BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//EuroSEAS 2019//EN X-WR-CALNAME:EuroSEAS 2019 BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Berlin X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260424T215400 UID:the-sociality-of-infrastructure-mediated-development-dynamics-of-in-exclusion-in-southeast-asia-1 SUMMARY:The Sociality of Infrastructure-Mediated Development: Dynamics of In/Exclusion in Southeast Asia (1) LOCATION:Room 1.501 DESCRIPTION:This panel aims to develop a comparative perspective on dynamic s of inclusion and marginalisation associated with infrastructure-mediated development in Southeast Asia. Historically, a diverse range of development models have been in operation across the region, and the legacy of these m odels continues to be felt in complex ways in the present. More recently, b oth the regional body, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) a nd member states have committed themselves to common global development goa ls, including the adoption of sustainable and inclusive development strateg ies. However, according to a 2018 UNESCAP report, progress towards meeting these development challenges has been profoundly uneven. Despite having mad e significant progress in “industry, innovation and infrastructure” develop ment, the report noted that Southeast Asia is the only subregion within Asi a Pacific with widening inequalities, and, alarmingly, shows less progress in the development of “peace, justice, and strong institutions”. \n\nOu r panel take this divergence from commonly-held policy objectives as our po int of departure. Our individual papers detail research focused on the soci ality of infrastructure-mediated development, which foregrounds the dialect ics of inclusion and exclusion in each case. Our case studies engage divers e national and regional policy visions for inclusive development: the ASEAN ICT Masterplan (AIM2020), Korean ODA’s projects on rural development in My anmar, urban planning in Thailand, financialisation in Lao PDR, digital inc lusion among the indigenous communities in Malaysia and ethnic language acc essibility in Vietnam. \n\nOur research engages with diverse infrastructure s conceptualised as material forms through which objects, ideas, finance an d people circulate. Infrastructures are bound up with discourses of develop ment and rhetorics of progress and are shaped by and in turn influence netw orks of power at local, national and global scales. Our research examines t he infrastructures of smart urbanisation (Thailand), communication (Malaysi a and Vietnam), finance (Lao PDR) and development aid (Myanmar). Across our case studies we aim to illustrate how the contingent processes of infrastr uctural development projects, and the differentially distributed opportunit ies for participation they imply create opportunities for social actors to challenge and subvert dominant development discourses. Finally, we propose how these social assemblages of regional ICT policy, ethically oriented dev elopment projects (Myanmar), smart urbanisation (Thailand), digital payment (Lao PDR), digital inclusion (Malaysia) and digitised ethnic scripts (Viet nam) offer an empirically grounded reconsideration of the discrepancy betwe en state aspirations for national and global integration, and collective im agination of socio-economic equality and inclusive society. URL:https://euroseas2019.org/program/panels/the-sociality-of-infrastructure-mediated-development-dynamics-of-in-exclusion-in-southeast-asia DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20190912T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20190912T150000 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260424T215400 UID:the-sociality-of-infrastructure-mediated-development-dynamics-of-in-exclusion-in-southeast-asia-2 SUMMARY:The Sociality of Infrastructure-Mediated Development: Dynamics of In/Exclusion in Southeast Asia (2) LOCATION:Room 1.501 DESCRIPTION:This panel aims to develop a comparative perspective on dynamic s of inclusion and marginalisation associated with infrastructure-mediated development in Southeast Asia. Historically, a diverse range of development models have been in operation across the region, and the legacy of these m odels continues to be felt in complex ways in the present. More recently, b oth the regional body, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) a nd member states have committed themselves to common global development goa ls, including the adoption of sustainable and inclusive development strateg ies. However, according to a 2018 UNESCAP report, progress towards meeting these development challenges has been profoundly uneven. Despite having mad e significant progress in “industry, innovation and infrastructure” develop ment, the report noted that Southeast Asia is the only subregion within Asi a Pacific with widening inequalities, and, alarmingly, shows less progress in the development of “peace, justice, and strong institutions”. \n\nOu r panel take this divergence from commonly-held policy objectives as our po int of departure. Our individual papers detail research focused on the soci ality of infrastructure-mediated development, which foregrounds the dialect ics of inclusion and exclusion in each case. Our case studies engage divers e national and regional policy visions for inclusive development: the ASEAN ICT Masterplan (AIM2020), Korean ODA’s projects on rural development in My anmar, urban planning in Thailand, financialisation in Lao PDR, digital inc lusion among the indigenous communities in Malaysia and ethnic language acc essibility in Vietnam. \n\nOur research engages with diverse infrastructure s conceptualised as material forms through which objects, ideas, finance an d people circulate. Infrastructures are bound up with discourses of develop ment and rhetorics of progress and are shaped by and in turn influence netw orks of power at local, national and global scales. Our research examines t he infrastructures of smart urbanisation (Thailand), communication (Malaysi a and Vietnam), finance (Lao PDR) and development aid (Myanmar). Across our case studies we aim to illustrate how the contingent processes of infrastr uctural development projects, and the differentially distributed opportunit ies for participation they imply create opportunities for social actors to challenge and subvert dominant development discourses. Finally, we propose how these social assemblages of regional ICT policy, ethically oriented dev elopment projects (Myanmar), smart urbanisation (Thailand), digital payment (Lao PDR), digital inclusion (Malaysia) and digitised ethnic scripts (Viet nam) offer an empirically grounded reconsideration of the discrepancy betwe en state aspirations for national and global integration, and collective im agination of socio-economic equality and inclusive society. URL:https://euroseas2019.org/program/panels/the-sociality-of-infrastructure-mediated-development-dynamics-of-in-exclusion-in-southeast-asia DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20190912T153000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20190912T170000 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR