratives on Critical Minerals in Southeast Asia Web-dossier
Agroecology: Our Roots of Change Dossier Agroecology is increasingly recognized as a powerful response to today’s interlinked crises - environmental degradation, climate change, and deepening social inequalities. This dossier explores how agroecology redefines food systems and promotes people’s agency.
Agroecology: Our Roots of Change Dossier Agroecology is increasingly recognized as a powerful response to today’s interlinked crises - environmental degradation, climate change, and deepening social inequalities. This dossier explores how agroecology redefines food systems and promotes people’s agency.
Agroecology: Our Roots of Change Dossier Agroecology is increasingly recognized as a powerful response to today’s interlinked crises - environmental degradation, climate change, and deepening social inequalities. This dossier explores how agroecology redefines food systems and promotes people’s agency.
Under Pressure: Timor-Leste's Development Path Web-Dossier This web-dossier serves as a platform for experts from Timor-Leste to share and reflect about important policy issues as well as economic and political developments in the country.
Vietnam in Motion Vietnam in Motion is a web-dossier that explores entangled stories of the people in contemporary Vietnam. Publishing scholarly articles, interviews, essays from artists, writers, and thinkers, it will look to range across disciplines and reflects on the transformation happening in the Socialist Republic Vietnam, a country of nearly 96 million people that still remains partly unobserved. By sharing the thoughts of experts in their fields of science, activism, the arts and beyond, it covers a wide range of important events that have crucial impact on the lives of the people. Vietnam in Motion thinks with and thinks about Vietnam, providing a space to reflect on politics, economy, future, nature, culture and the arts in the 21st century.
