Members of the SISEA team Giuseppe Bolotta, Edoardo Siani, Roberto Rizzo and Joanna Goetz have worked as editors and authors on the special issue “Social Movements in Contemporary Southeast Asia”. Their research articles explore distinct examples of grassroots mobilization across Southeast Asia in the face of political, economic and symbolic precarity.
The articles can be read open access on Annali – Serie Orientale.
The harbour of Bitung, North Sulawesi, is a hub for much of Indonesia’s fish industry. Here, both sea capture and daily and seasonal labour are traded. (photo credit: Roberto Rizzo)
A Sanggir fisherman from nearby Lembeh island with his daily catch, which will be later sold a batibo (an industry middleman). (photo credit: Roberto Rizzo)
Day commuters wait to cross back to Lembeh island, across from the Bitung harbour area. (photo credit: Roberto Rizzo)
The tunafish statue (patung cakalang) has become a symbol of the Bitung municipality, describing and prescribing its status as a “tuna heaven”. (photo credit: Roberto Rizzo)