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Indonesian focus of cultural engagement

Jul 03, 2015
Lecturer Dr Priyambudi Sulistiyanto at Flinders pendopo, built as part of the University's 50-year engagement with Indonesia and South-East Asia.

Lecturer Dr Priyambudi Sulistiyanto at Flinders pendopo, built as part of the University's 50-year engagement with Indonesia and South-East Asia.

Flinders University’s leadership in Indonesian cultural, language and student engagement will be highlighted at an international convention of Asian scholars in Adelaide next week.

The International Convention of Asia Scholars 9th Biennial Conference (ICAS 9), at the Adelaide Convention Centre from 5-9 July, involves more than 1,000 delegates from 40 countries.

Links between Flinders and Indonesia go back to the University’s inception in 1966, with a Javanese pendopo on its Bedford Park campus providing a pavilion for a full set of gamelan instruments used by local group Gamelan Sekar Laras – and a focus for local Indonesian cultural and community activities.

As well as teaching the Indonesian Bahasa language, Flinders has more than 220 Indonesian students, produced about 1,000 Indonesian alumni and manages formal agreements with eight Indonesian higher education institutions. Flinders is this year sponsoring INDOFest, the OzAsia Festival and ICAS 9.

Indonesia is the focus country of this year’s OzAsia Festival (23 September-4 October).

Gamelan Sekar Laras and Indonesian students will perform at the convention, where Flinders academics Dr Priyambudi Sulistiyanto, Senior Lecturer in International Studies, and Dr William Peterson, Senior Lecturer in Drama, will also lead a panel discussion on “Methods of Cultural Exchange and Engagement with South-East Asia”.

Joined by Adelaide Festival Centre CEO and Artistic Director Mr Douglas Gautier, who is chairman of the Association of Asia Pacific Performing Arts Centres, and Mr Joseph Mitchell, Director of the 2015 OzAsia Festival, the panel kickstarts the InterculturAdelaide program on 9 July.

The discussion will  focus on how South Australia can increase cultural exchanges in Asia by creating incentives for state and local governments, arts organisations, corporations, tertiary institutions, community groups, and importantly, artists and students themselves.

ICAS 9 is the largest Asia-oriented event ever held in Australia, focusing on the rich and complex connections between Australians and our neighbours in South-East Asia, India and China.

 

 

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