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From: "Keiko Sei" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Announcement:
I would like to say thank you to the people who had given support to
Thai independent media, namely Fah Diew Kan and Midnight University
when they were banned or shut down last year. Now that the situation
of Thailand is becoming even more and more complex and uncertain since
then, it is very difficult for people outside to follow the
development. Documenta 12, meanwhile, invited editors of these
vigorous Thai independent media to talk about the politics and media
in Thailand on August 11 as a part of a series of lunch lectures.
Their media are also presented at the documenta magazines project, and
some of them are sold at the bookshop as well. The editors will be in
Kassel from Aug. 6 till 12 and will be ready to talk to anybody who is
interested in the situation. <Keiko Sei -inquiry concerning this event
to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]>
The King, the Army and YouTube ~Thai Forum: Report on the latest
situation of politics and media in Thailand
Thanapol Eawsakul (Fah Diew Kan)
Chuwat Rerksirisuk (Prachatai)
Somkiat Tangnamo (Midnight University)
Pinyo Trisuriyatamma (Open)
The dramatic changes in Thailand over the last year have stunned Asia
and the rest of the world. The King, the army, the dictatorship, money
politics, and religious conflict….Thai politics is beginning to look
like a showcase of problems in politics of Asia, and the recent
changes expose it to us in a concentrated form. While little of the
complexity is known to Europe, citizens in Thailand have been working
tirelessly to strengthen their rights and powers. Various forms of
media have become a battlefield between the old power force and the
new citizens' movement, from community radio to YouTube. For the first
time in Europe, four of the most important independent media in
Thailand will talk about the true nature of Thai politics, the latest
situation of politics and media, and the forecast of the future.
August 11, Saturday, 13:00-14:00 at documenta halle of documenta 12
(lecture is free)
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