"Are you a Southeast Asia (excluding Indonesia) or Africa scholar committed to challenging colonial legacies and reimagining foundational concepts in the humanities from a Global South perspective?"

"The Decolonizing Humanities Fellowship, hosted by the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Universitas Indonesia (UI), supported by Gerda Henkel Stiftung, is a critical initiative responding to the persistent dominance of colonial and Eurocentric frameworks in global humanities scholarship."

https://anthropology.fisip.ui.ac.id/international-programs/decolonizing-humanities-fellowship/

#Academia #GlobalSouth #TootSea #Africa #Asia #Decolonization

El Nido, PH among BBC's top beaches. The small town 5 hours (by land) north of Puerto Princesa, Palawan airport is known for its limestone cliffs, secluded white sand beaches and coves which are good for snorkeling and kayaking.

#Philippines #TootSEA #Asian #Travel #Beach #Palawan #Tourism #ElNido #Island #Snorkeling #Corals

https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/travel-and-tourism/2026/04/02/2518392/palawans-el-nido-named-among-bbcs-top-beach-escapes

Ramayana restaurant in Philly has a menu named after Indonesian politicians, and Obama.

#Food #Philadelphia #Indonesia #TootSea

Roblox is being investigated for promoting extremist views in children and harboring pedophiles and traffickers.

This month, police thwarted a planned mass shooting in Laguna involving 7 children, all aged 15, who were influenced by an individual they talked to on Roblox. Some of the items found in the possession of the children were pins bearing the logo of Schutzstaffel, a Nazi affiliate group.

#Philippines #Asian #Games #Roblox #TootSEA #Crime #CyberSecurity #Laguna

https://www.philstar.com/business/2026/04/01/2518145/pldt-ready-block-roblox-if-ordered

The concept has had many false starts over the years but it looks like #Eurovision Asia may actually be a thing later this year, hosted by Thailand. I am fascinated to see what countries whose pop culture is less well known like Bhutan and Laos do with the Eurovision format.

#tootSEA #music

Is the PH population stabilizing?

PH fertility rate drops to a record low of 1.7 children per woman in the 2023-2025 period.

#Philippines #Asian #TootSEA #Population #Demographics #Statistics

https://www.bworldonline.com/the-nation/2026/03/30/739911/fertility-rate-in-phl-steadily-declines-to-record-low-of-1-7-psa/

"BGC is a hole"

So, it's not just me. There are others who don't like Bonifacio Global City (BGC) for being anti-poor. Maybe it was designed to be that way, to have that alta de sociedad vibe.

#Philippines #Asian #Taguig #BGC #Transport #NCR #Accessibility #Travel #TootSEA #MetroManila #Tourism

Okay this is really unfair.

Regional Indonesian food in Philly (so many just in a couple of blocks).

We chose Cafe Seulanga, which has food almost exactly like the nasi padang style food I would have for lunch back home.

They even had mie Aceh.. really legit ayam goreng (Sumatra style, not the crispy kind), and excellent definitely homemade sambal.

Explained to my friends that this is a very typical lunch there (maybe 50% of the portions)

https://maps.app.goo.gl/PziSeuPtHyKfxnGB8?g_st=ic

#Food #Philidelphia #Indonesia #TootSea

RE: https://mastodon.social/@LeandroSMarc_AI/116317790760067733

#TootSea #Vietnam