There is no stable life-world/story for the vendors and dwellers of Escolta, Manila, even before the pandemic, write our researcher Nathalie D. Dagmang and her co-author. Read a summary of their work here.
Tag: COVID-19
Being-in-common during the pandemic: Food relief networks in Metro Manila, the Philippines
Originally published at the LSE Southeast Asia Blog, we re-post this article here in full, with permission of the author, Tessa Guazon. “There is an unprecedented loss of livelihood, with informal workers and daily wage earners suffering greatly. For our women research partners from Escolta, Manila and other vulnerable sectors, the struggle to make a … Continue reading Being-in-common during the pandemic: Food relief networks in Metro Manila, the Philippines
Manila: Bottom-up resilience? Civil society responses under COVID-19
Tessa Guazon participated in the webinar "Bottom-Up Resilience? Civil Society Responses under COVID-19 (Part I)" by the APRU on bottom-up resilience in July, and wrote about the Manila team's relief efforts for its women partners from Escolta for the LSE Blog. “There is an unprecedented loss of livelihood, with informal workers and daily wage earners … Continue reading Manila: Bottom-up resilience? Civil society responses under COVID-19
Masterclass: Research as Empowerment: Learning from the COVID-19 Pandemic in Understanding Cities of Southeast Asia
Date: Friday 13 November 2020 12:00pm to 1:30pm Hosted by the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre Chaired by: Prof Hyun Bang ShinProfessor of Geography and Urban Studies and Director of Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre, LSE One of the foci of the SEANNET Project are multiple research and pedagogical output created for use … Continue reading Masterclass: Research as Empowerment: Learning from the COVID-19 Pandemic in Understanding Cities of Southeast Asia
SEANNET Surabaya in CNA’s INSIGHT: Poverty in Asia
by Eka Nurul Farida (ekanurulfarida@gmail.com) Facilitating the production of CNA’s INSIGHT: Poverty in Asia, to explore social-economic struggles against COVID-19 from the perspective of Surabaya’s ordinary citizens. At the end of August 2020, a production team from CNA (Channel NewsAsia)’s INSIGHT program came to Surabaya to cover two households for the Indonesia edition of Poverty … Continue reading SEANNET Surabaya in CNA’s INSIGHT: Poverty in Asia
Wua-Lai observation during COVID19
By Komson Teeraparbwong Neighbourhoods' living condition became a priority as a crucial responsive reaction, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic that has hit every region around the world since the beginning of 2020. This has resulted in severe impacts to the Tourism Industry, particularly in Chiang Mai as a main tourism Hub of Northern Thailand. Wua-lai, … Continue reading Wua-Lai observation during COVID19
COVID-19 and Southeast Asia Call for Contributions
We are pleased to invite contributions to ‘COVID-19 and Southeast Asia’, a project intended to encourage reflection upon what the COVID-19 crisis means for Southeast Asia. This project is an initiative of the Saw Swee Hock Southeast Asia Centre, London School of Economics and Political Science (click here for the project webpage). COVID-19 presents huge challenges to governments, … Continue reading COVID-19 and Southeast Asia Call for Contributions
Southeast Asia Neighborhoods Network 