INDONESIAN PROGRAM, Asia Institute
presents a free public performance
Singing Srengenge
“When fine poetry meets fine jazz, a new music is born.”
Australian writer/singer Jan Cornall and Indonesian poet, Sitok Srengenge perform
and discuss a selection of works from their jazz poetry CD, Jan Cornall - Singing Srengenge
Tuesday 30 September 2008, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room (YHM), […]
Category Archives: Pop Culture
When poetry meets jazz
September 28, 2008 – 7:46 pm
Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia
September 17, 2008 – 9:56 pm
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Home to approximately one-fifth of the world¹s Muslim population, Indonesia and Malaysia are often overlooked or misrepresented in media discourses about Islam. Ideas, sounds, images, gestures, and meanings about Islam abound in contemporary popular cultural forms including film, music, television, radio, comics, fashion, magazines, and cyberculture. By focusing on popular […]
Launch of Popular Culture in Indonesia
July 8, 2008 – 12:09 pm
On Wednesday 2 July Professor Krishna Sen, FAHA (Executive Director, Humanities and Creative Arts, Australian Research Council) launched a new book Popular Culture in Indonesia; Fluid Identities in Post-Authoritarian Politics (London: Routledge, 2008) that I edit.
The event began at 6:00pm (refreshment) in the University Professional Bookshop (The University of Melbourne), for 6:30pm (presentations) in Theatre […]
Politics Meets Pop Culture In Indonesia
June 1, 2008 – 11:40 am
“Politics Meets Pop Culture In Indonesia” a podcast conversation with two of several authors of a newly published book Popular Culture in Indonesia; Fluid Identities in Post-Authoritarian Politics (A. Heryanto, ed., Routledge 2008). The podcast is available for playback online, or download and save in your computer or mp3 player. A transcript in pdf and […]
When opposites do not attract
April 14, 2008 – 8:43 am
I found two blog postings of interest on (1) why there are a lot more Asian-female+White-males romantic relationships than Asian-males+White-females; and (2) what does that have to do with media stereotypes.
from the post ‘Asian men in media’: . . . the instances in the media in which an Asian man is shown dating, marrying, or […]
Movie industry asks Court to overturn 1992 Film Law
December 12, 2007 – 3:17 pm
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
Movie industry asks Court to overturn 1992 Film Law
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Filmmakers and actors asked the Constitutional Court to review and eventually nullify a law deemed […]
Asian Media and Contemporary Cultures on Facebook
December 9, 2007 – 4:36 pm
Asian Media and Contemporary Cultures
I just set up this new group on Faceboook, hoping a substantial collaboration will transpire from this eventually.
This group is primarily interested in news, essays, working papers, scholarships and fellowships, research collaboration on the intersection of media and contemporary cultures in Asia. Academics, students, journalists and practitioners in the relevant professions […]
Malaysian ambassador joins criticism of tourism campaign
December 7, 2007 – 1:55 pm
ABC Radio AustraliaRadio Australia - Connect Asia - INDONESIA: Malaysian ambassador joins criticism of tourism campaign
[This is the print version of story ]
INDONESIA: Malaysian ambassador joins criticism of tourism campaign - 07/12/2007
Malaysia’s Ambassador to Indonesia has weighed in on a controversy over the use of traditional songs and dances in a tourism […]
Mira Lesmana in Melbourne
September 30, 2007 – 8:06 am
post-event notes:* some photos from the event are temporarily accessible here
* an audio recording of the public lecture is temporarily available here
Being in Melbourne has lots of bonuses, including having the rare opportunity to host Indonesians with special talents and achievements.
Next week, on behalf of Asia Institute, I will be hosting Indonesia’s top film producer […]
Poor Children in Great Films
May 11, 2007 – 8:57 am
Soon after watching Jakarta Undercover in the cinema, I saw Born into Brothels in DVD. Both are set in a centre of sex industry. Both show the plight of being a child of a sex worker. The first title was set in the wealthier district of Jakarta, the second in the poorer area of North […]