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SDEA’s Connections 2022 Panel Discussion: Safeguarding Policies in Singapore – Existing Frameworks and Practices

Gain new perspectives on Singapore’s safeguarding policies in this panel session moderated by Dr Charlene Rajendran. Join Bernice Lee (Co-director, Rolypoly Family/Derring-Do Dance), Azhar Yusof (Head of CoachSG, Sports Singapore) and Deborah Yang (Safeguard Team, Zion Bishan Bible-Presbyterian Church) as they share their experiences leading safeguarding efforts in their organisations/sectors.   This panel is part of …

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SDEA’s Connections 2022: Safeguarding of Children in the Arts

Join this one-day symposium deep-diving into safeguarding concepts and explore the policies and framework needed for safeguarding children in the arts. Featuring a panel session bookended by conversation circles, Connections 2022 brings together professionals and thought-leaders from diverse sectors — education, arts, non-arts. Through both the Singapore and global lens, engage with safeguarding innovators and key stakeholders to …

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Caring for the Carers: How Malaysian artists working with communities hold space

I had forgotten how loaded the words “how are you,” or “apa khabar,” can be. I’ve always had issues with the greeting – I used to think that it was a statement/question that stops someone cold the moment they are asked, as how can you even summarise how you are doing if you start reflecting …

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Can the arts solve community issues in the region? The SEA*5 think so.

Can the creative society in Southeast Asia support each other in finding solutions to problems in our communities, powered by compassion and empathy? That’s one of the questions at the heart of the existence of Project SEA*5.  The group comprises five creative practitioners working across different local community contexts: community architect-urbanist Joanne Mun advocates for …

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Podcast 91: Curated Conferences with Chung Shefong, Janet Pillai and Anmol Vellani at Meeting Point 2021

Nabilah Said and Wennie Yang speak to Chung Shefong, Janet Pillai and Anmol Vellani the three curators who led the Curated Conference programme as part of Meeting Point 2021. The Curated Conferences comprised of three groups of participants from different Asian countries, who met over 6 months since November 2020, guided by their curator. This …

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Drama Lessons: Key takeaways from the SDEA Theatre Arts Conference 2021

The much-anticipated SDEA Theatre Arts Conference came to a close on 30 May after nine days of workshops, masterclasses and presentations by theatre practitioners and drama educators from 14 countries including India, Greece, United Kingdom (UK), Singapore and Australia. Adapting the well-established live conference format to the online medium, with programmes spanning multiple time zones …

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Jatiwangi Art Factory: Cultural work that breaks the mould

Translation by Eka Wahyuni In one corner of West Java, Indonesia, in the Majalengka Regency, a group of volunteers work hand in hand to distribute Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), groceries, food, and medical equipment to people who have to work outside the home during the Covid-19 pandemic. These volunteers were the Relawan Jabar Baik (West …

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