What's New 2007
Occupying 'the other': Australia and Military Occupations from Japan to Iraq (29 - 30 November, 2007)
Sponsored by The Japan Foundation, CAPSTRANS and Monash University, this symposium brought together journalists, public commentators and scholars from a variety of disciplines who are investigating Australian involvement in foreign military occupations. More information >>
Asia Pacific Region: Societies in Transformation (The 8th Conference of The Asia Pacific Sociological Association)
(19 - 21 November 2007)
CAPSTRANS was a major sponsor for the 8th Conference of the Asia Pacific Sociological Association (APSA). The conference was held in Penang, Malaysia. Conference participants explored the various dimensions of the rapid social transformation of the Asia Pacific, with papers covering issues such as media, culture and identity, gender relations, envrionment and society, and welfare states and social policy, amongst others.
Scaling Research Heights: Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher Workshop on Leadership and Management in Research on Asia and the Pacific
(17 – 18 July 2007)
CAPSTRANS and the Asia Pacific Futures Research Network hosted a workshop for postgraduate and early career researcher workshop on leadership and management in research on Asia and the Pacific. The University of Wollongong Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research), Professor Lee Astheimer, spoke on the topic, “Looking Ahead: Promotion and Establishing a Research Portfolio”. Among the keynote speakers are Professor Stuart Cunningham who is Professor of Media and Communications, Queensland University of Technology, and Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation; Professor Krishna Sen, Executive Director of Humanities and Creative Arts at the ARC; and Stephen Hill who is currently an Honorary Professorial Fellow and ad-hoc Special Representative of the Director-General of UNESCO who is also attached to CAPSTRANS at UOW.
WINTER WORKSHOP ON WRITING SELF/REPRESENTING OTHER: MIGRATION, MOBILITY AND TRAVEL
(12-15 July 2007)
The Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies (CAPSTRANS), with the support of the Asia-Pacific Futures Research Network (APFRN), held the third CAPSTRANS Winter Workshop for Doctoral Students and Early Career Researchers at Kioloa on the south coast of NSW. This year’s theme was: “Writing Self/Representing Other: Migration, Mobility and Travel”.
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LGBTIQ in Contemporary Indonesia: Progress or Regress?
Dr Dédé Oetomo (co-founder of GAYa NUSANTARA Foundation, Surabaya, Indonesia) presented a seminar to a packed audience at CAPSTRANS on 2 March. CAPSTRANS was pleased to sponsor Dr Oetomo’s visit to Australia during which he presented numerous seminar papers around the country, including a Keynote Address at the International Conference of Asian Queer Studies. More information on Dr Oetomo’s seminar paper.
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| Dr Dédé Oetomo with the audience |
International Conference of Asian Queer Studies (22 and 23 February 2007)
CAPSTRANS was proud to be a co-sponsor of QUEER ASIAN SITES convened by the AsiaPacifiQueer network and Trans/forming Cultures. CAPSTRANS sponsored the visit of Dr Dédé Oetomo. Dr Oetomo helped found Indonesia’s first homosexual organization, Lambda Indonesia (1982-1986). He is also co-founder (1987) and a member of the board of trustees of GAYa NUSANTARA Foundation, an organization originally working for the sexual health of gay men, transgenders, and male sex workers, based in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
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Roundtable Discussions on the Medias of China, Indonesia and Japan (2 February 2007)
On Feb 2, 2007, the first of two roundtable discussions on the Medias of China, Indonesia and Japan was held at the University of Wollongong. These workshop are being sponsored by the ARC Asia Pacific Futures Research Network, and the Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies (CAPSTRANS), University of Wollongong. The purpose behind the roundtable discussions is to better understand the context of the medias in these countries as a backdrop to discourse analytical studies of journalistic discourse in Chinese, Indonesian and Japanese media which report on Australia and Australians.
The first workshop featured scholars and professionals in the field from Indonesia and China. The topics which were discussed included
- the nature of the 'implied audience' in Chinese and Indonesian print media;
- the motivations behind journalists/editorial committees running a story on Australia - to what end?
- the nature of censorship (legislated? voluntary? etc); 4. the kinds of papers (broadsheet? tabloid? other? etc); 5. the demography of the readership of print and online newspapers.
The second workshop which will discuss the Japanese media will be held in June, 2007.
Workshop on the Regulation of Broadcasting in Indonesia: A Review of the First Three Years (31 January - 2 February 2007)
CAPSTRANS hosted a workshop to review the first three years of operation of the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission (Komisi Penyiaran Indonesia – KPI). The workshop was jointly sponsored by the International Centre of Excellence in Asia-Pacific Studies (ICEAPS). The Indonesian Broadcasting Commission has faced numerous administrative and political challenges during its first term in office from 2004 to 2006. Participants shared their reflections on the Commission's first three years of operation, and consider the policy, organisational, cultural and political lessons that can be derived from this foundation period. The speakers included workshop convenor Philip Kitley from CAPSTRANS, Lyn Maddock, Hinca IP Pandjaitan, Ade Armando, Arya Mahendra Sinulingga, Edwin Jurriens, Agus Sudibyo, Ali Murtadlo, Ishadi Sutopo Kartosaputro, Bimo Nugrobo Sekundatmo, and Eneng Paridah Iskandar Sastrawidjaja.
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Pictured at the workshop (from left) are Ms Eneng Faridah, Bimo Sekundatmo, Associate Professor Lenore Lyons (Director of CAPSTRANS), Professor Andrew Wells ((Dean of Arts, UOW); Professor Rob Castle (Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic and International, UOW); Professor Philip Kitley and Ishadi Kartosaputro |
Professor Ravi Palat
Prof Ravi Palat joins us from State University of New York, Binghampton, as a Senior Visiting Fellow for 6 months. Ravi will be working on a project titled “Hegemony and the Roots of Fundamentalism”.
Recent Grant successes
- ARC Discovery Grant (2008-2011). Andrew Lattas “Government, Religion and the Problem of Moral Order in Contemporary Papua New Guinea” ($202,808).
- ARC Discovery Grant (2007-2011). Linda Connor (with Glenn Albrecht and Nick Higginbotham) “Climate change, place and community: An ethnographic study of the Hunter Valley, NSW” ($422,000)
- ARC Discovery Grant (2007-2010). Ruchira Ganguly-Scrase, Kate Hannan and Vicki Crinis (together with Adrian Vickers, Melanie Beresford, Angie Tran, Binod Prasad) “The Clothing Industry in the Asia Pacific: Managing Constant Change” ($375,776).
- ARC Discovery Grant (2007-2010). Julia Martinez (with Adrian Vickers) “Indonesian labour migration to north Australia, 1880-1972” ($119.421).
- ARC Asia-Pacific Futures Research Network (APFRN) Grant. Tim Scrase (with Lenore Lyons, Wenche Ommundsen, Christine de Matos, Meredith Morgan, Sharon Hughes, Deborah Gough, Margaret Hanlon) “Scaling Research Heights: Postgraduate and Early Career Researcher Workshop on Leadership and Management in Research on Asia and the Pacific” ($20,000).
- ARC Asia-Pacific Futures Research Network (APFRN) Grant. Lenore Lyons “Postgraduate and ECR Workshop on Writing Self/Representing Other: Migration, mobility and travel” ($8,250).
- The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Grant (2008-2010). Santi Rozario (with Sophie Gilliat-Ray) “Genetics, Religion & Identity: A Study of Bangladeshi Muslims in Britain” Cardiff University, UK (£348.636)
- The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Grant (2008-2010). Geoffrey Samuel (with Santi Rozario and Sophie Gilliat-Ray) “The Challenge of Islam: Young Bangladeshis, Marriage and the Family in Bangladesh and the UK” Cardiff University, UK (£348,636)
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