Category: Visiting Scholar Presentations
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Perceptions of Chinese Indonesians Holding Different Public Offices
Date Thursday, 19 September 2024 Time 12.00 – 1.00pm Venue Sidney Myer Asia Centre, Room 321 Location The University of Melbourne Dr Wu-Ling Chong, Professor Burhanuddin Muhtadi, and Kennedy Muslim presented their findings on the perceptions towards Chinese Indonesians holding public offices at various levels, from president to governor or mayor in Indonesia. The opening […] -
Sustainable Eco-Textile Production in Indonesia: The Role of Sunda Wiwitan Women
Date Wednesday, 28 August 2024 Time 12:30 – 1:30pm Venue Sidney Myer Asia Centre, Room 321 Location The University of Melbourne Sunda Wiwitan is a local belief system (Indonesian: aliran kepercayaan) in Sundanese-speaking areas of West Java, Indonesia. The documentary Finding the Book of Life in the Land of AKUR: Protecting Nature and Cultural Heritage by Positioning […] -
Future Potentialities for Returned Objects: The Nias Plaster Casts taken by J.P. Kleiweg de Zwaan
Date Friday, 23 August 2024 Time 11:30am – 12:00pm Venue Sidney Myer Asia Centre, Room 321 Location The University of Melbourne In 1910, the Dutch physical anthropologist J.P. Kleiweg de Zwaan (1875-1971) travelled to the Indonesian archipelago, at the time Netherlands East Indies. In search of visual evidence in support of European racial theories, he took 188 […]indonesiaforum.arts.unimelb.edu.au/future-potentialities-for-returned-objects-nias-plaster-casts
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Southeast Asia Focus: Local Innovation in Conservation Materials & Practice
Date Wednesday, 21 August 2024 Time 1:00pm – 2:30pm Venue – Location Online Focusing on innovations in conservation materials, research and practice in Southeast Asia, this webinar invited conservators and cultural practitioners across Southeast Asia, including Assoc Prof Maria Bernardita Maronilla-Reyes, Musrizal Mat Isa, and Mohamad Habibi to share their experiences working in conservation. It […] -
Human Rights in Indonesia – Expert Panel
Date Wednesday, 21 August 2024 Time 11:00am – 1:00pm Venue Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room (106)Sidney Myer Asia Centre Location The University of Melbourne The ‘Human Rights in Indonesia’ Expert Panel is a joint panel session addressing human rights issues affecting some of Indonesia’s marginalised communities, bringing together Andreas Harsono, Senior Researcher at Human Rights Watch, and Dr […]indonesiaforum.arts.unimelb.edu.au/human-rights-indonesia-expert-panel
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Visiting Scholar Presentation: Reforming Food Program in Indonesia: Obstacles, Success Story and Challenges to Sustain It
Food, particularly rice, constitutes a significant portion of poor households’ budgets. This prompted the Indonesian government to launch the RASKIN food program (Program Subsidi Beras bagi Masyarakat Berpendapatan Rendah) in the early 2000s. Despite its critical role, studies have shown that the program did not fully achieve its potential. Although some reforms have incrementally improved […] -
Visiting Scholar Presentation: Islamic and Communist Protest Movements: Revolution and the End of Resistance in Colonial West Sumatra
The communist critiques of colonial West Sumatran society initiated by Sarekat Rakyat members in October 1923 involved the strategic use of the press, recitations, and clubs to cultivate anti-colonial and anti-capitalist sentiment. These activities contributed to the uprisings of late 1926 and early 1927 and influenced the colonial government’s decision to exile several leaders. In […] -
Postgraduate Lunchtime Seminar: Historical Memory of Aceh Chinese and Its Impact on Identity and Belonging
In a corner of Indonesia’s Aceh province, the Chinese community holds a unique and intricate history that often goes unnoticed. Through her current research project, Chontida Auikool, PhD candidate from Lund University, explores the memories and narratives that shape the lives of the Aceh Chinese community. By investigating both historical events and contemporary experiences, this […] -
Gender, Islam and Sexuality in Contemporary Indonesia
This page recaps Day 2 of the two-day event hosted by the Indonesia Forum, in collaboration with colleagues from Cultural Studies at Universitas Indonesia and The University of Melbourne’s School of Culture and Communication. The event took place on April 18-19, 2024, at the Sidney Myer Asia Centre. The event for Day 2 (April 19) […]indonesiaforum.arts.unimelb.edu.au/gender-islam-and-sexuality-in-contemporary-indonesia
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Doing Cultural Research in the Global South panel discussion & The Art of Environmental Activism in Indonesia Book Launch
This page recaps Day 1 of the two-day event hosted by the Indonesia Forum, in collaboration with colleagues from Cultural Studies at Universitas Indonesia and The University of Melbourne’s School of Culture and Communication. The event took place on April 18-19, 2024, at the Sidney Myer Asia Centre. The event for Day 1 (April 18) […] -
Postgraduate Lunchtime Seminar: Glory be to the Catholics: Minority Overrepresentation and Disproportionate Influence in Suharto’s Indonesia
During the first two decades of Suharto’s New Order, a network of political operatives belonging to the Catholic minority achieved sustained overrepresentation in key positions and wielded disproportionate influence in policymaking. These successes, it is argued, were the result of a path-dependent process consisting of three sequences. Firstly, the removal of hostile rivals by Suharto’s […] -
Visiting Scholar Presentation: ‘Empowering Resilience: Unintended Consequences and Reflections on Women and Work after COVID-19 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
In this seminar, speaker Dr Fina Itriyati presents an ethnographic study that investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the work of low-income women in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, a city affected by the crisis. By conducting 120 in-depth interviews with women engaged in various economic sectors, including formal and informal employment, this research explores the […] -
2023 Arief Budiman Public Lecture: Civil society, human rights and climate justice
Speaker: A.Prof Dirk Tomsa Date: Thursday 23 November 2023 Time: 6:00pm – 7:00pm Host: Asia Institute Location: William Macmahon Ball Theatre (107), Old Arts Building (149) Arief Budiman rose to prominence as an activist and public intellectual at a time when human rights and democracy activists were under relentless pressure from the authoritarian New Order regime. Environmental […] -
Postgraduate Lunch Seminar – Roy Thaniago on ‘Decoding Tionghoa Positionality in Contemporary Indonesia’
On Monday the 2nd of October at 11.30am Indonesia Forum had its first 2023 event: a Lunchtime Seminar by Roy Thaniago, Indonesian PhD student from Geneva Graduate Institute, Switzerland titled “Everyday Shop Life: Decoding Tionghoa Positionality in Contemporary Indonesia.” There was a lively discussion attended by Indonesian academic colleagues at the University of Melbourne, our […]indonesiaforum.arts.unimelb.edu.au/postgraduate-lunch-seminar
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IPN Postgrad Seminar 1: Jonathan Tehusijarana on Indonesian Student Soldier
Jonathan Tehusijarana presented for the first IPN first postgraduate seminar on Indonesian Student Army
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