Invited speaker at the 15th annual ANU Asia Pacific Week, a flagship student-led conference which hosts young scholars from around Australia to engage in the complexities of the Asia-Pacific region.
On a panel about shifting geopolitical influences and democratic backsliding, my presentation explored the complex attitudes to democracy in the Philippines, including democratic ambivalence, and the way attachments to democracy are often entangled with emotive questions of national identity. In the context of democratic backsliding, the provocation was to critically rethink the imperial assumptions that underpin much of the scholarly literature on democratisation.
Period
16 Jun 2025 → 19 Jun 2025
Held at
Australian National University, Australia, Australian Capital Territory