tag:peatix.com,2011:1 2021-11-15T08:08:04+08:00 Peatix Post-Museum tag:peatix.com,2016:event-192264 2016-09-21T19:30:00SGT 2016-09-21T19:30:00SGT

Using literature review, media analysis, and interviews, this talk analyzes the socioeconomic backgrounds that shape urban youth participation in arts, socio-cultural movements and civic engagement beyond electoral politics, and in doing so - to understand the pathways to active participation in citizenship and activism - as well as how state histories and neoliberal conditions have created specific opportunities and limits for youth activist practices.About the SpeakerDanielle Hong is a researcher with the National Volunteering and Philanthropy Centre. She was previously a research associate with the Institute and Southeast Asian Studies and the Institute of Policy Studies working on local socio-cultural issues such as migration, integration and multiculturalism. She received her MA in Law and Development from the School of Oriental and African Studies (2014), for which her thesis examined the reparation rights of Bangladeshi migrant workers in Singapore.[Part of Survey: Space, Sharing, Haunting, curated by Post-Museum]