Call

Where will this be published? At the moment, the Strategic Information and Research Development Centre (SIRD) at Gerakbudaya has expressed interest in publishing the volume. There is also a possibility of co-publishing with another academic publisher, but all this is contingent upon having a strong manuscript. This is where you come in!

What are you looking for? Anything that broadly fits the bill in the call above. If you’re unsure or want to workshop an idea, write to me! At a basic level, I am hoping for:

Projected sections to include at least one contributor for each of the following countries:

  1. Indonesia (e.g., protests against the omnibus law)
  2. Malaysia (e.g., protests against the Pakatan Nasional backdoor government; cleaning worker and contract doctors strikes; student protests against sexual harassment)
  3. Myanmar (e.g., the ongoing National Unity Government led revolution)
  4. Philippines (e.g., protests against the Duterte government; Chinese encroachment in the South China Sea; land struggles of the indigenous Lumad)
  5. Singapore (e.g., climate activists and independent journalists fighting against the continued suppression of dissent; vaccine nationalism; the Raffles Must Fall movement)
  6. Thailand (e.g., protests against the monarchy in Thailand)
  7. Vietnam

Also, from a comparative aspect, potential transnational topics include:

  1. Critical analysis of the Milk Tea Alliance from an anti-statist perspective
  2. The colonial logics and logistics of palm oil industry in West Papua embedded in global financial networks, including Malaysia, Singapore, and USA
  3. Police and prison abolition as a means of transnational organising/abolition outside a Eurocentric frame


…plus an interview with James Scott, Yale University.

How strict are the deadlines? They’re not, so if you need additional time but want to be kept in consideration, again just write to me! But most importantly, get in touch so that I am aware that you are interested.