Friday, 25 October, 8:30 pm SGT (7:30 pm in Bangkok; 12:30 pm UTC), via Zoom

Singapore’s role in understanding food systems and their transformation is significant. It is part of a network of regional hubs where agribusinesses, media organisations, and investment firms with a key focus on North America and Europe are headquartered in Asia. This presentation aims to spark a discussion on the Southeast Asian food systems Singapore is intertwined with, for people involved in planning, organising, and researching food systems that nourish ecological and social well-being. This presentation places urban gardens research within food systems, learning assemblages, and sustainability transitions literature, and asks what connections we might draw between locally-rooted practices and regional connections.

Huiying Ng develops knowledge exchange and action research methodologies with Living Soil (Singapore) and at the Rachel Carson Center, Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich. Her practice includes research, writing and multimodal interventions oriented towards agroecological regional food systems. Huiying’s doctoral research utilizes participatory approaches and film to understand agroecology’s materiality in Thailand.

Discussant

Jeff Hou, National University of Singapore

Organised in collaboration with

Center for Social Development Studies, Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University.