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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
Cultivating Spaces for Dialogue and Deliberation: The DDS 2023 First Public Forum
The Democracy Discourse Series (DDS) project will hold 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. The public forum...
Jo Kukathas’ stages “And then Came Spring”
Jo Kukathas staged the product of her research work funded by Democracy Discourse Series, "And then Came Spring, with her theater company Instant Cafe, with the collaboration of Parastoo Theater. During her fellowship with the DDS, Kukathas explores issues of...
Mae Paner’s “Tao Po The Movie” released
Mae Paner premiered her DDS Project, Tao Po, as an entry to the 2021 Cinemalaya: Philippine Independent Film Festival. Through the help of Democracy Discourse Series funding, Mae Paner’s team transformed her provocative play into a powerful documentary cinematic text...
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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