SEAMEO SPAFA in collaboration with the Thai Khadi Research Institute at Thammasat University is pleased to present this selection of papers from the Seminar on Animism in the Arts of Southeast Asia, which was held on 8 and 9 August 2019 at Thammasat University, Bangkok. This seminar is the fifth and final seminar on our series of arts in the major religions of Southeast Asia which have been organised since 2012 under the Sacred Universe Flagship programme instituted by Dr. M R Rujaya Abhakorn, the former Centre Director of SEAMEO SPAFA. The papers published here are a testament to the variety of artistic forms, ranging from sacred textiles to ritual healing performances, and globalisation and its effect on changing and shaping the arts and cultures of Southeast Asia - a common theme that runs through each paper.