C O L L O Q U E 2 0 1 9 2 0 1 9 C O N F E R E N C E POWER IN SOUTHEAST ASIA POUVOIR EN ASIE DU SUD-EST CCEASE-CCSEAS www.ccseas.ca CONSEIL CANADIEN DES ÉTUDES SUR L’ASIE DU SUD-EST CANADIAN COUNCIL FOR SOUTHEAST ASIAN STUDIES 24-26 Octobre/October 2019 McGill University - Université de Sherbrooke, Montreal 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS CCSEAS Officers & Conference Organizing Committee / Représentants du CCEASE et Comité Organisateur du Colloque ...................................................................................................................................................... 3 Welcome Remarks / Mot de Bienvenue ........................................................................................................... 4 Sponsors / Commanditaires, Acknowledgements / Remerciements ................................................................ 5 McGill University Campus Map / Carte du Campus de l’Université McGill ....................................................... 6 McGill University Campus Directions / S’orienter sur le Campus de l’Université McGill .................................. 7 Thomson House Building ............................................................................................................................. 7 Leacock Building .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Peterson Hall Building ............................................................................................................................... 10 University of Sherbrooke Campus Map / Carte du Campus de l’Université de Sherbrooke ........................... 11 University of Sherbrooke Campus Directions / S’orienter sur le Campus de l’Université de Sherbrooke ...... 12 Shows / Spectacles ........................................................................................................................................ 13 Conference Dinner and Dance Show ........................................................................................................ 13 Dinner Performers: PAMANA Ng LuzViminda – Traditional Philippine Dance ........................................... 13 PAMANA Ng LuzViminda ...................................................................................................................... 13 Dancers Performing: .............................................................................................................................. 15 Dinner Menu .............................................................................................................................................. 16 Film Screening and Discussion of "A Piece of Paradise" and "Dancing Manilenyos" with Philippine Director Patrick Alcedo .............................................................................................................................. 17 Keynote Addresses / Discours d’ouverture .................................................................................................... 20 First CCSEAS Keynote Address ................................................................................................................ 20 Second CCSEAS Keynote Address ........................................................................................................... 21 Opening Roundtable ...................................................................................................................................... 22 Power and Democracy in Southeast Asia .................................................................................................. 22 Bios of Panel Participants .......................................................................................................................... 23 Special Roundtable ........................................................................................................................................ 26 Benedict Anderson and the Study of Power in Southeast Asia ................................................................. 26 Bios of Panel Participants .......................................................................................................................... 27 Conference Schedule (24-26 October 2019) / Programme du Colloque (24-26 octobre 2019) ..................... 29 Registration information, WIFI access, and Guided Travel (24-26 October 2019) / Informations sur l’inscription, l’accès WIFI et les Déplacements (24-26 octobre 2019) ............................................................ 32 WIFI Access at McGill University: .............................................................................................................. 32 WIFI Access at University of Sherbrooke (Longueuil): .............................................................................. 33 How to Travel Between Sherbrooke University (Longueuil) and Downtown Montreal on Friday October 25, 2019 ........................................................................................................................................................... 33 Tourist Attractions in Montreal / Attractions Touristiques à Montréal ............................................................. 34 Roundtables / Tables Rondes ........................................................................................................................ 36 Conseil Canadien des études sur l'Asie du Sud-est Canadian Council for Southeast Asian Studies 2 Myanmar’s Transition and the Role of Canada .......................................................................................... 36 L'Asie du Sud-Est à la Croisée des Puissances ........................................................................................ 37 Difficultés et Stratégies Pour Réussir son Terrain de Recherche en Asie ................................................. 39 Southeast Asia Viewed Through Documentaries: Vietnam, Cambodia and Myanmar .............................. 40 1. Documentaire: Women for Yangon (English version) ........................................................................ 41 2. Documentaire : Modern Wars : Sihanoukville, a Chinese or Cambodian city? (English version) 41 3. Documentaire: Outside in Hanoi (English version) ............................................................................ 42 Description of Panels and Paper Abstracts / Détail des Séances et Résumés des écrits .............................. 43 Activating Political and Economic Alternatives: The Philippines in Transnational Space, Part 1 .............. 43 Activating Political and Economic Alternatives: The Philippines in Transnational Space, Part 2 .............. 45 Canada-Vietnam Comprehensive Partnership and the Changing Roles of the Vietnamese Diaspora .... 47 Contemporary Politics ................................................................................................................................ 48 Contested Spheres of Social Mobilization and the Regulatory State in Southeast Asia ............................ 50 Cultural Politics .......................................................................................................................................... 52 Engaging Gendered “Empowerment” in Colonial and Contemporary Cambodia ...................................... 54 Federalism, Decentralization and Ethnic Minorities in Myanmar ............................................................... 56 Food Fights in the City? Emerging Practices and Impacts of State Development Visions for Urban Food Systems in Southeast Asia ........................................................................................................................ 57 Foreign Policies and Relations .................................................................................................................. 60 Geopolitics of the ASEAN .......................................................................................................................... 63 History and Politics of the Philippines ........................................................................................................ 66 Internal Migration in Southeast Asia: Challenges in Governance and Integration ..................................... 68 La Belt and Road Initative en Asie : Quels Enjeux de Pouvoirs sur des Territoires? ................................. 69 Language and Power ................................................................................................................................. 71 Large-Scale Urban Projects and Power in Southeast Asia 1 ..................................................................... 73 Large-Scale Urban Projects and Power in Southeast Asia 2 ..................................................................... 76 Large-Scale Urban Projects and Power in Southeast Asia 3 ..................................................................... 78 Maritime Security and Development in Southeast Asia ............................................................................. 81 Migrations and Mobilities ........................................................................................................................... 82 Navigating power relations in accompanied research in Southeast Asia .................................................. 83 Negotiating power In independence era Timor-Leste ................................................................................ 86 New Axes and Categories of Power Relations in Southeast Asian Studies .............................................