Archives: Southeast Asia

Tuesday, February 28, 2023

From activist media to algorithmic politics [NEW PUBLICATION]

Just published: Lim, M. (2023) From activist media to algorithmic politics: The Internet, Social Media & Civil Society in Southeast Asia, in E. Hansson & M. Weiss (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Civil and Uncivil Society in Southeast Asia, pp. 25-44. #openaccess #free #nopaywall... More

Thursday, November 22, 2018

[Publication] Disciplining Dissent: Freedom, Control, and Digital Activism in Southeast Asia

Professor Merlyna Lim has just published a piece titled "Disciplining Dissent: Freedom, Control, and Digital Activism in Southeast Asia" [PDF]. Urbanized parts of Southeast Asia have been places with the most vibrant digital activism for the past two decades. And, yet, the region has been marginalized from "global accounts” of the role of... More

Wednesday, July 25, 2018

Lim delivers keynote/plenary talks in Southeast Asia

Professor Merlyna Lim spent much of her month of May 2018 in Southeast Asia, delivering keynote/plenary/public lectures, attending research meetings, and conducting field research. Lim began the Southeast Asian tour in an island of Lombok in Indonesia, where she delivered a keynote speech titled “Sociological Research  in a Fast Changing... More

Friday, December 1, 2017

Lim is awarded SSHRC Insight Grant

Merlyna Lim is just awarded Insight Grant from the Social Science and Humanities Research Council for her research project“Cyber-urban Space, Social Media, and Contemporary Social Movements in Southeast Asia”. Please find below an excerpt on this news from the Carleton University's Faculty of Public Affairs announcement: From the call for... More

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