What is ARENA?
ARENA is a regional network of concerned Asian scholars – academics, intellectuals, activists, researchers, writers, and artists – which aims to contribute to a process of awakening towards meaningful and people-oriented social change.
It is a unique Non-governmental organization (NGO) because it has chosen to focus on the "concerned Asian scholar" as its immediate constituency, believing that this sector can play a vital role in the process of social transformation.
The organization redefines "concerned Asian scholar" to refer to individuals capable of conceptualizing, theorising, analysing, interpreting and articulating issues and concerns as direct participants of or in support of struggles for social transformation in the interests of disadvantaged peoples. ARENA draws its members from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong (SAR), China, Australia and the United States of America.
It is a unique Non-governmental organization (NGO) because it has chosen to focus on the "concerned Asian scholar" as its immediate constituency, believing that this sector can play a vital role in the process of social transformation.
The organization redefines "concerned Asian scholar" to refer to individuals capable of conceptualizing, theorising, analysing, interpreting and articulating issues and concerns as direct participants of or in support of struggles for social transformation in the interests of disadvantaged peoples. ARENA draws its members from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong (SAR), China, Australia and the United States of America.