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UID:euroseas-2026-brokers-bureaucrats-bandits-mediating-epistemologies-power-and-contradictions-in-southeast-asia-1
SUMMARY:Brokers, Bureaucrats & Bandits. Mediating epistemologies, power and contradictions in Southeast Asia (1)
LOCATION:Cinema Room
DESCRIPTION:The role of intermediaries is often neglected in processes of a
 genda setting and the implementation of policies and programs. However, the
 y are important actors when it comes to the priorisation of perceptions and
  epistemologies, the enforcement of regulations and laws, the distribution 
 of power and capital and the ‘translation’ between global and local norms a
 nd practices (Bräuchler et al. 2021). Some might be motivated by political 
 and monetary interests; others might be driven by ideology, affect or pragm
 atism: usually it is a mix of both. Intermediaries often are confronted wit
 h ambivalences, contradictions, even absurdities and develop a specific rat
 ionality to justify their decisions (Bierschenk 2019).\nIn this panel we wa
 nt to discuss personal and institutional brokerage in current socio-politic
 al and environmental struggles in Southeast Asia. Thereby, we aim to focus 
 on the often dialectical process of negotiations and implementations of ide
 as, regulations and programs between the local, national and international 
 level. Which new actors or institutions evolve, why do they enter the stage
 , how do they gain influence in these processes and how do they navigate be
 tween communities, the state and international rules? How and through whom 
 do certain ideas and perceptions ‘travel’ between the international and the
  local level and vice versa e.g. in the field of global sustainability stan
 dards or human and indigenous rights? How do brokers in government institut
 ions, think tanks, companies or civil society organisations perceive, negot
 iate and translate contradictions, justify their decisions and balance impl
 ementations? Who wins and who loses in this processes?
URL:https://euroseas2026.org/panels/brokers-bureaucrats-bandits-mediating-epistemologies-power-and-contradictions-in-southeast-asia
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UID:euroseas-2026-brokers-bureaucrats-bandits-mediating-epistemologies-power-and-contradictions-in-southeast-asia-2
SUMMARY:Brokers, Bureaucrats & Bandits. Mediating epistemologies, power and contradictions in Southeast Asia (2)
LOCATION:Cinema Room
DESCRIPTION:The role of intermediaries is often neglected in processes of a
 genda setting and the implementation of policies and programs. However, the
 y are important actors when it comes to the priorisation of perceptions and
  epistemologies, the enforcement of regulations and laws, the distribution 
 of power and capital and the ‘translation’ between global and local norms a
 nd practices (Bräuchler et al. 2021). Some might be motivated by political 
 and monetary interests; others might be driven by ideology, affect or pragm
 atism: usually it is a mix of both. Intermediaries often are confronted wit
 h ambivalences, contradictions, even absurdities and develop a specific rat
 ionality to justify their decisions (Bierschenk 2019).\nIn this panel we wa
 nt to discuss personal and institutional brokerage in current socio-politic
 al and environmental struggles in Southeast Asia. Thereby, we aim to focus 
 on the often dialectical process of negotiations and implementations of ide
 as, regulations and programs between the local, national and international 
 level. Which new actors or institutions evolve, why do they enter the stage
 , how do they gain influence in these processes and how do they navigate be
 tween communities, the state and international rules? How and through whom 
 do certain ideas and perceptions ‘travel’ between the international and the
  local level and vice versa e.g. in the field of global sustainability stan
 dards or human and indigenous rights? How do brokers in government institut
 ions, think tanks, companies or civil society organisations perceive, negot
 iate and translate contradictions, justify their decisions and balance impl
 ementations? Who wins and who loses in this processes?
URL:https://euroseas2026.org/panels/brokers-bureaucrats-bandits-mediating-epistemologies-power-and-contradictions-in-southeast-asia
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