Decolonizing Existential Narratives: Southeast Asian Perspectives | Magdalen Cheng

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Amidst ongoing discussions on decolonizing the existential canon, this presentation underscores the importance of Southeast Asian engagement in this discourse. By delving into Southeast Asian different colonial experiences, it aims to provide context for contemporary socio-political landscapes and foster cross-cultural dialogue. Examining colonial legacies' enduring impacts on identity and power dynamics in the region, it sheds light on persisting coloniality post-decolonization.
This understanding holds significance for both Southeast Asia and non-Southeast Asian participants. For Southeast Asian communities, grappling with colonial pasts empowers them to reclaim agency and challenge entrenched narratives, while for non-Southeast Asian individuals, acknowledging Southeast Asia's different colonial experiences facilitates respectful engagement and genuine dialogue.
This presentation extends a invitation for Southeast Asians to start coming together, fostering a space for dialogue and collaboration, while simultaneously encouraging non Southeast Asians to engage more deeply and sensitively with Southeast Asia's colonial legacies. The hopes for this presentation is for Southeast Asian voices to be heard, acknowledged, and integrated into the broader dialogue on decolonizing existential philosophy.
By integrating Southeast Asian voices into the broader discourse on decolonialing existential philosophy, it aims to foster empathy, bridge divides, and cultivate solidarity across diverse backgrounds. Additionally, it invites participants to reflect on their responsibility in these ongoing dialogues on decolonialing the existential canon.
About the Speaker
Dr Magdalen Cheng is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist (BPS) and currently runs Singapore’s first independent practice in existential therapy in Singapore, Encompassing Therapy and Counselling. See: www.encompassing.co
Magdalen specialises in supporting clients going through life transitions using existential psychotherapy. Her care philosophy is to empower individuals with the freedom to discover themselves so that they become experts of their own lives. She has adapted the application of experiential therapy to different contexts, including mental health and social work environments, and organised several experiential and counselling workshops for various groups and organisations in Singapore.
Magdalen’s mission is to introduce and adapt existential therapy to the conventional collectivistic culture of Asian society and promote acceptance and adoption of this relatively new psychotherapeutic approach in the region.
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