UK: Design Ecologies Ltd
Indonesia: Navetta Studio
Inspired by Donna Haraway's 'making kin' concept, 'Kinship through rice' integrates cultural narratives and reimagines relationships between humans, the environment, and non-human entities through design. Navetta Studio and Design Ecologies Ltd will explore our connection to the land through eating, dwelling, and storytelling with rice. The project promotes environmental stewardship, fosters cultural empowerment and connects people worldwide.
UK: Alexandra Büchler - Literature Across Frontiers (LAF)
Indonesia: Makassar International Writers Festival
'Marginalised Women's Voices on Climate Emergency in Sulawesi and Wales' will address the global impact of climate emergency by connecting two communities across continents and cultures. It emphasises the need to tackle climate change at an international level, while using grassroots initiatives.
The Philippines
Humanitarian Engineering at the University of Warwick
Marie has loved building things since childhood, leading her to study architecture. She believes that her Master’s will help her to create social impact and address global humanitarian challenges through engineering. She hopes to work in the area of planning and public infrastructure, making cities in the Philippines more resilient, humane, and liveable places for everyone.
Singapore
Imperial College London
Nafisah Mohd Rafiq, a research engineer specializing in aerospace materials, will be pursuing the MSc Energy Policy program at Imperial College London. She aims to integrate scientific methodologies with policy frameworks to address engineering challenges effectively, thereby enhancing her contributions to her home country's community.
Director, Indonesia-Britain Education Centre (IBEC)
Satyadhi Hendra, with over 25 years of experience in the education business, began his career as the Personal Assistant to the Managing Director of KING'S Group of Education. Simultaneously, he worked as a junior counsellor at IBEC, receiving training from the British Council in both Indonesia and Manchester. Since 2003, he has served as the company's director.
Indonesia: Tiara Brahmarani
UK: Liina Turtonen
Sonic Moves is a project that brings together electronic music and inclusive dance to create performances led by disabled women. It involves one disabled dance artist from the UK and five disabled artists from Bali, working together to develop a performance that mixes movement with music technology. The project will start with online workshops and continue with a five-day residency in Bali.
Executive Director, MABECS, Malaysia
Devina Sivagurunathan is the Executive Director of MABECS, Malaysia’s most experienced UK education agency. Devina has 20 years of student recruitment experience in Malaysia and the UK. She was an International Officer at The University of Warwick and SOAS, University of London. She had a short foray into the world of football when she spent a year as the International Marketing Manager at UCFB.
UK: Scott Wilson, BEAST
Indonesia: Rumah Gagas
Panjago means 'guardian'. We aim to protect the vibrancy of our traditions while renewing them in international artistic collaborations. This project will combine the traditional movement art of Silek with 360-degree immersive electronic music and improvisation. ‘Live coding' techniques and interactive electronic music systems will create 'surround sound' over the 32-channel BEASTdome system.
Thailand
Imperial College London
Punnapa Yoswaris aims to address climate change through interdisciplinary approaches and collaboration with the Grantham Institute. She seeks to advance her career in sustainable consulting services by integrating climate science with business principles.
Indonesia: Rona Mentari
UK: ROY GAL-OR
This cross-cultural collaboration between storytellers from Indonesia and the UK, reimagines folktales to address today’s ecological crisis. Online sessions, research, and an in-person residency in Indonesia will help the artists craft and perform a storytelling work, weaving together ancestral wisdom with environmental themes.