Colonialism: Impact and Southeast Asia's Response

Presentation Abstract

          Colonialism has effected a wide array of impact and influences on Southeast Asian life and society. This impact ranges from division and deconstruction to reconfiguration and transformation. Colonialism however is not only characterized by changes but by continuities as well due to some aspects, ideas and practices that have remained constant. To better comprehend Southeast Asians’ response to colonialism, a glimpse of the socioeconomic and political status of Southeast Asians upon the arrival of the Western colonialists or during the early Western colonial period is necessary.

Elizabeth T. Urgel, Ph.D.