east and southeast asian activities & research

Some links to research and activities related to East and Southeast Asian organising in the UK. Research is ongoing as part of this project in collaboration with ESEA hub and others.

Past

• ESEA nature walks, May 2024
• ESEA nature walk with kindredpacket, May 2023
• Launch event for Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai’s Dust Child, co-hosted by besea.n, Oneworld publications and King’s College London, April 2023.
• ‘I, Human – Becoming Visible’ collaboration with Moongate Productions, ESEA Hub, King’s College London and City, University of London, February 2023. This collaboration was recognised with an engaged research award. Videos available here and post-event interviews here.
• ESEA nature walk (LNY edition) with kindredpacket, January 2023
• Support for publishing ESEA reading lists for kids and teens with besea.n, January 2023
• ESEA nature walk with kindredpacket, November 2022
• ESEA nature walk with kindredpacket, September 2022
• Wikipedia Editathon on “East and Southeast Asians in the UK” - to make an ESEA Wikipedia page, September 2022
• Who and what is East and South East Asian Heritage Month for?, piece with bese.an, August 2022
• East and Southeast Asians: Documenting a Category in the Making with Public Data Lab, ESEA Hub, EVR, bese.an and more.
• Face of the virus: Problematic over-representation of East and South East Asian faces in news coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic, with bese.an, October 2021
• Gathering data on hate crimes against East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) people in the UK, with End Violence and Racism Against ESEA Communities (EVR) and ITV News, October 2021
• Guest people - an invitation to tell our Hakka family movement story at ESEA heritage month event with kindredpacket, September 2021