ASEAN is indeed a "space of diversity" in identity, ethnicity, memory, media and language. The figurative and spatial configuration of ASEAN regional integration is proceeding in tandem with a multitude of new interactions between old and new diversities. The politics of ASEAN as a "space of diversity" therefore becomes a crucial area of debate and action in the construction of all three pillars of ASEAN Community.

Chapter 1. ASEAN : A "Space of Diversity" ? / Morakot Meyer and Zhu Tingshu
Chapter 2. Culture, Ethnicity and Sexuality : What do Gay Men Experience in a Multi-Ethnic Society? / Mark Stephan Felix
Chapter 3. "Plural Society" and Contested Religious Spaces in Myanmar / Marja-Leena Heikkila-Horn
Chapter 4. Uses of Social Networking Sites as a Development of Political Communication and Election Campaigns in Thailand / Mukda Pratheepwatanawong
Chapter 5. The Voice of the Silence : Indonesia's and Thailand's Alternative Memory and Culture of Impunity in Films / Chontida Auikool
Chapter 6. English as a Lingua Franca in ASEAN : Researching Language Attitudes / Chinangkoon Suwannasri and Singhanat Nomnian