DAY 1

July 18, 2024

REGISTRATION
8:00 AM / GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium

OPENING CEREMONY
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM / GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium

Opening Message
Atty. Angelo A. Jimenez
President, University of the Philippines

Message
Dr. Antoinette Raquiza
Chair, Consortium of Southeast Asian Studies in Asia (SEASIA)
Chair, SEASIA 2024 Conference Host Committee

Musical Performance

Introduction of the Guest of Honor
Dr. Henelito Sevilla, Jr.
Dean, Asian Center
University of the Philippines

Guest of Honor
Dr. Ma. Serena I. Diokno
Professor Emeritus, Department of History
University of the Philippines

BREAK
10:30 AM – 11:00 AM

Parallel Session 1
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM / School of Economics

LUNCH
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM / School of Economics

Parallel Session 2
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM / School of Economics

BREAK
3:00 PM – 3:30 PM

Parallel Session 3
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM / School of Economics

Welcome Dinner
6:00 PM / GT-Toyota Asian Center Auditorium

Parallel Session 1
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Parallel Session 2
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Parallel Session 3
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Parallel Session 1
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Parallel Session 1
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Parallel Session 2
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Parallel Session 3
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Room 1: Appraising Rodrigo Duterte’s Legacy in the Philippines (Part 1)

Chair: Rogelio Alicor Panao (University of the Philippines Diliman)

Jose Jowel Canuday (Ateneo de Manila University)
“The Mayor Rodrigo Duterte: Governing, Policing, and Spectacles in the Pre-Presidential Decades.”

Patricio Abinales (University of Hawai’i at Manoa)
“Duterte and the Left and the Left on Duterte.”

Sol Iglesias (University of the Philippines Diliman)
“Rodrigo Duterte: Between Davao City and Malacañang.”

Karl Hapal (University of the Philippines Diliman)
Ang pumatay ng dahil sa’yo: the radicalization of nationalism and the vilification of human rights.”

Room 2: Building Cosmopolitan Lifeworlds: Southeast Asian Migrant Women’s Narratives from the Margins

Chair: Hayeon Lee (Australian National University)

Ying Xin Show (Australian National University)
“Migrants write back: Indonesian women workers’ narratives from Malaysia.”

Jafar Suryomenggolo
“A Space of Their Own: Testimonies of Thai Sex Workers.”

Kristine Aquino (University of Technology Sydney)
“Migrant domestic workers, transformative leisure practices, and remaking identities from the urban margins.”

Hayeon Lee (Australian National University)
“Marriage migrant women’s stories and multiple selves between Vietnam and South Korea.”

Room 3: From Objects of Study to Emblems of Heritage: Local Expertise and the Making of Southeast Asian Natures

Chair: Ruel V. Pagunsan (University of the Philippines Diliman)

Maitrii Aung-Thwin (National University of Singapore)
“Autonomous Spaces? Conservation, Buddhism, and the Making of the Alaungdaw Kathapa National Park in Myanmar (1893-1983).”

Ma. Florina Orillos-Juan (De La Salle University)
“Protecting Malampaya Sound’s Mangrove Ecosystem: History and the Intersections of Indigenous Knowledge and Community Participation.”

Anthony D. Medrano (National University of Singapore)
“Botany Braided: How the Study of Obat Asli Shaped the Rise of Plant-based Nationalism in Twentieth-century Indonesia.”

Ruel V. Pagunsan (University of the Philippines Diliman)
“The Conservation of Sierra Madre: History, Science and Heritage in the Southern Luzon Highlands (1930-1992).”

Room 4: Cybersports, Games, and Digital Media

Chair: Dennis Blanco (University of the Philippines Diliman)

Enzo Le Guiriec (University Jean Moulin Lyon 3)
“A ludo-narrative approach of war and the Japanese invasion of China in Shadow Hearts.

K.T. Wong (Cornell University)
“Conceptualizing Region in Game Studies via the Debut of Esports in the Southeast Asian Games.”

Aulia Hadi (Research Center for Society and Culture [PRMB] and National Research and Innovation Agency [BRIN])
“Hosting 2023 FIFA U-17 World Cup: When the round ball played between media and politics in Indonesia.”

Room 5: Heritage Textiles and Fashion

Chair: Maria Crisanta Flores (University of the Philippines Diliman)

Jennifer Rebecca Ortuoste (University of Santo Tomas)
“Kasarinlan ng Kasuotan: Mapping the Mediatization of Philippine Heritage Clothing Influence.”

Maritess Rulona (Davao del Sur State College and Cebu Normal University)
“Empowering Women Handweavers: A Cultural Comparative Tale of Batak Toba and T’boli’s Legendary Textiles.”

Hj. Indriya. SE. (Universitas Ibn Khaldun Bogor)
“Product Halal Fashion: The Next Industry to Support Sustainable Development Goals.”

Nyoman Arisanti (National Research and Innovation Agency [BRIN])
“Ikat Weaving: Representation of Sustainable Culture.”

Room 6: Roundtable on “Strategizing the Role of Think Tanks in Shaping of the Southeast Asian Regional Policies in Indo-Pacific Region: Achievements, Challenges and Prospects

Chair: Hsin-Huang Michael Hsiao (Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation)

Speakers:

  • Predeep Chauhan (National Maritime Foundation)
  • Masato Seko (The Nippon Foundation)
  • Mohammad Hasan Ansori (The Habibie Center)
  • Alan H. Yang (Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation)
Room 7: Inequality in the Formal and Informal Sectors

Chair: Lianne Angelico Depante (University of the Philippines Open University)

Twina Paramesthi (Trend Asia)
“Labor Dynamics in Morowali Industrial Park: Decoding Chinese Investments, Nickel Processing, and the Electric Dreams of Indonesia.”

Laili Rahayuwati (National Research and Innovation Agency [BRIN]), Syahmida S. Arsyad (National Research and Innovation Agency [BRIN]), Rindang Ekawati (National Research and Innovation Agency [BRIN]), Muhammad Dawam (National Research and Innovation Agency [BRIN]), Rahmadewi (National Research and Innovation Agency [BRIN]), Septi Nurhayati (National Research and Innovation Agency [BRIN]), Ikhsan Fahmi (National Research and Innovation Agency [BRIN]), and Sherllina Rizqi Fauziah (National Research and Innovation Agency [BRIN])
“Factors That Influence the High Number of Elderly People Working in the Informal Sector”

Sonyaru Satiti (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
“Analysis of Indonesia Poverty and Income Inequality.” 

Room 1: Autonomous Knowledge Production

Chair: Ramon Guillermo (University of the Philippines Diliman)

Jemma Purdey (Monash University) and Antje Missbach (Bielefeld University)
“Pocketing the prize: Lingering patterns of prestige in Southeast Asia studies.”

Faris Rahmadian (Wageningen University & Research) and Otto Hospes (Wageningen University & Research)
“Disentangling Southeast Asian Diplomacy and Negotiation Strategies: De-Centering Western Perspectives on Diplomacy.”

Marvin Doods de Castro (University of the Philippines Mindanao)
“Ascertaining Extent of State Power in Regulating Teachings in Madrasah Schools.”

Caroline Schöpf (University of the Philippines Diliman)
“Decolonization of knowledge Production and the fostering of Autonomous Social Science Traditions in the Global South: The responsibilities of Global North Academics.”

Mala Rajo Sathian (University of Malaya)
“Revisiting the emergence and disappearance of Pan-Asianism in Southeast Asia.”

Room 2: Cultural Fluctuations in Southeast Asia: Text, Television, and Technology

Chair: Norshahril Saat (ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute Singapore)

Norshahril Saat (ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute Singapore)
“Middle East Soft Power in Southeast Asia: Cultural Imitation through the A-wave?”

Dorcas Gan (ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute Singapore)
“The Influence of Asian (Popular) Culture in Southeast Asia.”

Gwendolyn Yap (ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute Singapore)
“The Effect of Vtubers on Singaporean and Indonesian Youths.”

Afra Alatas (ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute Singapore)
“Independent Bookstores in Malaysia: East vs West.”

Room 3: Political History and Narrative Arcs

Chair: Lenore Polotan-Dela Cruz (University of the Philippines Diliman)

Mark Vincent Nogra (West Visayas State University)
“Political Redemption in Southeast Asia: Mapping the Redemption of Marcos, Anwar, and Shinawatra Within the Literature.”

Maria Karina Bolasco (National Commission for Culture and the Arts)
“The Life of Joy: Untold Story of a Woman Revolutionary.”

Karlo Mikhail Mongaya (University of the Philippines Diliman)
“Seizing the Momentum: The communist resistance in Cebu during the anti-Marcos struggle, 1972-1986”

Room 4: Decolonizing Area Studies

Chair: Monfred Sy (University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies)

Gonzalo II Campoamor (University of the Philippines Diliman)
“Japanese Proletarian Literature in Filipino: De/Centering Class and Colonial Discourses via the Transversive Practice of Literary Translation by the Periphery.”

Kisho Tsuchiya (Kyoto University)
“Decolonizing East Timorese History.”

Karl Ian Cheng Chua (University of the Philippines Diliman) and Ron Bridget Vilog (De La Salle University)
“Japanese Studies in the Philippines.” 

Ying-kit Chan (National University of Singapore)
“Southeast Asian Studies in China.” 

Room 5: Contesting Authoritarianism: Southeast Asian Film and Video

Chair: Bliss Cua Lim (University of Toronto)

Patrick Campos (University of the Philippines Diliman)
Chanthaly: Haunting as Constitution of Lao Film History.”

Iggy Cortez (University of California Berkeley)
“The Antiauthoritarian Aesthetics of the Ecumenical Garden in Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Fireworks.”

Bliss Cua Lim (University of Toronto)
“Of Deferred Remembering and Enforced Forgetting: Respeto and Radical Archives.”

Robert Diaz (University of Toronto)
“A Bouquet of Queer Roses: Kabaklaan and the Philippine Pink Power Movement.”

Room 6: Local Crisis Response

Chair: Kerby Alvarez (University of the Philippines Diliman)

Laely Nurhidayah (National Research and Innovation Agency [BRIN])
“​​Gender, Disaster Risk Reduction and Nature Based Solution: Lesson Learned from Demak.”

Martha Balagat (Center for Environmental Concerns)
“What’s on the Horizon? Entanglements of Global Imaginaries in Reclamation Projects on the Manila Bay.”

Lily Beth Lumagbas (University of the Philippines Diliman)
“Will and Hope among the Informal Settlers in the Post-Covid Society.”

Virgemarie A. Salazar (University of the Philippines Diliman)
“Knowledge brokering and collective learning in communities of practice: The case of ASEAN-Swiss Partnership in Social Forestry and Climate Change (ASFCC).”

Narti Purwaningsih (National Research and Innovation Agency [BRIN]) and Haning Romdiati (National Research and Innovation Agency [BRIN])
“Sustainable Agriculture Initiatives: Analyzing Community Participation in Organic Farming Practices as a Response to Ecological Crises–Insights from Bali.”

Room 7: Transnational Culture in SEA

Chair: Theresa de Langis (American University of Phnom Penh)

Amado Anthony III Mendoza (University of the Philippines Diliman and Kyoto University)
“Three New Articles: The Spirit of Yenan in Three Cultural Manifestos from SEA.”

Francis Kristoffer L. Pasion (National Historical Commission of the Philippines)
“Wenceslao Vinzons and the Philippines’ Early Initiatives Toward Pan-Malayan Unity.”

Yu-sheng LIN
“Transnational Interactions of Chinese Temples between Taiwan and Phuket, Thailand.”

Room 1: Appraising Rodrigo Duterte’s Legacy in the Philippines (Part 2)

Chair: Sol Iglesias (University of the Philippines Diliman)

Rogelio Alicor Panao (University of the Philippines Diliman)
“Performance populism: Philippine Presidents and their Crisis Rhetoric, 1987-2022.”

Mark Thompson (City University of Hong Kong)
“Duterte’s (Murderous) Place in the Global Populist Panoply.”

Room 2: New Wealth Creation in Emerging Economies

Chair: Eduardo Tadem (University of the Philippines Diliman)

Phone Soe (Chiang Mai University School of Public Policy)
“Foreign Direct Investment Policy Entrepreneur’s Resilience Across Regimes in Myanmar.”

Dennis Blanco (University of the Philippines Diliman)
“The Maharlika Investment Fund: Benchmarks, Issues, Challenges, and Prospects.”

Rupanshi Pruthi (Guru Nanak Dev University)
“Innovation Capabilities, Export Performance and Catching-up trajectory of Emerging Asian Economies.”

Lianne Angelico Depante (University of the Philippines Open University)
“A Comparative Study of the Philippine and Taiwan Semiconductor Industry: Lessons for Developing Countries.”

Shingo Mikamo (Shinshu University)
“Why Did the Philippines Succeed? – The Politics of Financial Stability in Developing Countries.”

Room 3: Local Knowledge

Chair: Julius Bautista (National University of Singapore College)

Keng Hang Fan (Sun Yat-Sen University)
“Modernization or Cultural Preservation: The Batek’s Dilemma on Indigenous Tourism in Malaysia.”

Beby Pane (Pesisir Lestari)
“Deconstructing ‘Local Wisdom’ in State-led Coastal Community Policy.”

I Nyoman Mahaputra (Warmadewa University), Nyoman Nuri Arthana (Universitas Warmadewa), and Ni Wayan Nurwarsih (Universitas Warmadewa)
“In the era of globalization, How can we Preserve and Develop Local Architectural Knowledge? A lesson from the Lontar.”

Oktavi Andaresta (National Disaster Management Authority of Indonesia)
“Towards Resilient Indonesia: Centering Local Wisdom and Practicing Slow-Thinking in Disaster Risk Reduction.”

Ni Putu Eka Juliawati (National Research and Innovation Agency [BRIN]), I Made Geria, Retno Handini, Unggul P. Wibowo (Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources), and Truman Simanjuntak (Center for Prehistory and Austronesian Studies)
“Local Wisdom for Preserving the Sustainability of Conservation Forests in The New Capital City Area of Indonesia.”

Room 4: Empire and Epistemology

Chair: Fernando Santiago Jr. (De La Salle University)

Dom Roongurang (Kyoto University)
“Lawyer of Empire: Reconsidering the Life of Masao Tokichi in the Age of Imperialism.”

Jely Galang (University of the Philippines Diliman)
“Chinese Entrepreneurs, Revenue farming, and the Spanish Colonial State in the Philippines, 1778-1898.”

Leonido Gines, Jr. (University of the Philippines Diliman)
“Reiterating Theory in Architecture: A Transnational Approach to the Teaching of Architectural Theory in the Philippines.”

Room 5: Examining the ASEAN, Alliances and Maritime In/Security Dynamics

Chair: Herman Kraft (University of the Philippines Diliman)

Herman Kraft (University of the Philippines Diliman)
“ASEAN and the US Indo-Pacific Strategy: Re-centering or De-centered?.”

Jaime B. Naval (University of the Philippines Diliman)
“China and Select Southeast Asia Claimants in the South China Sea: Policies and Practices (2012 to 2023).”

Edcel John Ibarra (University of the Philippines Diliman)
“Philippines-China Bilateralism on the South China Sea Disputes.”

Room 6: Social Responses to Technological Change

Chair: Virgemarie Salazar (University of the Philippines Diliman)

Muhammad Ulil Abshor (Universitas Islam Internasional Indonesia)
“Finding A Discursive Interaction between Religious and State Authorities in Indonesia and Malaysia: The Case of Prohibition and Permission of Cryptocurrency.”

Niken Febrina Ernungtyas (Universitas Indonesia) and Irwansyah (Universitas Indonesia)
“Communication for Successful Aging in Indonesia: The Exploration of CEMSA Variables.”

Emille de la Cruz (Ateneo de Manila University) and Jerik Cruz (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
“Platforming Populism: The Services Transition, Precarious Urbanization, and Digital Platforms in the Rise of Illiberal Populism in the Philippines.”

Amparo Adelina Umali III (University of the Philippines Diliman) and Janette C. Yuvienco (National Taiwan University)
“Towards Understanding the Social Life in Southeast Asia through MoviExchange for a Cause–through SDGoals & Beyond.”