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2023 Fellows
Meet this year’s individuals, organizations, and networks that aim to undertake projects that advance democratic values in any one or across a number of countries in Southeast Asia.
Our 2023 Fellows
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Generating new ideas. Solving big problems.
By supporting and promoting public intellectuals, the Democracy Discourse Series intends to create a platform for engaged thinking in response to the public’s hunger for insights and alternative perspectives that are understandable and relatable. It also aims to build a network of public intellectuals in Southeast Asia who will defend democratic values, and establish solidarity networks with diverse causes.
News & Updates
Thai political literature in translation released under the theme “Yours Truly, Ratsadon”
Historic declarations, thought-provoking stories, and clear-eyed poems form the latest issue of Sanam Ratsadon: An Archive of Common[er] Feelings, a website where individual feeling becomes shared knowledge through the process of literary translation. Under the theme...
Empowering First-Time Malaysian Voters: Kelas Demokrasi Initiative Prepares for Malaysia’s 2023 State Elections
In the wake of Malaysia's State Election on August 12th, 2023, the Kelas Demokrasi project geared up its efforts, building on the achievements of Malaysia's 15th General Election. Fahmi Reza, project lead for Kelas Demokrasi, emphasises that empowering youth is key to...
Fellows Present their Projects in the DDS 2023 Public Forum
The Democracy Discourse Series (DDS) project held the first public forum for its second round of implementation, entitled “Cultivating Spaces for Dialogue and Deliberation” on May 12, 2023, at the Bayleaf Hotel, Intramuros, Manila, Philippines. he public...
Past DDS Fellows
The Democracy Discourse Series (DDS) Public Intellectuals include activists, community leaders, art and theater practitioners, and journalists whose projects deal with interventions on democratic issues on human rights, electoral rights, press freedom, youth advocacy, LGBT movements, migrant rights, governance, disinformation on the public spheres in Southeast Asia.
Southeast Asian Public Intellectuals.
The DDS promotes informed and responsible intellectuals who can counter misinformation and fake news. By elevating the public profiles of public intellectuals, they can more effectively counter and debate social media celebrities and other promoters of misinformation.
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