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Area Studies and Beyond – Abstracts 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) 3 - 5 July 2018 Page ii2 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Contents Speaker Abstracts (alphabeticalbylastname) Roundtable Abstracts Keynote Abstracts Sub-Regional Welcome fromtheConferenceConvenor Welcome fromthe ASAA President Zabrovskaia –Zhou Yadav– Yusuke Xiaoxuan –Xu Wahyuningrum –Wu Vanderstaay –Vu Uabumrungjit –Utama Tadem– Twomey Saito –Swinbank Rahim –Rungmanee Pak –Putra O’Brien –Oshiro Nagesh –Nur Ma –Myutel Lahiri-Dutt -Luzzu Kam –Kwek Jacka –Jung Inwald –I-Ying Hack –Hyslop Galang –Gupta Fabrizio –Fushiki Edwards –Erlina Da-Anoy –Dutta Campbell –Curato Bacon –Bytheway – Asad Abdullah 186 179 179 167 164 164 155 139 132 121 120 112 98 86 77 74 73 62 53 46 44 37 21 12 iii 3 1 4 ii Page 1ii 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Welcome tothe22ndbiennial Asian Studies Association of Australia Conference Welcome fromthe ASAA President President, Asian Studies Association of Australia Studies Association President, Asian Kent Anderson Have afantasticconference. our respectstoallelderspast,presentandfuture. place wherewemeetandstudy, andwepay In thatvein,weacknowledgetheIndigenouspeopleof voices ofthe Asian region. heard andprovideaforumsupportparticularlyforthe Moreover, weneedtocontinuedemandallvoicesare evidence-based opinions. present richlyresearched,criticallyscrutinisedand post-truth world,wehavearesponsibilitytocontinue At atimewhenleadersadvocatefakenewsand knowledgeable commentatorson Asia. This isatimemorethaneverwhenweneedinsightfrom at Sydneyin2018. will beabletodiscusstheinsightsandhighlightslearned In yearstocome,subsequentpresidentsandmembers students wehaveeverhosted. number ofattendees,presentersandgraduate conferenceismarkedbythelargest This year’s policy makersandthenextgenerationofstudents. before usandbroughttheirinsighttotheattentionof We standontheshouldersofthosewhohavepresented heart. Australian academyandpublicdiscoursetothevery engagement havemovedfromtheperipheryof Over these42years, Asian Studiesand Asian centre of Asian engagementin Australia. Since 1976, ASAA anditsconferenceshavebeenatthe Page 2iii 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Director, SydneySoutheast Asia Centre Professor MicheleFord present thebestprogrampossible. from theregion,aswellensuringthatwecan us tosupportpostgraduatestudentsandscholars Funding fromtheseandothersourceshaveenabled Cultures andthePowerInstitute. and SocialSciences,theSchoolofLanguages include theChinaStudiesCentre,Facultyof Arts Alongside theSydneySoutheast Asia Centre,these without thefinancialsupportofourmajorsponsors. Finally, theconferencewouldnothavebeenpossible enormous event. always—risen tothechallengeoforganisingthis Sydney Southeast Asia Centre,whohave—as Heartfelt thanksarealsoduetomyteamatthe public health. diverse asarchitecture,internationalbusinessand beyond traditionalareastudiestodisciplinesas such animportantroleintakingthisconference disciplinary/thematic champions,whohaveplayed the workoforganisingcommitteeand I wouldliketotakethisopportunityacknowledge make newones. but alsotorenewoldacademicfriendshipsand exchange inandbeyondtheconferencesessions, that youwillenjoythisopportunityforintellectual Asia andbeyondgatheredattheUniversity. Itrust from scholars to have somany It isexciting Australia, conference. University ofSydneyforthislargest-ever ASAA It ismygreatpleasuretowelcomeyou The Languages andCulturesat The UniversityofSydney. Centre, theChinaStudiesandSchoolof Australia conference,hostedbytheSydneySoutheast Asia Welcome tothe22ndbiennial Asian Studies Association of Welcome fromtheConferenceConvenor Page 1 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 4July, 17:00 -17:45Room:2140 Migrant CAREprogramworking in cooperationwithlocalgovernment,tofacilitatebetteraccess to protectionformigrantworkers. encouraging theprotectionformigrant workersforseveraldecades. This paperwilldescribetheworkofDesaPeduli BuruhMigran,a migration andisexpectedtoimprove futureprotections.Civilsocietygroups,includingMigrantCARE haveplayedasignificantrolein reduces thedominantroleofprivate agentsthatcausesmigrantworkerstoexperiencedebtbondage duetothehighcostsof Migrant Workers latelastyear, afteraprocess thatbeganalmostsevenyearsearlier, marksanimportantmilestone.Itsubstantially migrant workersistheresultofanon-protectivemigrationpolicy. The adoptionofLawNo.18/2017ontheProtectionIndonesian that Indonesiansworkingabroadremainvulnerablebecausethe frameworkofprotectionsisstillweak. The vulnerabilityofIndonesian In mid-March2018,anotherIndonesianmigrantworker, ZainiMisrin,wasexecutedinSaudi Arabia. Zaini’s caseexposesthereality Protecting Indonesia’s MigrantWorkers Anis Hidayah(IndonesiaCouncil) Tuesday 4July, 17:00-17:45Room:2090 and painting,thinkingthroughtheirimplicationsforstatepopular nationalisminChinatoday. intimately familiarpartofthenation-state. This paperanalyses a numberofaestheticportrayalstheisland,includinginfilm,poetry, products, anewadditionofterritoryisportrayedasaneternalpartChina,whileremoteislandconstructedintegraland a correspondingaestheticprojecthasconsolidatedincitizens’ mindsadistantislandwhichmostwillneversee.Inthesecultural of PRCsovereigntyintheSouthChinaSea. Alongside theambitiouslogistical andmilitaryprojectstomakeSansha“partofChina”, Woody Island,hassincegrowntoapopulationofoverthousand,andnowservesassymboliccornerstone intheconstruction 350 kilometersfromthesouthernmostpointofHainanProvince. The cityofSansha,occupyingroughlytensquarekilometerson On 24July2012,theSanshaPeople’s GovernmentwasestablishedonananthropogenicislandintheSouthChinaSea,morethan Seeing Sansha:ThePolitical Aesthetics ofaSouthChinaSeaSettlement Kevin Carrico(CSAA) Tuesday 4July, 17:00-17:45Room:2080 arrests. MydiscussionplacesSrivichai’s controversialbiographyinthecontextofpressures Thai nation-stateformation. Conscription Act andtheEducation Act, each importantelementsintheprocessofmodernnation-stateformation,underlaySrivichai’s however theSangha Act didnotapplytothenorthernregionuntil1924.MyresearchsuggeststhatimplementationofMilitary 400 monksandnovices.PrevailingscholarshiphasattributedhistemplearreststofailureabidebytheSangha Act of1902; times. HewassenttoBangkokforinvestigationin1920andagain1935-36,thelatterarrestleadingforcibledisrobingof some as arebelleadingmillenarianrevoltagainstcentral Thai authority. Duringhis lifetimehewasdetainedundertemplearrestmultiple involved inthebuildingorrestorationofover100templesthroughoutnorthernregion.BycontrastBangkokcourtviewed him that hewasatonbun,saintlyprecursorofMaitreya. Able tomobilizepopularsupportonanunprecedentedscale,Srivichaiwas Kruba Srivichai(1878-1939)isthemostfamousmonkofnorthern Thailand. Bornonastormynight,northernerscametobelieve Beyond Nationsand Areas: Monsoon Asia asaGeoenvironmentalRegionandSociospatialGrouping Katherine Bowie(AMSEAS) an articleabouttheplightofa In 1968,atthetimeofJapanesegovernment’s officialMeijiCentennialcelebration,thehistorianSuzukiRyō(1934-2015)published Emperors, OutcastesandthePoliticsofCommemorationinModernJapan:1868/1968/2018 Daniel Botsman(JSAA) Keynote Abstracts Sub-Regional Tuesday 4July, 17:00-17:45Room:2150 show thattheissuesitraisedremaindeeplyrelevantforourunderstandingofmodernJapanesehistory. to celebrate“thespiritofMeiji”,scholarssuchas Takagi HiroshihavechallengedkeyaspectsofSuzuki’s work,butthistalkaimsto “Emperor system”.Fiftyyearslater, asJapan’s currentEmperorpreparestoabdicate,andthe Abe administrationpushesonceagain a moderncreationandforSuzukithetreatmentsuffered bythiscommunityprovidedaconcreteexampleoftheevilspre-war was consideredaninsulttothenearbytombofEmperorJinmu,mythicalprogenitorJapan’s Imperialline. The tombitselfwas Hisabetsu Buraku community, whichhadbeen“forciblyrelocated”inthe1910sbecauseitspresence Page 2 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 4July, 17:00-17:45Room: 2050 term. will alsoconsidersomeofthemajor economic,culturalandpoliticalchallengesaheadforthetransition inboththeshortandmedium for understandingthesignificance oftheelectoralresults,andinnavigatingundoubtedlychallenging timesahead. The electoraloutcomewasnotpredicted byallpollstersandotheranalysts,includingmyself.Humility, nothubris,willbeimportant Najib Razak’s conjugalkleptocracylostthe9 May201814thMalaysiangeneralelectionsforhisrulingBarisanNasionalcoalition. Api dalamsekam:May9andtheNewDispensationin Malaysia Jomo KwameSundaram(MASSA,JamesC.Jackson MemorialLecture) Tuesday 4July, 17:00-17:45Room:2020 most importantculturalelementsinunderstandingculturegeneral, andKoreancultureinparticular. culture asakeycomponentof“21stcenturyskills”or“globalcompetence” intheglobalizedera.Lastly made cultureakeyconceptinrecentyears. The paperthenshowshowweneedtorenewourunderstandingof,andappreciation the fivekeywordsinunderstandingculture? Thispaperattemptstoanswerthesequestionsbyfirstbrieflydiscussingthefactorsthat recent years?Whyisa“properunderstanding”ofcultureimportantintheeraglobalizationandmulticulturalreality? And whatare “desperate” desiretoknowwhat“culture”meant. The questionis:Whatisculture?Whyhasculturebecomeatrendykeywordin enced thebiggestspikeinlookupsthatyear. The editorsofthedictionarydeterminedthatitmustbeareflectionpeople’s culture,” “culturewars,”etc.Infact,Merriam-Webster selected‘culture’ asthe2014Word ofthe Year, citing thatthewordexperi now includesfrequentreferencesto“popculture,”“consumer“leisure“Western culture,”“Asian“media Talk of‘culture’ hasbecomerifeamongjournalists,politicians,businesspeople,advertisersandentertainers. Everydayconversation Rethinking CultureintheEraofGlobalizationandMulticulturalism:5KeywordstoUnderstandKorean Andrew EungiKim(KSAA) Tuesday 4July, 17:00-17:45Room:2240 is criticaltothe‘emplacing’ ofparticularmemoriesinthepublicimaginary. encounter revealthepervasivenessofstate-sanctionednarrativesanddegreetowhichaccesseconomicsymboliccapital (Robinson 2017:114) thatmakeconcealednarrativesvisibleandimaginemorejustformsofsocialrelations. The difficultiesthey in committingpasthumanrightsabuses.Iarguethatsocialmemoryactivistsareseekingtocreatealternative‘placesofmemory’ these strategiesintersectwith,andseektotransformordislodge,officialnarrativesthatmasktherolesofIndonesianmilitary examines thespatialstrategiesadoptedbyNGOsocialmemoryactivistsin‘post-conflict’ this paperIconsiderthespatialityofsocialmemoryconstructionandwhatthatrevealsaboutpoliticsmemory. This paper of socialmemoryisdynamic,conflictual,fluidandcanbedisruptedbytheassertionalternativenarratives(Misztal2003:63).In promote theselectiveremembrance(andforgetting)ofpastandimaginingnewcollectiveidentities. Yet, theconstruction In theaftermathofconflictandnationalliberationstruggles,politicalelitesutilisecommemorations,monumentsmemorialsto Geographies ofMemory, GeographiesofPower:SocialMemory Activism inTimor-Leste and Aceh Lia Kent(TLSA) Tuesday 4July, 17:00-17:45Room:2060 citizenship. explore theconstitutionalandpoliticalimplicationsofthesetrends,aswelltheirdiscursivesignificance,forIndianidea being underminedbyactsofroutinizedviolenceagainstminoritiesandlowercastesthatareexecutedwithimpunity. The paperwill inclusionary provisionsoftheconstitution,recognizingequalcitizenshipformembersdiversesocialandreligiousgroups,are a religion-neutrallaw;therightsofsocialcitizenshiparebeingcompromisedbyofficialrequirementdigitalidentity;and legal statusofequalcitizenshipisunderchallengebytheCitizenship Amendment Bill2016thatsmugglesreligiousdifference into when viewedthroughtheprismofthreecomponentscitizenship–status,rightsandidentitythatstructuredwork? reconfigurations ofcitizenshipthathaveoccurredsinceitspublication.HowdoesthelandscapeinIndialooktoday This lecturewillrevisitthethemesexploredinmybook Reconfiguring CitizenshipinIndia Niraja GopalJayal(SASAA) Citizenship andItsDiscontents , totakestockofrecentdevelopmentsand Timor-Leste and Aceh. Iconsiderhow , thepaperdiscussesfive The lecture The - ,

Page 3 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4July, 11:00 -12:00Room:2150 relevance oftheFCTCinaddressinghealthanddevelopmentchallenges intheeraofsustainabledevelopmentgoals. This roundtablewilldiscussthekeychallengesfacingtobaccocontrol intheregion,currenteconomicandsocialbarriers, tobacco epidemicintheregion,faceofindustry’s aggressivecampaigntounderminetobaccocontrolpolicies. Health OrganizationFrameworkConventionon Tobacco Control(FCTC)in2005hasacceleratedcountries’ efforts tocombatthe world’s smokerslivingin the Asia-Pacific andover121 millionsmokersinSoutheast Asiaalone. Theentryintoforceofthe World occurring inlowandmiddle-incomecountries. Asia remainsamarketstrongholdforthetobaccoindustry, with overhalfofthe Tobacco kills7millionpeopleayeararoundtheworld,withover87percentofprematuredeathsfromtobacco-relateddisease Tobaccoin Asia’s Reining Wednesday 4July, 11:00 -12:00Room:2140 – fromeliteandtop-downtomorebottom-updesignsfor‘solidaristicflourishing’. and therangeofpotentialpublicresponses and knowledgesystems, both livelihoods on themeaningofsuchchange,howitimpacts knowledge, power, andgovernance. This roundtablewillexploretheimplicationsofclimatechangefor Asia, withaparticularfocus No partoftheplanetwillescapeimpactsclimatechange–notonlyphysicalimpacts,butrelatedon Climate Change Wednesday 4July, 11:00 -12:00Room:2090 concern andhopeoverdemocraticpoliticsin Asia. region? This panelbrings expertsoncontemporarypoliticsofvariouscountriesacrosstheregiontocriticallydiscusssigns Philippines, wearewitnessingaseriousdropofconfidenceinthedemocraticsystem.Whatishappeningtodemocracy There hasbeenagradualdeclineinpreferencefordemocracyacross Asia inthelastdecade.EvencountrieslikeJapanand Asia’s Democracies Wednesday 4July, 11:00 -12:00Room:2080 by different forces,thisroundtablewillexaminethechangingnatureofheritagein Asia, andthewaysthatitisstudied. area ofcontestation.Bylookingatthewayheritageisgoverned,supported,fundedinmuseumsandotherinstitutions,reshaped concerns andinternationalinstitutions,heritageisentangledinthedynamicsoftourism,communitiesmarkets,makingitalsoan Heritage isatthecentreoflocal,nationalandglobalculturallinkages,politicseconomicsin Asia. Governedbybothinternal Asia’s HeritageChallenges Wednesday 4July, 11:00 -12:00Room:1070 characterising approachestogoverningthe Asian city, fromanenvironmental,healthandartisticperspective. coexistence ofwealthandpovertyisaglobalurbanphenomenonthispanelintendstodiscussthedifferent elementsthatare the resulthasbeenapolarisationofwealthandpoverty, andasubstantialchangeinthewaysoflifeindividualsfamilies. The What’s inanurbanlifestyle? The processofurbanising Asia istakingsubstantiallydifferent formsineachcountry. Yet, ineachone Asia’s Cities Roundtable Abstracts Page 4 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 15:30-16:50Room:2110 anthropology. development studiessuchasmapping, visualresearch,andobservationstobeanalyzedfromthe perspectiveofcultural-economic fundamentalism inthecontextof GreaterJakartaisakindofcommodity urban areasthat,itisargued,arehometothousandsofJakarta 212 rallyprotestors. Through thisinvestigation, Iproposethat This paperspecificallyinvestigatesthegrowingphenomenonof Moslem-onlyrealestateinDepok, This paperreflectsuponaninitialprojecttocomprehendtheinterplay offundamentalism,architecture,andurbanisminIndonesia. Commodify Fundamentalism:Muslim-OnlyRealEstate ComplexesinGreaterJakarta Maria Adriani Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room: 2240 This studylooksatFilipinosdatingbymeansofsuchexchanges. shared textsandimages,thecodifiedhighlyfetishisticdisplaythataddressesreceivertogazeatpartsofhisorher body mocked bythereceivers. The conceptofonline‘nudes’ isavisualnarrativeofitsownclosure.Desireandpleasurecirculatearound proactively sendingpicturesoftheirgenitalia,withorwithoutconsenttoprospects. These intimacy-seekingimagestendtobe prospective sexualencountersonline;itisuptothereceiverobligesubject’s requestbutmenareoftentheoneswho an end;itisendinitselfhook-upapplicationssuchas Tinder. ‘SendNudes’ isapopulartextrequestsentbyeithersextotheir In ourtechnosexualera,datingbecomesgamifiedbymeansofswipingandissexualizedtobecomemuchmorethana Intimacy, SymbolicCapital,andSelf-Validation: Technosexual ExperiencesofFilipinoMillenials Ado Jasmin Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2130 or “indigenous”cultures. (inherently cosmopolitan)“high”culturesor“civilizations”(e.g.Sanskritic,Sinitic,andIslamicate)embedded)“local” spatial demarcationandimaginedboundariesofmacro-regionsnation-states,aswelltobridgethearbitrarydividebetween societies throughouttheswatheofterritorycoveringregionMonsoon Southeast, andEast Asia inthelonguedurée,andexploreslong-distanceconnectionsdynamicsofinteractionamong historiographical andhistoricalreflectionsonnovelresearchtrajectories,itadvocatesaborderlesshistorygeographyofSouth, histories goingbacktoaremotepastarebeinvestigated,whiledisciplinaryde-parochializationisalsoneeded.Inoffering some paradigm bywideningthegeo-historicalframeworkthroughwhichcomplexmosaicofculturalphenomenaislinked.Shared This paperseekstoreconceptualise(reimagine)thegeopoliticalconfigurationsof Beyond Nationsand Areas: Monsoon Asia asaGeoenvironmentalRegionandSociospatialGrouping Andrea Acri Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3003 of beingIndonesianbecomesincreasinglyconfiguredbythetwin-forceseconomicprogressandstatemanagementreligion. disarticulated bychangingglobalneoliberalforces. This resultsinaprecarioussenseofbelongingfortheindigenous,asnotion the elementswhichconstitutecitizenship–territoriality, capital,religion,ideology, ethnicity—arecontinuouslyarticulatedand citizenship andthecreationofaMuslimsupermajority, withIslamicsubjectivitybeingtheidealizedformofcitizenship.InIndonesia, that economicliberalizationisintimatelylinkedtoIslamization. government’sthe dictated has logic a neoliberal 1960s, late the contends and since that argues citizenship, and economy on policies on theconversionofSuku Anak DalaminJambiprovincetoIslam.Using Aihwa Ong’s “NeoliberalismandExceptions”,thispaper This paperdiscusseshowneoliberalgovernmentalityimpactsthepoliticalstatusofindigenousminoritiesinIndonesiabyfocusing Religion, CitizenshipandNeoliberalGovernanceinIndonesia Najwa Abdullah Speaker Abstracts This isanexclusionarypracticedefinedbyanarrowvisionof . This specificprojectusesregularmethodologyinurban Asia. Insodoing,itproposestotranscendtheartificial Asia asframedbythecurrent Area Studies Tangerang, Bogor, andBekasi: . Page 5 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:3180 by referringtoadministrativedocuments anddeliberationsintheDiet. Nationality Act. ItexaminestheJapanesegovernment’s interpretationofthecompatibilitybetweenNationality Act andtheCRC statelessness inJapan.ItattemptstoexplorehowtheCRCtriggered adiscussiononpreventionofstatelessnessintheJapanese the ConventiononRightsofChild(CRC),whichprovidefor achild’s righttoacquireanationalityandthepreventionof of othertreatiesandinternationallegalprinciplesonnationalitylaws isnotresearchedwell. This paperfocusesontheroleof Elimination of All FormsofDiscriminationagainstWomen triggeredenactmentofthe1984Nationality Act. However, the influence law hasinfluencedthe1899JapaneseNationality Act,thefirstnationalitylawinJapan.ItisalsoknownthatConventionon International lawhasnormativelyinfluencednationalitylawsinJapan. Forinstance,preventionofstatelessnessininternational Prevention ofStatelessnessin1984JapaneseNationality Act andConventiononRightsofChild Hajime Akiyama Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2110 Beaux-Arts andmodernism,thewayitwastransferredtoIranhowshapedbuildingsofUniversity Tehran. documents collectedfromParisand Tehran, aswellsecondarysources,thispaperwillreflectontheconnection betweenthe French architectureduringwhichBeaux-Artsandmodernismexperiencedtheirmostseriousencounters.Byreferringtofirst-hand collaborative workinwhichthefourarchitectsengaged.Onotherhand,interwareramarkedarevolutionaryperiod construction ofthecentralcampusUniversity Tehran. Designedmainlyfrom1934to1941,theUniversity wastheonly the ParisEcoledesBeaux-ArtstravelledtoIran. They soonbecamethemainarchitectsofstate. Among theirworkswasthe During thereignofRezaShah(1925-1941),whenIranwasinitsspeedyprocessmodernization,fourarchitectsgraduatedfrom Between Beaux-ArtsandModernism:thearchitectureofUniversityT Peyman Akhgar Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3003 India, aseachphenomenonjustifiesitselfagainsttheotherintermsofitsmajorityorminoritystatusseeminglyreligiousrhetoric. respectfully. HindunationalismandIslamicreformismaspoliticalmovementsareessentiallyreflectionsofeachotherinpost-9/11 such as Yogi Adityanath, andIslamicreformistgroupsindividualssuchastheKeralaNadvathulMujahideenZakirNaik, This paperexaminesHindunationalistgroupssuchastheRashtriyaSwayamsevakSangh(RSS)andpopularityofpersonalities organisations andademandforgreaterrightsMuslims,isdefensivereciprocalreactiontoperceivedrisingHindunationalism. prior toIndia’s independence,andothershavearguedthatIslamicreformisminIndia,characterisedbystrengthening politicisation ofIslamanditsviolentexpressionsinthepost9/11 era.However, strandsofHindufundamentalismhaveexisted Scholars havearguedthattherecentriseofpublicdisplaysHindunationalismandfundamentalismisaconsequence Hindu NationalismvsIslamicReformisminpost-9/11 India Juhi Ahuja Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2130 husbands inprison,andwhatarethereasonsbehindwomen’s decisionmaking. trend includinghowwomendealwiththeirpost-divorcelife,societyandfamilytreatswholeaveputviolent domestic violencehavealsopursuedcriminaljusticeprocedureagainsttheirviolenthusband. A numberofquestionsarisefromthis that despitethis,womenaremakingdecisiontoleavetheirmarriageandinlargenumbers.Somewhohadbeenvictimsof cultural perceptionlargelynormalisesviolenceinthefamily. ReportsfromindividualReligiousCourtsacrossIndonesiasuggest to havecausedembarrassmentandshamethefamily. This includeswomenwhoexperiencedomesticviolence,associetal and their marriage.Women whodivorcetheirhusbandsinparticularhavetodealwithnegativestigmaasdecisions areperceived In Indonesia,marriageissubjecttoapprovalfromthecouples’ immediatefamily. The sameapplieswhen acoupledecidestoend Faith intheLaw?Women’s ResponsestoDomestic Violence inIndonesia Dina Afrianty ehran, 1934-1941 Page 6 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:3310 populism. alternatives, reconfiguringtactics inordertoseizepoliticalopportunitystructuresensureagrarian justiceintimeofauthoritarian also posesrelevantquestionsto PhilippineLeftistleadersoncontinuedpersistenceandresistance, massmobilization,creating vis-à-vis itslinkstothetransnational framesofcontentionandglobalinitiativesagainstauthoritarian populism.Further, thepaper paper specificallysituatesthepivotalroleofpeasantmovements inbalancingthelocalnarrativesofresistancefromground persisting andresistingdespitetheseeminglyshrinkingspacesto maneuverandmobilizesupportinordertopushforreforms. This own localdynamicswithfar-reachingimplicationstotheruralpeople invariedscales. The taskforsocialmovementsistocontinue the world,meritsanunderstandingespeciallyindifferent contextsandplaces.Eachauthoritarianregimeischaracterizedbyits The risingauthoritarianpopulism,characterizedbyracist,misogynist, andexclusionarytendencies,thathasslowlybeencapturing Persist andResist? Agrarian Movementsand Authoritarian PopulisminDuterte’s Philippines Edward Alegado Joseph Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2070 project andexaminestherecenthistoriographyofmonarchiescolonialismin Asia. of Western royalnormsby Asian emperors,kings,maharajahsandsultans. ceremonial, honourssystemsandstylesofperformingrepresentingmonarchy;newpalacesembodiedadoptionadaptation prerogatives ofthosewhokepttheirthrones.ContactbetweenEuropeanand Asian monarchies introducednewinstitutions,court monarchy. Europeanshadabolishedseveraldynasties,replacedrulerswhoresistedconquest,andseverelylimitedthepowers national hereditaryrulersprovidedfurthervariationsonroyalrule.Europeancolonialismhadprofoundlytransformedtheexercise of jousted withparamountEuropeanmonarchs(ortheofficialsofrepublicanFrance). British, Dutch,SpanishandPortuguesesovereignswhopresidedovercolonialempires.In‘protectorates’,localfeudatoryrulers In thelatenineteenthcentury, monarchs reignedovermostofthecountries Asia. Somewereindigenousmonarchs;others,the European Colonialismand Asian Monarchies Robert Aldrich andCindyMcCreery Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2200 (to accumulatefindings)andformativekeeptheprojectontrack)use. managers); andevaluationmonitoringquantitativedata. The processevaluationresultsareproposedtohavebothsummative conducted usinginterviewswithinterventionrecipients(mothers&families),andimplementers(counsellors,CHWsproject dose responseandcontextualfactorsrelativetointerventiondeliveryimplementation. This mixed-methodevaluationwillbe through voice&textmessages. The M-SAKHIprocessevaluationisapathways-basedanalysisofthefidelity, reach,satisfaction, interventions aredelivered(i)throughmobilephonecounselling,(ii)face-to-facebycommunityhealthcareworkersand(iii) utilizes increasedmobilephoneuseinruralIndiatodelivermaternalandchildnutritionimprovementinterventions. The packageof Knowledge forHealthImprovement)project.M-SAKHIisacommunity-basedclusterbehaviourchangeRCT inMaharashtra,which This paperexploresthemethodsandpreliminaryresultsofprocessevaluationM-SAKHI(Mobile-Solutions Aiding Evaluation ofanM-healthBasedRCTtoImproveMaternalandChildNutritioninRuralIndia Ashraful Alam, MichelleD’Almeida,SamreenKhanandMichaelDibley Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:3020 persons whoareindistressatsea. The paperwillanalysetheexistinglegalarrangementsofrefugeeprotectionmechanisms. international law. The InternationalLawoftheSeaandothermaritimelawsalsoobligecoastalstatesship-masterstoassist Refugee issuesareconsideredonanadhocbasiswithoutanystrategy, eventhough,intheory, refugeesarewellprotectedunder consequence, thousandsofrefugeesbecomestrandedonthehighseasandmanythemhavebeenlostdiedatsea. and refugeesinSoutheast Asia. RohingyaboatrefugeesareturnedbacktotheBayofBengaland Andaman Sea. As a laws. There isnorefugeelaworpolicyintheregion.Refugeeshaverights,andtheredifference betweenillegalimmigrants The refugeeissueisacriticalsubjectinSoutheast Asia. Statesintheregionarenon-signatories tobasicinternationalrefugee The RightsofBoatRefugeesSoutheast Asia andInternational Law Imran Hassan Al This paperintroducesanewcomparativeresearch The BrookedynastyinSarawakandsub- Page 7 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room: 2110 to thehistoricaltransformationsofsocialwelfareandurbanpoverty inChina. Chinese socio-spatiality. The originalityofthispaperliesintheinvestigationhowsocio-spatialityChineseParty-staterelates Simultaneously, Ireadthetheoriesofcriticalgeographythroughquestioningwhat theyoffer forunderstandingtheuniquenessof end, IcriticallyengagewiththeliteraturedevelopedbyChinesescholars onurbanpovertyandalleviationprograms. comprehensive understandingoftherelationsbetweensocialwelfare andthesocio-spatialityofChinesestate. To this Looking atsocialwelfareandurbanpovertyinChinathroughasocio-spatial perspective,thispaperaimstodevelopa Spaces ofUrbanPovertyandSocialWelfare inChina Sirma Altun Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2290 their roleincommunities. lives, innovatingandusingmicro-businessestofightpovertyhasthepotentialrevolutionisewaywomenseethemselves Center forResearchonWomen inordertodemonstratethatempoweringwomenandtheircommunities,buildingcapacityforbetter of communities,tothebenefitnation’s progressandstability. ThispaperadoptstheframeworkdevelopedbyInternational Di’ak, onthecontributionofculturalandcreativeindustriestoeconomicempowermentindividualsdevelopment occupation thatkilledonethirdofitspopulationanddevastatedthecountry. Ipresentacasestudy, thesocialenterpriseEmpreza Southeast Asia. Itisoneofthenewestandyoungestnationsinworld,rebuildingfromashes ofcolonisationandviolent This paperhighlightstheimportanceofwomen’s economicempowerment in Timor-Leste, asmalldevelopingislandstatein How theSocialEnterpriseEmprezaDiakisRevivingCulturalTraditions forWomen inTimor-Leste Ariana Almeida Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:3020 is anddiscusswhatkindofpossibilityforsocialpoliticalchangelieswithinit. and interviewswithNGOsin Taiwan, Iaimtodelimitthecontoursofcivilsociety, provideamorefocusedframingofwhatcivilsociety of geographyliteratureonmigration,laborandactivismtodiscussreanimate‘civilsociety’ asaconcept.Buildingoninteractions organized localnetworkofsocietalactorsandNGOswhoadvocatesupportmigrants.Inthispaper, Idrawfromabroadrange become makestheirinvolvementaninterestingproblematic.Whathasbroughthopeinthepastfewdecadesisincreasingly care work.However, theexclusionofmigrantwomeninrelationtoprouddemocracyandvibrantcivilsocietythat Taiwan has Taiwan reliesheavilyonthecyclicalmigrationofmigrantdomesticworkersfromSoutheast Asia toperformreproductivelaborand Migrant Workers andtheGeographiesofCivilSociety, Laborand Activism inTaiwan Yannis-AdamAllouache Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2170 I alsopresentpreliminaryfindingsofresearchintothestatusandinfluenceKuthodawrecensionPalicanon. Pagoda site,thereasonsforitscreation,historicalimportance,andfunctionasasignificantBuddhistreligioussiteinMyanmar site wasrecognizedin2013bythegrantingofUNESCO“MemoryWorld” status. InthispaperIwilldiscusstheKuthodaw action whichwas,inalllikelihood,alsopromptedbytheannexationoflowerMyanmarBritish1852. The importanceofthe Southeast Asia. Indoingthis,MindonfulfilledoneofthereligiousdutiesMyanmarkingstopreserveBuddha’s teachings,an marble stelaeattheKuthodawPagodainMandalay, thefirstinstanceofcarvingentirePalicanononstoneinSouthand Between 1860-1868KingMindon(1853-1878),thepenultimatekingofMyanmar, hadthePaliBuddhistcanoncarvedon729 The KuthodawPagodainMandalayanditsMarble-stelaeRecensionofthePaliBuddhistCanon Mark Allon . Page 8 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room: 2060 WIDF tonorthernKoreaandhighlightstheneglectedhistoryofcommunist women’s peacemovementswithinthe Asian region. settlement inKoreaandtherecognitionforself-determination oftheKoreanpeople. against Koreancivilians,especiallywomenandchildren. Through thesedocumentstheWIDFappealedtoworldforapeaceful country. At theendofWIDF’s visit,delegatesreleasedthereport“We Accuse”, asearingindictmentof American atrocities The KDWUhadrequestedthattheWIDFvisitKoreaandreportto theinternationalcommunityonwhatwashappeningwithin towns innorthernKoreaandwerechaperonedbyKoreancommunist womenoftheKoreanDemocraticWomen’s Union(KDWU). campaigns withinandoutsidetheSovietBloc,sentaninvestigation commissiontoKorea. Twenty-one WIDFdelegatesvisited In 1951,theWomen’s InternationalDemocraticFederation(WIDF),which wasintenselyinvolvedinCommunist-ledpeace Campaigning forPeaceinKorea:theWIDFandKorean DemocraticW Amanda Anderson Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2040 the “seaofislands”describedbyEpeliHau’ofaforOceania. between theriverandhumancommunities,howthisproducedawaterdomainthatwasmeaningfullyconnected,muchlike the peoplelearnedtoadjustandadaptmanypersonalitiesofriver. This presentationexploresthedynamicrelationship expeditionary andmissionaryreportsfromthenineteenthearlytwentiethcenturiesoffer aglimpseofthemannerinwhich they foundmanyMalaysandDayaksinsettlementsstretchingfromthecoasttoupperreachesofriver. These Dutch habitation. Yet inthenineteenth centurywhentheDutchcolonialregimefirstbegantoundertakeexpeditionsKapuas, The KapuasRiverwithitsextensivesystemofrivers,tributaries,andlakesmayappeartobeaninhospitableenvironmentfor A NineteenthCenturyBiographyoftheKapuasRiver inBorneo Leonard Andaya mid-20 This paperhighlightsthegenderimbalanceindocumentarymaterialtrackinglivesof Asian Christianwomenpriortothe Christian NetworksandMalePrivilege Watson Andaya Barbara Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2040 rapid declineofthelate Tokugawa statusorder. Tokugawa socialorderatmultiplelevels. These groupsbothcontributedtosociallifeinthe Yokohama treatyportaswelltothe subaltern Japanesesuchasfarriersandgroomsintocontactwiththeforeigncommunityininterestingwaysthatchallengedlate the treatyportthroughanexaminationofhorsesduringyears1853-1874.Horses,thispaperargues,broughtdiversegroups resistance, whereindigenousefforts toresistthisimperialismwerecarriedout. This paperfocusesonthesocialityandmaterialityof instance ofwesternimperialism,thesiteforimplementationandreinforcementlegallysanctionedinequality;asaplace transmission ofgoods,practices,andideas;asasiteinternationalconnectionsbetweenJapaneseWesterners; asan Yokohama, oneofJapan’s mostimportant19thcenturytreatyports,hasbeenexaminedfromvariousangles:asasiteof Horses andStatusinLateTokugawa Japan:ForeignerSocialityandSubalternLabour, Yokohama, 1853-1874 TimothyAmos Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2070 papers haveensuredthatitisherbrother, Dr. WillemKarel Tehupeiory, whowillberememberedinIndonesianhistory. brothers tostudypharmacy, hercareerprospectsweresetasidewithmarriage. The 2001discoveryofacachehispersonal a productofDutchschoolingin Ambon, issimilarlyignored. Although sheleftfortheNetherlandsin1907withhermedicalstudent Community iswell-documented, Aisha isvirtuallyabsentfromthesources. Another Christianwoman,LeentjeJacomina Tehupeiory, with threemalestudents,oneofwhomwasSongHootKiam.WhileSong’s lifeasafounderofSingapore’s ProtestantChinese th century. In1845agirlknownsimplyas‘Aisha’,pupilintheHongKongschoolforChinesegirls,wastakentoEngland omen’s Union, 1945-70 This paperexploresthefirstjourneyof Page 9 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:2290 conditions. argues thatcrowd-fundingplatforms havebecomethenewmeansofwelfareservicedeliveryby civil society, subjecttocertain in providingwelfareservicestotheneedy. BytakingthecaseofKitabisa,biggestIndonesiancrowd-fundingplatform,thisstudy the frameworkofcitizenshipinwelfareprovision,thisstudyexamines towhatextentcrowd-fundingplatformscanfostercivilsociety to facilitatesocialprograms,byexpandingcommunity-basedgotong-royong tovirtuallyanyoneconnectedbytheInternet.Under through gotong-royongorcommunity-basedcollectiveaction. This mechanismiswhatIndonesiancrowd-fundingplatformspromote limitations ofthestate.OnemainmechanismforIndonesiancivil societyprovidingsocialprotectionduringperiodsofhardshipis Indonesia. Manyscholarshaveshowntheactiveparticipationof Indonesian civilsocietyinprovidingwelfareservicesagainstthe This researchwillexaminetheroleofcrowd-fundingplatformsas themeanstoprovidewelfareservicesneedypeoplein Inclusive Socio-EconomicDevelopmentthroughCrowdfunding PlatformsinContemporaryIndonesia Bhirawa Anoraga Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:3003 role incounterterrorism. not understandthecomplexitiesofcivil-militaryrelationsinIndonesia. These createopportunitiesforthe TNI tobegrantedagreater counterterrorism becausethisisperceivedastherightthingtodo.Finally, therearelegalloopholesandcivilianauthoritieswhodo public perception.Second,the TNI’s doctrineof“Total PeopleDefence”remainsunchanged. The TNI seeksanactiverolein in thedefenceandsecuritysectors. Their opinionsabouttheimportanceof TNI’s rolearesignificantinshapingpopular longer abletosecurepoliticalpositions,currentandretiredmilitarygeneralsremaininfluentialintherealm,particularly Forces (TNI)’s desireandopportunitiesforagreaterinvolvementin counterterrorism.First,althoughactiveofficersareno This paperseekstopointoutthefundamentalflawsofmilitaryreforminIndonesiabyobservingIndonesianNational The Indonesian Armed Forces’ RoleinCounterterrorism: An EvaluationofMilitaryReform Rininta Anindya Chaula Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2110 craftsmen createbuildingforms,spaces,andartefacts,contributestothe‘authenticity’ inLadakhivernaculararchitecture. the mannerinwhichallthesecomponentscometogethertodefine‘identity’ landscape iscomprehendedandhowthesocialpracticeinvestedinmakingofvernaculararchitecture. The paperargues It willillustratethemannerinwhichtimberconstructionandarchitecturalornamentationareintertwined,howtheirrelationwith nature ofinfluencesandtransformationsthataretakingplaceinthehandscraftsmenmakingvernaculararchitecture. discuss thephysical,cultural,social,economicandenvironmentalattributesofLadakhitimbercraftsmanship,investigate disappearing duetorapidchangestakingplaceundermodernisation,globalclimatechangeandotherinfluences. Timber-craft traditionsinthemakingofvernaculararchitectureWestern HimalayanRegionofLadakh(India)arefast Relevant FuturesforTimber-Craft Traditions inWestern HimalayanRegionofLadakh,India Deldan Angmo Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2003 ideology, culturaldiversitywithinIndonesia,andsocialstratificationthatshapedthewomenstudents’ subjectiveexperiences. of theinterviews,IwillanalyseintersectionalityongenderandclassbyexploringstructuralissuesincludingNewOrder feminist frameworktocapturethedynamicsofintersectionalityasexperiencedbyparticipantsinmystudy. Usingsomeparts challenges andstrugglestheyfaceuntilarriveinthe Australian HigherEducation.Inthispaper, Iwillintroduceapostcolonial these flows.Indonesianwomenstudentsareseekingtoglobaliseaswell.Eachwomanstudenthasauniqueacademicjourneywith result, thenumberofstudentsleavingtheirhomecountryhasrisenincludingwomenwhoareincreasinglybecomepart International highereducationsystemshaveproducedaglobalmarketlargelyframedbySouth-Northflows. Pursuing Intersectionality:IndonesianWomen Students’ ExperiencesandSubjectivity Dewi Andriani ofthepeopleLadakhandprocesswhereby The paperwill Armed As a Page 10 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room: 2010 Tsurumi Shunsuke’s theoryof Ame noUzume asaprototypeofthecarnivalesquetrickster. generational aswellculturalborder-crossings. The analysis inthispaperdrawsonstudiesparodyandintertextualitywith aged, solitude,illnessanddeath,eachtextisrepletewithcomic and subversivescenes,ofteninvolvingissuesofgender gawa (TheRiverCassis,2017,atitlefromRimbaud’s poem).Whiledealingwithseriousissuessuchasdisability, caringforthe Kasutoro noshiri(The Ass ofCastro,2017,inplayfulreference toStendhal’s The Abbess ofCastro)andOgino Anna’s Kashisu- on issuessurroundingageing. The textsfordiscussionare:ItoHiromi’s Heikeiki(TheBookofMenopause,2013),KanaiMieko’s class. This paperexaminessubversiveandempoweringhumourincontemporaryJapanesewomen’s texts,withaparticularfocus Humour oftenworkswithingeo-cultural,linguisticandhistoricalboundaries andincorporatesdimensionsofgender, age,race, Menopausal HumourCrossesBoundaries Tomoko Aoyama Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:3180 Indonesia mustberecognisedanddecolonisationdebateconsidertherightsofallminorities. perception, theyhavealonghistoryonJavaanddevelopedtheirownPeranakanadat. The colonialoriginsoflegalpluralismin system nowknownashukumantargolongan.ItconcentratesonthePeranakanChineseandillustratesthat,different frompopular ethnic Chineseaspartoftheirintergentielrecht(interethniclaw).Indonesiainheritedthisinterethniclawandtheclassification in Indonesiagobackseveralcenturies. This paperexplainshowtheDutchcolonialpowerconstructedpopulationgroupof the ethnicChinese,onotherhand,areexpectedtoassimilateandnotusuallyconsideredinthiscontext,eventhoughtheirroots strengthened positionofmasyarakatadat(customarysociety)intherevisedIndonesianConstitution.Immigrantminoritiessuchas Democratisation anddecentralisationhaveopenedupdebatesinIndonesiaaboutethnicreligiouspluralism,asisvisiblethe Legal PluralismandMinorityRights:TheExampleofthePeranakanChineseinIndonesia Rosy Antons-Sutanto and Christoph Antons Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2190 creative milieuandalsoconsiderthecontributionsofdiversepublicswithinthis. Indonesia, MalaysiaandSingapore-thatprovokearethinkingofthemeaningroleartartistswithinthisexpanded of co-creativeactivityattheintersectionartandeverydayworlds.IwilldiscussrelevantcasestudiesfromSoutheast Asia -in questions inthelightofrecentartprojectsSoutheast Asia thatarepremisedoncivilsocietyandcommunityparticipationinforms institutions seektoblurtheboundariesbetweenartworldsandeverydaypublicsphere? This paperseekstoconsidersuch What happenswheneverydaycitizensareinvitedtoengageintheoftenrarefieddomainofartworlds,andartists But isit Art? New Art PublicsandShifting Artworlds inSoutheast Asia Antoinette Michelle Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2110 of thelesscompliantgroups,islikelytoleaddisappearanceZomiaintoHanCommunistChina. minorities ofthisareadependsonincreasingassimilationintomainstreamculture. This, togetherwiththecontinuousmarginalization mother-tongue. This contributestotherapiddecreaseofdiversityobservedinregion,andsuggeststhat survivaloflinguistic space intheprimarycurriculumfortheirheritagelanguages,andyoungergenerationsarenotoftenencouragedtospeak Asian regionprimarilyasatouristattractionandanopportuneshowcaseoftolerancediversity. Howeverthereishardlyany the dominantHanpopulation.Culturallytheyareobjectifiedbymainstreamculture,joiningother‘hilltribes’ officially recognizedlinguisticminorities,theyliveattheperipheryofeducationalandeconomicbenefitsnormallyextendedto The SouthwestcornerofMainlandChinaishometoseveralminorityhillpeoples,primarilyZhuang,Miaoand Yi. Despitebeing Zomia andLinguisticMinoritiesofSouthwestChina Umberto Ansaldo acrosstheSoutheast Page 11 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 08:00-09:20Room:2110 refugees andnativeengineers,eschewing therejected Tang prototypefortheclassicalmodel. change ofparadigmfromChang-antotheKaokungchimodel the Wangchen alsooccurred undertheguidanceoflaterKorean model, buttothepreceptssetoutinFiveClassics,remembered asapurerformofChineseculture. The papershowsthatthe and builtNaniwa-kyofollowingthepreceptssetoutinChang-an. Fortheplanofnewcity, the Japanesereturned,nottothe Tang renewed contactwithChinain630,theJapaneseproceededtomould theirnewsystemofnationalgovernmentonthedynasty which sawthere-unificationofChinaandpoliticalunification oftheKoreanPeninsulaforfirsttime.Fromatardyandhesitant The developmentofthefirsttwoJapanesecapitalsonChinese modeloccurredinatumultuousperiodofEast The InfluenceoftheIdealChineseCapitalPlan Peter Armstrong Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2240 clashes betweenteacherandstudents,issuesofhoweffective meaningmakingcanbeachievedintheclassroomraised. questions arebasedonourownobservationsandexperiences.Whentextchoiceisviewedasapoliticalactthere when studentschoosethetextstheywanttoreadorwatch,andthesechoicesconfrontclassroomteacher? Answers tothese a textchoice?Whathappenswhenstudentsrejectthechoicesmade?cannotbemadeandwhy? have takeninchoosingthe‘manga’ andanimetextsforuseinacoursedesignedJapaneselanguagelearning.Whatmotivates either teacherorstudent(orotherstakeholders)canbeconstruedasapoliticalact. When theassumptionthatanytextis‘interesting’ ismade,thenthechoiceoftextforuse(or‘consumption’)inclassroomby The PoliticsofChoosingTexts: Power/knowledgeinaTertiary JapaneseLanguageClassroom William Armour andSumikoIida Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:3270 strong influenceforitsmemberstoneglecttheirenvironmentalconsciousnessthesakeofprestigeandconsumption. individual is,thelesss/heisconcernedwithenvironmentalissues. The choiceofmiddle-classconsumptivelifestylesfunctionsa environmental awarenessofthemiddleclassinSurabaya.Onemostimportantfindingindicatesthathighersocial and howthisclassnegotiatesbetweenenvironmentalismconsumerism.Importantfindingsincludemodelsofconsumption and taken from2017to2018. The targetedfindingsofthisresearcharetheconsumptionbehavioursurban-middle classinSurabaya uses aqualitativemethod:observationandpurposivesampling(in-depth,open-endedinterviews)inSurabayathedataare focus onmiddle-classbehaviour, becausethemiddle-classismostsusceptibletoglobalisingimpactsonenvironment. This study The aimofthisprojectistostudythehuman-environmentinteractionsinSurabaya,secondlargestcityIndonesia.We will The ContradictionsofGlobalizationinBehaviourConsumptionUrbanMiddleClassSurabaya Diah Ariani Arimbi, NurWulan andFreekColombijn Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:3310 of scientificandbureaucraticregimes. livelihoods andasserttheircollectivepower. The farmersdemonstratetheircreativityinreproducingandreformulatingtheintentions with boththeseprojects.We findthatfarmers“play”withandbetweenthetwoprojects,manipulatingtheminordertosubsidiestheir Field Shopsfocusedonmutuallearningtobuildresilience.Inthispaper, weanalysehowlowlandricefarmerscollectivelyengage is insufficient.Inresponse,acollectiveofuniversity, extensionworkers,andcivilsocietyagrometeorologistshaveinitiated Science method isnarrowlyprescriptive,reflectingthecommonstateassumptionthatfarmers’ field schoolintendedtoguidericefarmersimproveproductivityandsecurenationalfoodsecurity Agriculture andtheBureauofMeteorology, Climatology, andGeophysicsprovideanintegratedplantingcalendarsystemclimate Providing climateinformationtofarmersisexpectedoptimiseagriculturaloutputs.Consequently, theIndonesianMinistryof Creative FarmersandClimatePoliticsinIndonesianLowlandRiceProduction Rhino Ariefiansyah andSophie Webber This presentationreflectsonthepoliticalactswe understandingofagroecologicalconditions . However, theinformationand Asian history Page 12 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2280 this needscriticalattentionindevelopmentpolicyandpractice. consequences. The paperconcludesbyhighlighting thatmigrationisamajorbutneglectedfactortoNepal’s agrarianchange,and GDP. Remittances havebeenusefultodiversifythelivelihoodsandacceleratepaceofchangebutoftenwithadversesocial million Nepalese,mainlyadultmales,workoutsidethecountrysending remittancesthatisequivalenttoaboutone-thirdofthe the recentformofmigrationhasbeenresultedfromglobalisation andalsopoliticalchangewithinNepal.Currently, about3 from Nepal’s stateformationprocessandnegotiationswiththeBritish-Indiagovernment tomaintainasovereignstate.However, and arecentformofcontractlabormigrationtoGulfcountries. The state-inducedmigrationoccurredpriorto1950wasresulted This paperanalysesahistoricaltrendofmigrationfromNepalacross nationalborders.Itwillexaminethemigrationpriorto1950, Political EconomyofMobilityand Agrarian ChangeinNepal Ayusha Bajracharya Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2040 industries inIndonesiaand Australia. working community(C2O),thispaperexplorespossiblefuturesforauthenticexchangebetweenprecariousworkersinthecreative experience ofworkingbetweenaSydneybasedcommunityspace(Frontyard)andtheSurabaya-basedindependentlibrary co- arts fundingin Australia atnational,stateandlocallevels,weaklyfundedpublicartsinstitutionsinIndonesia.Drawing onthe exchanges betweenculturalactivistsinIndonesiaand Australia. These exchangesareofincreasedimportancebecausereduced This paperproposes‘hacking’ and‘futuring’ aspossibleframeworksforunderstandingthesignificanceofroleinformal ‘Hacking’ and‘Futuring’ CulturalExchangesbetweenIndonesiaand Australia: C2OandFrontyard Luke Bacon Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2240 by businessinterest.Further, thisissuedemonstratesthefadingofpopulartrusttowardsmainstream media. promote toleranceandinterculturaldialogue.Despiteaclearreligiouspoliticalagenda,thismovementhasalsobeenmotivated sectarian movement’s useofnewmediahasincreasedsignificantly, andismorepro-activethannon-sectarianusesofnewmediato that isinclusiveandflexibleinthewayitenablesuserstoconnectcommunicateeachother? emergence ofcybersectarianism? And whyisitthatsectarianism,somethingexclusiveandrigid,hasemergedinthecyberworld, The objectiveofthisresearchistoidentifythedynamicscybersectarianisminIndonesia.Whataremotivesbehind Cyber SectarianisminIndonesia:Religion,PoliticsandBusiness Hafiz Al Asad Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2190 land, space,territory, andidentity. of thesesharedandcommonstrandsinthePhilippinesU.Scolonialhistoryasartistsfromtworegionsspeakabout some senseofgrandeurandwondertothespectator. They canalsosymbolizepoweranddomination. The paperpresentssome through theworksofindigenoustextiles,colonialpaintings,andcontemporarysitespecificinstallations. discussion ofthecountry’s colonialhistory. The paperexamines theconceptsofland,howtheyareintertwinedintoone’s identity and identity. Becausethesestoriesarearticulatedwithinthecontextofsocietyandhistory, itcanalsoserveasatake-off pointinthe displaced spaces. A visualnarrative,paintedand/orcraftedimagesaboutlandandpeoplecanrevealsuchdeeplongingforterritory Landscape asasubjectinvisualartexpressioncanbeperceivedphysicalmanifestationofone’s memoryofplacesand Landscape [ReFramed]:ReadingtheNarrativesofColonizerandColonized Sharon Arriola Maria These landscapesmayemit This paperarguesthatthe Page 13 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:2250 more innovativeformsoflabourorganisingareyettomakeinroads. steps canbetakentoaddressregulatorygapsinaunion-hostile environmentwherecollectivebargainingisconstrainedand labour system’ meansthatmostworkerscannotjoinorformunionsandprotectivelaws are unenforced. The paperaskswhat this paperarguesthattheroleoflabourmarketintermediationweakens thisassumption.Itshowshowtheoperationofa‘contract intensive industryshouldleadto‘highroad’ labour relations.UsingdatafromastudyofIndia’s automotivemanufacturingindustry, intensive activitieslikefoodprocessingorgarments.Onereason forthisgap,paperargues,istheassumptionthatcapital- labour marketintermediariesincapital-intensivemanufacturing. This standsincontrasttonumerousstudiesbasedonmorelabour- Despite callsforgreateremphasisontheroleofintermediariesin globalproductionnetworks,thereremainfewstudiesontheroleof Labour MarketIntermediationastheMissingLink:The CaseofIndian Auto Manufacturing Tom Barnes Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:3180 ‘legitimacy’ ofher‘reconstruction’ andwhetherittranslatesasanauthenticsenseofidentity. is ‘rediscovering’ herexistencethroughculturalexperiencesprovokedby‘memory’.Butineverystep,shequestionsthe my practice-ledresearchthroughthelensofanimmigrant,‘displaced’ identity inadiaspora.Iamtwice-uprootedIndiansearchofnewhomethesuburbsMelbourne.Inthispaper, Iposition rituals iscapableofchannellingthediasporicexperienceandtochallenge‘culturalother memory pavingawayforrediscovery;andthelegitimacyofreconstruction.Iscrutinisewhetherapplicationceremonial In thispaper, Iaskhowcontemporaryartcanchallengethecomplexitiesofspacesinbetweendisplacementandfindinghome; How canContemporary Art ChannelSensesofHomeand Authentic IdentityinaDiaspora? Anindita Banerjee Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2130 on traditionalpracticesreachingbacktotheconstructionofShwezigonstupaatBaganinearly11th century. discusses howthenatswereco-optedbyMindonMintoplayavitalroleinprotectionofMandalay. Indoingso, MindonMindrew and palaceatMandalayfromtheEnglish,definedasmeissadeitthi-non-Buddhistsholdingfalsehereticalviews. right backtotheirownisland.”Fortyyearslater, MindonMinwouldagaincallonaveritablearmyofnatstoprotecthisnewroyalcity exuberance of[Buddhism].”Bodawpayacalleduponthenatstopunishthem,declaringthey“shallbechasedawayuntilget to notethatdespitehiscorrectobservanceofaking’s obligations,theEnglish“appearedlikecloudstosunandmoon,curtailing KingBodawpayaissuedapoignantRoyalOrder,In 1817,Myanmar’s callingon Thakyamin (Sakka)andotherguardianspirits(nats) Guardians oftheKingdom Sally Bamford Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2050 argue thatweshouldconsidertheirrelationshiptoprocessesofeconomicandpoliticaldevelopmentinSoutheast Asia. Rather thanunderstandingshootingsandextrajudicialkillingsasepisodicortheworkof“bad”eggswithinsecurityapparatus,I findings andillustratehowquantitativeapproachestopoliceshootingsrevealtheunderlyingstructuraldynamicsofstateviolence. shootings wehavetodate,comprisedofover1,500mediaarticlesdetailingpolicefrom2010-2013.Ipresentpreliminary or institutionalistexplanationsforviolence.HereIoutlinethefindingsofmostcomprehensivedatabaseonIndonesianpolice which policeviolencehasbeenstudied,howeversuchamethodologylendsitselftotheoreticalexplanationsthatfocusonindividual killings. IntheabsenceofsystematicnationalreportingbyIndonesianpolice,interviewdatahasbeenonefewwaysin Human rightsorganisationshavelongaccusedtheIndonesianpoliceoftortureandhumanabuses,includingextrajudicial Patterns ofPoliceShootingsinIndonesia Jacqui Baker fromhercountryoforiginandfindinganew‘home’.She ’ tofindasenseofhomeandauthentic This paper Page 14 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3003 orthodox Islamicdoctrine),aperception thatisusedtojustifysocialandpoliticaldiscriminationagainst them. so, itwillestablishhowtheorthodoxy inthetwocountriesframes Ahmadis as “profane” (evil)forquestioningthe“sacred”(the ‘sacred’ ineveryreligionisinviolabletoanalysethe persecutionof Ahmadis in Sunni-majorityIndonesiaandPakistan.Indoing case studies. This paperwilldrawonDurkheim’s conceptofthe“SacredandProfane,”whichmaintainsthatnotion minority asheretics.Inthisregard,thepersecutionof Ahmadiyya communityinPakistanandIndonesiaservesasinstructive religious reformasachallengetothedoctrinallegitimacyofitstraditional religiouspractices.Consequently, themajorityframes the heterodox-minorityforchallengingsociety’s mainstreamreligiousdoctrine. The majorityperceivestheminority’s questfor This paperarguesthatintheconstructionofrelationsbetweenreligious majoritiesandminorities,theorthodox-majoritysubjugates The SacredandtheProfane:Dehumanisationof Ahmadiyya inPakistanandIndonesia Abdul Basit Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2290 comparative lens. through contributingtotheexistingliteratureonConditionalCash Transfers byfeaturingtheSoutheast Asian experiencethrough a comparing theexperiencesofSEA statesinCCT implementation. Through thispaper, itishopedthatthisgapwillbebridged the experienceofindividualSoutheast Asian (SEA)statesinimplementingCCT. This gapisevenmoreapparentonthesubject of there isaplethoraofliteratureontheCCT experienceofLatin America, surprisinglythereisnoexistingacademicliteratureoutlining literature onthesubject,asonlyahandfulofstudiescompareexperiencescountriesinimplementingCCT programs. While and identifiesthelessonslearnedwaysforwardaftermorethanfiveyearsofimplementingprogram.Itfillsagapin This papercomparestheexperiencesofPhilippinesandIndonesiainimplementingConditionalCash Transfer (CCT)programs, Lessons fromtheConditionalCashTransfer ProgramsinPhilippinesandIndonesia Basas Mary AnneArca Rachel Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:3003 national approachtoidentity, withaviewtoidentifyingthechallengesthatlieahead. to nationalidentity. ItconsiderstheSingapore’s elite’s questtobalancethelogicofa‘modern’,civicnationalidentityanditsethno- state maintainsthetrappingsofbothmulticulturalandcivicnationalism. This paperexploresthetensionsinherentinthisapproach element ofnationalidentity-inthesensethatSingaporeannowbuildsovertlyonChineseevenas threats toboththenationanditscontinuedrule.Since1980s,however, thegovernmenthasmadebeingChineseacentral the majorityChinesecommunity)thatitdeemedtobe‘chauvinistic’,sincegovernmentregardedsuchimpulsesasexistential came withethnicidentificationandassuchiteschewed,indeedruthlesslyrepressed,anyimpulsesincommunity(including After independence,Singaporeanmulticulturalismwasprimarilyanexerciseinsidesteppingthepotentiallydivisiveimpulsesthat Ethno-nationalism Travels IncognitoinSingapore Michael Barr Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2280 of rupturethatencompassesnature-societydisruption,andwillidentifykeyanalyticalthemesforfurtherattention. from Scienceand Technology Studies,andcumulativeimpactstudies,amongothers. The paperwilldevelopanexpandeddefinition attends tonature-societydynamics,includingMarx’s ‘metabolicrift’,JasonMoore’s ‘capitalocene’,theconceptof‘co-production’ intensification inmainlandSoutheast Asia. Thepaperwillbringtheconceptof‘rupture’ intoconversationwithrelatedliteraturethat society disruption,suchasthesynergistictransformationswroughtbyextractives,infrastructuredevelopmentandagrarianmarket the nexusbetweenruptureandstateformation.Hereweexplorewhetheranenrichedconceptofcanalsoaddressnature- defines ruptureasan‘openmoment’ ofdramaticdisruption,asmayarisefromcolonisationorconflict.Hispurposeistoexamine This paperwillexploreandelaborateontheconceptofnature-societyrupture.Lund’s 2016paperinDevelopmentandChange Conceptualising RuptureinMainlandSoutheast Asia’s ResourceFrontiers Keith Barney, SangoMahanty, SarahMilneandWolfram Dressler Page 15 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room: 2003 are unabletobefullyrealised. of ‘development’,foryoungurban Nepaliwomen,thereisaslippagebetweendesireandrealitywhere thesepromisesofmodernity held valuesofthewomen’s families,particularlyinrelationtomarriage. Thus, whilebecoming‘modern’ isdefinedbythestandards young womennewaspirations,particularlyincontrasttoearliergenerations. However, thesedreamsoftencomeupagainsttightly in theculturalprocessesofmodernityandvarioustransformations thisengagementbrings.Educationinparticularhasafforded for youngurbanwomeninNepal.EthnographicevidencefromKathmandu highlightsthewaysinwhichwomenactivelyparticipate particularly forwomen,aspowerfulgendernormsremainentrenched. This paperisconcernedwiththeexperiencesofmodernity ‘freedom’ and‘empowerment’.Nevertheless,thereexistsacontradiction betweenthepromisesofmodernityandsocialrealities, International developmentinitiativeshavebrought‘modernity’ toNepal,includingtherhetoric ofuniversalistnotions‘progress’, ‘It’s allabout Education’:Women’s Aspirations ofChoice,FreedomandModernityinUrbanNepal Margaret Becker Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2020 transnationalisation ofJapanesepopularculturebyfocussingupontheseFilipinofans’ practicesofcreativemisreading. stylistic conventionsofJapaneseBL intheirfan discussions. This paperproposesanalternativemodelforunderstanding the circulation ultimatelydisconnectsBL fromitshistorical roots.Centraltothisargumentisthesefans’ rejectionofthenarrativeand Building uponearlierscholarlyworkontheglobalisationofJapanesepopularculture,thispaperarguesthattransnational dislocated fromJapanandreconfiguredasafundamentally Thaiphenomenonwithintheconceptualworlds ofthisfancommunity. BL” fandomhasdeveloped. Through a“netnography”ofFilipinofans Thai BL,thispaperinvestigateshowBL hasbecome of these Thai “BL lakorn”isembeddedwithinbroadertransnationalBL fandoms,particuarlyinthePhilippines, wherealarge“Thai Recent yearshaveseenagrowthinpopularityoflakorn(TVserials) Creative Misreadingof‘ThaiBoysLove’ byaFilipinoFanCommunity Thomas Baudinette Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:3180 Han Chinesewomenand Tamil IndianmenandtheexperiencesofChindianfamiliesareoftenoverlookedrarelywrittenabout. existence ofhistoricalrecordsonmigrationChineseandIndianpeopleintoMalaysiaSingapore,Chindianmarriagesbetween commonly usedinMalaysiaandSingaporewherepeopleofmixedChineseIndianheritagehaveco-existed.Despitethe decades. The experiencehowever, hasnotbeenaneasyone. This isespeciallysofor“Chindians”,acolloquialtermthatmost In themeltingpotsofSingaporeandMalaysia,experiencegrowingupbiracialisnotuncommon,particularlyinlastfive place isnotasclearcutitseems–especiallyinamixedracecontext,theeraofglobalisationandadventsocialmedia. Our identitiesareoftenaresultofconversationsabouthowweviewourselvesandwhatothersascribetous.Often,belonging Not LightEnoughtobeChinese,DarkIndian Kevin Bathman Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2250 towards thisdifficultquestion. question oflegalgovernanceandtheBeltRoad,withanemphasisonapproachesChineseministriesinstitutions of outboundinvestmentpaynomorethanlipservicetothefurtheranceBeltandRoadinitiative. This paperwilllookatthe for Chineseandforeigninvestors. At thesametime,China’s policiesontheencouragementofinboundinvestmentandcontrol disparate bilateralinvestmenttreatieswithcountriesalongtheBeltandRoadprovideforvaryinglevelsofprotection international levelisthereacohesiveChineselegalstructuresupportingtheinitiative. At theinternationallevel,forexample,China’s is reflectedinthefactthatalthoughreferencestoBeltandRoadappearnumerouslegaldocuments,atneitheralocalnor Chinese officialshavebeencarefultoemphasisethattheBeltandRoadisaninitiative,ratherthanafullyformulatedpolicy Legal GovernanceundertheBeltandRoadInitiative Vivienne Bath Thailand stronglyinfluencedbyBoysLove.Consumption . This Page 16 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room: 2110 controversial repercussionsonthe localpopulationandurbanenvironment. account thepoliticalagendaof localauthoritiesandtheiraspirationforcity-imagecompetitiveness, thepaperwillconsider instrumentalisation ofleisureforurbanpurposesinthe approachistwo-fold:whiletakinginto Asia PacificRegion. Thepaper’s “leisure urbanism”. Through thecaseofMarinaBayinSingapore, thispaperaimstoexplorethemechanismsunderpinning fantasy parksandspectacularpavilionsthatculminatesinMarina BaySands,theareaisasuccessfulresultofstrategy Bay representsanin-vitroexperimentdocumentingtheurbantrajectory ofthecity-state.Withitssuccessionglitteringbridges, of softpowerforrethinkingtheimage21stcenturyglobalcity. Partofthepost-independencereclamationventure,Marina Marina BayinSingaporeisoneofthemostexperimentalurbanrevitalisations ofthe Leisure UrbanismatMarinaBay Cecilia BischeriandSilviaMicheli Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2110 contemporary Asia butbeyondthis,asHomiBhabhamightputit,architectural‘newness’ enteringtheworld. rumah panjai(longhouses)inSarawak.Eachoftheseexamplesrepresentcontributionstothemultiplemodernitiesthatmakeup (New Market)inPhnomPenh,theformerBankof Asia inBangkok,the Ashwinkumar CrematoriuminSuratandcontemporary and newmodesofarchitecturalproduction.Examplesincludethebahaynabato(stonehouses)Philippines,Psar Thmei and architecturalsensibilitieshaveled,fromcolonialtopostcolonialtimes,specificentanglementsbetweenhistoricallegacies paper takesanhistoricalapproachtotheproductionofarchitecturalmodernitiesin Asia, focusingonhowtheintersectionofsocial into globalism,and Asian colonieswerewheremuchofwhatisseenasWestern modernitywasproduced.Consequently, this Ackbar Abbas suggestsinhisanalysisofHongKongthatitwascolonialcitiesallowedEurope’s empirestomakethetransition Production, Legacyand‘Newness’ inColonialandPostcolonial Asian Architectures David Beynon Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2050 significance ofthegroupsinshiftingdynamicsMuslimpoliticalparticipationIndonesia. movement’ inthere-inventionofMuslimidentity?Usingconceptvisuality(Mirzoeff, 2011) andvisualactivism,Iargueforthe reconfigure the(political)subjectivityofMuslimwomanhood?Howshouldweunderstandinfluencethisform‘women’ play inthechangingsocio-politicallandscapeofIndonesia.Howdoesvisibilitysocial-media-basedMuslimwomen’s groups #muslimvotemuslim duringtheJakartagubernatorialelection. This paperinvestigatestherolethatyoungMuslimwomen’s groups Later,movements in2016usingthehashtag#belaquran(defendQur’an). inearly2017,thegroupssuccessfully campaigned centres ofIndonesiawereamongthemostsuccessfulininvitingtheirhundredsthousandsfollowerstojoin411 and212 Despite themainstreammediafocusonmale-led‘radical’ organizations,youngMuslimwomen’s groupsfromtheurban Women’s MovementorofWomen: Analysis ofIndonesian Young MuslimWomen’s Groups Annisa RidzkynoorBeta Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2200 their experiences. This datawillbeusedtoshapetheNorthernUplandFoodandNutritionSecurityImprovementProject. mothers, grandmothers,fathers,andhealthworkerstoselecttryoneormoreofthesepracticesfortwoweeksdescribe practices. We usedthisdatatoinformdevelopmentofasetpotentiallyachievableimprovementsMIYCFpractices.We invited Northern Laos.We exploredMIYCFpractices;thedriversofthesebehaviours;andbarrierstoachievementrecommendeddietary changes tomaternal,infant,andyoungchildfeeding(MIYCF)practicesthatareachievablesustainableintwoDistricts Save theChildrenLaoscommissionedSydneySchoolofPublicHealthtoidentifyopportunitiesforpromotingandsupporting infants breastfeedexclusively(EBF)forsixmonthsorachieveaminimallyacceptablediet(MAD)beforetheirsecondbirthdays. Malnutrition isendemicamongstchildren<2yearsoldinNorthernLaos.Manymothers’ dietsareinadequateduringpregnancy. Few The FeasibilityofImprovingMaternal,Infantand Young ChildFeedingPracticesinNorthernLaos Nina Berry, Ashraful Alam andMichelleD’Almeida Asia Pacificregionandacrucialcasestudy s Page 17 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 13:30-14:50Room:2280 alternative income-generatingand socialopportunitiesavailabletothewomen. saved isnotuniversal.We findthattheadaptedsystemhasdiffering influencesonintra-householdrelationships,dependingthe and afeministpoliticalecologylens,tohighlightthenuancesofthese benefitsforwomen,wherepositivewellbeingfromthetime allowed formanyhouseholdstomakeuseofmalemigration off-farm income.We combinethisprevious studywithnewinsights through decreasedlabourrequirementsandtimesavings,predominantly forwomen. These decreasedlabourrequirements also frame toviewthepracticechangeandadaptation,findingthat adaptedratoonricesystemprovidedincomeandsocialbenefits in QuangBinhprovince,werevisitacaseoflowlandricefarmer practice changeforfloodadaptation.Previouslyweusedagender Within CentralVietnam, agrarianchangeisinfluencedbyhumanandecologicalfactors. Drawingoninterviewswithkeyinformants Investigating theGenderedOutcomesofRicePolicyand Climate Adaptation inCentralVietnam Jennifer BondandSenLe Thi Hoa Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2240 findings fromthisprocessandoffers suggestionsforfutureresearchincommunicationfocusedondisabilityandinclusiveeducation. identified currentpractices,networks,andanactionplanforexpandingtheircommunicationstrategy practices. The mappingactivitiesgeneratedastrengths-basedDisabilityCommunicationProfileforeachschoolcommunitythat support reflectiononfiveelementsofcommunication:message,audience,mode,purpose,andimpactcurrentcommunication online mediacampaigns. Australian andIndonesian university andDPOrepresentativesfacilitatedmappingactivitiesdesignedto understanding ofdisability-relatedcommunication.Participantslearnedmethodstocombatnegativecommunityattitudesthrough this paperreflectsonathree-day“changelaboratory”in Yogyakarta, Indonesia,wheretwelveschoolcommunitiesdeepenedtheir communication, especiallyemergingmediatechnologies,playinhowdisabilityisconceptualised? To explorethesequestions, How doweconceptualizeandadvancesocialinnovationininclusiveeducationparticular Asian contexts-andwhatrolemight Communicating aboutDisabilityandInclusiveEducationThroughSocialOnlineMedia Michelle Bonati,GerardGogginand Analistia PuspaPertiwi Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2003 “mitate” wasusedtodepictfemininecapacitiesasother-worldlyinearlymodernJapanesetheatre. of Yang GuifeiinKabukiandChikamatsuMonzaemon’s Bunraku play“Coxinga’s Battles”.Finally, itwilldiscusshowandwhy among theatreproducersbylookingatthediaryofKabukiactorIchikawaDanjoII.Further, thepaperwilllookat“mitate”adaptions theatre andKabuki. This paperwilllookathistoricalrecordsoftranslation,anddiscussthematterliteracyinChineseclassics play “ThePalaceofEternalLife”,featuring Yang Guifei-orherghostwereusedas“mitate”worldsbycreatorsofBunrakupuppet one, atechniquecalled“mitate”. This paperwillinvestigatehow Tang dynastypoem“SongofEverlastingSorrow”andQing Early modernJapanesetheatreoftenmergedseveralliterary“worlds”,usingaclassicalworldasparableformoreevery-day Parables andIllusions:The‘SongofEverlastingSorrow’ ontheJapaneseStage Tove Bjoerk Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2003 give risetoabroaderdiscussionofissuesgenderandsexuality. of genderrolechangeorcrosspractice,withtheneedfordisguiseinPanjiSemirangplay. The secondandthirdstories the phenomenonofaf2mtransitionwhereSrikandhibecomesKandhihawainordertomarryDewiDurniti. Three: thephenomenon or sexualitygleanedfromtheinnumerablewayangstories(‘lakon’)foundinJava.One:phenomenonofagenderlessbaby. Two: and terminologyusedtodescribeorrepresentthephenomena. Through itsfindings,Idiscussthreedifferent formsofgenderand/ continues tothepresentday. ItexpandsonmybasichypothesisofgenderandsexualityinJavathroughresearchintothewords This paperisbasedonmylongtermresearchinto‘TheHistoryofGenderandSexualityinJava’,whichIstarted1988 Out butStillInvisible:GenderIdentificationandSexualityinJava Gayatri BJD . This paperanalysesthekey Page 18 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room: 2170 customs andtheirskillsinproviding appropriateandappreciatedcuisine. culture oflate19th/early20thcentury outback Australia duetosuchthingsastheir understanding ofEuropeanculinaryandfestival to thelandanddispossessedof it, thecooksareportrayedas‘foreign’,butalsoinsomewayscloser tothedominantEuropean present contradictoryversionsoftheworldamongcharacters. Whiletheindigenouscharactersareportrayedasbothbelonging related setofcontradictoryversionstheworld”(Hodge2017:169). Clothing,language,lifestyles,gaitandinterpersonalrelations specifically, the conceptof“ideologicalcomplexity”(Hodge2017;HodgeandKress1988),whichisbrieflydefinedas“afunctionally in theclassic Australian movie“We oftheNeverNever”. The generalanalyticalapproachissocialsemiotics(Hodge2017),and This paperfocusesontheportrayalofChinesepeopleinclassic The PortrayalofChineseinClassic Australian Films Wendy L.Bowcher Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2040 is theresultofwaysknowledgewasproduced. answered inthispaperiswhetherandtowhatextentthereadistinctFrenchdiscourseonSiamthe a FrenchJesuitmissionarynamedGuy Tachard whocanbeseenasrepresentativeofthesediscourses. The mainquestiontobe (modern day Thailand) inFrenchdiscoursethroughtheircontacttheseventeenthcentury. This willbeintroducedbythestudyof European exchangesleadingtheformationofknowledgeproduction. This paperwillstudytheimages,ideas,andidentityofSiam cultural encountersandexchangesofpeopleideas. There isevidenceofadynamicrelationshipbetweenindigenousand periodization ofthe‘earlymodernperiod’,periodfromfourteenthtoeighteenthcenturythatledincreasingcross- In thehistoriographyofSoutheast Asia, manyprominenthistorianshavepromptedefforts toplace Southeast Asia inthehistorical Siam MadeinFrance Deepshikha Boro Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2010 challenge toofficialhistoricalnarrativesbyallowingvoicesoftheoppressedbeheardincounter-narratives. discloses apossiblecoexistenceofmultipletemporalitiesthatarenotnecessarilylinearandthereforeposesconsiderable that helpsreconfigureasharedconsciousnessamongtheLaopeople,orLaoness,viahistoryandtime.Itshauntingproperty inquiry anditsalternative.Deployedasabackdropforthearticulationofone’s nationalidentity, it servesasaconceptualmetaphor enterprise. Nevertheless,supernaturalismtranscendsthefulfilmentofpersonalneedsbyprovidinganinsightintoscientificmode of supernaturalism constituteasignofrepressedguilt,italsoplayscrucialroleinoffering cluestoSiri’s unsolicitedinvestigative features SiriPaiboun,thenationalcoronerofnewlyestablishedLaoPeople’s DemocraticRepublic.Inthenovels,notonlydoes This isastudyofColinCotterill’s crimeseries,comprisingeleven novels(2004-2016).Classifiedaspostcolonialcrimefiction,it Haunting Nation:SupernaturalismandLaonessinSiriPaibounCrimeSeries Panida Boonthavevej Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:3180 criminalisation ofexit,anditsdiverseimplicationsforemigration. confinement in Asia.Itrevealsthemodesoftransnationalcriminalisationatworkinthisborderpolicing, inparticularthroughthe on thecriminalisationofimmigrationandregionalgovernancetobetterunderstandwhatisatstakeinemergencezones and returnby Australia; andco-operativepolicingarrangementsbetweenthe nationsfrom2009,thispaperconnectsliterature movement; instanceswheretheSriLankangovernmenthasprosecuteditsnationalsforunlawfuldepartureaftertheirinterception procedures andknowledge.Reflectingonpracticesincluding Australianpoliciesofdeterrenceagainstunauthorisedmaritime Lanka government,areincreasinglycommonandcharacterisedbythedevelopmentoftransnationalregionaloperations, within thenation. Yet co-operativeborderpolicingarrangementsbetweenstates,suchasthosethe Australian andSri Although scholarshaveobservedconvergencesbetweencriminalandimmigrationlaws,attentionhaslargelyfocusedondynamics Emerging ZonesofConfinementin AsiaandtheCriminalisationofExit Louise Boon-Kuo Australian films,andspecificallytheportrayaloftwoChinesecooks Page 19 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts history duetotheinfluenceofartistslikeNasharandOesmanEf on theproductionof“local”artworlds. The group inquestion–theMinangkabauofWest Sumatra–hasgainedattentionthroughout both thenatureofIndonesianregionalartworlds(i.e.thosethat exist outsideofthenation’s centreJava)andtheeffect ethnicityhas This presentationfocusesonaspecificethnicgroup’s positionwithinIndonesiancontemporaryarthistoryasameanstoexamine Ethnic IdentityandLocal Art Worlds: Minangkabau Artists inIndonesia’s Contemporary Art World Katherine Bruhn Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2290 Network (ADRRN),theCentreforResearchofEpidemiologyDisasters(CRED)atUniversityLouvain,andUNSW. consortium comprisesDhakaCommunityHealth Trust, the IndianNGO,SEEDS, Asia DisasterReduction and Response area offocusinhumanitarianaction. This paperwillpresentprogresstodateandask,‘canresiliencebeachieved?’ The project to supportneighbourhood-levelinnovationsthatimprovehealthandlivingconditions.Innovationinrecentyearshasbecomeakey settlements inDhaka,Bangladesh,includingKorail,oneofDhaka’s densestlow-incomesettlements. The projectwillprovide grants in Bangladeshonanewprojectfocusingurbandisasters,healthandinnovation. The projectislocatedinfourlow-income Better community-basedresilienceisneeded.Howcanthisbeachieved? The BuiltEnvironment,UNSWisworkinginaconsortium Poor urbancommunitiesinSouth Asia areparticularlyvulnerabletonaturallytriggereddisasterssuchasearthquakesandflooding. Can Resiliencebe Achieved? Laura BruceandDavidSanderson Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2240 efficiency, suchanapproachmayservetoexacerbatealreadysubstantialruralinequalities. likely tofacilitatepro-agribusinessformsofruraldevelopment,suchascontractfarming.WhilepossiblyimprovingIndia’s agricultural youth. Iarguethatthebusinessinfluenceoverpolicydevelopmentandstructureofexistingprogramsaresuchthey likely effects oftheseprogramsonruraldevelopment outcomesandthedevelopmentofsustainablelivelihoodoptionsforIndia’s development ofagriculturalvocationaleducationandpresentthefindingsinterviewswithVET for skilldevelopmentintheagriculturalsector. Inthispresentation,IanalysethestructureofIndia’s policyframeworkforthe formal VET programsinagricultureforthefirsttimeitshistory;untilnow, Indiahadreliedonfamiliesandextensionservices A notablefeatureoftheambitious‘SkillIndia’ vocationaleducationinitiativeisitsfocusonagriculture.Indiacurrentlyrollingout Skill IndiaandRuralDevelopment:ChallengesPotentialsofVocational Educationin Agriculture Trent Brown Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2020 looking atthecomplexnetworkofintersectingformssocio-politicalorderthatregulatelifeincountry. state formationin Timor-Leste lookdifferent. This paperconsiderstheimplicationsforstateandformationin Timor-Leste by and accountabilityareautomaticallyembeddedinsuchanapproach.Whenconsideredfromtheseperspectives,theprocessesof between governingandthegovernedcanbeunderstoodascentralto,orevenconstitutiveof,governance.Questionsoflegitimacy and relatedformsofparticipationaccountabilityinarangedifferent arenasofsocio-politicalorder. The patternsofrelations the institutionsofstaterule.However, governanceandcitizenshipcanbeunderstoodmorebroadlyastheexerciseofauthority building andstatestrengtheningprograms. These approachesdrawastrongdistinctionbetweenthestateandsociety, overwhich Concepts ofgovernanceandcitizenshipareoftenstronglytiedtoparticularconceptsthestateprevailingininternationalstate- Governance andCitizenshipfromtheGroundUp:StateFormationinT Anne Brown Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room: 2190 centre ofcontemporaryartproduction. art worldcanbeconstructed,traversing geographicboundariesandcomplicatingthecontinuedhegemony ofJavaasIndonesia’s their counterpartsinWest Sumatra,thispaperwillargueforthepossibilityofethnicityas avehiclethroughwhichmulti-sitedlocal groups includingJendelaandtheSakato Art Community. Bylookingattherelationshipofthesegroupsbasedin Yogyakarta to fendi activeinJakartathemid-20thcenturyandmorerecently imor-Leste providerstoassessthe , Page 20 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 08:00-09:20Room:2060 reasons foritsremarkablelongevity andsubsequentsteepdecline. declined onlyinthe1970s. This paperwillexploretheprocessofsaffron’s incorporation intoJapanesemedicalcultureandthe century: atonepoint,Japanwasproducingmorethan1000kilograms ofhighqualitysaffron peryear. The medicinaluseofsaffron from Europeanpharmacologyduringthelatenineteenthcentury. CultivationofCrocussavitasflourishedinJapantheearly20th use ofsaffron inJapan survived notonlythestatesupportedprojectofmedicalmodernizationbutalsodrugs’ disappearance medicine, saffron wasintroducedtoJapanintheearlyseventeenth centurybyDutchtradersbasedatNagasaki. The medicinal enthusiasm forsaffron wastheculminationof alongandslowprocessof“transfer.” An importantpartofearlymodernEuropean In theearlydecadesofnineteenthcentury, doctorsandpharmacistsaroundJapandevelopedmedicinesusingsaffron. The From MateriaMedicatoSpice:TheCuriousHistoryof Saffron inJapan Susan Burns Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2003 globalised world. It criticallyinvestigateswhatsuchconflictstellusaboutthetensionsbetweenindividualismandrelationalityinanincreasingly progress’, highlightedbyprevalentintergenerationalconflictoveryoungwomen’ come withmarriageandchild-rearing. This paperexploresthefinebalanceofexpectationsthatbefallyoungwomenas‘agents pre-marital educationandemploymentintermsoffreedommodernity, contrastingittotherestrictionsandobligationsthatsoon employment andsendmoneyhome.Despitethepressuresonyoungpeoplethisentails,Siquijodnoncharacteriseperiodof scale fishingandfarmingbackgroundsinvestconsiderablyintheirchildren’ economic ascentwithinlocalcommunities. Young adultsareassignedapivotalroleinpromotingkalamboan:parentsfromsmall- On thePhilippineislandofSiquijor, progress(kalamboan)denotesnotonlysociety-widetransformation,butalsofamilialsocio- Personifying Progress: Young Women andIntergenerationalConflictinthePhilippines Hannah Bulloch Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3180 intentionally constructedamonolithicIslamandMuslimidentity, despitediversitywithintheIslamiccommunityitself. Islamic societyfromconsumingun-halalfood.Iarguethat‘halal’ as stipulatedinthefoodlawisamoderninventionandhas(un) has shaped‘what/whoisimportant’ inthediscussionofhalaland‘what/whoshouldberegulated’ inordertoprotecttheummah/ (the providerofIndonesianhalalcertificationinthepast20years),Idemonstratehowknowledgepoliticsfoodpolicy-making stipulated intheHalalProduct Assurance Law(2016).ByanalysingIndonesianfoodlawsandpublicationmaterialsfrom theMUI legal systems. This paperfocusesontherecentattemptsbyIndonesiangovernmentto(re)defineandregulatehalalas debated widelyacrossdifferent disciplines, but veryfewdiscussionsfocusonhowhalalhasbeeninstitutionalisedwithinmodern Halal, anIslamicproscriptionofaproperwaylife,hasexistedformorethan1400years. As itrelatestofood,Halalhasbeen The Emergenceand(Re)definitionofHalalinIndonesianFoodLaw Arum Budiastuti Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2040 and theenvironment)toaddressideasofleisure,holidaydestinationsforforeignerstheirfamiliesonChinacoast. personal memoirsandpopularculture(suchascartoonspostcards)alongsideofficialaccountsmedicalreports(onhealth China coastfamiliescometoassociatewiththese‘retreats’ fromurbanlifeandtheillsofsummerheat? This presentationdrawson number ofholidaybungalowsatWeihaiwei foritsstaff. This paperwillask,whataspectsofmaterialculturedidtheselong-term and retreatsaspartoffamilylifeleisurefor‘OldChinaHands’. The ChineseMaritimeCustomsService,forexample,hada examining popularculturedescriptionsofWeihaiwei andBeidaiheamongotherplaces,wecanexploretheroleofcoastalresorts This paperexaminestheleisurepursuitsandlocalesfrequentedbyforeignerstheirfamiliesintreatyportsChina.By Holiday RetreatsandOldChinaHands Donna Brunero s tertiaryeducations,hopingtheywillgain‘professional’ s lifepathsand,inparticular, relationshipchoices. Page 21 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2040 expanding definitionsof‘Australian’ literature. time, throughtheirbeinglistedon AUSLIT, themain Australian literaturedatabase,theycanalsoberegardedascontributionsto speaker, through theirpublicationinIndonesiatheycouldberegardedasoffering certain‘outsideperspectives’,whilstatthesame mass mediaandliteraryjournalsinJakartaBandung(2002-2016). Although writtenbyanon-nativeIndonesian language ada Peringatan’,aselectionofhisIndonesianlanguagepoemswritten in1992-2011, includingthosealsopublishedinIndonesian studies, thepresenterreflectsuponhistoricalandculturalcontexts ofpoemswritteninIndonesianhis2013publication,‘T Asian regions,includingthroughculturalexchanges,people-to-people contactsandliteraryworks.Withintheparametersofthese Missbach andPurdey(2015)Sobocinska(2014)haveoffered historicalperspectivesonlinkagesbetween Australians and Literary Reflectionsthrough‘Tak adaPeringatan’ (2013) Ian Campbell Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2190 art showninternationallyintheperiod1950to1965,withafocusonportraitsselectedrepresentyoungnation. common tomanyoftheexhibitionsthatgovernmentandculturalorganisationsorganisedoverseas. This paperexploresIndonesian Indonesian andinternationalaudiencesunderstoodtheconceptofpowerpoliticalculture,infact,inclusionportraiture was his achievementsasanartistabovecredentialsapoliticalfigure.Whilethisrevealsdisjuncturebetweenthewaysthat of ayoungwomanintheNew York Worlds Fairof1964-65,abemused American reviewerwonderedwhythePresidenthadput and particularlyhisowngrowingcollectionofart,hadaprominentplaceindiplomacy. WhenSukarnoincludedhis1958portrait Following theinternationalrecognitionofIndonesia’s nationhood,theRepublic’s art-lovingleaderSukarnoensuredthatvisualart, Portraits oftheNation:Indonesian Art ontheInternationalStage Siobhan Campbell Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2040 repelled, butultimatelydeeplyenamouredwiththeformandsubstanceof‘modern’ West. imaginations) of Yokohama arere-visitedtoprovideuniqueinsightsintoanewandchangingJapan,attimesbothfascinated of modernization,orWesternization, inthetreatyportof Yokohama. These previouslyneglectedandunder-utilizedimages(and Yokohama asitssubject)oftheperiodwillbefocusedontoconsider thehistoricalpresentation,representation,andre-presentation understanding ofJapan’s modernhistory. The photographsand Yokohama-e (thatisagenreofukiyo-ewoodblockprintswith with theirunprecedenteddetailsofinteractionsandcooperation,astheyraisemanyimportantquestions,centraltoourconceptual Japan’s modernizationisstillsadlylacking. This paperexaminestheimagesandvisualconstructsof Yokohama anditssurrounds, Almost 160yearssincetheopeningofJapan’s firsttreatyports,awarenessoftheimportantcontributionmadebytheseportsto Images andImaginationsofTreaty Port Yokohama, 1859-1899 Simon JamesBytheway Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2010 overshadowed bynewer, moreglamoroushouses. and accruedstatusfortheirinhabitantsrelativesabroadembarrassmentshameastheyaged,decayedwere transmit affectsfield ofmigration-pridewhenthehouseswerenew ofbothprideandembarrassmentacrossthetransnationalsocial are alsoacrystallisationofthelabourthosein Australia. This paperexaminesthehousesasnon-humanactorswithacapacityto These houses,whicharethesubjectofcurrentresearch,representskillsandlabourbuildersinhomevillage/countybut and destinationlocales. The housesbuiltintheoriginvillagesChinausingremittancessentfrom Australia exemplifytheseflows. nineteenth andmid-twentiethcenturieswasamatterofcirculatoryflowspeople,goods,ideasmoneybetweentheorigin As inthecaseofnumerousothermigrationexperiences,PearlRiverDeltaChineseto Australia betweenthemid- 19 Denis Byrne th /20 th CenturyPearlRiverDeltaRemittanceHouses:CrystallisationofLabourand Affect Sources ak Page 22 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 08:00-09:20Room:2020 unexamined, maynotalwaysbe helpfultothepracticeofdevelopment. to theworkers’ lifeworld. The paperarguesthatthesearerepresentative ofaparticularsetsocio-politicalrelationswhich,left are underpinnedbyarangeofhighlypersonalintereststhatbroadly seektoestablish,extendorreassertasenseofmeaning to, improvingthematerialwell-beingofindividualsandcommunities in Timor-Leste, buttheseconcernsfrequently intersectand in aparticularlocale,thepost-conflictstateof Timor-Leste. Theseworkersaregenuinelyconcernedwith,ifnotfirmlycommitted drawing onprimaryresearchdata,thispaperexaminesthepersonal motivationsofInternationalDevelopmentWorkers operating collection ofindividualattitudesandimpulses.Reflectinguponthe broadershiftswithin Development isamultifacetedactivityinvolvingvarietyofactors andinterests.Underlyingitspracticeisanequallycomplex Sociopolitical RelationsofHelp:MotivationsInternational DevelopmentWorkers inTimor-Leste Sam Carroll-Bell Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2280 trustworthiness ofthehospital. The resultsareinterpretedagainstthemeaningoftrustasprovidedinmedicalliterature. on ahospitalwebsiteestablishsocialrelations,wherebytrustislikely(orunlikely)toemerge,alongwithattitudesregardingthe homepages areanalyzedemployingthelensofCriticalDiscourse visual grammarandBateman’s (2008)modelofgenre,fourEnglishversionstheBumrungradInternational(BI)hospitalwebsite and whethertheserelationshipsenticethereaderstotrusthospital.InformedbyKressvanLeeuwen’s (2006[1996]) paper examineshowsocialrelationsbetweenone Asian hospitalanditspotentialpatientsareconstruedonthehospital’s website information abouttheirservices. This raises theissueofnaturerelationshipsbeingestablishedonhospitalwebsites. This The adventofmedicaltourismchallengesproviderstodeveloptheirwebsitesbecomeconvenientsourcesinitial When theWebsite EngendersTrust: Multimodal Analysis ofan Asian HospitalWebsite Jonathan RanteCarreon Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2250 from anempiricalstudyinthePacificthathassincebeenadaptedandapplied communities thatareoftenveryimportantforsustainingcultural,socialandmaterialwellbeing. This paperdrawsonlessonslearned across interrelationships risks devaluing are notyetdominant,thefocuson individuals economy norms ofthecapitalist individualised developed tomonitorandevaluatetheirsuccess,tendfocusontherightsofwomenatindividuallevel.Forsocietieswhere the is ‘smarteconomics’.Underthisparadigm,interventionstoaddressgenderequalityandempowermentlikewisetheindicators in itsvision.Corporationsarethenewpartnersjoiningmainstreamdevelopmentactorsto‘invest’ inwomenandgirls,becausethis Various scholarshavecritiquedthe2012World DevelopmentReportGenderEqualityandasbeingcapitalocentric Gender Metricsbeyond‘SmartEconomics’ Michelle Carnegie Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2290 challenge existingriskgovernanceregimes. ‘at risk’ producebothopportunitiesandvulnerabilitiesfordifferent stakeholders,andhowpeoplerespondto,navigate,even epistemically andpoliticallychargedsocialrelations.Itdrawsattentiontohowcurrentorganizedpracticesofgoverningpopulations development, highlightingthediverseandoftenconflictingnarrativesofvulnerabilities,risk,resilience,justice,embeddedin processes ofrecovery. Drawingonexperiencesfrom Asia, thepanelcriticallyengagestheseissuesincontextof(post-colonial) to increasedrisks,theappropriateness(ornot)ofgovernment/non-governmentresponses,and‘winners’ and‘losers’ in of currentandfuturedisasters. This panelexaminestheunevenconsequencesofdisasters,wayspeopleareresponding where issuesofclimatechange,urbanisation,andrisinginequalitiesareimbricated, Asia continuestofacethreatsandinsecurities The 21stcenturyhasseenanincreaseintherateandscaleofdisastersacross Asia. Situatedinanincreasinglycomplexterrain Socio-Spatial Reconfigurationsofa‘Post’-disasterCommunityinthe Kaira ZoeCanete Analysis. The findingsindicatehowvisualandverbalcues Asia. Aftermath ofTyphoon Haiyan Aidland literaturesincetheearly2000s,and Page 23 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:3310 2004- hasbecomemoreradical compared toitspredecessors. socialism andriseofinternational Islamism. The interpretationofIslambytheBRN-Coordinate- themostmilitarilyactivegroupsince always beenpartoftheirthinking,Islamhasbecomemoreprominent sincethe1980sagainstbackdropofglobalcollapse used astheirprimarycodeofconductinwaging“war”.Islamhas alsoprovidestheblueprintforcreatingtheirnation.Whileithas the insurgents’ narrativeandmotivatingthousandsofMalayMuslimstojointhestruggle. The Islamiclegalconceptofjihadhasbeen conflict. Islamisanimportantbasisoftheconflict,thoughnon-religious issuesalsocontribute.Religionhasbeencentralinframing end goalsofsecessionistmovements.Iarguethatthephenomenon insouthern Thailand isareligiously-informedethno-nationalist This researchinvestigateshowtheconceptsofethno-nationalism andIslaminteracthowtheyshapethethinking,strategies Islam andMalayEthno-NationalisminThailand’s ‘DeepSouth’ Conflict Rungrawee Chalermsripinyorat Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2050 power that,ironically, theimplementationofspecialautonomyhascontributedto. continuing conflictinPapua,anyattemptatreductionmustaddressthetransferofauthorityandperpetuationelite implementation ofthispolicy. The paperconcludesbysuggestingthatinasmuchastheseprocesseshave directlycontributedto and formulation.ItarguesthattheforcesinformingspecialautonomybetweenPapuanJakartaneliteshaveshaped and interviewswithpoliticalelitesatthelocalnationallevelwhowereinvolvedinoriginalprocessofpolicyconsultation factors leadingtotheineffectiveness ofspecialautonomypolicyasaconflictreductionstrategyviaanalysisdocuments, Province, Indonesiawheretheintroductionofspecialautonomyhasfailedtoreducesecessionistviolence. The paperinvestigates Many studiesrevealthatSpecial Autonomy policycouldminimiseseparatistconflict.However, thissituationisnotthecase inPapua Elites andtheNegotiationofSpecial Autonomy PolicyinPapua,Indonesia Emir Chairullah Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2020 government. the MonNationalDayasaculturalself-identity, anddefineaMonas“aBodywith ThaiHeart”tobeacceptedbythe Thai through aselectionofculturaldifferences assymbolsandmakingthepastservepresent. They dressintheMonstyle,invented The processofMonidentityconstructionresultedfromeconomic,socialandpoliticalinteractions;theethnicboundaryhasbeen built stage. The studyfoundthatthe“Mon”,whoimmigratedtoBanWangka in1948,areviewedas modelteachersinSoutheast Asia. and participantnon-participantobservationsin“personal”“public”spaces. The datawasvalidatedandanalyzedatevery Sangkhlaburi District,KanchanaburiProvince, Thailand. Datawascollectedfromrelatedliterature,andthroughin-depthinterviews, This qualitativestudyinvestigatestheprocessofMonethnicidentityconstructioninBanWangka, NongLuSub-district, Process ofMonEthnicIdentityConstruction:BanWangka, NongLuSub-district,Thailand Nobparat Chaichana Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2240 are notstupid. president. Nevertheless,theconsumptionofsuchmediarequiresacertainformliteracyimplyingperspectivethatthesepeople this label. This studywilllookatcampaignandpoliticaladsintheformofpopularculturewhichpushedagendacurrent as ‘bobo-botantes’,referringtotheideathatvotersandsupportersarestupid.Recently, asmallgrouphasbeentryingtodispel of thisdiscussionaftertheelectionRodrigoDuterte.Scholarsandpublicintellectualsbegantolabelsixteenmillionvoters of Trump intheUS.‘Fakenews’ and‘mainstream media’ nowdominatediscussionsconcerningpolitics. The Philippinesispart Trudeau, MacronandMerkelhavebeengreetedwithelation. This hasbeenacounterbalancetotheshockofBrexitandelection Recent majorglobalelectionresultshavebeengreetedwitheitherelationorshock. The victoriesof‘liberal’ leaderssuchas De-mystifying the‘StupidVoters’: MultimediaLiteraciesinPhilippinePolitics Victoria CaytonandKarlIanUyChengChua Page 24 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room: 2003 representational strategiesthatworktodiffuse threatstodominantnotionsofmasculinity. contributes toourunderstandingofhowbeautypracticesfeature intheprojectofcreatingnewmodernmanandconcurrent masculine idealbyprovidingits“Other”.Interrogating the tensionsinvolvedinviewinganddesiringmobotherefore state andsocialcritics,themobowasalsoconstructedasaparodic, emasculatedformofmasculinitythatreinforcedanormative contestation ofothercompetingmasculinitiessuchasthesalaryman andsoldier. However, underthedisapprovinggazeof commodified malepointstoarenegotiationofmasculinityaccording toanewgender-blurringbeautyaestheticandsubversive desirable masculinityinmodernJapanesesociety. Inpopularmassculture,thecirculationofmobo’s imageasabeautiful This paperproblematisesthevisualrepresentationofModern Boy(mobo)in1920sJapanesepopularmediaasaformof Desiring theModernBoy:Beauty, ModernityandMasculinityin1920sJapan Pin-Pin DebbieChan Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2250 logic behindthisapproachanditsgoals. between IndiaandPakistan)areintensifying. This paperexamineshowandwhyChinausesthetoolofeconomic statecraft,the in East Asia (betweenChinaandJapan,betweenSouthKorea)in Asia (betweenChinaandIndia, ties withitsneighbouringcountriesworsenwhiletheireconomicinterdependenceincreases. for manycountriesinthe Asian region,China’s relationswiththesecountriestendstodefythisliberalproposition.China’s political interdependence likelyreducesinter-stateconflictoratleasttheincentiveforconflict.Inspiteofbeinglargesttradingpartner Commercial liberalismarguesthatthereisoftenaninverserelationshipbetweentradeandconflict:increasedeconomic Economic StatecraftandConflict:China’s ImpactonRegionalPeaceandSecurity Lai HaChan Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2003 customs, largelydrivenbyreciprocityratherthanself-interest. universe’ (Walton 2016),understandingsofdevelopmentandmoralitycontinuetobemoderatedbyenduringsocialcultural understand andconceptualisedevelopmentthefuture.Itdemonstratesthatwithincontextofa Theravada Buddhist‘moral people’s ‘ethicalimagination’ (Moore2011) andvisionsofwhatitistolivea‘good’ life,thispaperexamineshowyoungpeople transformation madepossiblebythetransitioninMyanmar. Exploringhowaccesstoneweducationalsitesinfluencesyoung This paperanalysestheaspirationsofyoungKarenpeopleinconnectiontopromisestechnological,personalandsocial Coming of Age inHpa-an:InSearchofDevelopmentandaFutureMoralSelf Justine Chambers Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:3310 sectarian restrictions. This isanewchapterofsantripoliticsanddemocracyinIndonesia. of Indonesia’s politicialpartiesshowsthesechanges;itisintendedtoencompassthemassesasmuchpossiblewithoutany santri behaviour. Manychallengesarefacedbysantripolitics. The inclusionofsomenationalists,evennon-Muslims,intheelite the nationalists.Bothequallyengagedinunfavorablebehaviour, suchascorruption,nepotism,andimmoralactsthatarefarfrom the nationalistparties,onotherside,haveactuallymadesignificantprogress. three generalelections,theresultsofsantri-basedpoliticalpartieshavenotprogressedsignificantly Is santri(devotedMuslimscholar)politicsalreadyover? The questionarosewhenIslamicpoliticsdeclinedinIndonesia.Over Democratic Change,PoliticalRationalityandtheFutureofSantriPoliticsinModernIndonesia Abdul Chalik The politicalbehaviorofsantriisnodifferent to There aresignsthatregionalconflicts , evenstagnated.Meanwhile, Page 25 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:2250 transnational corporations. Accord, weexplorehowactorsfromtheglobalnorthandsouthare activelybuildingdifferent formsoflabour governancefordifferent the globalsouth. Through acomparativeexaminationofthecases ofFoxconnand Apple, Pou ChenandNike,theBangladesh to assessingthepracticalityofgloballabourgovernanceagainst thebackgroundofchallengesposedbylocalcircumstancesin models ofrecenttimes.Inthispaper, weanalysedifferent formsoflabourgovernance ingreaterChinaandSouth Asia witha view as theBangladesh Accord, which wasdevelopedintheaftermathofRanaPlazadisaster, andwhichisseen asoneofthebest for countriesintheglobalnorth,leadingtodevelopmentofavariety ofnewpublicgovernanceandprivateregulatorymodels,such Since theworld’s factoriesbeganexpanding their operations,workplaceconditionsinglobalsupplychainshavebecomeaconcern Changing PatternsinLabourGovernance:Evidencefrom GreaterChinaandSouth Asia Chyi-Herng ChangandSantanuSarkar Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2170 Liang adaptedtheconceptofzhijuetoconnectxianliang(experience)andbiliang(reasoning). of the1910-1920s.InspiredbyFrenchphilosopher,of thenewculturemovement against thebackground empiricism, HenriBergson, (xianliang). Iarguethathemodified Yogācāra epistemologytosolvetheepistemologicalcontroversiesbetweenrationalismand his modifiedepistemology, associatingthistriowithhis model ofculturaldevelopment-the West (biliang),China(zhijue)andIndia two orthodoxmodesofknowledgein Yogācāra Buddhism,Liangintroducedfeiliangasthethirdmodeofperceptionorcognitionin perception orcognition),a Yogācāra terminBuddhistepistemology. Whilexianliang(directperception)andbiliang(inference)are their Philosophies). This paperinvestigateshowLiangcreatedhisownconceptofzhijueandusedittoreplace feiliang(mistaken Zhijue (intuition)isoneofthekeyconceptsinLiangShuming’s Dongxiwenhuajiqizhexue(EasternandWestern Culturesand The ProblemofIntuitionintheEarlyThoughtLiangShuming Yim FongChan Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2010 interpretations ofsuchconceptualideasinthreefolkstoriesasexamples. degree ofdifference betweenthatoftraditionalChineseandWestern ideas. The variationsmayberealizedbyreferringtodifferent folklore beinreasonableperceptionbyWestern readers? Though withtranslation,theconceptualimplicationsmustsuggesta homosexuality, gendersegregation,andsexualidentityreversal.How, then,couldtherepresentedgenderissues inChinese surprise, someoftheseanecdoteswerehiddenbehindtheveilvariousrepresentationssexualityandgenderissues,including past. Mostfolkstoriesappearedinamythicalsequence,andsomeservedallegoricalfunctionsforthepopulace.Nottoanyone’s a vitalheritageintheliteraryhistory, asitcontainsrichtreasuretrovesofculturalbearingsandboiled-downwisdomthebrilliant Being popularintheminorliterarystreamascomparedtoseriousliterature,folkliteraturepremodernChinawasalsoseen Sexuality andGenderVariations inTraditional ChineseFolkLiterature Kar YueChan Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:3200 and relevanceofinternationalisinghumanitarianissuesrelatedtorefugeeflowswillalsobeexaminedattheendpresentation. in Myanmarandroleglobalgovernanceratherthanhumanitarianmotives,ledtothecountries’ currentstance. The consequences indicates thepoliticalenvironmentsandinterestsofleadersinMalaysia Turkey, aswellChina’s increasingeconomicinterest Rohingya crisiswastheresultofshiftingdomesticpoliticalparametersanddynamicsbetweenMyanmar, China and ASEAN. It the complexconceptualrelationshipbetweenhumanrightsandpoliticalinterest,thispaperarguesthatinternationalisationof countries publiclyexpressedtheirconcernandsentaidtoBangladeshsupporttheRohingyarefugeecommunity. Inprobing Although theRohingyarefugeecrisisisanoldphenomenon,ithasrecentlygainedincreasedinternationalattentionasmore Internationalisation ofRohingyaRefugeeCrisis:TheCasesMalaysia,Turkey andChina Xin YingChan Page 26 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 13:30-14:50Room:3200 impact onthecountriesofGreater MekongSubregionandtheirrightstothissharedwaterspace. interaction betweenstakeholders (asprincipalandagentinnegotiatingasharedwaterspace)to understandhowthispushwill for energyofLaos’ rapidlygrowingneighbouringeconomies.Usingagencytheory andgamesnetworkanalysis,weanalysethe the degreethatwouldpermitregionalapprovaloflargehydropower damconstructionsnecessarytoslaketheinsatiablethirst of thisansweriswhethersimultaneousaimseconomic,environmental andsocialsustainabilitycanbereconciled,atleastto embrace theconceptofsustainabilitywithineveryfacettheirgovernance, makeshydropowertheanswerforLaos. The quandary partners onLaos’ comparativeadvantageinhydroelectricity). This push,coupledwiththegeneralisedmovement ofgovernmentsto There isapushtore-balancefinancingawayfromforeignaid,towards privatesectorfinancingofgrowth(andthepushbytrade Lao HydropowerFutureandtheSustainabilityofMekong SharedWater Space Andrea Chareunsy Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2050 police investigationshavehamperedtheirefforts toturnthemselvesintoacohesivemovement. against Purnama-remaininplace,andsotheymaintainadegreeofpoliticalcapital. Yet, internalschisms,ideologicalfracturesand political influenceoftheseIslamicintellectuals.Brieflyput,Iarguethattheirsocialandnetworks-whichprovedef conservative Islamicintellectualstoframenationalpoliticaldebate?We aimtoaddressthisquestionbyanalysingthecontinued efforts provedeffective, asreligiondwarfedallotherissuesduringtheelection. Yet, howdoesthissuccesstieintotheabilityof argued thatPurnamahadcommittedblasphemy, andthattheMuslimpopulationwasreligiouslyobligedtoelectaMuslim. These Islamic intellectualsheldaseriesofprotests.Demonstratingunderthebanner Aksi BelaIslam(IslamicDefence Action) they In 2017,theChristiangovernorofJakarta,Basuki Tjahaja Purnama,wasdefeatedingubernatorialelections afterconservative A SustainedConservative Alliance? ExaminingtheContinuedPoliticalStrengthof Aksi BelaIslam Christopher ChaplinandNavaNuraniyah Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:3310 tools thusconstitutecriticalentrypointsintothepoliticsofspaceanditsvisualrepresentation. themselves faceconundrumsoverhowmapsshouldbeproduced,bywhom,andofwhat.Mapsasculturalresourcesadvocacy inhabitants. However, thesemapshavelimitedlegitimacyinthecontextofnegotiationswithgovernment.Marindcommunities Producing mapsthatwon’tsitstillisawayinwhichMarindresistthehegemonicgazeofstateoverlandscapeandits Marind produce‘livingmaps’ thatareguidedbythesoundsandmovements ofhumanandnon-humanbeingsintheforest. government mapsandtheir‘straightlines’ becausetheyrepresentthe totalisingcontrolofthestateoverlandscape.Incontrast, to indigenouspeoples’ ownunderstandingsofmaps’ culturalandstrategicvalue.IndigenousMarind inWest Papuacriticise Debates overthecompatibilityoftraditionalknowledgeandmoderncartographictechnologieshavesofarpaidlimitedattention There Are NoStraightLinesinNature:MapsasCulturalResourceandTool for Advocacy inWest Papua Sophie Chao Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2020 YOI animation. significant featuresof‘bordercrossing’ andcross-culturalcommunication,whicharealsothecorevaluescelebratedbyofficial featuring Taiwanese culture,and Taiwanese YOI cosplayers’ localisationofcharacterisationandsettings. The findingsreveal aspects, namelytheunusualengagementof Taiwanese commercialmangaartistsandwriterswithfanactivities, YOI fanbooks otaku cultureand ACG (animation,comics,andgames)products.Mystudyof Taiwan-based YOI fandomisdividedintothree and glocalisation,thispaperexaminestheextenttowhich YOI fandomin Taiwan respondstothelong-terminfluenceofJapanese phenomenon of‘gloBLization’ (inDPagliassotti’s words)inthepastyear. Drawingfromthetheoreticalframeworkofglobalisation huge blossomoffanworksaroundtheglobe.Manythesemanifestthemecross-culturalBoysLove,creating Since its2016release,‘Yuri!!! onICE’ (YOI),aJapaneseanimationfeaturingmultinationalmalefigureskaters,hasinspired BL onICE:Border-crossingFeaturesof‘Yuri!!! onICE’ FandominTaiwan Tien-Yi Chao fective Page 27 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room: 2240 women successfulinthepoliticalarenaChina. by examiningfemaleprovincialleadersandtheiraccumulationof politicalpower, withthepurposeofillustratingwhatattributesmake shed muchlightongenderempowermentinChina. This paper will bringthemissinggenderperspectivetolocalelitestudyinChina, women aredisadvantagedinsomanyaspectsofsocial,economic andpoliticallife,ananalysisoftherisefemaleleadershipwill representation inlocalpoliticalleadershipdoesnotmeanthatastudy ofthisgroupisunnecessary. Instead,preciselybecause Current scholarshiponChina’s localpoliticalelitesandtheircareertrajectorylargelyignoreswomen.However, women’s poor Being An ‘Innocent Young Girl’:CareermobilityofFemaleProvincialLeadersinChina Minglu Chen Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2290 well astoimprovefamilypovertymightcontributethepsychologicalwell-beingofyoung Taiwanese adults. predicted well-beinginboththeWHO-5andCESD-R. This suggeststhatefforts tobuildemotionalautonomyandself-identity, as family poverty, rather thanearlydisadvantagedstatus,wasnegativelyassociatedwithwell-being.Emotionalautonomysignificantly identity achievementhadthestrongestrelationshiptostudents’ well-being(Beta=.26forWHO-5and.16CESD-R).Current (measured byWHO-5,CESD-R).Usinganationwideuniversitystudentsample(N=1,485),theresearchfindingssuggestthat and familypoverty(i.e.earlycurrentdisadvantagedcircumstances)affected universitystudents’ psychosocialwell-being theoretical framework,thispaperexaminestheextenttowhichroletransitions,personaldevelopment(i.e.autonomyandidentity) psychological well-beingareneglectedwhileyoungpeopleoftenfacestressfultransitionsintoadulthood.Usinganintegrative In Taiwan, about70percentof peopleagedbetween20-24attenduniversity. Unfortunately, keyfactorsassociatedwiththeir Self-identity, Emotional Autonomy andTaiwanese UniversityStudents’ PsychologicalWellbeing Hsing-Jung Chen Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2060 as sitesofdetentioninourday? outermost periphery? And, inwhatwaysdotheserecordsofislandconfinementanticipateandspeaktothepersistentuseislands might beinferredfromthememoirsaboutpoliticalorderofwhichtheirauthorswereapart,andtheythrusttoan of ex-inmates’ memoirs.Viewed throughtheprismof thesememoirs,whatcanbemadeofthepoliticalcommunity“Burma”?What Burma’s territory, toconfinedetaineescastasthreatslawandorder. Inthistalk,Ioffer apreliminarypoliticaltheoreticalreading In January1959,anewlyformedmilitary-ledgovernmentsetupcampintheCocosIslands,remotestarchipelagowithin Looking towards‘Burma’ throughtheMemoirsof CocosIslandsInmates Nick Cheesman Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2110 inform communitymembers’ collectivesenseofnationalidentity? Secondly,difference andstokeenmitytowardthenon-national,Korean‘Other’? howdothesenewstranslationsactivitieshelp barriers anddrawingChinesereadersintoclosercontactwiththeviewsofKoreans,howdothesetranslatorssimultaneouslyinflame with thetranslatorsthemselves,thispaperseekstoanswertwobroad,inter-relatedquestions:firstly news. Through itsanalysisofthetranslationsthatthissub-communitytranslatorsproduces,andsupportedbyfieldworkinterviews community’s translation activitiesbyfocusingonagroupoftranslatorsthatworkthetranslationintoChineseKorean-language a predominantlyMainlandChineseaudience. This paperinvestigatestherelationshipbetweenChinesenationalidentityandthis LTAAA.com isanonlinecommunitythatfacilitatesthecollaborativetranslationofnewsarticlessourcedfromaroundworldfor Nationalism andtheKorean‘Other’ Within aChineseNewsTranslation Community Thomas Chase , whilebreakingdownlinguistic Page 28 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3200 developments ongeopoliticalchanges andinternationalpowertransition. three dimensionsofitsenergysecurity strategy:availability, transitandfinance.Itwillthenreflectonpossible implicationsofthese Lines ofCommunication. This paperproposestoidentifydriversbehindChina’s globalsearchforenergyresources and examines large networksoftransnationalenergypipelines,overseasports and harbours,withnavalcapabilitiesgrowingtoprotectitsSea addition toincreasingenergyimportsandinvestmentsstrengthening tieswithresourcesrichcountries,Chinahasbeenbuilding age ofabundancethankstotheunconventionaloilandgasrevolution, challengesremainforChinatoensureitsenergysecurity. In foreign oildependencyratereaching64.4percentin2016.Even thoughtheworldenergymarkethasbeentransformedintoan China hassurpassedtheUStobecomeworld’s largestenergyconsumerandthenetimporterofcrudeoil,withits Understanding China’s EnergySecurityStrategyinthe Age ofUnconventionalOilandGas Revolution Juan Chen Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2070 to fostermutualunderstandingthroughinterculturalcollaboration. into high-resolution,three-dimensionalmodels.Bythejointeffort ofglobalinstitutionsandlocalauthorities,theBAEprojectwillhelp at Dazu,theBAEprojecthassinceearly2016cyber-archivedEsotericdeitiesinselectednichesandcaves,transformingthem vandalizing profoundlyaffect thesustainabilityofheritagesites.Forpreservingandmakingsustainabletangiblecultural disfigurement byacidrain,deteriorationoftheweather, earthmovements,humanactivity, etc.Buckling,cracking,demolishing,and survey forscholarsandinstitutionswithlimitedinfrastructure.HeritageconservationintheSichuanareafacesvariouschallenges: technology toinvestigatethedigitalnarrativeofculturalheritageconservation.Itcollaboratesconducthigh-resolutionsite Aiming attheDazuRockCarvings–aWorld HeritageSiteofSichuan Province—theBAEprojectutilizescyber-archiving “Body As Echoes:Cyber Archiving ofDazuRockCarvings(BAE)”exploresthedynamicnarrativesfordigitalheritage conservation. Digital NarrativeforWorld HeritageSite:DazuRockCarvingsasExample Wu-Wei Chen Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2040 land transactionsinChina’s treatyports,mixingtraditionalChineseideologyalongsidewesternpractices. Chinese lessors’ interests.It concludesthatcomplexlocalcontextsledtodiversewaysofmanagingandsupervisingSino-foreign landrightsandsafeguarding further demonstratestheroleofHuaqi(aparticularChinese-languagedeed)inlegalizingforeigner’s title deedswereperpetualleasesduetotheestablishmentofa“Rent-in-Perpetuity”systemafterFirstOpiumWar. This paper British Concession,andtitledeedsforthoseoutsidetheConcession.Whilecrowngenerallyhada99-yeartenure, registration systemsfordocumentingtheirnationals’ landtransactionsinXiamen.Crowndeedswereissuedforlotsinsidethe Through examiningthedeedsusedinSino-AnglolandtransactionsXiamen,thispaperrevealsthatBritishsetuptwo Sino-Anglo LandTransactions inChina’s Treaty Ports: A CaseStudyofXiamen Yu Chen Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2003 sphere. society, andheteronormativegenderbinaryremaincentraltothemonitoringoftransgender subjectivitiesintheChinesepublic constructed andnegotiatedwithintheChinesegendersocialnorm.Kinship,asfoundationofrelationsin creates progressivespacetoaccommodatenon-normativegenderidentities,transgendersubjectivitiesintelevisionarestill within theshow. Utilizingqueertheoryasthetheoreticalframeworkforstudy, thispaperarguesthateventhoughI,Supermodel a textualanalysisofthethirdseasonI,Supermodel,thispaperoffers acriticalanalysisofhowtransgenderidentityisdiscussed and modelingcompetition,encompassedadiversegroupofcompetitors,whichincludestheirfirsttransgenderparticipants. to themediarepresentationsoftransgenderpopulationsintelevision. The thirdseasonofI,Supermodel,aChineserealityseries Topics relatedtotransgenderissuesinChinahaveraisedsignificantscholarlyinterests.However, fewscholarshavepaidattention Here toRepresent,ConstructingTransgender Subjectivity inChineseTelevision Yukai Chen Through Page 29 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 15:30-16:50Room:2170 disappearance inotherpartsofSoutheast Asia. from southernFujianduringthe late nineteenthcentury, andseekstounderstand itscontinuedexistenceinManila,despite the theatricalpracticesof Tsinoy community. This paperoffers apreliminarystudyofKaoKa(Gaojiaopera),culturalimport besides Taiwan andHongKonginwhatwastermedthe“HokkienQuadrangle”.However, todate,thereislittledocumentation on American Chinatown,duetoitsrelationshipwithMexico.Untilthe mid-twentiethcentury, Philippineswasoneofthemajornodes had alreadyexperiencedanearlyformofglobalizationduetoits connectiontoglobaltradenetworks.Manilawasmadethefirst most populardestinationforChinesemigrantspartlyduetoitsgeographical proximitytosouthernFujian. At thistime,Manila Once knowntohavehostedtheearliestandlargestgroupofChinese tosettleinthesixteenthcentury, thePhilippines wasthe Revitalizing GaojiaOperawithina‘SilentMinority’:The Tsinoys inManila Caroline Chia Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2240 apparent contradictionliesattherootofunderstandinghybridityinSingapore’s universities. was reallyapoliticalproject,ratherthandeep-seatedculturalidentity. Inanycase,howonereconciles anunderstandingofthis from Confucianismand Asian Values inthesamewayother Asian universitieshave. The explanationisthatthe Asian Values debate Asian Values debateofthe1990s,whichdrewmuchfromConfucianideas,Singapore’s universitieshaveneverdrawninspiration education. The centralcontradictionintheSingaporecaseisthatwhilehasbeen knownforbeingtheprogenitorof of SingaporeandNanyang Technological University, thepaperdiscussesissuesofEast-West hybridityinSingapore’s higher in theeraofglobalisation.Drawingupondocumentaryevidenceandinterviewswithkeyacademicstaff attheNationalUniversity This paperrevisitsGopinathan’s andLee’s argumentsabouttherelationshipandroleofdevelopmentalstate andeducation Hybridity, theDevelopmentalStateandGlobalizationinSingapore’s Universities Yeow-Tong ChiaandHoe Yeong Loke Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2170 gay butalsohowtobedisabled. life, Cheungwasknownforhisflamboyantgaynessandsuicidaldepression.teachesSinophonefansnotonlyhowto be often portrayedasgaywellapatientinneedoftherapies(foropiumaddictionandtheoncepathologizedhomosexuality).In attempts to“crip”Cheung(inthewayheis“queered”)byrecognizinghisassociationswithvariousdisabilities.Infilms, communities. In2003,CheungkilledhimselfattheheightofSARSplague.InspiredbyRobertMcRuer, thispresentation 1990s, withtherisingawarenessofhomosexualityinEast Asia, Cheunggainedpopularityasagay/queericonacrossSinophone Kong filmstarknownforhishomoeroticfilms,suchasFarewellMyConcubine(1993)andHappy This paper, asaculturalanalysis,addstothediscussionon“cripistemologies” byfocusingonLeslieCheung(1956-2003),aHong The SinophonePatient:‘Cripping’ LeslieCheunginHongKong Ta-Wei Chi Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2070 of nationalbelonging. can turntowardsperformanceinawaywhichallowsfordifferent perspectivesandvoices,withoutcompromisingonthestate’s idea narrative, The SingaporeStory?UsingtheongoingMemoryProjectasacasestudy, IshowhowSingaporeanoralhistory as partofatop-downnation-buildingprojectdesignedtocarefullycalibrateheterogeneityinorderweavesingularhistorical oral historyasperformancetranslateinthecontextofsoft-authoritarianSingaporestate,whichtreatstheirpractice as embodied,empoweredagents. This idea,however, emergedpredominantlyinan Anglo-American context.Howdoesthisideaof Abrams 2011; Beard2017):thestoriesperformedinoralhistoryinterviewsallowforpeopletohavetheirvoicesheard,andact Oral historyisaperformativehistoriographicalmethod,asarguedbymanyofitspractitioners(Pollock2005;Friedman2008; The StorytellingState:OralHistoryasPerformanceinSingapore Nien YuanCheng Together (1997).Duringthe Page 30 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:2070 she andotherwomenhadsharpenedtheirsenseoflocality, whichinturnshapedtheirvisionforsocialreform. life storyofPahkInduk(1896-1980)asacaseinpoint,arguingthat thedirectexposuretoWestern andJapanesemodernitythat of selfhoodandracialnationalidentity, andcreatedthecontextforgrowth ofawomen’s movement. The paperhighlightsthe Asia, North America, Europe,and Australia, thispaperdemonstrateshowtheirexperiencesabroadvaultedthemintoanewsense Korean womencouldexperiencetheworldbeyondmetropole andthecolony. Examiningthetravelofthesewomenthrough (1910-1945). Itspecificallyfocusesonthewaysinwhichglobal Christiannetworkservedasachannelthroughwhichyoung This paperexaminesthecrucialrolethatglobalmissionarynetwork playedinshapinggenderpoliticscolonial-eraKorea Beyond DomesticBorders:GenderandGlobalChristian NetworkinColonialKorea Hyaeweol Choi Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2200 circumstances. These findingshelpclarifyhowmarriagemigrationcanbeunderstoodasagenderedphenomenon. by marriagemigration.However, beingamarriagemigrantismoresignificant factorthangenderindeterminingpost-marital shows thatmenandwomenhavedifferent rationalesandstrategiestomanagecomplicationsenjoyadvantagesbrought between aHongKongwomanandmainlandChineseman.Interviewdatawitheightyfivemenwomeninthesemarriages two typesofcross-bordermarriages:(1)marriagesbetweenaHongKongmanandmainlandChinesewoman,(2) This studyaimsatrevealingthegenderdynamicsincross-bordermarriagesbycomparingexperiencesofmenandwomen the experiencesofmen. This mayobscurethewaysinwhichgenderisstructuredandrestructuredthroughmarriagemigration. While existingstudiesoncross-bordermarriageshavepredominatelyfocusedtheexperiencesofwomen,littleisknownabout Gender DynamicsinCross-BorderMarriagesbetweenMainlandChinaandHongKong Tuen YiChiu Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:3003 agency. Bangladesh, thispaperexplorespoliticalagencyasgroundedindailylife,andhowitaffects boththeconstitutionandenactmentof with particularreferencetoclaimingcitizenshiprightsinrelationeducation.BydrawingonthecontextofCHT and thepolitical. Adopting thesecondapproach,thispaperexaminesotherwaysofbeingpoliticalthroughanempiricalstudy approach bysettingouttofindpoliticsgroundedinthemundaneandemphasizingrelational,constitutivereadingof dominated byaccountsofagencywhichpositioncitizenshipasbeingenactedinthepoliticalspace.Scholarshavechallengedthis This paperseekstoexaminehowminoritypeopleclaimcitizenshipinBangladesh. The citizenshipliteraturehaslargelybeen Indigenous People,CitizenshipandDevelopmentintheChittagongHillT Mya Ching Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2003 traditionalized aswellcontested. research data,Idiscusshowthepracticeofemployinggenderedfamilialappellationsbasedonideaheterosexualfamilyis and controversialsubjectemerginginthedebate:familialappellations.Usingtranscriptsfrompublichearingsforumsas ethnomethodology andfeminism,thispaperfocusesonthequotidianaspectinevent.Itexaminesdiscourseaspecific about same-sexmarriagestilllingeron.Itisthelatterthatthispaperaimstoaddress. Adopting thetheoreticalperspectiveof While thelegalargumentsseemtohavesettleddown,discussionsregardingsexuality, familyandtraditiontriggeredbythedebate does notallowtwopersonsofthesamesextomarryisunconstitutionalandthatlawshouldbeamendedwithinyears. On 24May2017,justicesin Taiwan deliveredInterpretationno.748,whichindicatesthatthelegalregulationinCivilCode In theNameofTradition: MakingSenseofFamilial Appellations intheSame-SexMarriage Ting-Fang Chin racts, Bangladesh. , Page 31 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3270 use animalsasatoolforbridging culturalgapsbetweenChinaandtheworld. works” incontemporaryChineseartdonotmerelyshapeourperceptions towardstheanimalworld,thesecross-culturalworksalso installations suchasHuang Yongping’s Theatre oftheWorld andCaiGuoqiang’s The NinthWave, thispaperargues“animalart the boundariesbetweenEastandWest, ordoes itintensifytheideologicaldifferences amongdifferent cultures? Focusingonart as atoolofcross-culturalmediation,particularlyinthe Anthropocene age?Doesturninganimal intoacosmopolitanconstructblur of theGuggenheimMuseum’s latestartexhibition duetoaccusationofanimalandinsectabuses.Howdoartworksfunction explanations (tohumansociety).” This paperbeginswiththerecentcontroversywhere threeChineseartworkshavebeenpulledout Animals areoftenusedincontemporaryartperformancesandinstallations. As Bergersuggests, “Everywhereanimalsoffered Mediating Cultureinthe Anthropocene: Animals inContemporaryChinese Art Installations Kiu-wai Chu Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2200 can beattributedtousingformativeresearchindesigningthe“balancedplatedemonstration”. the study-meanbirthweightwas127ghigherandprevalenceofLBW12.7percentlowerininterventioninfants(P<0.001) – provided theinterventiontopregnantwomenintreatmentgroupfromfirsttrimesterofpregnancyuntildelivery Community healthworkers health system. within theexisting and feasible appropriate – suchthatitwasculturally design intervention Interviews conductedwithwomen,families,localhealthworkersandstakeholdersaspartofaformativestudyinformedthe a balanceddietusingpracticaldemonstrationasidefromthemainstudyobjectivetoassessitsimpactoninfantbirthweight. randomised controlledtrialof900pregnantwomenincludeddesigninganutritioninterventiontoeducateoneating Poor maternaldietduringpregnancyinBangladeshhasbeenlinkedtothehighprevalenceoflowbirthweightinfants. This cluster Designing andImplementingan Antenatal NutritionBehaviourChangeCommunicationinRuralBangladesh Morseda Chowdhury, CamilleRaynes-Greenow, MichaelDibley and Ashraful Alam Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2020 this paperwillanalysethesymbioticrelationshipbetweenvisualadvertisementandsocialpopularcultureinIndia. repository thatallowsustotracethesocialandculturalchangesoccurringinsubcontinent.Usingtheseobjectsassignposts, the Amul Girlhasappearedon4,000-plus distincthoardingsandadvertisementsacrossthecountry, andhasbecomeanarchival visual representationsofcontemporaryissuesinpolitics,culture,sports,andworldevents.Sinceherappearancethe1970s, a uniqueplaceinthecollectiveculturalconsciousnessofbothurbanandruralIndia.Whatsetstheseadvertisementsapartistheir a grassrootsmovementthathelpedIndiabecomethelargestdairyproducerinworld, Amul Girladvertisementshaveestablished Withi Indianculture,oneofthemostfirmlyentrenchediconsis Utterly ButterlyIconic: A StudyofanIndianMilkBrandMascot Virien Chopra Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2240 by itsreaders. showed sympathyto Ahok, withthecoverageinKompasbeingmoreextensive.GuojiRibaoalsopublishedpoemson Ahok written shocked thepublicandmanypeopleconsidereditathreattoIndonesia’s pluralismanddiversity. This studyshowsthatbothoutlets to twoyearsinprisonon9May2017overhisearliercontroversialspeechwhichhereferencedaQuranicverse. The verdict Ahok wasthefirstChineseIndonesianChristiangovernorofJakarta.HechargedwithblasphemyagainstIslamandsentenced largest Indonesian-languageandChinese-languagenewspapersinIndonesia.Bothpapersalsohavewell-establishedwebsites. in Jakarta’s formergovernorBasuki Tjahaja Purnamaa.k.a. Ahok’s blasphemycase.KompasandGuojiRibaoarerespectivelythe This studyexaminesandcomparesthecoverageonwebsitesofKompasGuojiRibaomediaorganisationsverdict Coverage ofthe Ahok Verdict: EvidencefromIndonesian-languageandChinese-languageNewspapers Wu LingChong Amul Girl.Createdasabrandmascotfor Amul MilkCooperative, . The resultsof Page 32 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room: 3180 comprehensive transitionaljusticemechanism,thismightcause conflict toreoccurinthefuture. the ‘surrenderandamnesty’ modefailstoeffectively promotelong-termreconciliation. As theamnesty isyettobeaccompaniedbya evidence ofakindclassdivisionamongstamnestybeneficiaries duringthepost-conflictpeacebuilding. provinces, especiallyduringthelocalpoliticalelection. Arguably, thecurrentlocalelection-based conflictandviolencein Acehis Nonetheless, astheMoUhasbeenexecutedformorethanadecade, chosen bytheIndonesiangovernmentandFree Aceh Movementunderthe‘2015HelsinkiMemorandumofUnderstanding’. Amnesty lawhasbeenlongconsideredtobeablehelppeacefully resolveprotractedinternalconflict.Suchameasurewasalso This researchattemptstodepictthecontributionofamnestylawtowardspromotionreconciliationinpost-conflict The Impactof Amnesty LawtowardsReconciliationinPost-Conflict Aceh Harison Citrawan Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:3020 migration thatarisefromthedialecticofselfandsociety. Kediri, thisstudyofthreemalemigrantworkersinvestigateshowgendermodulatestheactandexperiencetransnationallabour the world,andstructurationthatshapestheirlivescommunityovertimeacrossspace.Drawingonfieldworkinrural men haveworkedoverseas,whileexaminingtheirambivalentinteractionswithsociety, theculturalframeworkstheyusetointerpret East Java,highlightingtheinterplayofindividualagencyandsocialforcesintheirmigrationtrajectories.Iaimtoexplainwhythese minimally inthescholarlyliterature. To fillthisgap,mypaperexaminesthecasesofthreemalemigrantworkersfromruralKediriin Although menhaveconstitutedroughly40percentofallIndonesiantransnationalmigrantworkerssince201 Male Villagers, SocialChangeandTransnational LabourMigration:CasesfromEast Java Nurchayati ChudoriMuksam Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2190 Philippine identity. Roldan’s worksandinthePhilippines,religionremainsapotentforceconceptualisationlegitimisationofnation refer toPhilippinereligiouspracticesasnegotiationsbetweenpre-HispanicspiritualbeliefsandCatholicism.Itwillexaminehow This paperoffers ananalysisoftheworks FilipinoartistNorbertoRoldan,focusingonhisusereligiousimagesandobjectsto Religion andNationalIdentityintheWorks ofNorbertoRoldan Luke Chua Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2110 Dusit Thani hashadalastingimpacton Thai nationalism. parliamentary systemofgovernment,butwithnewsocialarrangements. Although Vajiravudh failedatfashioning ademocraticpolis, The scalemodelwasbothapoliticaltoolandspeculativeplaytoyforKingVajiravudh, whosoughttoexperimentwithnotonlya regime thatlinkedtheking’s prolificendeavorsindesign,literature,andthevisualartswithtrainingofamodernrulingclass. system, andthreenewspapers. As urbanmodel,mediatedlandscape,andtheatricalstage,itbecamethecentreofan aesthetic private houses,cinemas,banks,palaces,abi-cameralparliament,aswellconstitution,policeforce,firedepartment,tax detailed miniaturecityoccupiedalittleunderanacreandwascomposedofover300structuresincludingfullyelectrified This paperexaminesKingVajiravudh’s experimentinurbandemocracy, Dusit Thani: MuangPrachatiptai.Builtin1918,thishighly- Modelling Failure:TheMiniatureDemocraticCityofDusitThani Lawrence Chua Aceh isstillconsideredoneIndonesia’s mostconflictprone This studyconcludesthat 1, theyhavefigured Aceh. , in Page 33 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 08:00-09:20Room:2060 regional enginethatconnectedand transformedearlymodern Asia. the purchasingchoicesof Asian consumersforthemostquotidianofitems,deerskin socks andpurses,createdapowerful,trans- itself. exclusively ononehub, Taiwan, withoutexaminingtheJapaneseconsumerrevolutionthat fuelled itorthebroaderscaleoftrade and cities. Although scholarshavelongnotedthescale oftheearlymoderndeerskintrade,pastanalysishasfocusedalmost shipped outeachyear, first,fromhuntinggroundsacrossSoutheast AsiaandlaterfromEzo(Hokkaido)toJapan’s boomingports together insprawlingnetworks.Propelledbyvoraciousdemand for softandpliableleather, hundredsofthousandsskinswere During theearlymodernperiod,deerskintradestretchedacross Asia, bindinghunters,shippers,artisansandconsumers The Great Asian DeerskinBoom:Trade andViolence acrossEarlyModern Asia Adam Clulow Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:3200 the localstrugglesofETIMand TIP toglobally-orientedjihadistgroupssuchas Al Qaeda. perceptions ofdeclininglocalconditionsforUyghurswithinXinjiangandconnectedtotransnationalnarrativesjihadismthatlink of ETIMand TIP demonstratesanincreasingly‘glocal’ conceptionofjihadthatissimultaneouslymotivatedandsustainedby Movement ofUzbekistan(IMU),the Taliban and,morerecently, theIslamicState(IS). This paperargues,however, thattheevolution of XinjiangistheresultETIMand TIP, aidedandabettedbyinternationalregionaljihadistgroupslike Al Qaeda,theIslamic Party (TIP).Since9/11, theChinesegovernment hasconsistentlyclaimedthatpoliticalviolenceinitsfarnorth-westernprovince and operationaldevelopmentofmilitantorganizationssuchastheEast Turkestan IslamicMovement(ETIM)and Turkestan Islamic This paperexploresthedevelopmentofUyghurmilitancyandterrorismsinceendColdWar, focusingontheideological Uyghur MilitancyandTerrorism: TheEvolutionofa‘Glocal’ Jihad? Michael Clarke Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2010 instances ofwarandinstitutionalisedviolence. a fictionalaccount,thesemale-centricsequencesoffer theopportunitytoconsiderhowsoldiersandciviliansrelateinextreme structures, aswellengaginginhomosocialbondsthatencourageintimacyandthecraftingofalternativemasculinities. Though (2014) re-conceptionofhomosociality, theserelationshipsareseenassustaininghegemonicmasculinityandinstitutionalpower of masculinitywithintheboundshomosocialityandpermissibleintimacies. Through thelensofHammarenandJohansson’s that throughcriticalreadingoftherelationshipsamongstthesemenwecanseecomplex,andattimescontradictory, performances less exploredistherepresentationofmaleintimacyandhomosocialitywithinnovel’s war-timesequences. This paperwillargue number ofyears,withspecialattentiontoitsportrayalJapan’s war-timeactionsandintergenerationalmemory. However, whatis Murakami Haruki’s revolutionarynovel Masculinities, HomosocialityandIntimaciesinMurakami’s ‘TheWind-Up BirdChronicle’ Laura Clark Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2020 cranes’ and‘blackeggs’. Sadako (1913-2005)goesfurthertocriticizestronglythedeceptivenatureofpoliticsbyusingimagesblackcoloure.g.‘black a toolforpeacecampaigns.Shikokuopenlyadmitsthathisartisnotart’s sakebutforpeacemovements. The poetKurihara Shikoku andapoemby Toge condemningthewar. Bydisplayingtsuji-shiinthestreetbothofthemriskedprosecution. Art became to producetsuji-shistreetpoempostersfrom19501953,ofwhichonlyeighthavesurvived.Eachoneincludesapaintingby press code,1945-1949,wasinforce. The artistShikokuGoro(1924-2014)andthepoet Toge Sankichi(1917-1953),joinedtogether Hiroshima. The paintingsbyMarukiIriand Toshi areclassicexamplesofartists’ condemnationofthebombevenwhenGHQ’s Artists firstcollaboratedtotransmittheirexperiencesoftheatomicbombforanti-warandanti-nuclearweaponscampaignsin Civil ResistanceinHiroshima:Cultural Activism throughImages Yasuko Claremont This paperpresentsaninitialoverview ofthegreatdeerskinboomandacollaborativeproject that aimstoexaminehow The Wind-upBirdChronicle (1995)hadbeenthetargetofsignificantscholarshipfora Page 34 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 15:30-16:50Room:2050 Timor intheearlyyears oftheIndonesianoccupation. The Lopes affair isseentoexemplifythescapegoating ofEast Timor. choice ofascapegoat,andfinally theviolencedonetovictim.Whitlam’ entity. Girardidentifiesfour“stereotypesofpersecution”thescapegoatin Whitlam/Lopes events:crises,crime,criteriaforthe the faceoffearorthreat.Scapegoatingresolvesgeneralised violencewithinagroupbymeansoffocussingblameontosingle Girard’s insightsintovictimisationandscapegoatingaswaysthrough whichhumanshavetypicallysoughttorestoreharmonyin ex-Prime MinisterWhitlamandthe Apostolic Administrator oftheDioceseDili,MonsignordaCostaLopes.ItdrawsonRené As acasestudyoftherelationshipbetween Australia andEast Timor, thispaperanalysesinteractionsintheearly1980s between Scapegoating onthe Australian Doorstep Susan Connelly Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2200 survey oflocalyoungmen. first offourwavesdatacollectioninvolvingparticipantobservationandin-depthinterviewswithyoungfathers,complemented by a discourses whichotherpoor, youngIndonesianmen(non-fathers)areseentodrawon. The presentedfindingsare derived fromthe specific hegemonicmasculinity, with itsclearlydefinedexpectationsofmenas“breadwinning”fathers,andthehyper-masculine perspective onmasculinities,thispaperexploresthewaysyoungfathersnegotiatetensionsbetweenpursuitofalocally- how youngmenconstructandenactmasculineidentitiesinthecontextofbecomingbeingafather. Taking acritical of earlyfatherhoodinarural,impoverishedareaLombok,eastIndonesia. The paperfocussesononeaspectofthatstudy: This paperpresentspreliminaryfindingsfromalongitudinal,ethnographicstudyofyoungmen’ Masculinities andEarlyFatherhoodinaRuralIndonesianContext: Young FathersinNorthLombok Lisa Colquhoun Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:3180 the present American-inspired model. cultural comparison,tracingthehistoryofsystemandhighlightingdiscrepanciesbetweenastrongly“European”tradition and situation andformulatessomepredictionsaboutfurtherdevelopments.Itwilldiscussthereform,usingtoolsofinstitutional Schools, whileabouthalfoftheseschoolshaveannouncedtheirupcomingshutdown. This paperassesses thereasonsbehindthis it isnowpossibletosaythatthisreformhasbeenafailure. The passingratecollapsed,asitdidthenumber ofapplicantstoLaw professionals inthecountryandcreatingaclassofjuristsas“problemsolvers”ratherthanjust“lawexperts”. After initialoptimism, system broadlymodelledontheUnitedStates’ equivalentinstitution,andhadthedualpurposeofincreasingnumberlegal In 2004,Japanimplementedaseminalreformregardingaccesstothelegalprofessions. The newsystem createdaLawSchool The JapaneseLawSchoolSystemataTurning Point:CurrentCriticalitiesandFutureOutlook Giorgio FabioColombo Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:3200 and worldviews. explores howChinesewhite-collarexpatriatesviewtheirrolesandresponsibilities,suggestsnewinsightsintoidentity agenda (materiality),andimplementtheselessonsoverseas,whereadifferent marketingstory(myth-making)isrequired.Italso Chinese white-collarexpatriatestakebrandsuccessathome,builtonasharednationalisticsentimentandqualityinnovation Other. DrawingoninterviewsandethnographicdatacollectedwhileconsultingforglobalChinesebrands,thispaperdiscusseshow it isargued,arebuilton“enduringandsharedperceptions”createdthroughmassmarketing;theyrequireanunderstandingofthe Chinese OverseasDirectInvestment;theserequirelowcostmanufacturing,labormobilisationanddeal-makingaptitudes.Brands, learns aboutothercultures.Manufacturing,state-financedinfrastructureandcorporateacquisitionshavetypicallycharacterised The growthofglobalChinesebrandssuchas Alibaba andHuaweicompelsustorethinkhowChinaengageswiththeworld Materiality andMyth-makingamongstChineseWhite-collarExpatriates Sacha Cody s treatmentofLopeswasassociated withthefaminesin s transitionstoandexperiences Page 35 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:3200 and allregionalideas. moreover, theanti-communistrootsofthesesolidaritiesand Thailand’s self-perceptionasleaderreinforcethepoliticalbasisofthis mainland initiativesremindusof therecentandcontingenthistoryof“theregion”.Despitebeing based onacoherentculturalarea, Peninsular Group,andtheSouth East Asia PeninsularGames. These forgottenprecursorstotheGMSandcontemporary Thai-led several peninsularinitiativesofthe Thai government,includingtheGroupofBuddhistCountriesagainstCommunism, Golden contemporary emergenceof“Southeast Asia”. Butthispostwarnotionofthemainlandwasalsodistinctive. This paperconsiders peninsula), popularizedinpre-warSiamese/Thaiirredentism.Likewise, itsanti-communistfeaturesboreobvioussimilaritiestothe efforts toestablishgroupings ofitsnon-communistneighbours–drewonanoldervernacularSuwannaphum/laemthong(golden In 1950s Thailand, ColdWar dynamicshelpedshapeanewregionalidea of peninsularSoutheast Asia. This idea–reflected in Thai Creating theGoldenPeninsulaRegion:TheIdeaofMainland Southeast Asia inColdWar Thailand Simon Creak Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2280 contrasting livelihoodtrajectoriesandtheassociatedriseorfallinhouseholdwell-being. have notimprovedtheircircumstancesorgonebackwards.Losinggainingfarmlandwasthemainfactorinfluencingthese However, thepositiveoutcomeswereskewedtolargeandmediumlandholderswhilemanysmallholderslandlesshouseholds production boosteddemandforfamilyandhiredlabour, providingadditionalemploymentforsmallholdersandlandlesshouseholds. in bothsites.Formosthouseholds,participationtheboomresultedincreasedincomeandassets. The commercialisationof one asiteofrapidin-migration. The cassavaboomhadcontributedtoatransformationoffarmingsystemsandagrarianstructures different typesofruralhouseholds. Two contrastingsiteswereselected—onewhere farmingpopulationsweremoresettledand This paperevaluatestheimpactofcommercialcassavaproductiononfarmers’ livelihoodsandtracesthelivelihoodtrajectoriesof The CassavaBoomand Agrarian DifferentiationInCambodia Rob CrambandKenSothorn Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2070 part byexploitingtheflawsininformationflowthatcharacterizedearly expelling foreignmissionaries,mostofwhomwereactivelybarredfromre-entryfordecades. a youngroyalservant(mostlikelyhisformerlover)enragedtheking,whorespondedbyviolentlypersecutinglocalChristiansand into theleadershipofanofficialFrenchcommercialmissiontoCochinchina(1749-1750).Onhisdeparture,Poivre’ there untilbeingquietlyexpelledfordishonestyinlate1743.Undeterred,helaterparlayedhisself-proclaimedlocalknowledge moribund FrenchmissiontoCochinchina(central-southernVietnam) in1742.Claimingabogusvocation,Poivrebrieflysojourned unscrupulous Frenchman,exploitingvulnerabilitiesinthefragileMEP communicationsnetworkin Asia, wasabletojointhesemi- Drawn fromunpublishedarchivalsourcesoftheParisSocietyforForeignMissions(MEP),thispaperdiscusseshowone Sex, LiesandCatastrophe:PierrePoivre’s ExcursionsintotheCochinchinaMission,1742-1750 Nola Cooke Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2240 benefit theIndonesianpopulation. with female-headedhouseholdsbeingparticularlyvulnerable.Efforts towardsdisabilitypreventionandfamilysupportwouldwidely services thanpeoplewithoutdisabilities.Householdswithatleastonedisabledpersonhavelowermonthlyexpenditureper-capita, People withdisabilitieshavelowereducationalattainment,worsehealth,fewereconomicopportunitiesandlimitedaccesstopublic not usethem.Diseasesandaccidentscausemostdisabilities(76percent),comparedto17centcausedbycongenitalfactors. walking. Assistive devicescanbeusedtoimprovetheabilityofindividualsfunction;however, mostpeoplewithadisabilitydo half ofthosewhohaveadisabilitymultipledisabilities. Indonesian households.Usingmultipledatasetswithvariationsinthewaydisabilityismeasured,wefindsimilarpatterns. There aremorethan10millionpeoplewithadisabilityinIndonesia,about4.3percentofthepopulation,living13 Disability inIndonesia:WhatcanWe Learnfromthe Available Data? Diana ContrerasSuarezandLisaCameron The mostcommondisabilitiesaredifficultieswithvision,hearingand Asian transnationalChristiannetworks. Yet Poivrehimselfflourished,againin s kidnappingof Almost Page 36 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 08:00-09:20Room:3180 endurance inauthoritarianregimes thatentrenchundemocraticformsofpower. I questionthepresumptionthatconstitutional enduranceisinherentlygood,andillustratethepotential darksidetoconstitutional 2008Constitutionenablesorlimitsthepotentialshifttoconstitutionalism. assassinated. MypaperconsiderswhetherMyanmar’s Myanmar, where inJanuary2017,themostprominentlawyerandadvocateforconstitutionalreform,UKoNi,wasbrutally unwanted critiqueofthecurrentpoliticalregimeandforthisreason arehighlycontroversial,evendeadly. This issoin transitional wholesale reformofthemilitarydrafted2008ConstitutioninMyanmar. Demandsforconstitutionalchangeareoftenperceivedasan calls forfederalisminthePhilippines;military-draftedConstitution of2016in Thailand afterthedeathofKing;andcalls for Calls forconstitutionalreformpersistacrossmanypartsoftheglobe. InSoutheast Asia, thishasmanifestedinPresidentDuterte’s The StruggleforConstitutionalismandChangeinMyanmar Melissa Crouch Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2290 of publicpedagogiestoinhabitmoreresilientcities. importance oftheseinitiativesgoesbeyondtheproductionlocalfood,andthatinsteadtheyprovideafoundationforprovision initiated bytheUrbanRedevelopment Authority, whichfocusonstrategyratherthantactics(deCerteau1984).It arguesthatthe which focusontherelationshipsbetweenplantsandpeople. The papercontraststhesewithlargerscaleprojects,suchasthose explores arangeofpermacultureinitiatives(Carboninq;CentreforNatureLiteracy; Artground; EdibleGardenCity;CitizenFarm) that arebothtop-downandbottomup(Manzini2013).ItdrawsonethnographicfieldworkconductedinSingapore2017 alternatives toruralagriculture. This paperconsidersanumberofurbanfarminginitiatives inSingaporeassitesofsocialinnovation issue inSoutheast political prioritized As foodsecuritybecomesanincreasingly across theregion areconsidering Asia, governments Plants andtheCity:FoodSecurityinSingapore Alexandra CrosbyandIlariaVanni Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2060 and order. 1936 andDecember1937,thediaryoffers afascinatingsemi-officialviewoflifeinexile,especiallytheproblemmaintaininglaw processing thistransfer, aDutchintelligenceofficialencounteredandconfiscatedthediaryofvillagehead. WrittenbetweenMay camp residentswereevacuatedto Australia in1943,toavoidtheriskthattheywouldfallintohandsofJapaneseforces.In the campwassetuponmodelofaJavanesevillage,withshops,market,policestationandvillageheads.Mostsurviving and 1927initiallypopulatedthecamp,buttheywerelaterjoinedbyotherallegedradicals. Although carefullyisolatedfromtheworld, Indonesian nationalists.Men(andafewwomen)identifiedwiththeabortiverevoltsofCommunistParty(PKI)in1926 In 1926,theNetherlandsIndiesGovernor-GeneralestablishedaprisoncampinremotesoutheasternNewGuineatoisolateradical Twenty MonthsofExile:TheDiaryaLifeinBovenDigoel,1936-1937 Robert Cribb Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2070 forms ofknowledge,powerandpoliticsweresubsumedundercolonialadministrativepracticesreforms. historical transformationengenderedbytheoverthrowofBalineseworldorderandwaysinwhichpre-colonialindigenous contemporaneous Balineseaccountsofthisperiod,thepoemprovidesinsightsintoindigenousunderstandingspoliticaland (Bhuwanawinasa). HisaccountprovidesadistinctiveBalineseperspectiveonthesecataclysmicevents.Oneofthefewsurviving and poet,PedandaNgurahfrom Tabanan composedagaguritanpoemof400versestellinglyentitled“TheDestructiontheWorld” moral victory. ForlocalBalinese,thesocial,economicandpoliticalimpactswereprofound.In1917,aleadinghigh-casteintellectual records, militaryreportsandotheraccountspublishedinnewspapersjournals,theconquestwaslaudedasbothaheroic The violentDutchmilitaryconquestofsouthernBaliin1906-1908soundedthedeathknellfor“traditional”Bali.Inofficialcolonial The DestructionoftheWorld: IndigenousPerspectivesontheDutchColonialConquestofBali Helen Creese Page 37 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:3180 its EmissionsReductionFundalong thelinesofJCM. that ifthe Australian Governmentwishedto recognize creditsfromforeignemissionreductionprojectsthenit mightbeabletoadapt development oftheJCMandseekstoassesssuitability, orotherwise,of suchameasureinan Australian context.Itconcludes count towardstheir, andthecountry’s, reductionobligationsmightseeapolicyofreplicatingJapan’s JCM. This paperexploresthe inadequacies. The opportunityfor Australian entitiestoinstigatecheaperemissions reductionsinforeignjurisdictionswhichmight can generatecarboncreditsfromforeignemissionsreductionprojects. This borrowsfromtheCDMbutseekstoaddressits increasingly likelytotakecentrestage,Japan’s jointcreditingmechanism(JCM)isofparticularinterest.Japaneseconcerns The Paris Agreement reinvigoratedtheuseofcarbonmarkets toconfrontclimatechange.Withcarbonmarketmeasuresnow Should Australia introduceaJapanese-styleJointCreditingMechanism? Justin Dabner Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2200 as socio-economicmobilityexperiencesovertime. diverse experiences,changesandchallengeswithinthefamilystructurein Australia andthoseleftbehindinthePhilippines,aswell demographic variablesovertwoorthreedecadesofstayin Australia. This papershowshowhomeisreconstitutedbythesubjects’ community. A redefinitionofhomeandsensebelongingcorrelates withandisinfluencedbythechangingdemographicnon- as wellwomen. The paperwillestablishaconnectionbetweenthesepracticesandthesubjects’ imaginariesofhomeand explicate thesubjects’ diversedefinitionsofwellbeingandhowtheseareconcretizedindailylifepractices asseniors have beensignificantlychangedsincetheirimmigrationtomulticultural This paperwillpresentpartofanon-goingresearchprojectfocusingonFilipino-Australianseniorsaged60andabove. Their lives The Wellbeing ofFilipino-AustralianSeniorsandFirstGenerationExpatriates Mary Angeline Da-Anoyand MasaakiSatake Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2050 infrastructure thatlendslegitimacytoacontroversialregime. among thepublicsthatunderpinDuterte’s popularity. Overall,thispaperarguesthatnarrativesofilliberalismprovidethediscursive examine therhetoricaldevisesusedtoconstructthesenarratives,aswellvariousarticulationsofpopulistperformances pronouncements, fieldnotesfrommythree-yearethnographyinthePhilippines,andinterviewdatawithDutertesupporters.I Philippines: anationincrisis,andnecessaryevil. These storylinesarebasedoncriticaldiscourseanalysisofofficialgovernment illiberal projects. This papercriticallyexamines twostorylinesthatlegitimizetheemergingilliberalprojectunfoldinginDuterte’s freedom provideacreativeforcebywhichtherelationshipbetweenstateandsocietyaredefined. Democratic scholarshavelongrecognizedthevalueofstoriesinmovingpeopletoaction.Narrativeshope,solidarity, and A NationinCrisis, A NecessaryEvil:IlliberalStorylinesinDuterte’s Philippines Nicole Curato Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2190 dynamic understandingofitspositionsandcontexts. manner astohowlookintothepositionofPhilippinesin world, linkingustotheanthropocene,issuesofsustainabilityandre-establishingnewecologies. This alsopositsamoreclear-cut the human-naturelinkatlargewhilespecificallydelvingintoidentitiesandsexualitiesalongsidecurrentsincontemporaryart to aspecificaspectofitscolonialpastandthedirectivenewgeopoliticalspace,Latin as acrucialsiteofresistance.Itconsciouslycreatesthisdecolonialgesturelinkingandde-linkingitre-connectsthePhilippines looks forsitesofresistancenestledwithinthegeographicboundarieswidenedbypeculiarhistoricalcontexts.Itinvestsintropicality My newwork,Libidinal Tropicalities, exploreshowtomutatetheincomprehensibilityandqueernessoftropics.Itactively Between DecolonialGesturesNestledinTropicalities andthePhilippinesLinkwithLatin America Gian Cruz Asia or, morespecifically, inSoutheast Asia,andenablesamore Australia overthepastthreedecades. This paperaimsto America. Libidinal Tropicalities explores The samelogicappliesto Page 38 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:2003 ideologies. simultaneously thesiteforbothinscription andreinforcementofdominantsocio-culturalideologies andresistancetothesesame of dress,deportment,work,leisure, family, andsexuality. Inparticular, thepaperseekstoexplorehow salarymanbodywas magazines, manga,andfilm,thepaperexploreswaysthese tensionswereplayedoutthrougheverydayembodiedpractices expression inspacesofcontemporarypopularculture. Accordingly, drawinguponspecificprintandvisualculture textsincluding artisan. However, thesalarymanalsobecameasitefor theambivalenceswithregardstosameurbanmodernity. This found class cultureoftheseyears,counterposedagainstolder“backward” tropesofmasculinitylikethefarmerorshop-owner/ 1920s/1930s Japan.Ontheonehand,emergentdiscourseof thesalarymanbecameareferentforgrowingurbanmiddle This paperfocusesonthebodyofmaleurbanwhite-collar“salaryman” asasiteforcontestationssurroundingmodernityin The Salarymanand Ambivalent EmbodimentsofModernityin1920s-1930sJapan Romit Dasgupta Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2190 national identities,withaparticularfocusontheSDI’s useofBalinesevisualsymbolsinitsart. Exhibition of1999and;(ii)theReinventingBaliexhibition2008,consideringinterplaybetweenBalineseandIndonesian political constructofthenationstate.Specifically, thispaperwillcomparetwokeyexhibitionsoftheSDI,(i)Millennium Art the extenttowhichacollective“national”Indonesianarthistorymaybeasserted,givenpluralityofexperienceswithin focus onthepracticeofSanggarDewataIndonesia(SDI),aBalineseartcollectiveformedin1970,thispaperseekstoconsider analysis ofkeyeventsinthedevelopmentsuchart,hasbeenlinkedtosocio-politicalcircumstanceswithinJava.Withaspecific Modern andcontemporaryarthistoriesinIndonesiahavetendedtoadoptaJava-centricapproach,wherethearticulation Balinese Visual Symbols&NationalIdentity: A StudyofthePracticeSanggarDewataIndonesia Usha Das Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2280 witnessed theimperativetowardsfeminisationofagriculture. to avoidthembydrawinguponadecade’s experienceworkingonagriculturalprojectsinSouthandSoutheast Asia, aperiodthat making; and;6)systemicbarriersreproducingmarginalisationarenottargeted. This paperunpacksthesepitfallsandpossibleways ambiguous; 4)theintersectionbetweenclassandgenderisoftenglossed;5)sex-disaggregateddataobscuresjointdecision- agriculture; 2)Western notionsofgenderrelationsdonottravelwell;3)Whatconstitutes afemaleheadedhouseholdishighly to implementtheserecommendationsin-country. These include:1)availabledataisnotdesignedto capture women’s rolein empowerment asimportantdesignprinciples.However, severalinterrelatedmethodologicalissuesconfrontresearchersattempting and projectdesign. Aid agencieshaverespondedtothis‘newimperative’ byadoptinggendermainstreamingandwomen’s economic The literaturepointingtoafeminisationofagricultureinthedevelopingworldhassuccessfullyinfluenceddevelopmentprograms The Feminisationof Agriculture: MethodologicalConundrums Toni Darbas Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2200 urban middle-classJapanesewomenandmen. functionality? Iaddressthesequestionsbydrawingoninterviewsfromaresearchprojectintimacybeyondthefamily, focusedon of romancemeananabsenceintimacy?Doessinglehoodoffer intimatepossibilitiesthatareobscuredbyalackof(demographic) how doyoungunmarriedwomenandmenreflectontheirsinglehood,and/ortheabsenceofromanticpartners?Doesan confluent effects oflowfertilityandextremelyextramaritalreflectoneelementconcernaroundmarriagedecline.But delay anddeclineinmarriage(Kobayashi2017; Yamada 2017),arguingthat“youngpeopledon’tdoromance”(Ushikubo2015). The heterosexual romanticrelationshipsthanpreviousgenerations.Somescholarshavesuggestedthatthisindicatesacausallinktothe Recent surveysandacademicanalysessuggeststhatJapaneseyoutharelesslikelytohaveengaged,orcurrentlybein Romance isaPoorDeal:Marriage,IntimacyandtheUnmarriedinContemporaryJapan Laura Dales Page 39 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:2110 set withintheJapanesepsyche as amodethatcontinuesassertitselfwithinJapaneseurbanrepresentation. Katsura’s methodical modularitycombinedandHajime’s Japaneseuniversalityallowsustotest how fastthisaxonometricanchoris cosmology oftheWest. nestedspace (especiallyevidentinKyoto), Tange’sThe intersectionof:kanjitoscroll,Gunter’s veneration of group focus,thusunderpinningitslongevity. The mode,Iargue,standsincontrasttothealphabetical,Cartesianandindividualistic that the‘elevatedoblique,’ or‘parallelprojection’ isparticularlyusefulforreflectingideographs,nestedspace,modularity and representations, whichwereshunnedinJapanfavourofthe‘one pointperspective’.Whataccountsforthisdifference? Ipropose century China. The modern persistenceofthisrepresentationsuggestsitsdeeputility, autilitynotavailableinhistoricalWestern 3-D Japanese historicalcityscapestendtoberepresentedin‘elevation oblique’,amethodthatdatesbacktotheQingmingscrollof12th- Social NestedSpatialRelationshipsinTraditional JapaneseRepresentations ofSpace Saul DeaneandIanPerlman Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2290 caste, religiousandgenderinequalities. projects. Iwillalsodiscusshowtheseaffective relationshipscanhavenegativeoutcomes,suchasdeepeningsocio-economic, and slumdwellersareessentialtoaddress(tosomeextent)theneedswishesoflocalbeneficiariesinstandardizedhousing an overarching,nation-wideslumupgradingscheme,Iwilllookathowlong-lastingaffective relationshipsbetweenNGOworkers often clashwithsocialrealitiesontheground.ByusingthreecasestudiesinNagpurunderBasicServicetoUrbanPoor redevelop Indiancities. Although theemphasisintheseprojectsisoncommunityparticipation,large-scalehousing few decades,alongwithchangingpoliciesofgovernance,variouslarge-scaleurbanprojectshavebeenimplementedinorderto inconsistency ofcommunityparticipationduringtheimplementationlarge-scalepublichousingprojectsinIndia.Withinlast This paperexploreshowlong-lastingaffective relationshipsbetweenNGOworkersandslumdwellerscontributetodealingwiththe Affective RelationshipsinParticipativeHousingDevelopment Febe DeGeest Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:3003 do, whatitwasdesignedtodoandwemaywishdo. appropriate solutionsatthetime.Intakingthisapproach,Ihopetodistinguishbetweencriticizing ASEAN onthebasisofwhatitcan appreciation ofthecontextinwhichdecision-makersfoundthemselves,andananalysiswhythosedecisionswerethoughttobe nature andvalueof ASEAN inSoutheast Asia. Itbeginsfromthepositionthattoengageincriticismorpraiseof ASEAN requiresan completely irrelevant,characterizedbymeaninglesscommitmentsthatareignoreditsmembers. This paperexaminesthe in 1967, ASEAN hasbeenacclaimedbysomeasavehicleforsecuringregional peaceandsecurity, andbyothersasalmost Perhaps nootherregionalorganizationisasmuchdebatedthe Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations(ASEAN).Founded Regionalism andSoutheast Asia Mathew Davies Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2003 complicit inaccepting(andenjoying)beautyasarecruitmentrequirement. good moralcitizens,policewomenfeelunabletocontestvirginitytesting,empowereddemandtherightwearveilandare purity andappearancesignifiesIndonesia’s moralstanding.Policewomenundergolabourtoconformexpectations. As sites whereIndonesia’s neoliberalmoralauthorityisassertedandcontested. As enforcersofstatelaw, apolicewoman’s virginity, levelled atthebordersofawoman’s bio-borders.Ifocusonthreebio-borders:hymens,veils,andbeauty. Ianalysebio-bordersas sites consumedwithbeautypropelledpolicewomenintothelimelight.Idrawontheseexamplestoillustratehowformsofpowerare visibility. Publicfuroreconcerningforcedvirginitytesting,nationaldebateoverpermittingpolicewomentoveil,andsocialmedia Indonesia’s policewomenwererarelyinpublicconsciousnesspriorto2013. Yet thesucceedingfiveyearssawanexplosionin Performing Morality:PolicingWomen’s Bordersin Indonesia Sharyn Davies , Page 40 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3310 engages withredistributivejustice. North requiresaradicalformofdisability activismthatchallengestheglobalpowerdynamics contributetodisabilityand However, ascriticaldisabilityscholarshaveindicated,substantive change forpeoplewithdisabilitiesinplacesoutsidetheglobal mainstream internationaldiscourseaboutdisability, which demandschangestosocialstructuresandattitudestowardsdisability. period fertilefordisabilityactivism. Another aspectofitssuccessisthatithasgeneratedbroadappealbyaligninggoalswiththe intersection ofrisingglobalawarenessdisabilityrightswiththe changingsocio-economiccontextinIndonesiahasmadethis and decreasingpublicsupport. This paperexamineswhydisabilityactivismhasachievedthisrelativesuccess,arguingthatthe successes havehappenedasthepoliticalspaceforothermovements hasbeenconstrainedbyconservativecountermovements Over thelastdecade,Indonesiandisabilitymovementhascontributed tosignificantchangesindisabilitypolicy A QuestionableSuccess:DisabilityPoliticsinIndonesia Thushara Dibley Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2020 are aimedatcriticallyexploringandanalysingparticipants’ perceptionsofthesebenefits. questionnaire andinterviews.Findingsoftheareexpectedtorevealperceivedbenefits,whilefollowupinterviews teachers andstudentsfromthesecondarycolleges,aswell Australian hostfamilies. The datahasbeencollectedthrougha in understandingpeoplefromtheirneighbouringcountry, particularlyyoungIndonesianMuslims.Participants inthisstudyinclude based onanecdotes. This paperreflectsonhowtheprogramhasfacilitated Australianstudents,teachers,andhostfamilies Australians (Dewi,2008),itsimpacton Australian students,teachersandhostfamiliesinvolvedhasonlybeenindividuallyexpressed twelve years.WhiletheprogramhasbeenfoundtobehighlybeneficialforIndonesianstudentsinunderstanding A shortvisitprogramofIndonesianMuslimuniversitystudentsatthreesecondarycollegesinVictoria hasbeenrunforthepast IndonesianMuslimStudentShortVisit in ‘Understanding thyNeighbour’: Australian Colleges Anita Dewi Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2003 create newsocialperformancesofmasculinities. men usetoperformtheirmasculinity, withmorehistoricgendernormsto influences haveinter-meshed andarguesthattechnological non-hegemonic masculinities.Finally, thispaperanalyseshowtechnologyhasshiftedpatternsofpurchasingsex,onethemeans shifted sexualbehaviorsandgendernorms,especiallyinurbanareas. this paperdrawsononeyearofethnographicfieldworkinChiangMai, of beliefsandpracticesfromotherparts Asia and theWest. Withthetheoryofmultiplemasculinitiesasitsconceptualframework, setting. This paperwilldiscussthemanywaysthattechnologyaffects thelivedexperiencesofgendernormsinalocalizednorthern Thai Same SocialStructures,NewPressures:TheInfluenceof Technology onPerformedMasculinities Cassie Defillipo Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:3310 to advanceitsnotionofMalaysiancivicnationalismthroughapersonalisedformpoliticalengagement. particular socialmedia,hasprovidedamuchneededspaceforcivilsocietyorganisation,Saya Anak BangsaMalaysia, authoritarian statewherepublicdissentissubjecttoseriouspenalties.However, informationcommunicationtechnologies,in analyse voicesofcounter-powerandresistancefromthepositioncitizen,especiallywhentheyarelocatedinanoppressive research aimstorectifythisoversight.IarguethatsubjectsarenotpassivelyconstructedbyStatepolicies,anditisimportant Thus far, researchonnationalisminMalaysiahasmainlyfocusedtheroleofelitesandneglectedmass-ledmovements.My has beenimposingandadvancingitsownbrandofethnicnationalism;onethatisheavilyinfluencedbyMalay/Islamistvalues. Malaysia isapluralistsociety. Despitethis,therulingcoalition,whichisledbylongstandingUnitedMalayNationalOrganisation, Saya Anak BangsaMalaysia’s ‘LogicofConnective Action’ Santalia Deane-Johns This presentationarguesthatexposuretotechnologyistransforming Thai ideologiesofmasculinity, includingtheadoption Thailand, andarguesthatusingtechnologyregularlyhas This shifthasdiversifiedperformancesofhegemonicand . These Australia and Page 41 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 13:30-14:50Room:2190 weaponry isstillthefinalarbiterofpowerincontemporary Thailand. enforced performanceofstate-sanctioned Thainess. The symbioticcollusionbetweenthelanguageofimagesandlogistics calm.” This sniperaestheticisaconflationofaesthetics,politics,violence anddisappearancethatdemonstratestheregulationof Pathum massacrefunctionsaspartoftheroutineself-maintenance ofthespectacle,resettingcontrolto“imagesmooth were responsible. As anerasureofunharmoniouselementswithinthecomposition ofthespectacleimageking,Wat and dozensinjuredbygunfirewhileinsidethe Wat Pathumtemplecomplex.CamouflagedsharpshootersoftheRoyal Thai Army On 19May2010,duringthecrackdownonpro-democracydemonstrations inBangkok,sixunarmed Thai civilianswereshotdead Sniper Perspectives:The2010Wat Pathum MassacreandtheThaiKing-imageSpectacle Steven Dodds Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:3003 immigration policies(workpermits,leviesandsoon)aimedatregulatingcontrollingflowsofpeopleintothecitystate. were decadesinwhichthecontradictionsofitsindustrialisationagendaintersectedwithallmannerstatebordercontrolsand whilst publicallyadvocatingforfewerforeignworkers-evenasthenumberscontinuedtoincrease. As aresult,the1970sand80s the statefounditselfheavilyreliantonaflowofbothskilledandunskilledlabourtomeetdemandsitindustrialisationpolicies in itsefforts torapidlyindustrialiseitseconomywhichrequiredfargreaternumbersofpeople thanSingaporecouldsupply. Thus, borderedness) withrespectstomigrantlabour. The paperexaminestheoftencontradictorypoliciesSingaporestatepursued This paperdiscussesaspectsofSingapore’s earlyindustrialisation(1970sand80s)mythsaroundnotionsofopenness(and Singapore’s EarlyIndustrialisationandMythsof Openness(andBorderedness) Stephen Dobbs Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2130 promoted socialmobilityinIndonesia’s post-reformera. this absencecanbeunderstoodwithinthecontextofthesewritersoperatinganindustrythatflourishedinenvironment that relation tothecharactersintheirnovelsorownpositionasfemalefictionwriters-werelargelyabsent. to peers,audienceandindustry?Basedoninterviewsconductedwithfourwriters,overtconcernsaboutgenderissues-eitherin are mostlyyoungfemales,asthewriters.Howdowriterswritingwithinagender-specificgenrepositionthemselvesinrelation initially throughtranslation. Teenlit novelsmainlyrevolvearoundthedailypreoccupationsofurbanadolescentgirls. The readers they operate. The womenwritewithinagenreofteenromanceknownas‘Teenlit’, agenreintroducedtotheIndonesianaudience This paperdiscussesthewaysinwhichyoungIndonesianwomenwriterstalkabouttheirwork,peersandindustry Young Women Writers inInterviews:Self-positioningandProfessional Identity Dwi NoveriniDjenar Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2190 representing trauma,collectivememoryandethicalimperativeofart-makingframedfromtheartist’s localanddiasporicpositions. Baru (Jakarta, 2015)andPatriotMukmin’s KUP (Lawangwangi,2015)willalsobediscussedtoprovideanewperspectiveon Wulia’s Untold Movements(4A GallerySydney, 2015).ComparisonsfromIndonesia-basedexhibitionssuchasOKVideo’s Orde matter intheirsoloexhibitions,namelyDadangChristanto’s 1965(Queensland Universityof Technology Gallery, 2015)and Tintin 66. The paperwillexamineexhibitionstrategiesfromagenderedperspectivebyIndonesianartistswhorepresentedthissubject remain sensitivetotheIndonesianstateandartworld,noneismorethananti-communistmasskillingsof1965- more recently, theglobalscene. Yet, despitethecurrentpositiveatmospherearoundIndonesiancontemporaryart,someissues Over thelastdecadeIndonesiancontemporaryarthasrisentobeoneofkeyplayersinSoutheast Asia’s regionalartsceneand, The ImageandtheWitness: Trauma, CollectiveMemoryandExhibitionsofIndonesianContemporary Art Wulan Dirgantoro This paperarguesthat Page 42 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room: 3270 illuminate broaderglobalpower-structuresthatshapepeople’s interactionswithbothbuiltandnaturalenvironments. such asclass,genderandreligionindeterminingpeople’s relationshiptotheenvironment,andshowhow thisspecificcasecan are mediatedthroughfilm,fiction,socialmedia,andotherpopular culturalrepresentations.Ihighlighttheroleofsocialidentities such challenges.Inthiscontext,paperexamineshowyoung people’s understandingsofenvironmentalproblemsandsolutions enormous environmentalproblems,particularlyaroundflooding, trafficandpollution,butalsofostersinnovativelocalsolutionsto and thenaturalenvironment,asmediatedinpopularculturalrepresentations. A microcosmofthediversearchipelago,Jakartafaces This papertakesthemega-cityofJakartainIndonesiaasacase studyfortracingchangingrelationshipsbetweenyoungpeople Polluted Rivers,Moralities:EnvironmentalProblems andSolutionsinIndonesianPopCulture Meghan Downes Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2170 the “OneBelt,OneRoad”initiative. more internationaltransactionsbetweentheMiddleEastandotherMuslimsChinaconnectedthroughChina’s newventureinto food safetyinChinaandprovidesakeytoHui-Haninterculturalinteractioncommoninterests.Italsohasthepotentialcreate the Islamicfoodrevolutionbutalsooffers solutionsforcreating betterandsafefoodsfortheworld. Toyyiban addressedconcernsof offer thepropositionthatIslamicwaysoffoodproduction,basedonprincipletoyyiban,representsnotonlynextwavein from oneanother. Basedonmyongoingresearchamongst theHuiChinese-MuslimsofNingxiaprovinceinnorth-centralChina,I the ancientSilkRoadbutalsoprovidesopportunitiesforvastlydifferent systems ofgovernment,culturesandreligionstolearn The OneBeltRoadpolicyprovidesmuchscopefornotjusttheexpansionofeconomictiesamongstvariouscountrieson Religion andFoodontheSilkRoad:TheIslamicConceptofToyyiban andFoodSafetyinChina Saroja Dorairajoo Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2003 that mattersofsexualityandgenderhavenotbeensightscontestation,debate,anxietyin Thai history. theories ingenderandsexualitystudies.Iseektochallengetheideaof Thailand asa‘gayparadise,’ andtherelatedassumption partly throughapopularfetishizingof Thai sexualitybyforeignvisitors,andpartlyastheresultofpredominanceWestern a ‘gayparadise.’ Thailand’s reputationasakindofhomosexualoasisamidstconservative Asian regionhasbecomeentrenched contradictory historicalforces. To examinetheseforcesistoattemptdislodgetheprevailingmyththatmodern Thailand constitutes Despite beingoverwhelminglymutedin Thai historiography, Thai women’s same-sexsexualityhasbeenshapedbycomplexand Trouble in‘GayParadise’:TheDenialofLesbianSubjecthoodThaiHistory Emily Donald Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2250 challenging capitalocentricandEurocentricpracticesofdevelopment,indifferent waysandindifferent contexts. and careworkthatwomendoinbothformalinformaleconomies.Furthermore,women’s care-workholdsthepossibilityof goal offeminisminourcontextsisnottomakewomenwork‘morelikemen’,butrecogniseandvaluetheimportanteconomic in ourowncontexts.InbeginningwiththeworkthatwomendoeconomiesofBhutan,ChinaandIndonesia,Iargue (Puig deBellacasa,2017)andstartwhereweare(Gibson-Graham2006)torethinkthusperformwithintheeconomydifferently in ourcare-workaswomenandfeminists.Inthispaper, Iexaminethewaysinwhicheachofusareworkingtodissentfromwithin We critiquebecausewecare.We careandthereforewetrytochangetheworldaroundus.Ourworkasscholarsiscaughtup Dissent fromWithin: Women’s Care-workandEconomiesinBhutan,ChinaIndonesia Kelly Dombroski,RirinHaryani, Anmeng LiuandSonamPem Page 43 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 08:00-09:20Room:2200 interventions insomeofthemost tobacco-affected communities inIndonesia. between designstudentsfromtheUniversityof Technology andVital Strategiesovertwoyearstodevelopsite-specificdesign issue anddevelopmorerobustsolutionsthanthosethathavebeen attemptedthusfar. This paperpresentsacollaborativeproject Webber 1973;Buchanan1992;Julier2013)and approachedusingdesignresearchmethods,thereisapotentialtoreframethe participatory designperspectivethatincludesabroaderrangeof stakeholders.Ifconsideredasa‘wickedproblem’ (Ritteland changes areessentialtoaddressingthispublichealthissue,the use oftobaccoinIndonesiacanalsobeconsideredfroma The increaseintobaccouseIndonesiaiswelldocumented,causing hundredsofthousandsdeathsannually. Whilepolicy The Wicked Problem ofTobacco in Indonesia Jessica LeaDunnandEnrico Aditjondro Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2070 authority infavouroftheautonomousindividualsubject. of canon.Inglobalcomparativeterms,thepaperraisesquestionsaboutbroadermodernprocessdissolutioncanonical hermeneutic, inwhichancienttextswerearepositorytobeculledforwisdomandmoralmaxims,butwithoutthefixityorauthority own nineteenth-centuryeducation.Moreover, theiruseoftheChineseClassicsinprintsuggestsadistinctivelyevangelicaltextual on the1810s,1850sand1890s.IarguethattheiruseofClassicsreflectedplaceGreekLatinworksin becomes morecomplicated. This paperwillexaminehowmissionariesdrewontheClassics intheirChinesepublications,focusing late QingProtestantmissionaries.WhenweexaminewhatmissionariespublishedinChinese,however, thepicture It iscommonplacetocontrastthetolerantJesuitsofearliercenturieswithintolerantattitudestowardChinesecivilization Late QingMissionariesandtheChineseClassics Ryan Dunch Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2250 findings suggestthatfurtherresearchneedstobedonebetterunderstandtheroleofintermediariesininternationaltrademarkets. key variables,andbyexaminingsubsamplesoffirmsgeographicregions,wefindthattheirresultsarenotgenerallyrobust. Our we examinetheirhypothesesfurther, byusingdatafromearlieryears,updatingkeyvariables,alternativemeasuresof China. Usingtheirprogrammingcodeandsomeoforiginaldata,weareabletoreproducekeyfindings.However firm heterogeneitythatincorporatesanintermediarysector. Theyprovideempiricalsupportfortheirmodelusingfirm-leveldatafrom role thatintermediariesplayininternationaltrade. To addressthisshortcoming, Ahn, Khandelwal,andWei developedamodelof According to Melitz, onlyhigh-productivityfirms export to foreign countries. A shortcomingof his theory is that it ignores the important A ReplicationStudyoftheRoleIntermediariesinFacilitatingTrade: EvidencefromChina Jianhua Duan Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2190 tastemakers. conclude thatcontemporaryartisinspired,constructedandconsecratedaccordingtoparticularconventionslaiddownbythese of influentialtastemakersabletoconsecrateartasgenuinelycontemporaryandworthytheglobalworld.I and artisans.Iarguethatthecontemporaryartworldisadistinctgroupwithinlarger Yogya artscenecontainingalimitednumber value emergeanddiffuse acrossaninternationalnetworkthatincludesnotonlyartists,butgallerists,curators,critics,academics so, Imaptherelationshipsthatconstruct Yogyakarta contemporaryartworldand examine whereandhowideasaboutartistic Indonesian contemporaryartisticproductionusinganinnovativecombinationofsocialnetworkanalysisandethnography. Indoing individual creativebrillianceofartistsattheexpenseinfluentialsocialrelationsinwhichthoseareembedded.Iexamine Indonesian contemporaryartisachievingglobalrecognition.However, traditionalexplanationsofitssuccessemphasisethe The Yogyakarta Contemporary Art World: A SocialNetworkPerspective Greg Doyle , when Page 44 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:3180 themselves andarepositionedbytheOtherwithintwo‘homes’. their dailylives.Itisalsoarguedthatregulationsfromboth‘homes’ ambivalent rolesofagentschangeanddefenders‘Indonesianness’, thesewomenhaveknitteda‘newidentity’ ofIndonesiainto diaspora negotiatetheirpositionandidentitywithintwo‘homes’ (theoriginandthehostcountry).Itarguesthat,byutilisingtheir home, andwomenashomemakers,intheprocessofethnicitybuilding. The paperinvestigateshowfarthesemembersofthe values withindiasporicIndonesianhouseholds.Itisbasedonthe argumentofNira Yuval-Davis, whostatestheimportance of This paperwillexplorethecontributionsIndonesianwomenininternational marriagesmaketoknittingIndonesiannormsand Indonesianness intheDailyLivesofDiasporicIndonesian Women Mina Elfira Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2003 ‘women inaman’s (war)world’ throughananalysisof posters,woodblockprintsandink-drawings. civilian womenactiveinthewarzones. This paperexaminestheideologicalsignificanceofwartimepropagandists’ deploymentof the 20thcenturyleft-wingpropagandistsregularlyusedimagesofwomensoldiersinvisualmedia. They alsodepictedahostof be signifiersofthe‘homefront’ toenhancehyper-masculinefeelingamongsoldiersorwould-besoldiers.However, inChinaduring during warenhancesmaletroopbondingthroughthemarkingofwarzoneasamen’s-only zone.Onthislogic,womenneedto women throughdisplaysofhyper-femininityorhyper-masculinity. Scholarshiponwarhasarguedthatpromotingrigidgendernorms War andviolentconflictarecommonly accompaniedbypropagandathatpromotesahardeningofgendernormsbetweenmenand Women intheMan’s World ofWar-Visual Propaganda Louise Edwards Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2250 rejection ofprioritisingdemocraticnormsorprovidingexternalfoundationsfromwhichtochallengestatesovereignty.’ ‘pluralist’ ratherthan‘liberal’ visionforthefutureofinternationalorder. An important elementofthisperspectiveseemstobe‘the projects atrisk. The internationalperspectiveoftheBRIispromotingmulti-polarglobalgovernance,which inlinewithChina’s for consultation.Inparticular, politicalanddiplomaticconcernscanovershadowanunderlyingeconomicrationaletherebyput jurisdictions. Underglobalisation,thiscentralgovernmentfocusedapproachisoverlytop-downandleavesrelativelylittlespace dealing withsmallerneighbouringcountriesanddomestictraditionsofhowcentralChinesegovernmentsinstitutionsdeallocal The politicalgovernanceoftheBeltandRoadInitiative(BRI)isrudimentary. ItcurrentlyreliesonChinesediplomatictraditionin Political GovernanceandtheBeltRoadInitiative:NationalInternationalPerspectives Dilip Dutta Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2020 quality andaccessibilityofthedisplayedmaterialtoFatalukucommunitiesin Timor-Leste andtheirdiaspora. publishing platformOMEKA usingmaterialcollectedinacommunity-basedresearchproject. The useofOMEKA hasimprovedthe digitally sharecriticallyendangeredculturalelements. This isachievedbytheestablishmentofaFataluku-specificcollectiononweb- these issues.ItsharestheprogressofaprojecttosupportFatakulupeoplefareastern Timor-Leste torecord,storeand community culturalcentreruninpartnershipwiththeNGOManyHandsInternational. This paperdiscussesaninitiativetoaddress infrastructures torecord,preserveandprotectit.In Timor, therearecurrentlynooperatinggovernmentculturalfacilities,exceptone destruction oftheirvitalculturalheritagebycolonisers,aswelllossoccurringfromlackskillsandresources,including The peopleof Timor-Leste havefacedenormouschallengesaftercenturiesofpunitivecolonisation. This includesdeliberate Using theOMEKA PlatformtoShareCulturalHeritage Kim DunphyandHollySchauble haveinfluencedthewaythesemembersofdiasporaposition Page 45 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 08:00-09:20Room:2200 commercial interests. is determinedtoprotectthepeople’s healthandthetradeliberalizationofmultinationalenterprises,whichaim toprotecttheirown Ministry ofPublicHealthwassuedbytheITCs.We arecurrentlyfacinganeraofchallenge betweentheefforts oftheState,which Although thisisnotthefirstregulationenlargingPHWoncigarette packagingin referred theMinistryofPublicHealthtoadministrativecourtand arguedfortheadministrativecourttoinvalidatethisregulation. packaging from55percentto85cent.However, beforethisregulation couldcomeintoeffect, International Tobacco Companies Unlike in Australia, Thai lawrequirestobaccocompaniestoexpandthesizeoftextualandgraphichealthwarningoncigarette Thailand hasattemptedtoimplementtheFCTCbyregulating sizeofthePictorialHealthWarning oncigarettepackaging. Tobacco PackaginginThailand Aua areeEngchanil Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2110 language diversificationandconvergence,astheseprocessesrelatetosocialcontactinfluencebetweenhumangroups. diversity ofZomia’s languages,andIwilloutlinesomeimplications ofdifferent answersinlightofstate thearttheoreticalworkon Or islanguagediversityintheareaorthogonaltopoliticalstatus?Iwilladdressthesequestionslightofwhatknownabout Do thelanguageshavecommondistinguishingproperties? Are theymerely alikeindiffering fromnationalstandardlanguages? people inasinglesharedcategory?IwillposethisquestionwithspecificreferencetothehundredsoflanguagesspokenZomia. shared bythemanygroupsisthattheyarenotethnolinguisticmajoritypeople,ortheresomethingpositivelyputsZomian At theheartofcontroversyaround“Zomia”isfollowingquestion:Isa“negativespace”,inwhichonlything Dynamics ofLanguageinZomia Nick Enfield Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2250 pressure fromgovernments. disputes inLNGsitesaslocally-specificandinter-connectediscentraltoanalysinghoworganisedlabourmightdefendworkers and question ofhowlabourissuppliedingeographicallycomplexworkspacescriticalforleadfirms,statesandunions.Understanding inter-related sitesareparticularlysignificant:thenorth-westof agencyinthisspatiallycomplexsector.employment relationsinLNG,premisedonthecentralroleofstateandlabour’s Three as themultinationalleadfirmsuponwhichGPNtheoryusuallyfocuses,isvital. labour. Inexaminingtheliquefiednaturalgas(LNG)sectorinSoutheast Asiaand Australasia,theroleofstateownership,aswell For allitsinsights,globalproductionnetwork(GPN)theoryhasattractedcriticismforunderstatingtheimportanceofstatesand States andLabourinGlobalProductionNetworks:TheLiquefiedNaturalGasSectorSoutheast Bradon Ellem Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2003 central tocontemporarysocialinteractions. paper willoutlineandinterrogatesomekeyemergentdiscursiveshiftsinthesocialmeaningspracticesattachedtobodyas object tobegazedat,andthewaysinwhichtheyintersectwithemergentnarrativeof‘liberating’ consumerismofthe1990s,this liberation’. Through analysingchangesintherepresentationalregimesofincreasinglymuscularandexposedmalebodyasan who desirestobe‘lookedat’.Fashion,beautyandgroomingtookonsocialmeanings,werepresentedasevidenceof‘men’s images ofpowerfulsalarymenfromthe1980sgavewaytotrainingreadersassumeafashion-consciousmaleconsumergaze South Koreanmen’s fashionmagazinesduringthe1980sandearly1990s.During1990s,representations ofidealised This paperusesagenderedlenstoexaminetheculturalandsocialsignificanceofshiftingrepresentationsidealmasculinityin The BodyandtheShiftingMaleBeautyDiscoursesin1980s1990sKoreanMen’ Joanna Elfving-Hwang Australia, Timor-Leste andPapua-NewGuinea.Inthese places,the This papersetsoutaframeworkforexamining Thailand, thisisthefirsttimethat Thai s FashionMagazines Asia Page 46 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:2170 sustaining, artistically, practically, anddramaturgically. “The Water Margin”andrevisitedinthelatershortenedversionstagedby theChinaJingjuCompany-remainingperfectlyself- production lingeredonlyonperipheralissues,withthecoreplotting andcharacters-setintheoriginalsourceclassicalnovel in jingjuduringthe Yan’an periodconveyed amuddledandvaguevisionforjingju’s future,becauserevolutionaryefforts inthis and thereforeareoftenreferencedastheepoch-makingofjingju’s revolutionundertheCCP. This paperarguesthatrevolution jingju atthattime). These twoproductionshave beentheexemplarsofbothinnovativespiritandrepertoryjingjuat Yan’an, success after‘DriventoJointheLiangMountainRebels,’ solidifyedthepathforrevolutionizingpingju”(pingju was thenamefor “Three RaidsattheZhu’s Village” wascreatedintheCommunistbase Yan’an in1945andwaspraisedbyMaoZedongas“a Solidifying thePathfor‘Revolutionizing’ Jingju?TheMystifying ‘ThreeRaidsattheZhu’s Village’ Xing Fan Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:3003 like FPI. approaches, oneshouldpaymoreattentiontotheroleofpoliticalcompetitionasafactorthatgivesrisepopulist-religiousgroup approach, thepoliticaleconomyandstate-societyapproach. This paperarguesthatinsteadoffocusingonthesethree Jakarta. Indoingso,thisstudyoffers analternativeexplanationtoexistingstudiesontheriseofFPI,namelyIslam-democracy outcome ofthe2017Jakarta’s governorelection. This paperinvestigatestheevolutionofFPIasaninfluentialpoliticalplayerin has becomeagroupthatwasabletoexertpoliticalpowermobilizehundredthousandsofIndonesianMoslemsinfluencethe social movementsinIndonesia.Fromanorganizationthathasinvolvedfromcondemningandpatrollingnon-Islamicpractices,FPI Seen asamarginalgroupintheearlyReformasiperiod,IslamicDefendersFront(FPI)hasrisentobeoneofmostinfluential Learning fromtheBest:WhyLiberalsMustLearnFromVigilantes Muhammad Fajar Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2010 something whichisstilllackingadefinitionandindeedavoidingit. court. WhatinCanXue’s storiesappearsasanoutpouringofheremotionalworldisinfact theonlywayauthorhastoexpress will thenshowhowinherworkstheonlyviableidentityforwomanisonewhereeverydefinitionleftasidewhennotnegatedtout identity ofthattime:thefiguresmotherandwifebecomenightmarish,vergingonnonsense,lackinganysympathy male subjectivity. This paperisgoingtodiscusshowherwritingsshatterconsequentiallogicanddestroytheconceptionsoffemale succeeds indiscardinganyiron-stronglogic,thediscussionofwhichhadalwaysbeenaspecificallygenderedprerogative,realm In thelyricaldescriptionofherinnerworld,CanXuechallengeseverypreconceivednotionaboutfemalesubjectivity. Herlanguage A LongingforNothingness:FemaleSubjectivityinCanXue’s Fiction Erica Fabrizio Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2200 and secondlytorecognisethestrengthofindividualbodyinsearchingforreshapingtheircircumstances. underclass peopleisastheyconfrontthecombinationofpoverty, poorsocialcapitalandtheprejudicesofcivilstate institutions, in abetterway. Iarguethatanalternativeapproachisrequiredtoemphasisehowdifficultthetransitionapreferredfuturefor of supportbutwithoutpermanentidentityandsupport.Increasingly, questionsarebeingaskedastowhetherlifemightbelived structures suchasthestate,socio/culturalnormsandnon-state. The non-stateinparticularcreatesalternatecommunities due tochronicillnessesandtraumaticinjury, Ilookatthedisfiguredbodyas anarenaofbiopowerthatiscontestedthroughvarious This paperisanattempttodemonstratebiopowerinshapingandreshapingsocialinequalityJava.Focusingonbodilyimpairment Bodily ImpairmentandSocialInequalitiesinJava Erlin Erlina . It Page 47 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 13:30-14:50Room:2050 appreciation of mostdifficultpoliticalterrain. Asia’s newestcapitalcityandsome ofMyanmar’s made possiblebythenewcity, includingthere-entrenchment ofchauvinisticandexclusionistsentiments. The paperoffers acritical of acoalitionbetweendemocratic andmilitaristinterests. This paperexaminestheconsequencesofthisgrandexperimentation Aung SanSuuKyi’s governmenttookpowerafterthe2015election,Naypyitawhasbecome thecentralsiteformanagement urban layout.Naypyitawisimportant,however, asakeysiteforculturalchange,policyimagination andpoliticalre-negotiation.Since an unfashionableandunlovableplace.Itstruggles,acutely, withthetwinburdensofitsauthoritarian originsandanidiosyncratic political andinstitutionalreform. As thehometolegislative,judicialandexecutivedecision-making,ithasearnedareputationas recentphaseof Since itsformalestablishmentin2005,Naypyitawhasprovedthe primarylocationforexperimentsinMyanmar’s Experimental Naypyitaw Nicholas Farrelly Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2190 not alwaysenthusiasticallyadoptstate-directedculturalprojects. these comicsdemonstratehowtheKMT soughttoprojectitsauthorityinarapidlydeveloping islandwherethewiderpopulationdid culture. IndepictingtheidealyoungROCcitizen—respectfulofauthority the rulingKuomintangparty(KMT)andemphasiseRepublicofChina(ROC)internationallyasrightfulcustodianChinese Cultural RevolutioninChina.Morespecifically, itwasdesignedtoSinicisethepopulationof Taiwan, assertthepoliticalauthorityof CCRM wasbuiltonSun Yat Sen’s The Three PrinciplesofthePeopleandwasbroadlyconceivedasacounter-movementto (CCRM) asfoundinnewspapercomicsdrawnbythreeartistsandpublished1968.Launchedlate1966,duringmartiallaw, the This paperanalysesvisualrepresentationsofthemoralandspiritualaspects Taiwan’s ChineseCulturalRenaissanceMovement Visualising Authority: Ideal Young CitizensinTaiwan’s ChineseCulturalRenaissanceMovement Paul Farrelly Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:3200 controversies andpoliticalstrugglesthatareemergingacrossthiscapitalistfrontier. of transparencyareimplicatedinthelegitimationandcontestationSEZinfrastructures;bothdrivingrestrictingpublic SEZ toexploretheroleoftransparencyingovernanceGMSasalogisticsspace.Ultimately, itshowshowpractices solely throughtheconceptuallensofneoliberalism.InsteaditdrawsfromethnographicresearchintoMaeSot-Myawaddy Southeast Asia’s rapideconomictransformations,thepaperavoidsviewingtransnationalinfrastructureofregionalization around developmentonbothsidesofthe Thai-Burma border. Ininvestigatingthelogisticalcirculationsandchokepointsunderlying and highlightshowpracticesoftransparencyconnectedwiththetransnational that theyfoster. This paperfocusesontheinfrastructuralviolenceandpubliccontroversiesunderlyingregionalconnectivity, SEZs constituteadominanttechnologyofregionalizationintheGMS,anditiscriticaltounderstandsocioeconomicrelationships Infrastructural Violence andPracticesofTransparency intheMaeSot-MyawaddySpecialEconomicZone Robert Farnan Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2190 relation topoliticsandeconomyinsocialistChina. and revisedamongtheseentities,thispaperanalyzesthecomplexrelationshipbetweenhandicraftfolkartindustrialartsin negotiating newsetsoftiehuagenresduringsocialistChina.Scrutinizingtheprocesshowweredesigned,produced, proxies inthelightindustrybureau;andpolicymakerslocalculturebureaushistoryoffices,involveddeveloping and culture.Inthispaper, Iexaminethreeentities:producerssuchasartisans,elitepainters,andfactoryworkers;marketing grasses” weredevelopedtoengagenewmachines,transformnewlyrecruitedartisansandworkers,adaptsocialisteconomy failing toembodythespiritofnewChina.Between1950sand1970s,socialistgenres“onepinetree,twohorses,four The traditionaltiehuagenreof“FourGentlemen”inplumblossoms,lotusflowers,chrysanthemum,andorchidwascriticizedas Negotiating NewGenresofTiehua (IronPainting)inSocialistChina,1956-1979 Qin Fang , engagedwithChineseculture,filialandsociallyaware— Asian Highwayreconfigurecivilsocietystruggles Page 48 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 08:00-09:20Room:3180 timely andMRCmayobtainsimilar resultsbyenhancingitsnonbindingframework. impact oftherecentinstitutionalreformsinoverallcapacity theorganisation.Itarguesthatamending Agreement isnot Convention. This paperassessesthelegalstatusofMRC,weaknesses, thenonlegalmeansofcooperationinplace,and impose bindingrulesandsomeclausesofthe Agreement arelessstringentwhencompared, for instance,withtheUNWatercourses various stakeholders.However, somelegalweaknesseshavesuggestedthe needtoamendthe Agreement: MRChasnopowerto established knowledgehubandadedicatedwaterdiplomacyplatform foritsMemberCountries,upstreamDialoguePartnersand the sustainablemanagementanddevelopmentofMekongriver. Two decadeslater, theMRCisafunctioningorganisation:an In 1995,Cambodia,Laos, Thailand andVietnam signedtheMekong Agreement thatcreatedaframeworkforcooperation topromote The MekongRiverCommission:UsingtheSpirit toEnhancetheLaw? Ana Felicio Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2200 give adistinctiveformtorelationsbetweenself,collective,andatmosphereinthe Asian historyofmodernmedicine. plague wasairborne(pneumonic).DrawingoncontemporaryresearchinChinaandSingapore,itexamineswhetherthesemasks century andtheworkofMalaysianDr. Wu Lien-teh,whopromotedtheuseof face masksaspartofhisstruggletoprovethatthe seasonal colds. This papertracestheoriginofthistechniqueself-protection totheManchurianplagueepidemicsofearly20th the samemasksseenaround Asia duringSARS,on an everydaybasisinsmog-pollutedChinesecities,andacross Asia for resorted toN95facemasks(technically, ‘facepiecerespirators’)forprotectionagainstairbornemicroparticles. These are,ofcourse, In 2015,hazeblanketedSingaporeforoveramonth,causedbyburningpalmoilplantationsinIndonesia.Enmasse,Singaporeans The Way oftheFacemask Lyle Fearnley Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:3310 movements. contending sidesandexplorehowshiftingpoliticalconditionscanleadtostateinterventioncontrolIslamistdiscourses Islamically compromisedandincapableofaddressingcontemporaryproblems. This paperwillanalysetheframingusedby the campaign tobanHizbut Tahrir andisalsoprominentincallingforrestrictionsuponSalafists. Transnational groupscastNUas Indonesia’s internalsecurityandreligiousharmonyduetotheirradicaldisposition.Itrecentlyplayedaleadingroleinthesuccessful authority andsocio-culturallegitimacy. NUhasportrayedsuchtransnationalgroupsasdoctrinallyunsoundanddangerousto acrimonious battlewith‘transnational’ Islamistmovements,suchasHizbut Tahrir andSalafistgroups,overmattersofIslamic For thepastdecade,Indonesia’s largestMuslimorganisation,NahdlatulUlama(NU),hasbeenlockedinanincreasingly Framing ‘Radical’ and‘Moderate’ Contention:Transnational IslamversusNahdlatulUlamainIndonesia Greg Fealy Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:3020 applicable internationallawregardinghumantrafficking?Whyarecurrentgovernmentmeasuresinef analyses thepositionofBangladeshbyaddressingfollowingquestions: To whatdegreeisBangladeshiLawcompliantwith not scrutinisedwhetherofficialactivitiesareeffective orcompliantwithinternationallawapplicabletohumantrafficking. Thispaper of humantrafficking.Onlyahandfulresearchershavepointedouttheresponsibilitygovernmentswhileexistingresearchhas these lawsareoftenineffective. Scholarlyresearchintotheissueofhumantraffickingmainlyfocusesondifferent causesandforms adopt arangeofmeasurestodealwithhumantrafficking.Bangladeshdoeshavesomedomesticlawsaddressingtrafficking,but to theConventionagainst Transnational OrganisedCrime,asamemberoftheinternationalcommunity, Bangladeshisobligedto Bangladesh iscategorizedasasourceandtransitcountryforhumantrafficking.Despitenothavingsignedthe Human Trafficking inBangladesh:IstheGovernment’s ResponseConsistentwithInternationalLaw? Mst KanijFatima fective? Trafficking Protocol Page 49 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2280 focuses onthepotentialeffects of theBillonthesecommunities. rights ofcommunitieswholiveinside protectedareasandstatesthattheyhavenorighttoregister communityforests. This paper as beingeffectively about controllingcommunityaccesstoforestsanddisempoweringcommunities. The presentversionignoresthe representatives fromcivilsociety. The Billhasbeenpromotedasprovidingbenefitstoforestdwelling people,buthasbeencriticised appeal. In2016,aworkinggroupwasappointedtoworkonnew Bill. restricted forestaccessanduse. The BillpassedthroughParliamentin2007,buteffectively lapsedfollowingaconstitutional ‘community friendly’ versions(recognisingcommunityrightstoliveinsideforestsandutilise forestproducts)andversionsthat Between 1992and2007,anumberofversionsCommunityForestry Billwerepromotedin Thailand. These alternatedbetween The ThaiCommunityForestryBillReincarnated:Empowering orDisempoweringCommunities? Robert FisherandSurinOnprom Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2003 education hasaninfluenceonone’s life. three women:acurrentuniversitystudent,workinggraduateandanunemployedgraduate. This paperaimstoexplorehowhigher in a more holistic way at its benefits. Using the Capability Approach (Sen, 1992; Robeyns,2006), this paper will explorethe storiesof and Zahra2012; Azam 2012). Acknowledging thepotentialeconomicadvantagesofhighereducation,thispaper, however, will look themselves aimforpersonalwelfare.Various empiricalstudieshaveshownthelinksbetweenhigher educationandincome(Asghar multi-lateral corporationshopeforeconomicgrowththroughskilfulworkers,membersofthepublicsuchasparentsandstudents the higherrate-of-return. The potentialeconomic benefitsofhavingadegreehaveoftenbeenhighlighted:governmentsand Human Capital Theory suggests thateducationisaninvestment. This viewsuggeststhatthehigherlevelofeducation, How UniversityhasChangedMe:StoriesofIndonesianWomen Dorothy Ferary Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2110 taken-for-granted assumptionsandpracticeofplanners. the other. The paperconcludesthatknowledgegeneratedandvalidatedthrough planningtraditionshadbecomeembeddedinthe has changedplanningknowledge,ononehand,butoldtraditionsneverthelesspersistandcontinuetowieldpower, on have tocompromiseunderpressurefromlocalgovernmentofficials. sometimes plannersareabletomakeadifference inFAR toimprovethebuiltenvironment.However, inothersituations,they the Floor Area Ratio(FAR) forbuildingintheprocessofurbanplanning?Examplesplanners’ practiceinFAR willillustratehow contemporary Chineseplanningsystemmustcopewithacountryintransition.Inthiscontext,howcantraditioninfluence Over thelastfewdecades,decentralization,economicreformandglobalizationhavebroughtgreatchangestoChinesecities. The Planning Traditions andtheFloor Area RatioinTransitional China Xin Feng This talkincludesrecentanalysisofartifactsandsitesalongtheearliestroutesmaritimetradefromIndiatoChina2 Conveyance andImitation:TheEarlyStagesofBuddhistTransmission alongtheMaritimeSeaRoute Marnie Feneley Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2170 throughout Asia fromtheearlycenturiesBCE. Grant sponsoredproject The Atlas ofMaritimeBuddhism. The Atlas isanarchivecollatingthehistoryofspreadBuddhism transmission including Anuradhapura inSriLankaandBujangValley inMalaysia. This researchderivesfromtheUNSWLinkage has beenmadeoftheseimportantworks. This talkwilllookindepth atsomeofthemostimportantsitesBuddhistmaritime language, cultureandreligiousaffiliationsalongthe AsianlittoralsoftheMaritimeSeaRoute,wherepossiblephotogrammetry which showclearevidenceofthetransmissionreligiousthoughtthroughimitation. These examplesindicatetransmissionof centuries. WithanemphasisonhowBuddhistculturalmaterialwastransportedandcopied.Itwillhighlightsculpturesepigraphy The paperrevealsthatthedynamicChineseurbancontext All nineteenmemberswerestateofficials. Therewereno nd -9 th

, Page 50 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room: 2050 discusses theimplicationsof findingsforscholarshiponIndonesianpoliticsandpluralismin Muslim-majority countries. sharia law. Itthenproceedstoanalyse howtheindexvariesacrosssociodemographic,politicalandideologicalfactors. The paper relations, suchastheroleofIslamicleadersinpolitics,legal status ofIslamvis-Ã -visotherreligions,andtheimplementation 1,600 Indonesiancitizens.ItpresentsanewindexofpoliticalIslam thatmeasurespublicattitudesonvariousaspectsofIslam-state Islam inIndonesiafromapublicopinionperspective,leveraging on anationalsurveyimplementedrandomlyselectedsampleof distinction betweenreligionandthestate,otherssupportalarger roleforIslaminpolitics. This paperstudiessecularismandpolitical A keyideologicaldimensioninIndonesian politicsconcernstheroleofIslaminpublicaffairs. WhilesomeIndonesians favouraclear Political IslamandDemocraticConsolidationinIndonesia Diego Fossati Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2250 businesses, aswellstateagenciesandpolicy-makers. driven byitsquesttorepositionitselfasadevelopmentintermediaryforotherinternationalinstitutions,nationaland projects, entrepreneurshipinitiativesanddeeperintegrationintoglobalproductionnetworks. The latter, weargue,havebeen of labourregulationanditslesswell-recognisedefforts tocreateopportunitiesforemploymentthroughlarge-scaledevelopment In thispaper, wediscusstheILO’s importantandsometimescontroversialroleinreshapingthelegal andinstitutionalframework projects morereadilyassociatedwithinternationaldevelopmentorganizationsorevengrassrootsnon-governmentalorganizations. it hassoughttoengageinotheraspectsoftheworldworkincludingknowledgeproductionandemploymentgenerationthrough or otherwiseofitsattemptstoconvincegovernmentsandemployersrespectthesestandards. Yet overthelastseveraldecades Typically, theInternationalLabourOrganization(ILO)isdiscussedinreferencetoitsrolesettinglabourstandardsandsuccess The ILOasaDevelopment Actor inSoutheast Asia Michele Ford,MichaelGillanandHtwe-Htwe Thein Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:3200 of therepatriationagreement. repatriation ofRohingyarefugees. The underlyingsocio-economicandpoliticalconflictswillalsobeexaminedagainstthebackdrop a “durablesolution”.Itarguesthatpoliticalexpediencyratherthanhumanitarianprioritieshasledtothepreferenceformass repatriation ofRohingyarefugeestoMyanmarbythegovernmentsandBangladeshquestionsitsviabilityas and non-stateactorstothehumanitariancrisis.Inparticular, itwillinterrogatethemotivationsbehindpreferenceforvoluntary safe, humaneandrights-basedrepatriationmechanism. This paperwillconsiderprecedentsandevaluatetheresponseofstate The currentproposaltorepatriateRohingyasfromBangladeshMyanmarisinadequateandlacksthenecessaryqualitiesfora Politicized Humanitarian Assistance: TheVoluntary RepatriationofRohingyaRefugeesinBangladesh Yen NeFoo Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2280 shrimp cultureindustrytoprovideaholisticanalysisofdevelopmentinPorong. creating asustainableagriculturalsystemtofilldomesticandglobaldemand. the social,politicalandphysiologicalvulnerabilitiesofagivencommunity vulnerability issues.Inordertodevelopcomprehensivestrategies,knowledgeofeconomicopportunitiesisrequired,aswell ability tooptimiseassetsandexistingpotencials.Further, adequatestrategiesareneededinordertodealwithshrimpculture pressure forfarmerstoadaptenvironmentalchanges.Successesofsustainableagriculturedevelopmentdependonpeople’s Sidoarjo shrimpindustry, themassivedeathofshrimpinmid-1990andmudvolcanoeruptionPorongMay2006created The shrimpindustryhaspositiveandnegativesocial,economicenvironmentalimpactsonlocalcommunities.Inthecaseof SWOT Analysis ofFiveStrategiesinShrimpCultureSidoarjo Achmad RoomFitrianto . This paperanalysesthefivestrategiesofshrimpculturein The SWOT analysesoutlinesstrategiesoftheSidoarjo Page 51 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 08:00-09:20Room:2200 Framework Conventionon Tobacco Control. of solutionswillincludetheimportance ofaunitedandskilledtobaccocontrolworkforcefirm commitmenttotheWHO technology andglobalpublicrelationscampaignsareapotential threattostrengtheningtobaccocontrolreforms. A discussion philanthropy, and undertakingself-describedcorporatesocialresponsibilityactions.Recentdevelopmentsintobaccoproduct be highlightedanddiscussed. Tactics includeleveragingtradeagreements,draftinglegislation,threateninglegalaction,funding region in2012. This paperpresentsexamplesoftobaccoindustryinterferenceinpublichealthwithinthe Asian region,whichwill per centoftheworldssmokerslivein Asian-Pacific region.Over1.5milliondeathswereduetotobaccouseinthe WHOSEARO The tobaccoindustryhasalonghistoryofinfluencing,blocking, andstallingef Tobacco IndustryInterferencein Asia Becky Freeman Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2240 cooperative engagementmodels,andexploretheimplicationsofthisinternationalisationagenda. sustainable employment. This presentationwilldiscusstheinternationalisationofIndia’s skillssystemthroughbothdevelopmentand esteem issues,buildingthesystemthroughpublicandprivatemodels,providingbothskillsdevelopmentpathwaysto Particular attentionwillbegiventosystemicandindividualchallengesassociatedwithrecruitingstudents,addressingparityof This panelcontributionexploresIndia’s expandingskillsecosystem andincreasinglyvocationally-orientedhighereducationsystem. country’s youthandotherunemployedcohorts,establishingIndiaastheglobalcapitalforproductionofskilledworkers. India’s aspirationsforskillsdevelopmentareambitious,bothinprovidingemploymentandentrepreneurshipsolutionsthe India’s Aspirational Skills Agenda forEmploymentandDevelopment Brigid Freeman Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2020 maintaining andbuildingculture. adjusting andchangingthroughthejourney, butwiththemelodyremainingconstant.Italsoexaminesrolepopularsongshavein could beaskedofCambodian1960-70spopsongs. This paperfocusesonhowasongtravelsfromplacetoplace,withthelyrics questions aboutHouseoftheRisingSun:“Wherehadthissongcomefrom?Whereitgone?Whocarriedthere?” The same in whichthelyricschangedwhilemelodyremainedsame.InhisbookChasingRisingSun,author Ted Anthony asks Komlos SreyChaom, Yol Aularong andhissong Yuvajon KougeJet,andPanRonwithSnaeha. These songsarecontrafactum, many recordingtheirsongsonvinyl.InadditiontoSinnSisamouth,otherwell-knownmusiciansincludedRosSereysotheasinging The 1960-70spopsceneinCambodiathrivedwithmusiciansperformingatPhnomPenhnightclubsandacrossthecountry, with Finding TheRisingSun:Contrafactum And CambodianPopMusic Jack Frawley Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2020 the emergenceofaregenerativevoice. The projectrevealsRCL’s amplificationofmediaparticipation,communicationrights,power, communicativedemocracyand Communication andacitizen’s mediaperspectiveinordertointerrogatecommunityradio’s democraticandregenerativepotential. nationwide. The findingsarepartofalargerdoctoralthesisthatcombinesthetheoreticalpositionscriticalPoliticalEconomy RCL isoneofthefirstcommunityradiostationsin Timor-Leste, andcurrentlyexistsalongsideapproximatelysixteenstations Lospalos (RCL)in Timor-Leste toexplorethewaysinwhichcommunityradiocontributescommunicationforsocialchange. of mediademocratisationacrossdistinctculturalandgeographicsettings. within themedia.Itremainsauniquecommunicationplatformunderdigitalcapitalism,arguablycapableofexpandingproject Internationally, communityradioexiststoaddressissuesofinequalityandstriveforimprovedaccessparticipation Voice as Agency: CommunicationforSocialChangeatCommunityRadioLospalos(RCL) Juliet Fox This paperdrawsonthefindingsatRadioComunidade fective tobaccocontrolreformsinthe Asian region.30 Page 52 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2010 New Orderera. style. This paper willexaminetheperformanceofWayang Potehi inIndonesiatooutlinehowitspracticewasaffected during the suppression, disassociationwith “Chinese”thingsandamixtureoflocalpeoplebehavior, ithas cometoposessaveryunique aspects. Inaddition,becauseofthissuppression,practitonershave hadtochangesomecustomsofitsperformance.Duethis Indonesia. Wayang Potehilostall“Chinese”writtenmaterials,suchasplay notes,musicnotationandalsosomeofitsritualistic Southeast Asia. Becauseofits“Chinese” characters,however, itbecameatargetofsuppressionduringtheNewOrdererain Wayang PotehiisaformofpuppettheatrethathadbeenbroughtandcontinuedinChinese/Hokkien diasporasocietiesin Indonesian Wayang PotehianditsChangesintheNewOrder Kaori Fushiki Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3200 from fallingapart. limited materialstrengthof ASEAN asacollective,thispaperarguesthatideationalfactorshavepreventedtheregionalorganization their narratives. Through comparisonwiththe materialcapacitiesofindividualmember-states,combinedwithconcernsaboutthe article analyzesdiscoursesfromleadersandforeignministersof ASEAN member-statesinordertostudythenormsembedded disagreements aboutsecurityinterestscouldhavepossiblyresultedinwithdrawalfrom ASEAN membership,buttheydidn’t. This Preah Vihear Temple; andPhilippines-ASEANdisagreementsrelatedtothemanagementofdisputesinSouthChina Sea. These examines threecasesinthepost-ColdWar era,namelythedemocratizationofMyanmar; Thailand-Cambodia conflictsoverthe Nations (ASEAN)despitethedeepeningandwideningdisparitiesamongitsmember-statesafterendofColdWar. This study This articleexplainstheimportanceof“OneSoutheast Asia” normsinmaintainingtheunityof Association ofSoutheast Asian “United We Stand”:WhySoutheast Asian StatesStayedin ASEAN aftertheColdWar Ka ShingKalvinFung Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2130 Buddhism incontemporaryNorthern Thailand. explore theheterogeneousandmultifacetedrelationshipsamongpractitionersofspiritworship,mediumship Theravada also someBuddhistmonksrecognizethehistoricalimportanceofspiritbeliefinChiangMai.Examiningthesetwodevelopments, I religiosity ofthecityhasbecomemoreimportantforreligiouspractitioners.Recentobservationsindicatethatnotonlymediumsbut to beindispensableelementsrepresentingthereligioustraditionofChiangMai.Second,thereareindicationsthattraditional observations indicatethatthesepossessionritualsaremergingintoonetotality. Moreandmoremediumsconsiderthesetwocults resurgence ofmatrilinealspiritcultsandmediumship.Whilethesetwowerepreviouslypractisedindependently, recent and thecity’s traditional religiositystillpersistsamonglocalpeopletoday. Iexploretworecentdevelopments.First,consider the In ChiangMaispiritworship,mediumshipand Theravada Buddhismhashistoricallyformed alooselyconfiguredreligioussystem Resurrecting LanNaReligiosity:SpiritPossessioninChiangMai Kazuo Fukuura Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2280 This paperwillexplorehowsmallholdershaverespondedtothisprecariousness. continually providecheapinputstocommodityproductionthatsmallholdersfindthemselvesinanincreasinglyprecariousposition. smallholder land.Itisinthecontextofthisrupturebetweendemandsnewmarketsandinabilityenvironmentto scale agro-industrialsugarconcessions,aswellinvestmentintolandformangoproduction,hasplacedincreasingpressureon this formerlyisolatedarea,smallholdersareleftwithforestsdepletedofvaluabletimber. Simultaneouslythepresenceoflarge- and labourhavebeenprogressivelycommoditisedconnectedtolargemarketnetworks. As commodityfrontiers‘ripthrough’ considers howsmallholderricecultivationandforestbasedlivelihoodshavebeenmadeincreasinglyprecariousasrice,timber, land This paperexploresruptureinthecontextofsmall-scalericefarmersonaforestfrontierCardamommountains,Cambodia.It Commodity FrontiersintheCardamomMountains Tim FrewerandSopheakChan Page 53 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts colonization uptilltheearly19 theories regardingraceandracialdifference andthemannerinwhichthesetheoriessupportedjustified thewaveofEuropean a crucialroleintheMalaysiannationalnarrativetoday. This paperbeginsbyconsideringtheroleofphotographyinentrenching Race hasplayedanimportantroleinthejourneythatMalaysia taken,fromcolonialoutposttonation,andcontinuesplay Photography, RaceandtheShapingofaMalaysianNational Identity Pauline Gan Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2240 Indonesia, andmakehistoricalcomparisonswiththepublicreceptionofinternationalperspectivesduringNewOrderera. repackaged, critiquedandinstrumentalisedbydomesticpolitico-mediaintermediariesamidrisingnationalistsentimentintoday’ on Indonesianandworldaffairs areinterpretedbydifferent groupsofIndonesians.Itwillexplorehownarrativesfromabroadare qualitative analysisofcontemporaryonlinediscourse,thispaperwillreflectonhowinternationalsourcesnewsandinformation groups. Butoneunder-investigatedtopicistheeffect ofIndonesians’ ever-easieraccesstonewssourcesfromabroad. Through main subjectsofresearchhavebeenemergentdomesticdigitalmedia-eithermainstreamoralignedtofringereligiouspolitical Indonesia, andthecorrespondingchangesinrolemediaplaysinfluencingcitizens’ Ample attentionhasbeengiventohownewmediatechnologiesaredisruptinglong-establishedpatternsofconsumptionin International MediainIndonesia’s DomesticPolitics Liam Gammon Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:3270 them. comparing earlyeffortschanging influenceofthesepathsonlocalandregionalpolitics, tonarrowthemwithrecentattemptswiden of accessroutestoLhasa,thecapital Tibetan Autonomous Region,and Thimpu, thecapitalofBhutan.Itwillexamine curse of“chokepoints”. This paperwillexaminethetransformationinperceptionofmountaincitiesbyfocusingonhistory urban populationsgrowandcitydwellersseektoconnecttheoutsideworld,blessingsoffortifiedpasseshavebecome migrants, centreswiththeseattributesoffered protectionandahigher-standardofliving.Inthecontemporaryworld,however, as with timber, sand,stones,and,mostimportantly, narrowentrancepointsthatcouldbeeasilydefended.Forpre-modernurban Most urbancitiesintheHimalayaand Tibet werebuiltforprotectionratherthanconnection. They developedinbroad,rivervalleys, From FortifiedPassesto‘ChokePoints’: A BriefHistoryof AccesstoLhasaandThimphu Ruth Gamble Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2070 Chinese, andhowtheseindividualsfromthelowerstrataofsocietydevisedwaystoevadeharshpoliciesinorderlivesurvive. reconstructed frompolicereportsandcourtproceedings,demonstrateshowcolonialpoliciesaffected theordinarylabouring Chinese labourerswhowerearrestedandpunishedforbeingindigentundocumented. Abiography ofthese‘criminals’, collective financial stabilityandchallengingthestate’s authoritytoregulateitssubjects’ activities.Iexaminethelivesandcircumstancesof identification. Fromthecolonialadministration’s view, theselabourersformedpartofthe‘dangerousclasses’ imperillingthecolony’s in menialjobsdifferent partsoftheislands.Manylabourerscouldnotpaytheirtaxes,hence,possessednodocuments the Spanishcolonialgovernment,foreigncommercialfirms,andprivatebusinessmeninvariousindustriesprojects,usually During thenineteenthcentury, ChineselabourersplayedanimportantroleinthePhilippines’ economy. They wereemployedby ‘Dangerous’ ChineseLabourersintheNineteenth-century Philippines Jely Galang Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2190 of raceanditsplaceintheevolving nationthatisMalaysia. photography’s traditionalroleinreinforcingnotionsofracial difference and contributedtoamorenuancedanddeeperunderstanding idea ofnationhood.ItconcludesbyexamininghowMalaysiancontemporary artists Yee I-LannandVincent Leonghavesubverted practices servedtosegregatethedifferent racesanddiscouragedtheformationofshared interests,acommonidentity, orany th century. The papersubmitsthat,inthecase ofMalaysia,Britishcolonialinstitutions,policies,and politicalandreligiousattitudes.Sofar, the s Page 54 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2050 female ascendancetoleadership positionsmorespecifically. institutional landscape. The papermaintainsthatpartyorganizationisalargeconstraintonfemalerepresentationgenerallyand Koike Yuriko, Tokyo governor. These casestudiesshedlightontheresources,opportunitiesandconstraintsposedbycurrent questions throughcasestudiesofMurataRenho,formerDemocratic Partyhead,Inada Tomomi, formerLDP DefenseMinister, and generally, howdoesJapancompareto othercountriesintermsoffemalepoliticalleadershippositions? This paperexploresthese cabinet andparty-levelpositions.Giventhesedevelopments,why hasn’ttherebeenafemaleprimeministerinJapan?More Female representationintheJapaneseDiethasincreasedsince electoralreformin1994.Women alsohavetakenonimportant Cracking theGlassCeilinginJapan:TheConstraintsposed byPartyOrganization Alisa Gaunder Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2020 ideals, andplaydifferent culturalrolesinthesocietieswheretheycirculate. obstacles whencombiningmusicalsystemswhichsharenocommonnotes,areunderpinnedbydifferent stylisticandaesthetic considering therelationshipbetweensoundingandnon-soundingelementsofmusictoshowthatperformersconfrontsignificant musical fusionthathavenotpreviouslybeenaddressed. This researchclarifiesprocessesofinterculturalmusicalsynthesisby illuminates aesthetic,structural,andothertheoreticalcomplexitiesinvolvedinmusicalinterculturalismposesquestionsabout with instruments,musicalstructures,performancepractices,andideasaboutimprovisationassociatedjazz. The recording arts. This versioncombinesthetuningsystem,instruments,andstylisticpracticesassociatedwithtraditionalpiphatperformance musicians. Itcontainsarecordingof‘ChuiChaiBenjakai’ fromkhontheatrewhichisrecognisedasthehighestof Thai dramatic The 1999 Album World JazzJam2involvedacollaborationbetweenmusiciansfromthe Thai ‘classical’ traditionandEuropean jazz The CuriousCaseofChuiChaiBenjakai John Garzoli Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2003 of reconcilingIslamwithhomosexuality. young peopleandtheopeningofanIslamicboardingschoolfortransgenderMuslimshaveemergedasevidencepossibilities of IslamicfaithtakesonrelevanceinIndonesia,where,amongotheractivities,LGBT prayergroups,interfaithqueercampsfor worldwide, thispaperseekstoexplorehowtheseconflictscanbemediated. gender identityandIslamicfaith.UsingthecasestudyofIndonesia,whileconsideringbroaderimplicationsforLGBT Muslims Lesbian, gay, bisexualandtransgender(LGBT)Muslimstheworldoverstruggletofindwaysreconciletheirsexualorientation, Queering Islam:LGBTempowermentthroughMuslimfaithinIndonesia Diego GarciaRodriguez Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2060 areas ofknowledge. in Asia andLatin America willrevealatranspacificandtranshemisphericspacewhichproblematizesthepredominantdivisionsin Pacific. Attentiontowardstheideological,institutionalandpoliticalcontinuitiesbetweenJapanesemigrationeconomicactivities how ideasandactivitiesregardingLatin America became entangledwiththeexpansionofJapaneseEmpirein Asia andthe migration, andtheresearchscholarshipproducedwithinministriesofForeign Affairs andColonial Affairs, thispapertraces the twentiethcentury. ByfocusingontheendeavorsofNihonRikkokai,aprivateorganizationforsupportingJapaneseoverseas boundaries of Area StudiesbyhighlightingthetransversalrelationshipsbetweenJapanandLatin America duringthefirsthalfof making invisiblethepreexistingsocio-culturalrealitieswhichcrossednewlyconceivedareas. This paperchallengesthecurrent Historian andsociologistWillemvanSchendelarguesthat Area Studiesdividedtheworldaccordingtoimperialboundaries,thus Transcending Areas: MigratoryandIntellectualConnectionsbetweenJapanLatin America Facundo Garasino The realityofLGBT emancipationthroughthepractice Page 55 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2280 economic practice,openingupthe spaceto‘learnbeaffected’ rationalities andpotentialities. by‘other’ of emergence’.Iintroduceamethod ofreadingfordifference thatbringsto lightwordsandphrasesofalanguagecommunity thinker BoaventuradeSousaSantos’ urging forscholarstoproducea‘sociologyofabsence’ asapreludetogenerating a‘sociology Asia. As partofanattempttoproducearadicallydifferent mapofMonsoon Asia’s economicgeography, Itakeuppost-development manipulation bypoliticalideologies. This paper criticallyexaminesthediscursivepositioningof‘community’ economicpracticesin But practicesassociatedwiththeterm‘community’ areoftenpositionedassuspicious,unfounded,romanticandbeholdento ‘Community’ isapoliticallyloaded term.In Asia itisassociatedwithself-sufficiency, subsistenceeconomy, andlocalknowledge. Community EconomiesinMonsoon Asia Katherine Gibson Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2290 perception, andontologiesofsocialatmospheresindifferent culturalcontexts. “musicking”, andhow, afterall,an Anthropology of Atmospheres cancopewiththechallengesofinvestigatingproduction, how themusiciansofradicalpunkbandregularlyexperiencedunexpectedcomplicationsandchallengesduringtheirpolitical like classandgender, thispaperwillemphasizethesignificantchallengesofatmosphericcommunication. Itthereforediscusses change. WhilescholarshiponatmosphereshasoftensuggestedaEurocentricbiasandcertainforgetfulnessofstructuralfactors readapt atmospherologicalpracticesandknowledgetochallengenorms,communicatewiththeiraudiences,bringaboutpolitical their transmissibility, andeffects onindividualfeelingsandbehaviour. Itwillexplorehowpoliticalactorsdevelopandconstantly Phenomenology andGernotBöhme’s philosophyof atmospheres. The latteroffers aninnovative perspectiveoncollectiveemotions, This paperanalyzesthedebutalbumtourofaself-described“Tribal PunkBand”fromNortheastIndia,throughthelensofNew The Challengeof Atmospheres Nikolaus Gerold Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2130 techno-economic systems. in Gujarat,HimachalPradesh,andWestworkplace settings Bengal,regardingsuchworship asanethicalarmatureforcontemporary a “creativeclass”ofprofessionals. This paperreportsonrecent(2017-2018)ethnographicfieldwork Vishwakarama worshipin projects, topromulgatinganethosoftechnologicalskillandcraftsmanshipamongthebroadworkforce,mobilization growth andvisibilityofVishwakarma worshipacrossIndiashowunmistakable tiestothebuildingofcontemporaryinfrastructure Vishwakarma, theannualonlinemagazineofBirlaVishwakarma MahavidyalayaEngineeringCollegeinGujarat. The unprecedented engineering schools,designstudios,IT firms,publicworksdepartments,andindustrialparks.“Work isworship,”declares moved beyondcraftsworkshopsandintoworkplacesassociatedwiththecountry’s infrastructuralsystemsandnetworks:factories, Although Vishwakarma worshipinIndiahasbeenassociatedwithhereditaryartisancastesandtheirtools,hispresence Craft, Cult,andEthosinIndia:WhenWork isWorship Ken George Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2130 markedly diversemegalithiccultures. and contrastthelandlockedPlainofJarswithcoastalSabah’s menhirs,fortheanalysisofcultsamongcommunitiestwo stones’. Inthepresenceofa‘tamustone’,violatorsadmitwrongdoingandpledgenottore-offend. This presentationwillcompare customary law. The ‘livingstones’ ofSabahcanactasboundarystones,tombstones,‘oathstones’,‘peacestones’ oreven‘memoir incense. InMalaysia’s Sabah,villagersselectandinstallnewmenhirsforspecificpurposes:domestic,ritualortheadministrationof wood awakensthejars’ spirits,whichmustbeappeasedbysacrificingpigsandchickensaccompaniedchants,candles grows darkandmenacingasnakeemergesfromthesoil.Water drawnfromaparticular jarcancuresickchildrenbutcutting The PlainofJarswasinstalledcenturiesagoinLaos.Illnessorevendeathcanbefallanyonewhoremovesajar, whilethesky From LandlockedLaostoInsularMalaysia:StoneCultsandSpirits Lia Genovese Page 56 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2280 environment ofthePrek Toal protectedwetlands. with currentprotectedareapolicy. Inparticular, Idrawattentiontotheadverseimpactsofrecentdevastatingfiresonpeopleand Especially asWaterfowl Habitat(http://www.ramsar.org/). Usingonecommunity, Prek Toal, asacasestudy, Iconsiderproblems and partsofthelakeareprotectedunderinternationallawthrough theRamsarConventiononWetlands ofInternationalImportance, protected wetlandareainCambodia. The Tonle SapincentralCambodiaisthelargestfreshwaterlakemainlandSoutheast Asia Yet, thereareconstanthuman-inducedpressuresonPAs. This paperconsiderstheimpactsofenvironmentalchangeonafragile Area (PA). PAs arespatiallydefinedplacesgivenprotectionthroughlawandremainanessentialtoolofbiodiversityconservation. Cambodia ispartoftheIndo-Burmesebiodiversityhotspotandnow approximately7millionhectaresisclassifiedasaProtected Wetland FiresandConservation: A ChallengefortheProtected Area Approach Josephine Gillespie,NicolaPerryandDanPenny Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2250 worker organisations. in translatingtheirgoalsandaspirationtopracticaloutcomesforworkerssustainedengagementwithlocaltradeunions have limitationsinscopeandeffectiveness and–asmulti-scalarmulti-constituentorganisationsface seriouschallenges (union, multi-stakeholder, corporate)toimprovewagesandconditionsforworkersinthegarmentindustry. Eachoftheseinitiatives high-profile globalbrandssourcingfromtheregion. Thispaperprovidesanassessmentofvariousglobalandregionalinitiatives protection andwagesforworkersinthegarmentindustryhasalsobeenamplifiedbyconsumer attention totheirvaryinglabourstandardsandemploymentconditions.Inparticular, internationalconcernoverweaksocial The statusofSoutheast Asian nationsaslabourintensivemanufacturinghubs withinglobalsupplychainshasdrawninternational Wage Initiativesin theGarmentIndustryinSoutheast Asia Michael GillanandMicheleFord Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2040 hotel andcasino. This paperexploresthehistoryofBokorasareflectionCambodiamorebroadly. leased bythegovernmenttoaprivatecompanyfor99years.HavingpaidUS$1billionland,hasconstructed a French troopsduringtheUN’s missionin1992-3.Now, partofthelanddesignatedasPreahMonivongNationalParkithasbeen they couldnotafford topaysaidtax. After Cambodia’s independenceitpassedhandsbetweenmajorpoliticalplayersbeforehosting local Cambodians had been taxed to finance its construction,and worked in brutal conditionsto construct the road up the mountain if colonialists regardeditasanescapefromtherestofcountry. BokorHillStationhostedglamourouspartiesfortheelite,after climatemeantthattheFrench Located intheDomrei(Elephant)Mountainsandknownasmountainwherecloudsturn,Bokor’s Bokor NationalPark: A MicrocosmofCambodianHistory Rebecca Gidley Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2040 Chinese andnon-Chineseworkers. action byChinesefactoryworkers. The resultantpicture,Icontend,disruptscurrentunderstandingsofhistoricalencountersbetween activities of‘European’,or‘white’,labouragitators,despitetheiranti-Chineseobjectives,inspiredandevenenhancedindustrial see racialisedlabourlegislationenactedagainstChinesefurniturefactories.Inthispaper, though,Iexploretheextenttowhich have highlightedthehostilityof‘white’ labourmovementtowardthesestrikes,aswellthemovement’s successfulefforts to these strikesarehighlysignificanttothehistoryofChineseoverseaslabour economic activityforChinesepeoplein Australia –engagingapproximately2,000 Australia-wide atpeakin1912–meaningthat centuries, involvingseveralhundredworkersineachinstance.Nexttoagriculture,furnituremanufacturingwasthemostimportant There wereatleastfivestrikesbyChinese-Australianfurniturefactoryworkersoverthelatenineteenthandearlytwentieth Chinese-Australian FurnitureFactoryStrikes,1885-1908 Peter Gibson . Historiansincluding Andrew MarkusandMarilynLake , unionandNGOactivismthattargets Page 57 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:2060 or closelydocumentedinFilmFestival Studies. cultural diplomacyfilmfestivalformat thathasbeendevelopingandcontributingindistinctiveways buthasyettobeaccountedfor the connectionsthatoccuratlevelofculture,politics,andeconomy. Itishopedthatdiscussionscanrevealnewinsightsintothe paper drawsonempiricalfindingsandcasestudiesoftheJapanese FilmFestivalsin can helptoprovideaconceptualunderstandingoftherolecultural diplomacyfilmfestivalsandtheirimpactacrossborders. culture andimagesabroadthroughthelensofcinema. An analysisofthefestivals’ aims,institutionalworkingsandprogramming Festivals inthe Asia-Pacific. Culturaldiplomacyfilmfestivalsaredesignedtofacilitateculturalexchangebyshowcasing anation’s This paperexaminestherecentdevelopmentofculturaldiplomacy filmfestivalsbyfocusingontheexpansionofJapaneseFilm Film FestivalsandCulturalDiplomacyinthe Asia-Pacific: TheRoleofJapaneseFilmFestivals Teck FannGoh Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2070 discourse fosterednewdistinctcommunalidentitiesarisingfromtheinter-connectivityofCatholicismin Asia. development ofadistinctbrand Teochew-Catholicism inSingapore. The paperthusarguesthattheacculturationanddialectic simultaneous embodimentofvariousidentitiesandabilitytotranscendculturalbarriersallowedhercontributesignificantlythe French missionaryconnections,andhighlightsherrolewithinaculturallydifferent communityofShantou Teochew migrants.Lee’s of CatholicisminSingapore. The paperfocusesonMariaLee Ah Kin,aChineserefugeewhoarrivedinSingapore1939through subsequent amalgamationofcultures.Itisthisculturesthatlaterformstheheritagealocalizedinterpretation of individualsnegotiatingtheoften-problematicconnectionsbetweenChinesetraditionsandWestern Catholicism,andthe This paperexaminesthedialecticdiscourseofculturesthatweretransmittedalongmissionarynetworks.Itanalysesagency Cultural Contacts:Teochew-Catholic Communitiesin20thCenturySingapore Bryan Goh Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:3003 interviews) offemaleex-combatantsandelitesduringtheMaoistinsurgencyinNepal. empowerment, oralong-termtrendfortheequalrightsofwomen. The paperusesqualitativemethodology(semi-structured gender policy. Finally, thepaperaskswhetherMaoistinsurgencywasjustamomentaryblipforgenderequalityandwomen’s women intobothmilitaryandpoliticalroles?Italsoexploreswhetherthisrecruitmentwastheresultofacarefullythoughtout Maoists duringtheinsurgencyhavesincewithdrawnbacktodomesticsphere. This paperasks,whydidtheMaoistsrecruit women werehighlyrepresentedinnon-traditionalmasculineroles.However, mostofthewomenwhoassociatedthemselveswith Nepal managedtodrawasignificantproportionofwomenfromdomesticityintothepublicdomain.DuringMaoistinsurgency The MaoistinsurgencyinNepal(1996-2006)remainsapuzzlemanysenses.Despitebeingpatriarchalsociety, theMaoistsin Female CombatantsinNepal’s MaoistInsurgency:Two StepsForward,OneStepBackward Keshab Giri Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2060 dichotomy. My analysisofMochizuki’s workwilldemonstrateboththepossibilityandnecessityof envisioningthisregionoutsidearural-urban migration from Tottori Prefecture(aregionwithinUranihon),tothewestcoastofCanadaatbeginningtwentiethcentury. This paperaimstoreconsiderthisregionthroughtheworkofinterdisciplinaryartistCindyMochizuki,whichengageshistory continual migrationofpeoplefromUranihonto Tokyo isoftencitedasareasonfortheregion’s presentlowpopulationdensity. along thePacificcoast,andalessdevelopedruralregioncoastofSeaJapanknownattimeasUranihon. Throughout mostofthetwentiethcentury, themainislandofJapanwasdividedbetweenrapidlymodernizing Tokyo area The conceptionofruralregionsinbinaryoppositiontourbanareasispremisedontheoverarchingcategorynation. The EbbsandFlowsofUranihon:BeyondtheDichotomiesNation Alexander Ginnan Australia, Malaysiaand Thailand toexplore This The , Page 58 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room: 2290 incentive andrewardschemes,but ratherthroughmorefamiliarIndonesiandiscoursesofshame (malu). a consistentcontrastwiththeprogram’s logicemerges:CDDactorsdescribe theirmotivationtoachievetargetsnotbasedon public auditandaccountability. IninterviewswithGenerasi stakeholdersinJakartaanddiverseruralcommunitiesacrossIndonesia, decentralisation, improveslocalgovernancethroughincentivesand rewards,andachievesdiscretedevelopmenttargetssubjectto technocrats ingovernmentanddonoragenciesframetheseevents innormativeneoliberalterms:CDDsupportsIndonesia’s achievements arepubliclypresentedandranked;thehighestperformers earnrewardsthroughanincentivescheme.Development of theannualprogramcyclewithvillagevolunteers,leaders, andlocalgovernmentstakeholdersattending.Eachvillage’ services fromlocalgovernmenthealthandeducationprovidersin poorruralvillages. An inter-villageforumconvenes attheend Generasi, anIndonesiancommunity-drivendevelopment(CDD) program, aimstostimulatedemandforimprovedbasicsocial Discourses ofShameinanIndonesianCommunity-Driven DevelopmentProgram Jesse Grayman Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2250 program success,basedonsocialinclusionoutcomes. burgeoning trendininternationaldevelopmentpolicytoemployRCT enmasse,thispaperalsopositsa broader conceptualisationof the resultsofourstudyexploringsocialinclusionoutcomessameultra-poorprogram.Whilstoffering ausefulripostetothe We demonstratehowthiscanbeachievedbycontrastingtheresultsofanRandomisedControl Trials (RCT)basedevaluationwith that evaluationscaptureparticipants’ ownrepresentationsoftransformationprovidealternativeindicatorsprogramsuccess. tend tooverlookanalysesofsocialstructures,relationships,andnormsdetrimentalthelifeprogramparticipants.We contend Program successinanti-povertyprogramsisoftenmeasuredusingfinancialandeconomicindicators.However Social InclusionVersus RandomisedControlTrial Assessments: HowisProgramSuccessRepresented? Susan Goodwinand Archana Voola Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:3270 investments. It alsoexamineshowChineseCSRengageindifferent investmentcontextsandthefactors thatshapetheimpactsofChinese and Indonesia,thispaperfindsvariationsamongChinesecapitalsarecriticaltofacilitateorhinderef China’s CSRhaveimpactedChineseinvestmentbehavior. BycomparingChina’s infrastructureinvestmentsinVietnam, Myanmar has beenpromotingcorporatesocialresponsibility(CSR)initsoverseasinvestmentsandtheevolvinginstitutionalsettingson state- drivencapitalsarebelievedtoundermineinternationalef in Southeast Asia. However, China’s growingpresenceinthissectorSoutheast Asia hasresultedinmixedresponsesasits infrastructure. EmbeddedinitsBeltandRoadInitiative,theinfrastructuresectorisakeydestinationforChina’s growinginvestment The majorityofdevelopingSoutheast Asian countriesfacethecommonchallengeofsourcingforsufficientinvestmenttobuild CSR EntanglementinSoutheast Asia: China’s state-driveninvestmentininfrastructure Xue Gong Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:3270 opportunities forenhancingChina-ASEANcooperationindisasterresponseatthelevelofsociety. response indifferent contexts andthefactorsthatshaperoleofNSAs.Basedonthesefindings,paperalsoidentifes has beenseenacrosstheregionthatNSAsareplayingagreaterrole. This paperseekstoexaminehowNSAsengageindisaster capacities indisasterresponseandthespacefornon-stateactors(NSAs)tocontributeissmaller. Nevertheless,ageneraltrend response, buttheirnationalgovernmentsfacethechallengeoflackresources.Chinahasastronggovernmentthatgood Southeast Asian countrieslikeIndonesiaandthePhilippineshavedynamiccivilsocietiesthatformastrongforcefordisaster developed theirownapproachtodisasterresponsebasedonrespectivenationalconditionsandexperience.Developing East andSoutheast Asia arepronetonaturaldisastersandclimatechangefurtherincreasesrisks.Regionalcountrieshave Comparing theRoleofNon-State Actors inDisasterResponseChinaand ASEAN Lina Gong forts inimprovinggovernance.Nonetheless,thispaperfindsChina fective implementationofCSR. , suchassessments s Page 59 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:3310 more fragmentedsociety. raises awiderquestionofwhetherthisemergentsocialwelfaremovement islikelytoleadmoreinclusiveformsofbelonging,ora to Buddhism,arefrequentlyexpressedinbroaderethicalframeworks, butalsolinkedstronglytoBurmese/Buddhistidentity. This representing significantlocalized,andmorehorizontalexpressions ofsocialcontract.Religiousunderpinnings,inmostcaseslinked legitimacy. Recentevidencepointstoasignificantlevelofbothoperationaleffectiveness andorganizationalefficiency, ultimately and establishedtraditionalobligations,formalizingelementsofthese intonewiterationswhichappealtothenotionofparahitafor a broadersocialcontract.Parahitaorganizationsincreasinglyoccupy aspacebetweenformaladministration,religiousinstitutions with theconceptofparahita,presentsbothchallengesandopportunitiestoStateactorsseekingestablish self-help, self-identifying Although traditionsofreciprocityhavelongexistedinruralMyanmar, themorerecentemergenceofstructuredorganizations Parahita andDemocratization:ThePoliticalEconomyof Self-help Michael Griffiths Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2020 in anemergentnationalistleadership,hascontinuedtoshapetheexperienceofmodernity Timor-Leste tothisday. Indonesian Stateindifferent waysre-gearedsocialrelations,andsecond,alargelyelite-ledendogenouseffort, particularlymanifest independence period.First,foreignconcentrationsofpowerincludingthePortuguesecolonialstate,CatholicChurch,and drivers tomodernityarevitalunderstanding Timor-Leste today, twoothervitallyimportantdimensionsareanchoredinthepre- global networkofNGOs,stateagenciesanddonorswiththeaimchangingsocialfabric Timorese life.Whiletheexogenous institutions. State-building,peace-building,humanrights,transitionaljusticeandnation-buildinghavebeendrivenvariouslybya it asthe27thprovinceofoccupyingIndonesia–hasseenenormousefforts concentratedonmodernisingsocialrelationsand known asPortuguese in 2002,theterritoryonce independence Since formal Timor andthenas‘Tim-Tim’ –ashorthanddemarcating Three ModernitiesinTimor-Leste: KeyDimensionsofSocialChangeinConstitutingtheNewRepublic Damian Grenfell Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2130 India. Farmer, notRam’s asWarrior, andposethequestionof whyricefarmingisatthebottomofpen/sword/purse/ploughhierarchyin (gurumai) whosingoralepicsaboutthebhagwaninaclassicsubalterncounterpoint. Their songscelebrateShiva’s roleasFirst cult hasitsownmalepriest-gainta,sirahaandbrahman-but,ifwelistencarefully, wecanhearthedomesticvoicesofpriestesses celebrates theking’s benevolencethroughhisgenealogicalrelationshiptothegreatgods(bhagwan)ofHindupantheon.Each presence takestheformofcarvedstoneandbronzeimagesdeifiedancestorshousedintemples;aroyalstate-widecultthat presence ofananiconicstoneimageMotherEarth(mati)locatedinasacredgrove;localspirit(dev)cultwhosematerial Political theologyontheBastarplateauofcentralIndiaisaclassicillustrationMus’ A StoneisaStone,butGiveitRespectandBecomesGod:ReflectionsonHalbiProverb Chris Gregory Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2200 and theirchangingfunctionintheexistingrelationshipbetweenparentschildren,husbandswives,amongsiblings. group discussionsinthreeareasofthePhilippines–IlocosNorte,Cebu,andDavaopaperwillexplorerolefamilyfarms intra-household relationshipssurroundingfamilyheadshipandmanagementoffarms. Through keyinterviewsandfocused patterns whichinvolvebothmenandwomenhouseholdheads. This paperseekstoexaminecontemporary genderideologiesand rural familiesarebecomingvisibleduetotheincreasingglobaldemandfornon-traditionalagriculturalexportsandgrowingmigration Smallholdings orfamilyfarmshavealwaysbeenpresentinthePhilippineeconomy. Fluidityinthegenderdivisionoflaborwithin Contemporary GenderIdeologiesofRuralFamilies:Intra-householdRelationshipsinthePhilippines Veronica Gregorio s paradigm:aterritorialcultdefinedbythe Page 60 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:2190 challenge genderednormsofthe inktradition. This paperarguesthatbyinsertingtheirfemalebodiesintoacanonexcludedthem,these artists women astheoriental‘other’. own hair, andpaintshernakedbodywithblue-and-whiteporcelainpatterns,challengingawestern gazethatpositionsChinese women. XiaoLupoursinkandwateroverherbodyinritualsofbaptism andendurance.XieRongwrites‘calligraphy’ withher Ma Yanling applies the inventedcharactersofafemalesyllabary, Nüshu,writingitsscriptonherownbodyandthoseofother production hasbeenalmostentirelyabsenttodate. This paperconsidersthreeperformanceartistswhochallengethisgendering. encoded, performativenationalidentity. Paintingwithink isinevitablyanembodiedact,butthefemalebodyasactiveagentinits Ink isembeddedwithpoliticalandculturalsignificanceinChinese art:historicallyitconstructedamaterialandaestheticformof (In)visible Ink:PerformingFemaleBodiesinChineseContemporary Art Luise Guest Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2060 implemented them,andthematerialstheymobilized,delineatesnetworksthatengineeredJapanesecolonialpower. superiority, astheywereforpracticalpurposes. Thus, aclosereadingoftheseprojects,thecivilengineerswhoplannedand works projectsweredesignedasmuchtosolidifyclaimsterritory, reifydiscoursesofcolonialmodernization,andprojectcultural ballast andstreetsurfacepavements;vaststoresoftimber, granite,andbrickharvestedtoerectnewbuildings. Yet thesepublic amounts ofearthwasdynamitedandremovedtolayrailwaysruralroads;scoresstonegravelquarriedforrailbed plans toreshapecoloniallandscapesinthenameofjustifyingJapaneserule.Underrubric“development,”massive worksites in Taipei andSeoul,Japanesecivilengineersappliedmetropolitanarchivesofengineeringknowledge,techniques, This papertracesthepan-imperialnetworksthatconstructedJapanesecolonialrule. Trained in Tokyo andemployedoncolonial Engineering NetworksofEmpireinColonialTaiwan andKorea Tristan Grunow Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2010 manage thisNewEraoftransitionusingsocialmediaand Artificial Intelligenceaswellcoercionwhennecessary. of theSovietUnion,studentmovements1987and1989anapparentfaiththatUFWDPartywillbeableto assimilate hithertodistinctgroups,likeethnicminoritiesandreligiousbelievers,isrelatedtotheParty’s analysisofthecollapse increased emphasisonideologydomestically, andthepromotionofXi’s visionsexternally. The newpushtoagainattempt abroad inplacessuchas Australia. The dramaticriseoftheUnitedFrontWork DepartmentunderXiisrelatedtotheParty’s within Chinasuchassocialmedia,andtheincreasedimportancetoCCP ofthegrowingnumbersChinesestudentsstudying This paperoutlinesthescopeofunitedfrontworkunderXiJinpingandexplainsitsexpansiontoaccountfornewsocialgroups The CCPsUnitedFrontWork Departmenttoday:ContradictionsofXiJinping’s NewEra Gerry Groot Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2240 associated withdisability. (poor accesstohealth,educationandemployment,communityexclusion,abilitytakeadvantageofvariousrights)were reinforced theunderstandingthatdisabilityisstronglyassociatedwitheconomicstatus(OR=4);whilevarioussocialdeterminants 2,431 adults,selectedfromUttarakhandState(NorthIndia)usingatwo-stageclusterrandomisedsamplingtechnique. The results social exclusion,physicalaccessandlevelofeducation. A cross-sectionalpopulation-basedsurveywasconductedonasampleof likely tobelivinginpoverty. This paperlooksatvariousfactorsassociatedwithdisability thatmightcontributetopovertysuchas Organisation, 2011). Estimatesofpovertyaresimilarlyhighataround270million(World Bank). Peoplewithdisabilityarefarmore Recent disabilityestimatesinIndiavarybetween25million(MinistryofHome Affairs, 2016)and100millionpeople(World Health Measuring PovertyandBarriersto Access forPeoplewithDisabilityinIndia Nathan Grills Page 61 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room: 2060 Which warsaretoberemembered orforgottendependsontheimperativesfornation-buildingand regimelegitimation. politics ofrememberingandforgetting, whichare,inturn,tiedtofluctuatingSino-Japanrelations andtothePRCstate’ representations ofChina’s nationalmemoriesasinevitable,naturalorstable aremisleadingasthememoriesshapedby memories becomethebasisofnationalcommunity. The PRC’s warswithcountriesotherthanJapandonotfitthebill.However, unity. Nation-buildinginvariablyentailsthecreationofamodenationalcommunication andsocializationinwhichmyths the case. Answers canbefoundintheroleofmemorynation-building,particularlyfosteringnationalidentityand It iswidelyknownthatonlythewarswithJapanarecommemorated inthePeople’s Republic,butitisrarelyaskedwhythis Selective Memory:WhyOnlytheSino-JapaneseWars areCommemoratedinChina? Yingjie Guo Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room: 3310 compensation toimpactedpopulations,andrespectingdueprocess. developers (oftenstate-owned)andinvestorstomoderatetheirapproachesbyimprovingtransparency, offering moreequitable plant projects. Although theprojectstendtoproceedeveninfaceoflocalresistance,WALHI hasbeeneffective atpressuring protections andindigenousrights. This paperanalyzesWALHI’s impactduringthelastthreeyearsonmajorairportandpower these stakeholders. They areanactivistnetworkthatfrequentlyprotests bigdevelopmentprojects,advocatingforenvironmental oppose projectswithadversesocialorenvironmentalimpacts. The IndonesianForumfortheEnvironment(WALHI) isoneof democracy grassrootsstakeholdersnowfindthemselvesmoreempoweredtochallengethisnationaldevelopmentnarrativeand development oftenover-rodeenvironmentalandsustainabilityconcernsintheinterestofeconomicgrowth. As ayoungdecentralized In 2014Indonesialaunchedamassivefive-yearnationalinfrastructureinvestmentplan.UndertheoldauthoritarianNewOrder WALHI, DevelopmentandtheDynamismofIndonesianDemocracy James Guild Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2070 the historian’s MarxistviewsonPhilippinesociety andhistory. the conceptof“historyassocialcriticism,”analyzinghisworksintermscriticismcouldelicitadeepercomprehensionabout not onlyasawayofstudyingthepastbutalsotoolforsocialcriticism. selected worksonPhilippinehistoryandsocietyfrom1940to1992,onecanprovethatthehistorianconsidershistoricaldiscipline scholarship. This studyarguesthatbytracingthedevelopmentofConstantino’s Marxist thoughtthroughacloseexaminationof A ContinuingPast(1979),arecollectivelyidentifiedbylocalacademicsasessentialtotheleftisttraditioninPhilippinehistorical Constantino’s works,especiallyhistwo-volumehistorybookentitled The Philippines: A PastRevisited(1975)and The Philippines: Renato Constantino,ahistorianandpublicintellectual,wasoneofthepioneersinMarxistinterpretationPhilippinehistory History asSocialCriticism:theMarxistTradition intheSelectedWorks ofRenatoConstantino Francisco JaymePaoloGuiang Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2280 Eco-Health programsaimingtoimprovecommunityhealth. of cocoafarming,improvementqualityandmarketaccess,diversificationfamilyincomes,genderequityOne-Health/ interdisciplinary teamswithexpertiseinagriculture,health,environment,marketingandsocialsciencesthatfocusonintensification problems andpooraccesstoservices. This paperproposesthateffective programstoimprovecocoaproductionandqualityrequire and citiesinsearchofbetterlivingconditionshigherincomes,leavinganagingfarmingpopulationwithincreasinghealth incentive. Marketvolatilitycreatesuncertainty, disincentivisinginvestment. Young, relativelyhealthylabourersmigratetotowns in BougainvilleandSulawesiconfirmedthatproductivityisconstrainedbypoorhealthnutritionthelackofaclearprice higher incomesandlivingstandards,requireshealthy, trainedworkers.Oursurveysofseveralthousandfarmersandtheirfamilies Labour contributesabout50percenttothecostofcocoaproduction. Adoption ofnewtechnologiesbycocoafarmers,leadingto Constraints to Agricultural Development:SmallholderCocoafarmersinSulawesiandBougainville David Guest Although Constantinodoesnotdirectlymentionordefine s legitimation. , . Page 62 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2290 administrative postlevels(Venilale). assesses thecurrentstate,acceptability andfeasibilityofpeople-centrednessatthenational(Dili), municipality(Baucau)and other countriesin Asia. This paperoutlinesmixed-methodresearchconducted fromSeptember2017toJanuary2018thatcritically centred healthcarehasemergedfromtheGlobalNorth,itisnot known whetherthisconceptshouldbeappliedin Timor-Leste and designing, planning,delivering,monitoringandevaluatingthehealth system;‘nothingaboutuswithoutus’.Giventhatpeople- a people-centredapproachtohealthcare,inwhichcareconsumers, familiesandcommunitiesareactiveparticipantsin (awaiting approval)aimstointegratementalhealthintoprimary care,relyinguponintersectoralcollaboration. resulting fromsuchfactorsaswar, povertyandunemployment. The NationalMentalHealthStrategyof Timor-Leste 2016-2020 Timor-Leste isintheprocessofdevelopingitsmentalhealthsystemtoaddresspopulationburden problems People-centred MentalHealthCareinTimor-Leste Teresa Hall Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2020 force ofthe‘KillingFields’ isrelational,contextuallydriven,cultural,discursive,andasiteofcontinualnegotiation. experiences ofsilence,andtheirembodiedinheritedtraumaatdifferent momentsintime.Iarguethattheaffective and empiricalresearch,thispaperwilldiscussthewaysinwhichCambodian-Australianwomenrecover‘invisible’ histories,their understand, andnegotiatehistoricaltraumawithinparticulargeographicaltemporalcontexts.Drawingfrommytheoretical following. Inparticular, Iexplorethewaysinwhich1.5andsecond-generation Cambodian-Australianwomenexperience, loss, fear, anddislocation-asitisexperiencedacross time andspace;incubated,transmittedembodiedbythegeneration exploration, myresearchinvestigatestheaffective forceoftheCambodiangenocide-aperiodmarkedbyextremesuffering, death, Using theconceptof‘intergenerationalhauntings’ (Cho2008;Gordon Abraham and Torok 1994)asthebasisforfurther Tracing thePast,UncoveringPresent:Cambodian-AustralianWomen andHistoricalTrauma Maria Hach Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2040 degradationofSoutheast and environmental Asia, both relatedtolandformsandhydrology, arelargelydeterminedbyregionalrivers. political occupationandmanagementofwaterfromhistoricaltimestocurrentlarge-scaleimpoundments.Economicdevelopment tributaries, andshort,wideestuarieswindthroughcoastalplains. The rivervalleysarerelatedtomigrationroutes,settlements, Mekong andChaoPhraya-flowthroughthesestructure-guidedvalleys. stretching northwest– southeast.Southeast Asia isasubcontinentofsurpluswater. Fourlargerivers–theIrrawaddy, Salween, the Eurasianone,raisingHimalayaMountains. As aresult,seriesofalternatehighlandsandvalleyscameintoexistence, Plate tectonicsandpeoplehavecreatedSoutheast Asia. ItsstructuraloutlineswereformedbythecollisionofIndianPlatewith Rivers andPeopleinSoutheast Asia Avijit Gupta Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2130 experiences. an ethnographicmodeofinquirytoexplorewomen’s livesinapredominantlyHinducityandtheirday-to-dayencounters spaces aredesigned,structured,organisedandproduced. This isbecausebothareentrenchedinpatriarchy. The paperuses all otherexperiencesofbeinginthecityespeciallyforwomen-whoareoppressedbyreligionaswellwayandits time immemorial,hasbeencharacterisedasthemostscaredcityforHindusinworld. This narrativeofthecityhasdiscounted examines theeverydaylived-experiencesofwomeninonemostreligiouscitiesworld-Banarasaplacethat,from It iswithinthedomainofeveryday, protectedbyitsroutineness,thatpatriarchymanifestsandoperates. This papercritically The everydaylifeistheunseen,unnoticednecessitywhichsubsumeswithinitstructuresthatoperateandproduceinequalities. Women andtheCity:EverydayEncountersinBanaras Shivani Gupta The uplandslopesaredrainedbyalargenumberof This reflects Page 63 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room: 2290 countries share. andpointstothepersonalratherthanpoliticalconnectionstwo or‘deservingpoor’, reveals discoursesofthe‘worthyother’ with NepaliNewZealandersandexpatriateshighlightedcritiques ofpost-disasterofferings byNZhumanitans. This research NZ participantsspokeofanemotionalattachmenttoNepalandits peopleasthecatalystfortheirresponse.Incontrast,interviews individuals thatworkedcloselywiththem.Whilstmuchoftheglobal humanitarianresponsetodisastersisprofessionalised,many with thisimaginary, drawinguponinterviewswithNewZealanders whorespondedtothe2015Nepalearthquakes,aswellNepali Everest in1953,andcontinuedtodaythroughaidscholarships,charitable foundations,andtourism. Through thispaper, Iengage Nepal andNewZealand(NZ)areimaginedassharingaspecial relationship, forgedlargelybySirEdmundHillary’s ascent of Mt New ZealandHumanitarianResponsestothe2015Nepal Earthquakes Devon Hanna Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3180 community’s accusation,andthefearofbeingpunishedbyGod. disputes inreligiouscourts.Iuncovervariousreasonsforthis,includinganxietyaboutthetrialprocess,breakingfamilybond, to theissueofwomen’s accesstojusticethroughreligiouscourts.Myfieldworkfindingsrevealthatwomen feelreluctanttosettle analyses thepolicy-makingprocessbehindthisregulationbyconcentratingonissueofgenderequality. Italsodrawsattention court modelprogram.Willthenewpolicyhelptoadvancewomen’s rightsinaccessingjusticereligiouscourts? This paper supposed toguidejudgesincourtcasesorlawsuitsinvolvingwomen.But,noreligiouswasselectedthegender-sensitive enhancement program,followedbytheissuanceofnewIndonesianSupremeCourtRegulation3/2017. The regulationis The 2016 Annual ReportoftheIndonesianSupremeCourtdeterminedwomenandchildren’s accesstojusticeasitsrenewing Advancing GenderJusticeinIndonesianReligiousCourtsafterSupremeCourtRegulation3/2017 Lena Hanifah Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2003 contribute tothereductionofsexselectionandimprovegenderequality? SRB imbalance,discussespossiblecausesandeffects ofthisphenomenoninVietnam andasksthequestion:howcanwe that thehighestratesofsex-selectedabortionareamongeducatedand/orrichwomen. This presentationprovidesavailabledataon harm tomentalandphysicalhealth,reproductivewomen’s rightsandincreaseingender-basedviolence.Vietnam datashow implications. Italsoreflectsandreinforcesthecurrentgenderinequalityinsocietycausesadverseimpactsonwomenincluding through prenatalgenderselectioninsex-selectiveabortions. This leadstoseriousdemographic,socio-economicandmanypolicy years, tobetween110 and120malesper100femalebirths. A majorfactorinSRBimbalanceissonpreference,implemented Sex RatioatBirth(SRB),hasrisenabovethenaturallevelof105malesper100femalesinseveral Asian countriesoverlast20 Gendering theFuture:SexSelectionamongEducatedMiddleClassinVietnam Nguyen Hanh Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2003 research analysisandaneffort toexaminealacunainresearchstudiesonPakistanisocialanthropology. the Pakistaniprintmedia,noraquantitativeanalysisofurbanmiddle-classfamiliesPakistan.Itispersonalandqualitative ideologies ofurbanPakistanipeople,frombeingconservativetoliberal? This paperisneitheranexhaustivesurveyoftheimagesin attire isnotboundtotheconservativeexpectationsofsocietyand/orreligion)reflectiveof?Doesitreflectchanginggender print media(wherewomen’sPakistani between menandwomenareaccepted,whatisthewesternfemaleattireincontemporary debates abouttraditionandreligion,versusmodernity. Inaconservativedichotomous genderculturewherestrictboundaries There isagapinresearchexploringvariousaspectsofPakistan’s hybridizingurbansocialculturewithitsexistingunderlying Localizing Globalization:GenderIdeologiesofPakistaniUrbanCitizens Amber Hammad Page 64 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2190 located inthecolonialfamily. domestic affect maybereadaspotentrhetorical devicestoneutralizethethreateningbodilyintimaciesposedbynativewoman transnational commodificationofthesentimentaltropeloyalanddevotedIndiannursemaid,thesefamiliarstagings Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:2050 powerful aforceasitappearsto be. these subnationaltiessuggestthat patriotisminChina(andelsewhere)shouldbefurtherdisaggregated, andmightnotbeas attachment, thendiscusshowitisbuiltandmaintained,finally discusslargerimplicationsforChina.Inparticular to theirprovinceoforiginorresidence.InthispaperIfirstprovide evidenceofthesurprisingstrengthandubiquitysubnational China, whereprovincesareofficiallymerelyunitsofadministrative convenience,ordinarycitizensoftenmaintainstrongattachments I demonstratejusthowcommonandpowerfulthissubnationalidentity canbe.EveninaunitarystatelikethePeople’s Republicof autonomous region)identityisconstructedandmaintained.Using aseriesofsurveyexperimentsinChinaandtheUnitedStates, Although studiesofcountry-levelpatriotismarecommon,fewscholars haveexaminedhowsubnational(state,province, Comparing SubnationalIdentityinChinaandtheUSA Jonathan Hassid the late18 across thebordersofrace,class,andculture.Inthispaper, Iexploreaseriesofvisualrepresentationsayahscreatedbetween of “native”servitude. These depictionsboretheweightofquitespecificandgenderedinflectionsmeanings of affect andintimacies Raj. Fromhigharttofamilysnapshots,theubiquitouscolonialpostcard,ayahswerepartofawidervisualeconomyimages Throughout BritishruleinIndia,imagesoffemaleIndianservantsproliferated,standingasvirtualiconsforthesocialdynamics the ‘Her OnlyRealIntimate’:BritishColonialism,LoyaltyandtheVisual IconographyoftheIndian Ayah Victoria Haskins Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:3310 political willofthestateisimperativeforfullrealisationindigenousrights. indigenous rightstodevelopmentandself-determination,morespecificallyofcollectivelandresources. I concludethatinreality, thereisstillalargegapbetweenthestandardsofliberalhumanrightsprojectandrecognition prevail, duetopowerimbalancesinthestructureofsocietybetweenindigenouspeoples,state,andtransnationalcorporations. to internationalfora,theprinciplesofequallibertyanduniversalityremaindetrimentalindigenouswelfare.Injusticeinequality and corporationsthroughpalmoilconcessions.Iarguethatwhilehumanrightsdiscourseisfacilitativebringingindigenousissues the villageborderdisputesbetweentwoDayakBenuaqtribespeopleinEastKalimantanrespondingtopressuresfromstate In thispaper, Iseektovisitthejuncturebetweenpolitics,humanrightsdiscourse,andindigenouspeoplesmovements.examine Under theDarkShadeofPalmOilTrees: ThePoliticsofIndigenousDayakMovementandHumanRights Annisa Hartoto Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2010 female charactersbeyondthe‘mysteriousyounggirl’ and‘disappearedwoman’ thathisreadersknowsowell. as evidentin‘Sleep’ (1989),‘TheIceMan’ (1991).InthispaperIwilldiscussMurakami’s (1991)and‘TheLittleGreenMonster’ that actassubjectsintheirownworlds,usinglanguageandfirst-personpronoun(‘watashi’)toconveystoriesofown, exploit thefemalethroughlonesomemalenarrative.Hisworksalsoportraymaincharacters,protagonistsandnarrators incomplete. Murakami’s worksarenotjust‘boku-stories’ (male-narrated-I-stories)thatreproduceestablishedgenderrolesand for malesubjectivitiesandsexualities.WhilesomeofMurakami’ character construction:first,thathisfictionmirrorsJapanesepatriarchy;andsecond,hepositionsfemalecharactersasobjects Literary analysesofgenderrepresentationsinMurakamiHaruki’s workhavegenerallyledtotwocriticalconclusionsabouthis Women intheWorld ofMurakamiHaruki Gitte MarianneHansen th totheearly20 th centuries.Gatheredfromarchivesin Australia, theUK,andUSA, reflectingthetranscolonial/ s storiesdofitsuchgeneralizations,thesecriticismsappear , Iarguethat The Page 65 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2010 article aimstoremedythisabsence. regularly accessible,recordsofthesefilmsareabsentfromhistories offilmandtelevisionintheUS,Singapore,Malaya. the ColdWar period. As thesetwofilmshavebeenlargelypassedoverinscholarshipandthearchivesnot archive materialfromtheUSandSingaporewithprimarymaterials fromUK,US,Singaporean,andMalayanperiodicals Sentosa, twoColdWar products ofthe“Campaign Truth”. Analysing theideologyofthesefilms,thisarticlecombinesdeclassified Masters Inc.toproducesuchfilms.In1953,cinemasacrossMalaya andSingaporescreenedStoryKampong the “Campaignof Truth.” Intheearly1950s,United StateCentralInformation Agency secretlycommissionedNew York Sound This articleexaminesanti-CommunistfilmsmadeinCantonese and MalayinSingaporeMalayatheColdW Singapore Story, Hollywood-style:USGovernment Anti-Communist FilmsProducedinSingaporeandMalaya Wai SiamHee Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2050 1990s wasaformofpoliticalaction,notonlyasmeanstoseeksafetyfromIndonesianmilitarypersecution. life historyinterviewsconductedin Australia and Timor-Leste. The paperinvestigatestheextenttowhichasylumseekinginmid- to havesuccessfullyreached Australia, thispaperdiscussesthepoliticaldimensions of Timorese asylumseeking,basedonin-depth wooden boatcalledthe Tasi Diak(theGoodSea),boundfor Australia. Drawingonthe Tasi Diakcase,theonlyboatfromEast Timor In May1995,agroupofseventeenyoungmenandwomensixmontholdbabydepartedfromthewesternoutskirtsDiliin a Timorese ‘BoatPeople’ and Asylum SeekersasTransnational Political Actors Vannessa Hearman Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2060 fiction, identity, time,andspace. Sandra Thibodeaux’s “Mr Takahashi andotherfallingsecrets”(2017),focusingonthetransculturalblurringofbordersbetweenfact, will analysethreeplays: Yoji Sakate’s “Honcho’s meetinginCowra”(2014),MayuKanamori’s “ThroughaDistantLens”(2016),and works onJapaneseinternmentin Australia beingpublished/releasedinrecentyears.Usingatransculturalframework,thispaper against contemporarypoliticalissues,andhavearisenaspartofanauthorialtrendwithasignificantnumberliteraryfilmic internment campssetacross Australia inWorld War II. The historicaleventsdepictedinthesefictionalliteraryworksareskilfullyset Australian authorshaveexploredJapaneseinternment’s placein Australian historythroughre-imaginingsofcivilianandmilitary Contributing toagrowingtransculturaldialoguebetween Australia andJapan,thispaperexploresthewaysinwhichJapanese Dreams ofGhosts:ContemporaryPlaywrights’ DepictionsofJapaneseWartime Internmentin Australia Rebecca Hausler Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:3003 attention. that theimplicationsforourunderstandingofpoliticalrepresentation–inIndonesiaandbeyonddeservesignificantlygreater research, thispaperwillarguethattheseleadershavedevelopmentcreativenewwaysofengagingwithIndonesiancitizens,and has receivedverylittleattention:theemergenceofinnovativeleadersatlocalandregionallevel.Drawingondetailedempirical of identityandethnicity. Yet thereismoretothestorythanthisanalysiswouldsuggest.Indeed,onerecentimportantdevelopment academics haverightlybeencriticalofthreatstotherightsminorities,reemergenceoligarchicpowerandpoliticisation of newinstitutionsandcompetitiveelections,whilemorerecentanalysishasbecomeincreasinglypessimistic.Inparticular, Broadly speaking,Western analysisofIndonesianpoliticsintheyearsafterdemocratisationbeganwasbuoyedbyemergence Rethinking RepresentationinIndonesia:InnovativeLocalandRegionalLeaders Michael Hatherell ar contextof This Page 66 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2040 and failures,histempestuousrelationshipwithsomeEastIndia Companyofficials. any opportunitytoenlargehisbusinessinterests. This paperwillexamineScott’s lifeintheEastIndies,highlighting hissuccesses before settlingintheEastIndies. An examinationofhislife,particularlyinPenang,revealsasavvy operatorwhotookadvantageof views onhisactivitiesintheEastIndies.ScottservedRoyal NavyandaboardEastIndiamenwithScottfamilymembers dress andcustoms,ordishonestdegenerate,Scott’s refusaltoconformEuropeanconventionsmayexplainthedivergent swindler whovergedonthesinister. Describedasbeingdour, eccentricbecauseofhis lifeamongtheMalaysandadoptionoflocal The dominanthistoriographyofPenanghasportrayedthecountry traderJamesScottascorrupt,ruthless,unscrupulous,anda From KelsototheCoromandel:JamesScott,CountryTrader intheEastIndies Jan-Maree Herivel Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:3003 on education,healthandinfrastructureiftheymanagetoimprovepeople’s accesstohealthandeducationservices. electoral performanceofincumbentsunderdifferent scenarios. The paperalsoassesseswhetherreelectedincumbentsspendmore improve thefiscalpoliciesandservicedeliveryaccess. Analysingallmayoralelectiondatasince2005,thepaperexamines In theory, incumbentsshouldhaveagreaterchancetobeelectedandtheirexperiencefromthefirsttermenablethem Since theadventofdirectmayoralelectionsin2005,almostallincumbentmayorswhowerenotterm-limitedranforre-elections. Do IncumbentMayorsPerformBetterthanNewcomersinElectionsandFiscalPolicies? Adrianus Hendrawan Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2060 hemisphere. foiled thecentralgovernment’s planstosellteasin Australia andthusexpandthereachofJapaneseteaexportsintosouthern (1879) andMelbourne(1880)InternationalExhibitions.Inaddition,itwillexplorethefactorson Australian andworldmarketsthat and Indiatolearnblackteaproductiontechniques.Itwillalsoexaminetheefforts topromoteJapaneseblackteasattheSydney focus market. This paperwillexplorethedevelopmentofthatproduction,whichincludeddispatchingJapaneseofficialstoChina America. In1873,Japan’s centralgovernmentcommencedaneffort toexpandexportsincludeblacktea,with Australia asthe Beginning in1860,JapancreatedanexporttradethatsawlargevolumesofgreenteashippedtoEuropeandespeciallyNorth Tea for Australia: JapanesePlanstoExpandTea Exports,1873-1890 Robert Hellyer Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2003 perspective ongenderandclassinIndonesia. morality awayfromreligiousandstateinstitutions,towardseconomicquestionsoflabourconsumption,enablesanalternate masculinity. Ifocusontheimportanceofconsumptiontoyoungmalesexworkersintheirpursuitgoodlife.Divertinginterest perspectives informedbytheanthropologyofmiddleclasses,Ireflectonmallasapivotalsiteforproduction men issomewhatparadoxicallyshapedbythedesiretobecomemiddleclassIndonesiansubjects.Drawingonrecenttheoretical I introducethefindingsofethnographicresearchconductedinJakarta2017-2018.havefoundthatsexworkamongyoung scandals. Despitethisinterest,theeverydaylivesofyoungmalesexworkershasreceivedscantscholarlyattention.Inpaper Young men’s participationinsexworkhasconsistentlydrawnpopularinterestrecentyearsIndonesiafilmsandmassmedia Young Men,SexualityandtheDesireforMiddleClassStatusinPost-authoritarianIndonesia Benjamin Hegarty Page 67 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room: 2130 formation andon-goingencounters ofpower. powers ofplaces. This paperattemptstostudythefamiliarritualsofhospitalitythatareplayedoutasapart villagelevelstate- the returnofrain. The Laostate–withadifferent understandingofpower–hastriedtoharnessand,attimes,competewiththe made materialintheformofstones. and with animals, of thesoil,womenanddomestic These powers areconcernedwiththefertility the countryandcity, Zomiansandnon-Zomiansacrossadiverseregion. This paperexaminestheimmaterialpowerofplaces, often of thehost. This paper places thispracticeinthecontextof“Monsoon Asia” thatencompassesbothlowlandersandhighlanders, In Laos,itiscustomaryforoutsiderstobegreetedwithahospitable welcomethatmayseemextravagantandbeyondthemeans Stone Masters:Power, PlaceandHospitalityinLaosBeyond Holly High Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2010 Muslim diaspora’ asreflectedintheirculinaryandculturalpractices. comparing bothoverseasHuiandlocalChineseMuslimrestaurants,itexploresthepossibilitylimitationof‘Chinese function assitesofculinarydakwah,culturalinteraction,andsocialintersection(betweenmobility, businessandreligion).By of localcustomers.Basedoninterviewsandethnographicfieldwork,itexamineshowunderwhatconditionssuchrestaurants paper exploreshowculinarynormstravelandarerefashionedtoprojectauniqueMuslimidentityfromChinameettheneeds to makealivelihood.Manyoftheserestaurantsclaimserve‘AuthenticChineseMuslimcuisine’;bylookingatthemenus,this increase inHuimigrationbothcountries,restaurantsplayasignificantroleassitesforidentitymaintenanceandthemeans Over thelasttenyears,numberofChinesehalalrestaurantsinMalaysiaandIndonesiahasmushroomed.Followedby Diasporic Foodways:HuiandChineseMuslimRestaurantsinMalaysiaIndonesiaToday Wai Weng Hew Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2200 a futuretouristeconomyordefenseforcedevelopmentspromisestoreconcilethisparadox. returning totheislandeffectively meansrelyingonsocialsecurity forincome.Futuredesirescontradict,buttheredemptoryhopeof it shapesfamilyrelations.Doesonereturntolookafterelderlykin?sendremittancesorgifts?Lastly, shapinglivelihood; one migratetothemainland,speakEnglishasadailylanguage,meetpotentialspousesfromoutsidecommunity?Secondly, possibly justholdingtenureoftheirislands. The implicationsofthisparadoxflowthroughtoshapingsubjectivityandsociality. Does they alsoholdparadoxicaldesiresthattheirchildrenwillstay‘onisland’ lookingafteroldergeneration,maintainingtraditions,and achieve greaterwealththanpreviousgenerations. The CocosMalaysof Australia’s Cocos(Keeling)Islandssharethishope.But, In many Asian societies,oldergenerationsholdhighhopesforsocio-economic mobilityinyoungergenerationstotravelfurtherand The ParadoxofDevelopment: Aspirations forChangeandStasisinaMalayCommunity Nicholas HerrimanandMonikaWinarnita Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2050 local activistsandpolicy-makers. change occurredmorerecentlyinthecontextofpollution. The paperalsoexploreshowinternationalanti-nuclearnormsareaffecting 2011 Fukushimanuclearreactormelt-downleftastrongimpactonthe Taiwanese anti-nuclearmovementwhileinSouthKorea,the policy change,lookingattwofactors:(1)theroleofdomesticactorsandef of nuclearpowerwaspartthecampaignpromisesforfirsttime. This marksamajorchangeintheenergypoliciesofbothcountries,promptedbypresidentialelectioncampaigns,whereend announced theendtoconstructionofnewnuclearpowerplantsandagradualphasing-outinfuture. In thelasttwoyears,nuclearenergyproductionsuffered amajorsetbackwhenthegovernmentsofboth Taiwan andSouthKorea Falling outofLovewithNuclearPower:ChangingEnergyPoliciesinSouthKoreaandTaiwan Heike Hermanns The paperexploresthebackgroundtosuchafundamental fect ofexternalinfluencesand(2)normtransfers. The Page 68 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room: 3270 relationship betweeninterestalignmentandrivercooperation. Based onopinionsurveysoflocalandcentralgovernmentsinboth ChinaandIndia,thispaperusestheQmethodologytotest How issuchalignmentormisalignmentdrivingtheattitudesand behaviors ofthetwocountriesinmanagingBrahmaputra? government convergeontheonehand,andbetween Assam stategovernmentandtheIndiancentral ontheother? the twocountries.Inwhichaspectsandtowhatextentdointerests betweenthe Tibetan localgovernmentandthe Chinesecentral link betweeninterestalignmentamongdifferent levelsofgovernmentswithinChinaandIndia,thelevelcooperationbetween Based onacasestudyofhowChinaandIndiamanagetheirshared riverresource,theBrahmaputra,thispaperaimstotest The Two-Level Game:SubnationalPolitics intheChina-IndiaWater Dispute Selina Ho Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2280 realities ontheother. rapidly changingagrarianstructureandadislocationbetweenpersistentrural/agrarianidentities,ontheonehand,livelihood accommodations betweensomeNGOsandthemilitaryregime. These competingpopulismsareenacted inthecontextof Thailand’s of rural-orientedpopulismprecedethe Thaksin government,includinginelementsofcivilsociety, whichinparthelps explain the Shinawatra-dominatedpoliticsofpreviousthirteenyearsiseverybitaspopulistitspredecessor. Further, strands ‘prachaniyom’ hasbecomea dirtywordin Thai politics. Yet theauthoritarianhyper-royalist/nationalistregimethathassucceeded regime rosetopowerthroughconfrontationwithaparliamentarythatwastarredthepopulistbrush,extent This paperconsiderstheroleofruralpopulismin Thailand, acountrythathasseenreturntomilitaryrulesince2014. The current Agrarian Dimensionsof Authoritarian PopulisminThailand Philip Hirsch Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2070 Singapore. she wasaprostitute. As thecaseprogressed,itexposedsexual,gendered,racialandclasstensionsofcolonialportcity investigation intothemurderofaBritishsoldier. The casecametorestonMaud’s sexualrelationshipsandthequestionofwhether where shebeganworkingasapianoplayerinhotels. After apubfightonenightinJuly1905,Maudbecameembroiledan criminalisation of‘immoral’ women;andthepoliticsofinter-racialintimacies.In1905,MaudleftWestern Australia forSingapore, connects toseveralbroaderhistories:thelinkagesbetween Australia and Asia; Britishcolonialanxietiesabout‘poorwhites’;the became thesubjectofmultiplescandalsinSingaporeandWestern Australia intheearly1900s. The storyofMaud’s brieflife This paperexploresthetransnationallifeofan Australian pianoplayer, MaudLipshut,whosesexualbehaviourandpublicpresence Memsahib, MistressorProstitute?MaudLipshut’s Lifebetween Singaporeand Australia Jessica HinchyandSophieLoy-Wilson Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2280 tensions withinpresent-dayliving,thatwearguearepartofapostdevelopmentapproachtonegotiatingsurvival. capitalist growthanddevelopmenttrajectoryitrepresents.Lookingbackforwardsimultaneouslyrevealsvariousproductive region wherethereareincreasingpressurestocommercialiseindustriesforexportandidentifywithmainland‘Manila’ andthe that werelargelycutoff fromtherestofPhilippinesuntilrecentdecades.ItlooksforwardstoassessfutureforBatanes in thefaceofgrowinguncertainties? This paperlooksbackwards toIvatansurvivalpracticesincommunityeconomiesBatanes Climatic uncertaintyisincreasinglyafeatureofeverydaylifearoundtheworld. A keyquestionis,howarepeoplenegotiatingsurvival Community EconomicandSurvivalPracticesamidstClimateUncertaintyinBatanes,thePhilippines Ann HillandDarleneOccena-Gutierrez Page 69 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room: 2200 their earlydetectionofbreastcancer. their screeningbehaviours. The study findingscanbeusedtodeveloptailoredprogramsforChinese-Australian womentopromote it toparticipants. This studyhighlightsthebreastcancerscreeningstatusof Chinese-Australian womenandthefactorsrelatedto breast examinationandamammogram. The mostcommon barriertomammographyscreeningwasthatdoctorsdid not recommend related beliefs,andscreeningparticipationwerealsofound. The lengthofresidence wasthestrongestpredictorofhavingaclinical Australian womenlivinginSydney(aged35yearsandolder). Significantassociationsbetweenknowledgeofbreastcancer, cancer- study usedacross-sectionalandquantitativemethod.Convenience andsnowballsamplingwereusedtorecruit115 Chinese- screening practicesamongChinese-Australianwomenandexplore thefactorsassociatedwiththeirscreeningparticipation. What affects breastcancerscreeningpracticesamongChinese-Australianwomen? This studyaimedtoinvestigatebreastcancer What Factors Affect BreastCancerScreeningPracticesamongChinese-Australian Women? Syeda ZakiaHossain,LeiWang andLynette Mackenzie Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2290 of participantscouldleadtobetter-targetedviolenceinterventions. betweendevelopmentandarticulatedemotionallandscapes development discourse.Iarguethat seeking toreconcilethedisjuncture the body. They didnotcorrelatethemtobroadermoretheoreticalunderstandingsofwhatactuallyconstitutesviolenceassetoutin articulated violencemorereadilyas‘tension’,‘difficulty’ and‘suffering’ andwerequicktodiscusshowthesefeltemotionallyin Human Rightsanddevelopmentframeworks.However, outsidethedemarcatedspacesofsuch adevelopmentsetting,informants gender violenceinterventionswithfemalecommunitymembers.Inthesespaces,wasexplainedaccordingto practiced oftenignoresemotional/culturalprocesses.Whilstconductingfieldworkwithwomen’ anthropology ofdevelopment,as‘ananalysisdevelopmentaculturalprocess’.Mypremiseisthatit This paperarguesthatemotionsareimbricatedwithdevelopment.DrawingonfieldworkundertakeninNepal,Iexplorethe Tension Comes:Emotional LandscapesofGenderViolence inNepal Sarah Homan Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:3310 seafood (oldbutts)politics”ofthepan-democrats. themselves andengageinconnectiveactionsastheyconstituteanewpoliticalsubjectivitythatservesanalternativetothe“Old Weparticipation. and political on theirpersonallives,relationships activism have helpedthemredefine identifyhowtheirexperiences with theSunflowerwomenactivistsduringourtripto Taiwan inOctober2017toexplorehowtheyhavedealtwiththeimpactoftheir partners andfamiliesofpoliticaldetainees.We drawonourinterviewsandongoingdiscussionswiththem includingtheirdialogues for democracyarefacingprisonsentencesin2017,theseyoungwomenhavebecomethecoreof‘IntimateComrades’ -thefriends, consequences oftheiractivismonpersonalrelationships. As increasingnumbersofyoungparticipantsinHongKong’s struggle Since theUmbrellaMovementin2014,wehavebeenfollowinglivesofagroupyoungwomenactivistsandexploring Hong Kong’s ‘IntimateComrades’:TheFirstGenerationof Young PoliticalPrisoners Petula Sik Ying Ho,SteviJackson,ShirleyandSui Ting Kong Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:3020 navigate precarityinworkingholidays? on thequalityofsubjectiveexperiencesquestionsprecarityandmobility, thispaperasks:towhatextentisitpossible the schemeandlocallabourmarkets,analysesofeconomicvalueworkingholidaymakers.However, withanemphasis Studies ontheWorking Holidayschemefromeconomicandlabourperspectivesareaboutexplorationsofthe relationshipbetween and Japan,allowingapplicantsaged18–30toapplyforworkingholidayvisasthepurposeofshort-termstayemployment. 2001, theHongKongSARGovernmenthassignedbilateralagreementswithothergovernments,suchasNewZealand, Australia, ‘become anewcodewordforgraspingtheglobal.’ This paperdrawsonthecaseofHongKongworkingholidaymakers.Since As everythingfromcommuting,travelling,roadtolling,toimmigrationbecomessignificantinpeople’ Navigating Precarity: A CaseStudyofHongKongWorking Holidaymakers Kin ChungLouisHo s rightsNGOs,Iparticipatedin s everydaylife,mobilitieshave This Page 70 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 08:00-09:20Room:2170 management asseeninShanxi merchant guild-halls. and repertoires.Finally, itconcludeswithasummaryofdynamicrelationshipsbetweentheatricalentertainmentandbusiness from abusinessperspective,thispaperalsodiscusstheatre-related issuessuchasstaging,actors,spectators,patrons,troupes anecdotal andfictionalaccountsofShanximerchants merchantguild-halls.Whiledataanalysisisconductedchiefly management. The paper drawsonthreetypesofdata,namely, Shanximerchant guild-hallsteleinscriptions,localgazetteers,and in Shanximerchantguild-hallswaspresentednotonlyasasacrificial of paper examinesShanxiclapperopera(bangzi)performancein merchantguild-halls.Itarguesthattheatricalperformances established guild-halls(huiguan)alloverChinaasavenueforsocial gatherings,businessmeetingsandritualperformances. This Shanxi merchantswereoneofthemostpowerfulregionalmerchant groupsinMing(1368-1644)andQing(1644-1911) times. They Theatre asBusiness: A StudyofTheatricalPerformancein ShanxiMerchantGuild-halls Yunjie Hu Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2170 strong state,aresponsiblepowerandglobalized,outward-lookingculturallyappealingnation. signification of‘man-as-nation’ andcouplesmasculinitywithpatrioticpridetoexploretherepresentationofChinaonscreenasa in Wolf Warriors II.Drawingonthe existingframeworkofmasculinity(Louie,2002),thisanalysisintroducesarevitalizedcinematic Chinese nationalismandpatriotismareconstructednegotiatedinfictionalnarrativesbyexaminingtherepresentationofmen to aninterdisciplinaryarticulationofpoliticalcommunicationandcinemastudies,thispaperwillinterrogatethewaysinwhich masculine subjectivity. The filmoffers anewperspectiveontheChinesesenseofpride,nationalism,and patriotism.Contributing that combinesactionthrillerandmilitarystory-subvertsthestereotypicalimageofChinesemasculinitypresentsapowerful Glorified asaboxofficechampioninthehistoryofChinesecinema,W Reviving PatrioticMasculinity:TheRepresentationofNationalisminWu Jing’s Wolf Warriors II Tingting Huand Tianru Guan Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2110 consider transportconnectionstotheirworkplaceandthecitycentrecouldbeimproved. by focusingonpeasants’ publicrentalhousingexperience.Itshowsthatruralmigrantsgenerallyadaptedwelltotheurbanflats,but interviews withruralmigrantslivinginthreeselectedpublicrentalhousingcommunitiesChongqing,thispaperaimstofillthe gap wide coverage. Yet fewstudieshaveexaminedthereceptionofprogramfromperspectivespeasants.Basedon120 approach tourbanisation.Publicrentalhousing,oneofitskeyprograms,hasattractedalotattentionduelargescaleand in southwestChinahasadoptedasystematicsetofurbanandsocialdevelopmentpolicies,whichrepresentsanalternative The paperexaminestheeffects ofpublicrentalhousinginChongqingfromtheperspectiveruralmigrants. The cityofChongqing Public RentalHousinginChongqing:PerspectivesfromRuralMigrants Weijie Hu Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2060 for excrement. and asamonetizedcommercialeconomy–farmersbrokersenteredintomultiyearcontractswithlandlordstoexchangecash simultaneously asabartereconomy–farmersbroughtradishesandothervegetablestoexchangeforurbandwellers’ excrement– people, whoseexcrementthennourishedmorecrops,andsoon.Second,fornearlyitsentireexistence,thenight-soiltradeexisted history ofcommodities.First,thetradewaspartanearlyperfectresourcecycle–excrementnourishedcrops,which soil enrichedthelandonwhichfarmersgrewvegetablesforurbanmarket. Two aspectsofexcrementtradestandoutinthe centuries. Transported bylandandriverfromEdo,Osaka,Kyoto,othermajorcitiestothesurroundingcountryside,night Night soil–humanexcrementusedasafertilizerwasanimportantcommodityinJapanfromtheeighteenthtotwentieth Waste Not,Want Not:Excrementas aCommodityinEarlyModernJapan David Howell olf Warriors II(dir. Wu Jing,2017)-across-genre film fering tothegodsbutalsoasameansforbusiness Page 71 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room: 2200 psychoeducation. Italsostarted to buildaresidentialcarefacility. After alongperiodofadvocacy, thelocalgovernmentinitiatedinitiativestowards patientcare,discharge,familysupport,and residential mentalhealthcarefacilityrunbyatraditionalhealerin CentralJava,wherepatientsareroutinelyplacedinpasung. affairs andthevariousways inwhichtheycanrealiseactualimprovements.Iillustratemyargumentwithacasestudyofprivate in seclusion.Inthispaper, Ihighlightthedifficultiesencounteredbymentalhealthadvocateswho seektoaddressthisstateof mental healthsystemcontinuestocreatesituationsinwhichfamilies seenoalternativethantorestrainrelativesorplacethem countries. Although Indonesiaoutlawedpasung[physicalrestraint]in2014,lowmentalhealthliteracy andanunder-resourced The physicalrestraintofmentallyillpersons,inparticularthosesuffering fromschizophrenia,isstillpracticedinmany Asian Between theMentalHospitalandCommunity:TheRole ofResidentialMentalHealthcareinJava Aliza Hunt Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3020 way, thestudyalsoseekstoshednewlightonlargermigrantexperiencein Australia. conditions intheirhostsociety. IseektoidentifywhichofthesestrategiesbestdepictstheexperienceKoreansin Australia. Inthis and practices. And ‘voice’ referstotheactionsthatpeopletake toseekchangewhattheyperceivebeanintolerablesetof ‘Loyalty’ referstothepropensityformigrantsadoptnormsof host society, possiblyattheexpenseoftheirowncustoms society. Here,‘exit’ referstonewmigrantsdecidingleavewhattheyperceivebean intolerableorhighlyuncomfortablesociety. use Albert Hirschmann’s tripartiteschemaof‘exit,loyalty andvoice’ tounderstandthepossibleresponsesofmigrantsanewhost Koreans havebecomeasignificantmigrantcommunityduringtheriseanddeclineof Looking foraVoice? TheChoicesofSecondGenerationKoreansin Australia David Hundt Mrauk-U wasthecapitalofkingdom Arakan, onthewestcoastofwhatisnowMyanmar, fromthe15 Applying forUNESCOWorld HeritageStatusforMrauk-U,RakhineState,Myanmar Bob Hudson Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2050 genocide fromoccurringinMyanmar. that theinternationalcommunityneedstorethinkitsroleinrespondingbothphysicalandstructuralviolenceorderprevent against theRohingya.Drawinglessonsfrommassatrocitiesandethniccleansingin Africa’s GreatLakesRegion,thispaperargues Feierstein’s analyticalframework,thispaperrevisitsthevariousmechanismsMyanmarstatehasemployedas“socialpractices” on the Tutsi BanyamulengepeopletrappedinthebordersbetweenRwandaandDemocraticRepublicofCongo.UsingDaniel comparative analysiswiththecaseofcyclicalgenocidalkillingsandethniccleansingin Africa’s GreatLakes,inparticularfocusing any comparativeanalysisonthecaseofRohingyawithpastcasesethniccleansingandgenocide. The paperproposesa RakhineState,there has notbeen Despite thegrowingliteratureandpopularmedia’s coverageoftheongoingcrisisinMyanmar’s The RakhineCrisisinMyanmar: Any LessonsfromtheGreatLakesRegionof Africa? Roger Huangand Aimé Saba Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2070 for World HeritageNomination.Butwillthatbeenough? walled cityofMrauk-Uwithitshills,jungle,villages,monuments,canals,farmlandandwatermanagementsystemmeetsthecriteria governmentover theRohingyaissue. The paperwillconcludethatyes,thepicturesque place amidworldcriticismofMyanmar’s Universal Value inthecontextofWorld Heritageguidelines.Itconsidersthepoliticalcontextofnomination:submissionwilltake for Mrauk-Uanditsmorethan400Buddhistmonuments. This presentationexamines theclaimofcitytohaveOutstanding ten thousandboats.MyanmarMinistryofCultureofficialshaveannouncedthattheyareseekingUNESCOW tagged “theVenice oftheEast”byEuropeanvisitors,impressedgoldenBuddhas,sparklingtowersandwaterwaysfilledwith Australia’s officialpolicyofmulticulturalism.I th to18 orld Heritagestatus th centuries.Itwas Page 72 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:3020 this studyalsoshowsthegenderednatureofmigrationflowsand policyimpactsonmigration. In addition, into bothpastand currentpolicies. incorporated to traceasetofideas,suchas gender normsandnationalism, discourse who couldbeutilisedforKorea’s economicgrowth. This studyarguesthatitisimportanttoexaminethedevelopmentalstate’s policy state’ ofKoreabetween1962and1987. The developmentalstatemaintainedastrongviewofKoreanmigrantsashuman capital the policiesarepartlyorpredominantlygenderbiased,andnotvery different fromthoseoffered bytheso-called‘developmental South Koreangovernment.Inrecentyears,thegovernmenthas introduced anumberofpoliciestobuildtieswiththem.However, More thansevenmillionethnicKoreansliveoverseas. They haveemergedasagroupofpeoplereceivingpolicyattentionfromthe Engendering theMigrationPolicyofDevelopmentalStateinSouthKorea,1962–1987 Jung Hwang Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2060 paper addressesthequestionofunevenhistoricalrepresentationandconsciousnessconcerningbombingacrossDMZ. air campaignfromthecivilianpointofviewbyanalysingworksSouthandNorthKoreannovelistspoets.Indoingso, tried tohistoricizethebombingwereoftenairforcehistorianswritingfromnon-civilianperspectives. This paperrevisitsthe1950s of theColdWar erahavefailedtoaddresstheissueintheirworks.Withexceptionofahandfulcriticalscholars,thosewho millions ofciviliandeathsonbothsidestheKoreanborder. Despitethemassivedestruction,manyrenownedWestern writers This paperexaminesaselectionofliteraturesonKoreanWar bombing. The three-year(1950-53)USaircampaignresultedin Literatures onKoreanWar Bombing Su-Kyoung Hwang Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2020 controversial warmemoriesinJapanvis-Ã -visthe Asian mainland. women. Iarguethatthehyper-sexualizationofwomencontributestoexoticizationwarasdistantandunreal,inacontext manga likeMoe Third ReichandGoeppels-chan.InKantaiCollection,warshipsareanthropomorphizedashighlysexualized also seenintherecentspateofblockbusterrevisionistfilms,aswell(moredisturbingly)Naziimageryandnarrativesanime war memories. This paperexaminesthemanga,animeandgameaspartofapopularpoliticizationWWIIbyJapaneseartists, is attractsawideconsumeraudience.KantaiCollectionhighlypoliticalinitstheme,representationofwomen,andenactment com in2013.Encompassinganime,manga,gamespin-offs, figurinesandtheusualgamutofrelatedmerchandise,KantaiCollection Kantai Collectionisamedia-mixphenomenonthathastakenJapanbystormsincetheonlinevideogamewasreleasedDMM. The BodyPolitical:KantaiCollectionMediaandWorld War IIEnactment Rachael Hutchinson Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2170 resources ratherthanteacher-pupilrelationships. traditional Kunqurepertoire,includingaudienceeducation,expectationandthetransferofembodiedknowledgethroughdigital analysis ofdigitalmaterials,thispaperexploressomethepracticalandtheoreticalconsequencesrevolutionon traditional performingarts,butalsoinhowindividualperformancesareperceived,experiencedandinterpreted. Through detailed online oronmobileplatformshavebroughtaboutaprofoundchangeinnotjustthemarketingandconsumptionpatternsof Dedicated digitisingprojectsandtheincreasingavailabilityofbothamateurprofessionalrecordingstraditionalperformances Video StreamingandtheKunquTradition Kim HunterGordon Page 73 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2003 between themainstreamandsubculture communitiesinJapan. strengthening conventionalnorms. The papercontributes toelucidatingtheprocessofgenderidentityformationin intersection in previousresearch,fujoshiconstruct theirgenderidentitiesbyemphasizingdifferences betweendominantgender norms, interviews withthirteenfujoshiwomenandaqualitativeanalysis of theinterviewdata. community andexamineshow/whatdominantgendernormsaffect thefujoshi’s genderidentityformation,throughsemi-structured 2007; Kitada2017). This paperfocusesonthepresentationofselfandinteraction(Goffman 1961)infujoshi’s external/internal from conventionalnormssuchasdominantgenderandheteronormativity andareexpectedtoresistthosenorms(Ueno bonds betweenmalecharactersfeaturedinmediaintohomosexual ones.Previousstudiessuggestthatfujoshiarefree Fujoshi areatypeoffemalefansmediawhichfeatureshomosexual malerelationships. They enjoytransforminghomosocial Identity FormationinFujoshi’s Community: InteractionwithDominantGenderNorms Saori Ishida Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:3003 reshaping thecategoryof“Eurasian”inFrench, Asian, andPacificIslandercontexts. New Caledonianchildren. These perspectivescanleadtoreappraisalsofparadigmsonmixedracenessandchildhood,thus reconfigured Japanesecultureandmemory, besetwithculturaltraumas,wasgenderedandtransmittedtomixedraceJapanese considerations ofJapanesemigrants’ incarcerationin Australian internmentcampswillbeoffered. This paperarticulateshowa to NewCaledonia,sheddinglightonthehistoriesofethnocideJapanesecultureFrancophonearchipelago.Subsequent perspective toanunexploredareaof Asian StudiesandCriticalDiasporaStudies,thistalkwillretracethediasporaofJapanese played intheFrenchcolonialempireof Asia-Pacific beginningfrom1941to1945.Offering atransnationaland comparatist This paperwillexaminetherolethatmixedracechildrenofbothJapaneseandindigenousNewCaledonianor“Kanak”heritage The JapaneseofNewCaledonia:MixedRaceHistoriesEthnocideintheFrenchPacificand Benjamin Ireland Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2190 themselves documentthedynamicsofpoliticalmobilisationduringCulturalRevolution. of thedifferent meaningsinvestedintheseobjectsaspoliticalcircumstancesradicallyshiftedovertheperiod,andthus have beenscribbledontoobscurethefacesofdisgracedpoliticalleaders. This papersuggeststhatthesemarkingsareindicative archive, thesematerialsaremarkedbylaterinterventions—newspaperclippingshavebeenrearrangedinscrapbooksandimages of theseobjectsalsooffers valuablehistoricalevidenceabouttheCulturalRevolution.Unlikedocumentsfoundinalibraryoran particularly discardedarchivaldocuments,astextualrecordsoftheMaoera.Inthispaper, Iproposethatthematerialdimension purchase inantiquemarketsandthroughonlinesecond-handbooksellers.Historianshaverecognisedthevalueofthesematerials, One tangiblefeatureoftheCulturalRevolution’s legacyisthemassesofprintedmaterialproducedduringera,nowavailablefor The DustbinofHistory:LifeCyclesCulturalRevolutionObjects Minerva Inwald Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2110 through percentageofnon-nativespeakersratherthanrelationshiptothestateperse. “complex” languageswithveryfewnon-nativespeakers.InBhutan,“simple”andgrammaticalsystemscanbeexplained Tshangla arerelatively“simple”languageswithlargenumbers ofnon-nativespeakers,whileLhokpuandGongdukarerelatively to identifyareasofplainsasopposedhills.Nonetheless,wecanfindevidencedif is amodernnationstatethatexistspurelyintheHimalayas,withcountryalternatingbetweenhillsandvalleys;itimpossible simpler creoloidgrammarfoundinmanyplainslanguages.However, notallnationstatesexistalongaplains/hilldichotomy. Bhutan have fledfromplains-basedstates.Linguisticcorrelatesof‘hillpeoples’ According toScott(2009),onecandistinguishbetweenhilltribesandplainspeople,withtheformerbeinggroupsofpeoplewho Zomians intheBhutaneseContext Gwendolyn Hyslop mightbecomparativelymorecomplexgrammarthanthe The findingsshowthat,contrarytoanalyses ferent ‘types’ oflanguages;Dzongkhaand Australia Page 74 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2250 raises fundamentaltheoreticalquestions. valuable becauseitchallengesmanyofthebinarycategorisations underpinningmainstreamsocialtheory. Indoingso,however, it scholarship suggestsamorefruitfulwayofthinkingabouttheweaving oflivesinamodern,ruraleconomysuchasChina’s. Itis recent feministscholarship,whichreconceptualises‘theeconomy’ intermsof‘socialreproduction’ and‘socialprovisioning.’ This cultural anthropologists,andotherpractices,suchascarework, that aremarginalisedinallthedisciplines.Inthispaper, Icritique farming andwagedlabour, commonlystudiedbyeconomists, ritualsandgiftexchanges,moreusuallyseenasthedomainof theory forunderstandingthequotidianpracticesthroughwhichChinese villagefamiliesweavetheirlives. These practices include This paperdrawsonlife-historyresearchinruralChina,andismotivated byfrustrationatthelimitationsofmainstreamsocial Weaving Lives:TheorisingtheEconomicPracticesofChineseVillagers Tamara Jacka Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2003 and wasrelatedtoJapanesetranslation. during thelatenineteenthandearlytwentiethcenturieswasobviouslyconnectedwithimageofnihilistwomeninthosefictions, the connectionbetweentheseimagesandsociety. Through closereading,this paper willarguethattheChinesefeministmovement compare theJapaneseandChinesetranslations,figuringouthowtranslatorsdescribeimagesofwomen.Itwillthendiscuss all translatedfromthesameEnglishoriginalwhichrecountsmysteryofafrontdoorbyWilliamLeQueux. and Wan Chu’s The SecretoftheDoor, andoneJapanesenihilistfiction TheSecret Woman. Interestingly, thesefictionswere on theimagesofwomeninthreeChinesenihilistfictions-Yang Xinyi’s TherevengeofNihilist,NiHaosen’s BlackDoor, XiongChang This paperexamineshowJapaneseandChinesetranslatorsrecognizedportrayedwomeninearlyRepublicanChina,focusing The ImageofFemaleinChineseandJapaneseNihilistFictions Chan I-Ying Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2280 risks andopportunitiesinvolvedinnewpractices. These inturnreveallocalviewsofwhatwouldbeasuccessfulchangeprocess. developing livelihoodindicatorsforfarminghouseholdshasrevealedanumberofkeylocallogicsaboutcattle,livelihoods,andthe urban beefmarkets;theprojectalsoseekstounderstandhousehold-levelimplicationsofintensification. (ACIAR) seekstosupportintensificationofbeefcattleproductionthroughbetterintegrationcrop-livestocksystemsandlinks facilitating moreintensiveproductionformarket. A projectfundedbythe Australian CentreforInternational Agricultural Research science toworkwithfarmersidentifyandtrialoptionsforforagessheltersminimizerisksofcattlelossinwinterwhile supplying urbanmarkets.Recentruralresearchfordevelopmentprojectshasbroughtnationalandinternationalexpertsinanimal The ethnicminoritiesofhighlandNorthWest Vietnam aretraditionallycattle-keepers,butpoliciesencouragingashifttoward Beef CattleIntensificationandChangingLivelihoodsintheHighlandsofNorthW Dr StephenIvesandProfessorRobynEversole Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3180 ones asresponsestotheactsofterrorism. does, infact,affect achange inapproachestosentencingwhichismainlydesignedimposepunitivegoalsratherthanretributive normative studiesandrelevantlegislationtoanalyseinterrelatedissues. The resultsindicatethatthesentencingsystemin ATL in terrorismlawaswelltoassesstheextentwhich ATL altersorimprovestheexistingsentencinglaws. This chapteruses the legaldevelopmentofsentencingpracticesin ATL. This articleaimstoreviewtheformulationofanewsentencingsystem historical backgroundaswelllegalfoundationsofsentencinglawsstipulatedintheIndonesianPenalCode(KUHP)andexplores This articledescribesandanalysessentencingsystemintheIndonesia’s Anti-Terrorism Law(ATL) of2002.First,itsetsoutthe Sentencing LawsinIndonesianTerrorism Prosecutions Milda Istiqomah est Vietnam The processofco- This paperwillfirst Page 75 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2110 ease oflearning,sociolinguisticand politicalfactors,andaccesstoenablingtechnologies. to whetherliteracyinHmonghasbeentakenupandmaintained. Instead,crucialfactorsincludethelinguisticsuitabilityofscript, cases, whetherliteracyinthescriptofasurroundingstatehasbeen embraced,abandoned,orneveracquiredhaslittlerelevance received inthevisionsofaHmongmessianicfigureborderlands betweenLaosandV century: theRomanizedPopular Alphabet, createdbymissionariesin Thailand andLaos,thePahawhsemi-syllabicscript, paper examinesScott’s argumentswithreferencetotwoorthographiesdevelopedfortheHmonglanguageinmid-twentieth attributable tostrategicchoicesintheirquestevadestatepower, rather thansimplytohistoricalandsocialcircumstances. This In Chapter6of The Art ofNotBeingGoverned,Scott(2009)proposesthatthe‘nonliteracy/orality’ ofmanyZomiansmaybe Literacy Embracedor Abandoned: TheCaseofTwo HmongOrthographies Nerida Jarkey Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2290 as studyingthepracticesandrhetoricofNGO,IlocateRohingyas’ desireandhopeasameansofsubjectformation. Participatory Action Research(PAR), whichentailedvolunteeringwithan NGOthatworkswithRohingyasinKualaLumpur. As well use thisdiscursivespacetoexerciseagencyinthe(re)productionofidentity. The researchforthispaperwascarriedoutusing as entitiesthathelptounderstandtheconstructionof‘refugee-ness’ can serveasatextinthe(re)productionof‘refugee-ness’.Ihopetoextendideasproductionspaceanddiscursivespaces Instead offocusingontheState’s roleinactively(re)definingrefugeeidentity, IwillattempttoshifttheattentionshowhowaNGO This paperexploresthedynamicsofcraftingnarrativestomovebeyondamono-dimensionalprocessrefugeemanagement. NGO asText: (Re)productionof“Refugee-ness” Nursyazwani Jamaludin Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2290 of victoryorloss)shapetheself-imaginariescandidates,andtheirrelationshiptoconstituents? affective intensitiesgeneratedandcirculatedduringelections? And howdoestheexperienceofelection(includingmoment moments oftheelection,includingpartyselection,campaigningandannouncementwinners?Howareemotions conducted duringUrbanLocalBody(ULB)electionsin2018,answeringquestionssuchas:Howdowomenexperiencekey constituents’ demands,andtherebycitizens’ accesstostateresources. This paperwillpresentfindingsfromethnographicresearch – theemotionsandenergiesthatresonatelongafterelectiondayisoneelementshapesWMCs’ differential responseto councillors (WMCs)relatetoconstituentsandperformtheirrolethroughoutfive-yearterm. Research inDehradun,India(2015-2016)revealedtheimportanceofexperiencebeingelectedforwaywomenmunicipal Emotional and Affective ConfigurationsofMunicipalElectionsinDehradun,India Tanya Jakimow political trends,Idescribeearly21 and politicalworldviews.Drawingonanalysesoftheimpactsneoliberalcapitalism,visualmedia,Internet,conservative rationalised socialimaginaries, Thai modernityneedstobeviewedasactivelyproducing “magical”orenchantedsocial,cultural across Southeast accountofthe“disenchantment”world.Ratherthanproducingdisenchanted, Asia, alsochallengeWeber’s explain theriseoffundamentalistmovements.Lessattentionhasbeenpaidtowaysthatnewsupernaturalcultsin Thailand, and theme intheanthropologyofreligionrecentdecades.Manycritiqueshavefocusedonfailure“secularisationthesis”to The failureofWeberian sociologyofreligiontopredicttherisediversenewformsreligiousexpressionhas beenamajor A World EverMoreEnchanted:ModernityMakesMagicin21 Peter Jackson Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2130 enchantment andnovelritualpractices. st century newformsof ofprocessesthatareinciting Thai modernityasaconvergence atthelevelofeffects. Iwillalsolookathowbeneficiaries st Century Thailand ietnam. The paperarguesthat,inthese The ‘affective forceofthevote’ Page 76 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 15:30-16:50Room:2050 initiatives. implemented, includingpolicyresponses duringthefamineandpositiontakenby Australia inresponsetoUnitedNations blame fromtheSuhartoregime.Itinterrogatesdiscrepancybetween Australia’s publicpolicystanceanditsasactually contradictory positionsbyworkingtodenyandcoverupthegrowing evidenceofahumanitariancrisisintheterritoryanddeflect and involvedlargescalehumanrightsabuses. This paperwillexaminehowtheFraserGovernmentattemptedtoreconcilethese into conflictduetotheIndonesianinvasionofEast Timor, whichunderminedtherightsof Timorese peopletoself-determination prioritising goodrelationswiththeSuhartoregime,whichitsawas keytoitspolicypositioninSoutheast Asia. These prioritiescame During itstenure,theFraserGovernmentsoughttosimultaneously presentitselfasasupporterofliberaldemocraticidealswhile The EvolvingNarrativeofDenial:FraserGovernment andtheOccupationofEastTimor Peter Job Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2130 promote mutualwelfares. as whatthedeceasedneeded.Byerectingstonealtaratrealmofdead,Iargue,livingclaimedopportunitiesto and wreakhavoconsociety. The symbolicsacrificesmayserveasacompensationthatrealwerenot offered asfrequently connection withthedeadandreceivedblessingsfromthem. Ancestors whodidnotreceivesacrificesmightbecome“hungryghosts” the deceasedemperorbecausesizemadeitunsuitableforpracticaluse. utensils usedforsacrificialoccasions. Thestonealtarmayserveasasymbolicwayofperformingsacrificesonbehalfthelivingto at theimperialmausoleuminMingChina(1368-1644). The stonealtarisagiganticmarbletableuponwhichstandthefive This paperexaminesthesymbolicinteractionsbetweendeceasedemperorandhisdescendantsthroughastonealtarerected Stone Altars atthe Tombs ofChineseEmperorsintheLateImperialEra Hui-Han Jin Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:3270 in theregion. countries havestrivedtocombattransnationalwildlifecrimefordecades,thelevelofstillremainssevere disadvantages ofthecurrentmechanismforcombatingtransnationalwildlifecrimeinregion. Though ChinaandSoutheast Asian China threatensthesurvivalofendangeredwildlife,regionalstabilityandnationalsecurity. This paperanalysestheadvantagesand consuming cultureandtheeconomicdevelopmentregionalintegration,transnationalwildlifecrimebetweenSoutheast Asia and countries inSoutheast Asia, whichincludeIndonesia,Malaysia,Myanmar, Thailand andVietnam. Influencedbytraditionalwildlife- on wildlifeseizureanalysis,asignificantproportionofillegallytradedtoChinaisfromsmallnumber‘hot’ The boundaryareabetweenChinaandSoutheast Asian countriesisconsideredahotspotoftransnationalwildlifecrimes. Based Enhancing Transnational EnforcementCooperationagainstWildlife CrimeinChinaandSoutheast Asia Nan Jiang Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2190 and modern. hybridity. Suchpresentationisdynamic,relatedtosocialchangeandcanbedivided intothreemainperiods:traditional,transitional and dancestyles,werecreativelyadaptedpresentedinthedramatosuita been developed. This paper proposesthatmanyJavaneseculturalaspects,suchaslanguage,weapons,costumes,beliefs,music, This paperexamineshowJavaneseculturehasbeenadaptedandmergedintheInaodancedramaitspresentation the cultureoforiginalsource,somewhichistypicalPanjistorywhileotheraspectshavebeenaddedby Thai artists. and hasbeenmainlypresentedindancedramasince. A distinctivefeatureofInaodancedramaisthedepictionJavaneseness, Inao, oneofthemostpopulartalesin Thailand, wasderivedandcomposedfromJavanesePanjistoriesintheeighteenthcentury Depiction ofJavanesenessintheThaiPanjiDanceDrama: Adaptation, HybridityandDynamics Thaneerat Jatuthasri Through sacrificialrites,Chinesefamiliesmaintaineda Thai artisticstylewhichreflectstheconceptof sourcing Page 77 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2040 the KoreanWar. difference derivesfromdifferences in thedevelopmentofrubberfootwearindustryHongKong andMalaysiaduringafter her enterprisesalsofacedsoaringrubberprices. There, thefootwearindustrynotonly survivedbutthrived. The reasonsforthis Many rubberfootwearfactoriesceasedoperationsbecauseofmarket reduction. A different storyisfoundinMalaysia,although an individualcase?Itseemsnot.Infact,theentirerubberfootwear industryinHongKongfellonhardtimesduringtheearly1950s. outbreak oftheKoreanWar; thefactoryhadlost Britishmarketwhichwascriticalforitssurvival.Was FungKeung’s dilemma shut downandmorethan1,500workersweredismissed.Management explainedthatthepriceofrubberhadsoareddueto On 9 August 1950,HongKongFungKeungRubberFactory, oneofthebiggestrubberfootwearfactoriesinColony, suddenly The DevelopmentofRubberFootwearIndustryinHong KongandMalaysiain1950s Wing HinKam Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:3020 a different educationalsystem,institutions,andenvironment. experiences byKorean Australians, askingwhytheeducationfeverofKoreansismaintainedeveninmigrationcontext,despite commitment toachievetheostensiblepurposeofprovidingabettereducationalenvironment. This paperwillexploreeducational indicate thatKoreanparentsin Australia maintaintheKoreanwayofeducatingtheirchildren,andthereisalackparent Korean parentschoosetoleaveescapefromintenseeducationalpressureonchildren.Nevertheless,anecdotalobservations achieved impressiveresultsininternationaleducationalstandards,educationfeverhasalsocreateditsowndarkside,andmany roots insocialhierarchy, combinedwithgovernmentpolicysupportsforthedevelopmentofhumancapital.WhileSouthKoreahas Education inSouthKoreaisviewedasbeingcrucialforobtainingbetterlifechances.Koreans’ educationfeverhasitscultural The PursuitofInclusion?EducationFeveramongstKorean-AustralianParents Yong MoonJung Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2060 exclusion intheneo-liberalera. underlying logicandethicalgroundsoftheseeminglyirrationalattackontargetedvictims,therebyclarifyingnaturesocial This paperattemptstocriticallyunpacktheirclaimordinarinessinrelation“theendofthesocial.”Insodoing,itilluminates is muchmorecomplicatedand,importantly, thattheyidentifythemselvesasordinarypeople anddecentlaw-bindingcitizens. frustration outonKoreans,Chinese,andotherminoritiesresidinginJapan,recentstudiesbasedinterviewsrevealthatthereality cause. Eventhoughtheparticipantsinso-calledactionconservativemovementaresupposedtobesocialmisfitswhotaketheir Yet theordinaryseemstoserveasaprimaryrhetoricforpost-postwargrassrootsright-wingsocialmovementspropagatetheir The ordinaryhasbeenthemajorsourceofliberaldemocraticpoliticalimaginationsinpostwarJapan’s grassrootssocialmovements. Grassroots Right-Wing SocialMovementsandthePoliticsofOrdinaryinContemporaryJapan Ji HeeJung Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2040 the practicehasbecomemoreopenlyaccepted. modernity, themonarchyhassimultaneouslyattemptedtobothretainandreject.InlatterpartoflatekingBhumibol’s reign “antinomy issue”,somethingthat,duetotheconflictingpressuresoflong-standing practice ofprostrationisnotthatsimple.ProstrationonethoseritualpracticesGray(1986)hasusefullydescribedasan have citedafamous1873edictbyKingChulalongkornthatseeminglyabolishedthepracticeofprostration. Yet thehistoryof ritual ofrespecttoKingChulalongkornhasbroughtthepracticeprostrationpublicattention.InhisdefenceNetiwitandothers Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal’sstudent activist University surrounding Chulalongkorn controversy refusaltotakepartinarecently-created Outside ofreligiousritual,fewcountriesintheworldretainpracticeprostration. Thailand isoneofthem. The recent Thailand inDecline:TheFallandRiseofProstration Patrick Jory Thai customandpowerfulWestern normsof Page 78 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 08:00-09:20Room:2040 formation inpost-warSoutheast Asia. Lao and Thailand’s geo-bodymakings.Indoing so,itopensanewdiscussiononthehistoriographicalproblemofnation-state both entitiesisdiscussed. The reconstructionoftheexistinghistorical narrativesonthisissueleadstoabetterunderstandingof nowadays LaosPDR.FromtheHouseofChampassak’s perspective,andthroughtheir territorialdisputes,theinteractionbetween century. IthighlightstherelationshipbetweenSiameseGovernmentandHouse ofChampassak,onetheprincipalitiesin This paperdiscussesthetransitionofinter-staterelationsunder theMandalasysteminmainlandSoutheast Asia inthemid-19th The RelationshipbetweenHouseofChampassakandSiamese GovernmentintheMid-19thCentury Preeyaporn Kantala Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2060 court wereconstantlyrevisedandrestructured. changes recordedintheofficialhistoriesofearlycourtallowsustoconsiderhownetworksstatusthatdefined they soughtentryintothesenetworksthroughtheacquisitionofnewnamesandtitles. Analyzing thehundredsofnameandtitle to achievinghighstatusandrankatcourt. This paperexaminesthestrategiesemployedbyimmigrantsandtheirdescendantsas titles. Possessionofujinamesandkabanemarkedmembershipinpowerfulsocialpoliticalnetworksthathadlongbeencritical with asetofinterlockingsystemsstatusandrank,includinguji,orroyally-recognizedlineages,kabane,royally-granted Immigrants fromtheKoreanpeninsulaandcontinentwhoarrivedinJapanduringseventheighthcenturieshadtocontend What’s inaName? EighthCenturyImmigrantsandNetworksofStatusintheJapaneseCourt Nadia Kanagawa Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2060 court. thereby expandtheirinfluence.Insodoing,ithelpselucidatethecomplexwebofmeaningaccruedculturalactivitiesinmedieval authority. This paperexamineshowcourtierfamiliesmadeuseofnetworksbasedonmusicasawaytogenerateculturalcapitaland with familiesknownformusicaltraditionswereallroutestoprestigeaswellameansaccessand/orinfluencesourcesof family’s culturalinvestmentstrategy. Ensuringmusicaleducationforchildren,patronageefforts, andcultivatingmarriagealliances attention hasbeenpaidtotheroleofmusic. Yet musicalskillsrepresentedavaluableassetthatwaspartofshrewdcourtier and culturalcapital.Regardingthelastofthese,whilelinksbetweenpoetryauthorityhavebeenwell-researched,farless Medieval courtiersocietyinJapanwascharacterizedbyavarietyofoverlappingandinterlockingnetworkseconomic,social, Music andCulturalCapitalNetworksintheMedievalJapaneseCourt Rieko Kamei-Dyche Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:3200 regime. paper suggeststhatChinahasbeenabletousejustifiedcoercioninXinjianggeneratelegitimacyandtherebystrengthenits movements toemerge.Contraryconventionalwisdomthatpopularresistancetendsdestabilizeauthoritarianregimes,this this discoursewasfollowedbyrepressiveandcoercivemeasuresthatlimitedthepoliticalopportunityforlarge-scaleresistance its securitizingmovesinXinjiangthroughtwoprimarymasterframesof“stabilityandsecurity”“progress”.Consequently, increase inandroutinizationofviolenceXinjiangthe1990s.IdothisbyshowinghowChinalegalizes,moralizesjustifies justifications bytheChinesegovernmenthavebeenusedtolegitimateuseofrepressioninXinjiangparticularlysince Autonomous Region. Although theresearchdepictsstaterepressionasoppositeoflegitimation,Iarguethatdiscursive This paperexploresthelinksbetweenlegitimationandrepressionincaseofChina’s northwestfrontier, theXinjiangUyghur China’s Counter-InsurgencyintheXinjiangProvince Stefanie Kam Page 79 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:3020 sides ofthePacificOcean. Asianisms, Anglo/West-centrism andethnocentrismworktogetherinthemigrants’ compromisewithless-than-idealrealitiesonboth originally West-bound migrantswhocametoSingaporeafterexperiencingdifficultiesinthe West. Overall,thispaperexamineshow discursively, forthemigrantstocome totermswithdisappointmentstheyexperienceinhostcountries.Specialattentionispaid between their20sand40sinCanada, Australia andSingapore, thispaperelucidateshowvarious Asianisms function,practically and views includingof‘inferiority’ or‘superiority’ inrelationtothesurroundingmilieux.BasedonfieldworkJapanesemigrantsaged from an Asian countrytotheWest ortotheotherpartsof Asia, ‘Asia’ canbeaplatformofmultiple,sometimescontradictory, self- ‘Asia’ isafluidandhypotheticalconceptwhichreferstodifferent practicesorsitesindifferent contexts.Especiallyformigrants Asianisms inMotion:JapaneseMigrants(Re-)encountering Asian SelvesintheWest andEastPacific Etsuko Kato Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2190 Southeast Asianists? new questions: CanthiswayofdoingthehumanitiessparknewinsightsintoSoutheast Asia? Whataretheimplicationsfortrainingof late NewOrderurbanexperienceandthesocialchangeofwhichitwasapart.Ialsousethisresearchtoaddresstwo“extrinsic” the works’ objectivecontents,theartists’ intentions,andtheaudiences’ receptionsforcluesaboutthenatureandmeaningof 2003), seeingtheseworksas“tools”forpeopletomanagelifeinafast-changingmetropolis.Ilookatthe(dis)connectionsbetween Sinaga’s sculptures(the late1990s-early2000s),and Teater PayungHitam’s experimentswith PeterHandke’s playKaspar(1994- this question.Practisingsuchasynthetichistory, thispaperexamines Afrizal Malna’s poemsin Architecture ofRain(1995),Dolorosa What diditmeantoliveinurbanIndonesiathelateNewOrderera?Emotional,intellectualandbodilyhistorymayholdkey to The UrbanExperienceinLateNewOrderIndonesiathroughPoetry, SculpturesandPlays Sony Karsono Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2130 (Dongson culture),oneoftheoldestcontinuousarttraditionsinSoutheast Asia. This paperwillalsodiscussapossibleresemblancebetweenthefestivalwithwater, drumsandfrogs,ancientbronze domination andsubordinationwasestablishedthroughsymbolicactionsconnectedtothelocalroyalcourtrightsland. remnant oftheLawa(Wa) ethnicgroup. The relationshipbetween Tai Khun,themajority Tai group,and Tai Loi,resemblesoneof festival isatwenty-four-hourdrummingsessionbythe Tai Loiminoritygroup,whoaretheoriginalinhabitantsofplaceanda Shan StateofMyanmar. LocalspiritsplayanimportantpartintheSongkranfestival,asdescribedthispaper. Prominentinthe This paperhighlightslocalspiritsandthesenseofplacebelonginginimaginedKhunnationChiang Tung intheEastern Local SpiritsandtheSenseofPlaceBelonginginEasternShanStateMyanmar Klemens Karlsson Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2170 innovation. the significancetoliteraryhistoryofwayinwhichthesetalentedChinesewritersprogressedfrommereimitationgenuine express theirinneridealsandemotionalworld.Whilemakingacomparativeanalysisoftherelevanttexts,paperdemonstrates with theirowninneryearnings. This paperdiscusseshowthefemaleplaywrightsofMingandQingdynastiesuseddramato and plotswhichreflectedtheirtruefeelingsaspirations,attimesusingliteraryskillstodepictakindofUtopiaaccording Whether usingelementsoftheirownlivesassourcematerial,oradaptingtheworkmalecounterparts,theydevelopedroles experience. Makinguseofthenarrativeforminherenttoadrama,theyingeniouslytreadambiguousspacefictionandrealty The femaleplaywrightsoftheMingandQingdynastiesderivedmuchtheirsourcematerialfromlegendsownlife Building Utopia:FictionandRealityintheWorks ofFemalePlaywrightstheMing/QingDynasties Chenlin Kao . Page 80 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2190 of transnationalidentities. response topolitical,historicaland culturalcontextsofPeranakaninIndonesia,situatingthem largerglobalandlocaldiscourses artists—both thoseofChinesedescentandothers. This paperwilloutlinesomeofthecreativeexplorationsthathaveemergedin tensions, theroleofPeranakancultureandstatusChinese IndonesianshasbeenanincreasingpreoccupationforIndonesian especially duringtheNewOrderofsecondhalf20 Chinese migrantsfirstarrivedinIndonesiacenturiesago,theircivic statushasremainedtenuousacrossgovernmentalregimes, In Indonesia,Peranakanculture–preservedbythedescendants ofmigrantChinese–runsdeepandscarred. Although Persistent Transnationalism: PeranakanCultureinContemporaryIndonesian Art Elly Kent Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2040 success storiesofeconomicgrowth. job qualityindicatorsbetween1986-2014,thepaperexploresinsecurityofcomparativeprosperity, evenamongstthepurported examining transformationsinthelabourmarket,particularlyamongstmiddle-incomeandwhite-collarworkers.Lookingtoarange of household labourforcesurveys,thispaperfurthersourunderstandingofthequotidianimpactsnationaleconomicgrowthby supposed tostand,andthusthetranslationofeconomicgrowthintoeverydayexperiencesordinarypeople.Usingannual and aspirationamongstitsnewly‘middleclass’ citizenry, lessisknownaboutthematerialfoundationson whichthisprosperitywas provided uswitharichunderstandingofthiseconomictransformationatnationallevel,andchangingculturesconsumption economic communityasproofofincreasingprosperityunderasuccessfulcapitalisttransition.Whilstcriticalscholarshiphas The emergenceofanewmiddleclassinIndonesiaunderSuharto’s 32-yeardictatorship(1965-98)wastakenbytheinternational The MiddleClassandWhiteCollarLabourMarketTransitions, 1986-2014 Sarah KennedyBates Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2010 Ariyoshi, modernJapaneseliterature,andwomen’s literatureinJapan. Guinea (Two Women GotoNewGuinea,1969). This paperexaminesthetransformationthatheroverseasexperiencebroughtto nikki “(PuertoRicoDiary,1964), illuminatingtheissueofpoverty inregionsadjacenttotheUnitedStates,andOnnafutarinoNew border crossing,resultinginaseriesofworkssuchasHisyoku(NonRacism,1964)dealingwithracialdiscrimination,Puerutoriko introduced toJapanbytheUnitedStates.Incontrast,fellowshipexperienceopened Ariyoshi’s eyestopost-colonialissuesand grant wasEtoJun(1932-1999).Itiswellknownthatasaresultofstudyingabroadbecamecriticthepostwardemocracy Rockefeller FoundationfellowshiptostudyintheUnitedStatesfrom1959-1960. The mostfamousJapanesescholartoreceivethis Ariyoshi Sawako(1931-1984)isanacclaimednovelistparticularlywell-knownforherstorytellingskills.Shewasawardeda The SignificanceofOverseasExperiencesto AriyoshiSawako’s Literature Kenko Kawasaki Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2060 background, age,andgender. networks, thispaperexploreshowtheirstrategiestowieldpowerwereshapedbydifferent socio-politicalfactorssuchasfamilial and attractmorefollowers.Bycomparingthewaysinwhichroyalwomenemployedtheirhouseholdmaterialstostrengthen (1181-1252) implementedanestatedue-collectionplanforfurnishingarticlesandusedthemtosupporthereconomicwellbeing for example,usedclothing,sweets,andgamestocultivatehersalonculturemaintainorderwithinhousehold.SenyÅmon-in crucial tacticusedbyroyalwivesanddaughterstoobtainwealth,assertinfluence,exercisepower understand femalepower. DuringJapan’s earlymedievalage(c.1050-1300),theeffective distributionofcommodityitemswasa Examining networksofacquisitionandthecirculationmaterialobjectsisanimportanthistoricalmethodthathelpsusbetter Blinds, Cushions,andRobes:NetworkingEmpowermentofMedievalJapaneseRoyalWomen Sachiko Kawai th century. After thefallofNewOrder, and throughtothecurrent . Kenshunmon-in(1142-1176), Page 81 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 13:30-14:50Room:2280 at KansasStateUniversity. second GreenRevolution.Itisbased onaFulbrightresearchFellowshipwiththeUSAID-supported FeedtheFutureInnovationlabs shortcomings toreachpoorerfarmers, particularlywomen,inmoremarginalareas. This paperwillreviewtheprogresstodateof largely missedout.WhatbecameknownasthesecondGreenRevolution fromtheearly2000s,wasaimedatovercomingthese water, andfavoured wealthiermorecapital-intensivefarmsandfarmers. The drylandagriculturalareasof Africa andpartsof Asia sufficient infoodgrains.However, thiscameatacost,asthesenewvarietiesincreaseddemandforfertiliser, pesticidesand Philippines, revolutionisedcropproduction,particularlyinthesekey staples,thusenablingcountrieslikeIndiatobecomeself- The firstGreenRevolution,whichdatestothe1950sdevelopment ofcropbreedinglabsforwheatinMexico,andricethe The ImpactoftheSecondGreenRevolution:Povertyand Women’s Access to Agricultural Innovations Patrick Kilby Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3020 migrants andtouristsinMalaysia. migrant). Along theway, IhopetoanswerthequestionaboutmeaningofgolfanditsrelationshiphappinessforSouthKorean for metoanalysemultiscalareconomiesandeverydayinter-Asianencounters,some(astourists)morefleetingthanothers(the migrant adaptationandintegrationtoamulticulturalenvironment.Herethegolfresortactsbothasconceptualphysicalsite and economicnetworkformedbetweenhim,theKoreantouristsotheremployeesatresorttoaskquestionsabout a golfacademyinMalaysianresortandwhosemainclienteleisSouthKorean,thispaperexploresthesocialrelationships What edgedoesMalaysiahaveoveritsneighbours?CentringonaKoreanprofessionalgolfer(businessman-migrant)whoheads Golf tourismisthemostlucrativeformofandseveralcountriesin Golf-Playing KoreansinMalaysia Gaik ChengKhoo Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:3270 Indonesia and Australia aswellSingaporeandMalaysia. Western Australia andJavaitspossibletrajectoryinstudyingdiscursivenodesreferencingreclamationprojectsatothersites paper describesthedevelopmentofthisagendaininvestigatingcontroversiesaroundislandandwaterfrontreclamationprojects in in furtheringunderstandingsoftheimpactsenvironmentalchangeandmobilitydiscursiveproductioncommunities. This environmental changeandspatialreorganization. That is,anagendadirectedatresearch collaborationthattranscendsnationstates proposes anagendaofmobilizingresearchersacrossbordersininvestigatinghowcommunityfrontiersemergecontroversiesover understandings ofmediapracticesandcommunityimaginingsaroundislandwaterfrontreclamationprojects. The paper Jakarta. Methodologicallessonsandfindingsfromtheseinvestigationsarediscussedcomparedwithafocusonfurthering This paperdiscussesresearchintomediarepresentationaroundislandandwaterfrontreclamationprojectsinPerth Controversies aroundIslandandWaterfront ReclamationProjects Thor Kerr, Kuskridho Ambardi andSusanLeong Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:3003 uncomplicated pathtowardsindependenceandcontributestoamorenuancedunderstandingofMalaysianhistory. to secedeingreatdetail.Inexaminingthesecessionmovements,myworkproblematisestraditionalnarrativeofMalaysia’s Although theseeventsposedasignificantthreattothefledglingMalayanstate,fewworkshaveexaminedPenang’ in abroaderdiscussionaboutPenang’s developmentintoahubofoppositiontothestatusquoimposedbyMalaysianstate. from therestofFederationpolitically, economicallyanddemographically. Myworkfocusesonplacingthesepoliticalmovements Federation. Indoingso,thesecessionistsrejectedcharacterofnewMalayanstateonbasisthatPenangwasdifferent centralised administrativestructureintroducedbytheBritishcolonialgovernment,organisingtwoattemptstosecedefrom From 1948to1951and19531957,theMalaysianisland-stateofPenangresisteditsinclusioninFederationMalaya,anew The ContrarianState:RejectionandResistanceinPenang,1948-1957 Bernard Keo Asia PacificregioncompeteforSouthKoreantourists. s attempts Page 82 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 15:30-16:50Room:3200 and India. dispute management,thepaperintendstocontributepredicting sustainablestabilityinthe diplomacy, specificityofnegotiationandcomplianceagreement.Bycollectingdataonnon-violentdiplomaticmethods of The paperwillcomparetwostateswithvariablesincludingsizeof diplomacy(bilateral,trilateral,multilateral),responsivenessin China andIndia,assesstheirdifferent preferencesinrulesandnormsdisputemanagementreflected intheirdiplomacy. in the Asia-Pacific, particularlyindisputeswiththeirrespective neighbours. Thepaperanalysescasesofregional disputes involving address thedifferent factorsthataffect diplomaticpatternsinChinaandIndia,thetwomostpopulousfast-growingeconomies This paperinvestigatesthepatternsofdiplomacyChinaandIndia observedthroughouttheirdisputeswithneighbouringstates.Itwill Sustainable StabilityinanEraofChinaandIndia: An Empirical Approach toDisputeManagement Jiye Kim Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2040 and furtherdrawssomesocioeconomicimplicationsfordevelopingcountries. Korean labourpolicy. ItwillcomparethecaseofSouthKoreawithdevelopmentsinadvancedcountries suchastheUnitedKingdom, the retrogressiverevisionoflabourpolicy. This paperinvestigatescharacteristicfeaturesofthecomplicateddevelopment South the benefitofso-calledheavyandchemicalindustrialisation,fundamentalfunctionslabourunionsweretotallydisapproved by development ofKoreaneconomy. Inparticular, duringtheperiodfrom1971to1987whenhigheconomicgrowthwasachievedby Korean War. However, fundamentalrevisionsofthe Act havebeenrepeatedalmostonceinadecadetheprocessofcapitalist In SouthKorea,theworkers’ righttostrikewasfirstsanctionedbytheLaborUnion Actwhichwasenactedin1953duringthe Historical DevelopmentProcessofLabourPolicyinSouthKorea:the Acts forWorkers’ Combination Sam Kim Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2250 10-member states,ratherthanaunified ASEANactor. ASEAN’s currentinstitutionalarrangementisnotequippedtofunctionasanegotiator, resultinginacomplicatednegotiationwith third parties,negotiatingvia ASEAN willlimitstate’s win-setsandthuslimitthepossibilitiesofreachinganagreement.Furthermore, Using negotiationandeconomicdiplomacyapproach,itisarguedthatdespitestrengthening ASEAN’s negotiating power vis-a-vis to explainSoutheast Asia’s growingpracticeoftradediplomacyvia ASEAN byelaboratingitsbenefits,problemsandlimitations. ASEAN playinthisnegotiationandwhetherisbeneficialtermsofoutcomes. ASEAN-China FTA, ASEAN-Korea FTA and ASEAN-India FTA. This negotiationstrategyposesquestionsastowhatroledoes During thelastdecade, ASEAN memberstateshaveused ASEAN tonegotiatetradeagreementswiththirdpartiessuchasthe Understanding Southeast Asia’s Trade NegotiationsThrough ASEAN: Prospects,Problems andLimitations Pantri MuthrianaErzaKillian Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2280 autonomy torurallivelihoods. rebelling, repurposingandbreakingtherules. This paperispartofanemergingbodyscholarshipthatapplyingtheconcept react tobiofuelschemesasexternaleconomicandagriculturalpolicies:theyactivelymanagetheirparticipationthroughresisting, actions‘makesense’farmer’s wheninterpretedthroughthenotionofnegotiatingforautonomy. Farmersdonotsimplyrespondand and asthebiodieselpilotprojectseemedeconomicallyimplausible,theirsupportforinitiallyappearednaive. participating inthegovernmentledbiofuelpilotproject Timor-Leste. The farmers’ narrativeswereat timescontradictory, messy in whichfarmersnegotiatetheirparticipationaspartofwiderlivelihoodstrategies. This paperisbasedoninterviewswithfarmers Smallholder farmersarerecognisedasbeingcentraltothesuccessorfailureofbiofuelschemes-butlittleisknownaboutways Re-imagining Farmer’s LivelihoodsthroughtheLensof Autonomy: OrWhyFarmersDoWhatThey Sarina Kilham Asia-Pacific undertherisingofChina The mainpurposeofthispaperis Yet, the Page 83 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2003 (Frith, Shaz&Cheng2005;Iino, Isaji,& Takeuchi 1998). liberty ororder(Giet2005)couldcontributeanewaspecttothefield ofresearchregardingJapanesewomen’ Examining whyandhowkawaiicouldcontinuetobeusedforthe constructionoffemininityandwhetheritisusedtosymbolize in English)hasbeenusedasanexpressionrepresentingJapanese normativefemininity the frameofwhatis(Maingueneau2002),inthiscase,Japanese women’s normativefemininity. The term“kawaii”(meaning “cute” offshoot ofanan.Discourse isconsideredas“thetraceofanactcommunicationsocio-historicallydetermined,”whichlegitimizes discourse andconstructionofimagesidealwomeninissuespublished from1970to2016,whichIcomparedELLEFrance,an This paperpresentsacasestudyof‘anan’,anarchetypecontemporary Japanesewomen’s magazines,byanalyzingits Normative FemininityofJapaneseWomen and‘Kawaii’ Constructedthrough JapaneseFashionMagazines Kyoko Koma Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:3003 whether theyoperateinanauthoritarianordemocraticenvironments. setting andpolicydeliberation.Butwherethereisopennesstoadvice,thinktankswillrisemeetthisdemand,regardless of permanent civilservicesdominateandjealouslyguardpolicy-makingprocesses,thinktankswillfinditdifficulttoimpactagenda everywhere iswhetherpolicymakersareopentopolicyadvicefrominstitutionsexternalthegovernmentorrulingparty. Where can explainthediversityofthinktanktrajectoriesandtraitslandscapesinallEast Asian settings,whatmatters challenges tothinkthankdevelopmentinanumberofEast Asian settings. Whilethereisnosinglepoliticalmastervariablethat Many newthinktankshaveemergedinEast Asia inrecentdecades. This paperexploresthedrivingforcesofaswell Understanding theTrajectories andTraits ofThinkTanks inEast Asia Patrick Koellner, XufengZhuandPascal Abb Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2060 WWII. people beyond Asia. This presentationwillfocusonthisoverlookedhistorytoreconsiderthespaceof Asia andthePacificduring Australia isoftenleftoutofthenarrativeWWIIinJapan,twonationswerefactconnectedthroughflowsknowledgeand Japanese languagemeantin Australia duringthistimewillrevealamorecomplexrelationshipbetweenthetwonations. Although language sawitsheightduringWWII.WhereaswartimestaterelationsportrayJapanand Australia asenemies,a closerlookatwhat intelligence wasforcedtoscavengeforpersonnelwithasufficientcommandoftheJapaneselanguageandvalueenemy’ information regardingtheJapaneseImperial Army, adifficulttasktakenonby Australianmilitaryintelligence. Australianmilitary The primaryaimofthePacific War forthe AlliedforceswastoconquertheEmpireofJapan. Thisrequiredthegatheringof The RoleofJapaneseLanguagein Australia duringWorld War II Yasuko HassallKobayashi Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2020 example ofaworst-casescenario. of relative(un)translatability. Ifso,thetextdescribedabove–ofwhicheventitleisrelativelyuntranslatablemayserveasan profound senseoffailurepermeatedthegathering.Surely, textsareneithertranslatablenoruntranslatable:theyexistonaspectrum goal wastoproduceatranslationandcollectionofstudies.Interms“researchoutputs,”theyaccomplishedthoseaims. Yet, a or theZhuangzi,whileothershintatphilosophicalideaspreviouslyunattestedinancientChina,suchasoriginalsin. The scholars’ BCE, thistextgivesanaccountoftheoriginsuniverse.CertainpassagesseemtoconnectwithclassicslikeDaodejing Written onbambooslipsinanobscureregionalscriptform,unprovenancedbutprobablydatingfromaroundthefourthcentury In November2010,agroupofearlyChinascholars–somequiteeminentmetinordertopuzzleoveranancientChinesetext. A LostCosmogony:Translating ‘HengXian’ Esther Klein , despitechangesinsignificanceovertime. s mediarepresentation s Page 84 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 13:30-14:50Room:3310 as aformofpunishmentand a deterrenttoothers. challenge existingpolicies.Inparticular, ithighlightstheuseof ‘evidence’ inchallengingtheeffectiveness ofthedeathpenaltyboth have developed. As human-rights basedargumentshavehadlittleimpactonthegovernment,theytofindotherways against thewarondrugssince2015,mappinginvolvementof academicsandcivilsocietytheoppositionaldiscoursesthey by hispredecessor, Yudhoyono, effectively re-instatingthedeathpenaltyfordrugtraffickers. Thispapertracesactivistefforts neatly withinthepre-existingdiscoursesofmoralityanddrug-use. Shortlyafter, Jokowiended thestayofexecutionputinplace a renewedcommitmenttofightingtheongoing‘warondrugs’.Jokowi’ In February2015,IndonesianPresidentJokoWidodo(Jokowi)opened theNationalCoordinationMeetingonDrugsbypromising Challenging the‘War onDrugs’ inIndonesia Elisabeth Kramer Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2020 practice ofconsumingmanga,andtheaudiencemangain Thailand. and transnationalflows.ObservingBL/yaoimangaadaptation,thispaperalsoconsiderstwootherreciprocallyconnectedtopics: the translation of BL in Thailand, this paper discusses how Japanese BL/yaoi is adapted in the nation under the influence of globalisation reveal themovementofBL/yaoimangaasatransnational,globalisedandtranslatedculturalproductin Thailand. Byanalysingthe audiences readBL/yaoimanga.IemploytwopopularBL series,LoveModebyShimizu Yuki and Ten Countby Takarai Rihito,to development ofBL/yaoimangain Thailand hasbeentraced,theyarenotproperlyexplored. Researchisneededonhowlocal films. Despitethis,therehasbeenadearthofcriticalstudiesregardingthephenomenonin Over thelasttwodecades, Thailand haswitnessedBoysLoveappearacrossvariousmediaplatforms,including TV seriesand ‘Why Oh Y’: The Adaptation ofBoysLove/Yaoi MangainThailand Thammachat Krairit Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:3180 unification/harmonisation projects. of uniformlawinstrumentshavebetterprospectssuccess,inparticularamong Asian states,andwhatcanbedonewithfuture actual benefitsexpectedfromtheuniformlaw. Basedonsuchfindings,thispaperwillalsoconsiderimplicationsaswhichtype fact that Asian states,includingJapan,aremoreselectiveaboutreceptionofuniformlawandthattheyfocusedonthe law instrumentshaveenjoyedwiderreceptionglobally(inparticularinEurope)andwhicharemorepopular Asia revealsthe only aslate2008andhasnotratifiedtheCape Town Conventionyet.Morecarefulexaminationaboutwhichoftheseuniform instruments, suchastheCISGandCape Town Convention,haveachievedremarkablesuccess.However, JapanjoinedCISG This paperexplainshow“uniformlaw”hasbeenreceivedinJapanand Asia. Onthegloballevel,someofuniformlaw The SelectiveReceptionofUniformLawinJapanand Asia Souichirou Kozuka Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2060 documents, warcrimestrials,andprisoners’ ownaccountsfromseveralcountries. course oftheconflict? Thispaperfocusesonaparticularcampandanalyzesitwithmultiplearchives,includinghigh-levelpolicy compare theirexperiences?WhatroledidlaborplayinJapan’s wareconomy? And howdidtheirsituationchangeoverthe that didoccur, sincethesecampsweredirectlyundertheWar purview. Minister’s Whatfactorsdictatedconditions?HowdidPOWs But whathappenedinFukuokaisparticularlyimportantestablishingthenatureandextentof Tokyo’s culpabilityfortheabuses views. RecentscholarshiphasbeguntorevealthefullcomplexityofPOWexperienceandchallengepopularmisconceptions. treated muchlikeJapan’s ownservicemen.Evenwhendescribingthesamecamps,formerprisonerspresentedstarklydifferent POW campsinFukuokaareinfamousforJapanesebrutality. Yet in1945,someUSauthoritiesjudgedthatmostprisonerswere The POWsNextDoor: Allied PrisonersinWartime Fukuoka Sarah Kovner s declarationthatdrugsrepresentedasocial‘emergency’ fit Thailand. Although themovementand Page 85 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 15:30-16:50Room:3180 potential toimprovethejuvenile justice system,whichmaycontributetobroadercourtreformand accesstojusticeinIndonesia. policies andregulations,discusses thechallengesinimplementingJuvenileJusticeLaw. Itseekstoidentifytheunderlying lacks specialisedlawenforcers,judges,lawyers,andsocialworkers tohandlechildcases. This paperreviewsexistingevidence, diversion mechanismsandprioritizingrehabilitation. Yet data suggests thatchildrenarestillroutinelyimprisonedandthesystem imprisonment onlyasalastresort,preferringinsteadrestorative justice principles,whichshouldkeepchildrenoutofprisonthrough Juvenile CourtLawintoCriminalJusticeSystemin 2012. The Courtdecidescriminalcasesinvolvingchildren,using Rights oftheChildandhasinstitutionalizedchildprotectionthrough severallawsandregulations,includingtransformingits1997 In Indonesia,overthreethousandchildrenendupinprisononaverage annually Juvenile Courtsand Access toJusticeforChildreninIndonesia Santi Kusumaningrum,SharynDavisandPutri Amanda Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2040 characteristic, thenamingoffeaturesinSouthChinaSea,maythereforenotwarrantterritorialclaims. are perhapsgenuine,aswrittentextstheydonotgobackfurtherthantheearlytwentiethcentury, andthattheirmostprominent of routebookswhichatthattimeweresaidtodatebackMingtimes.Iwouldlikearguewhiletheexisting government agenciesandscholarshaveemphasizedcontinuedChineseoccupationexploitationbasedoninterpretations China Sea. After theScarborough Standoff in2012aswelltheaftermathofSouthChinaSeaarbitration2016,Chinese been usedincreasinglyandalongsidepre-modernsourcestoconfirmChineseclaimsontheislandgroupsreefsinSouth Since the discovery of the first genglubu (route book) in 1974, after the occupationof the Paracel Islandsby China, route books have Another Caseof‘UsingthePasttoServePresent’:RouteBooks(genglubu) Johannes Kurz Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2010 Vietnamese subjectposition. being narrativised.Here,IanalyzethenarrativetechniquesthatMoïandNguyendeployin‘repeatinghistory’ fromapointedly referentiality extendsbeyondthefictionthatconstitutestexttorefertheirplaceinachainoffictionalizationsHistory metafiction” (1988).Publishedwithinayearofoneanother, thesetextsdifferentiate themselvesfrompeersinthattheir self- Prize, 2016)in The Sympathizer(2015)bothconjuretheintenseself-reflexivityofLinda Hutcheon’s notionof“historiographical Littérature-monde, 2017)inLevenomdupapillon[TheButterfly’s Venom], and Vietnamese-American Viet ThanhNguyen(Pulitzer works writtenbyoverseasVietnamese inFranceandtheUnitedStates.Prize-winningauthors,Vietnamese-French Anna Moï(Prix an interdisciplinarylens,andeventuallybeyondtheculturalbordersofVietnamese community(Kurmann2018),Ianalyzetwo Deploying thetriplemeaningof‘trans’ intransdiasporic tofacilitatenewreadingsacrosstheglobalVietnamese diaspora,through Transdiasporic HistoriographyinContemporaryVietnamese Francophoneand American Literature Alexandra Kurmann Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2280 through casestudiesofvillageslocatedindifferent agro-ecologicalregions,andatdifferent levelsofdevelopment. social andeconomiclogic,howthesecontributetotheformationreproductionofregionalhierarchies.Iwilldoso hierarchies. This paperwillinvestigateconcreteformsofproductionacrossclassesandregionstounderstandtheirunderlying central totheruraleconomy. Differences intypeandscaleofproductionagriculturerepresentreproduceexistentsocial the post-reformperiodhavediminishedsignificanceofagricultureintermsvaluecreation.Nevertheless,remains have conditionedIndia’s developmenttrajectoryand,inturn,beenexacerbatedbythem.Rapideconomicgrowthandchanges characterised bygreatinequalityinsocio-economicdevelopmentacrossregions,castes,classes,andsexes. These inequalities This paperexaminesthesocialandeconomiclogicofdifferent productionsystemsincontemporaryIndianvillages.RuralIndiais Logic ofProductionSystemsinRuralIndia Deepak Kumar . The countryratifiedthe Conventiononthe Page 86 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:3310 the utilityofformsactivismlinkedtorightsinanenvironment whichrightsprotectionandrealisationintheregionisnascent. themes ofidentity, visibilitypoliticsand rightsclaimingacrossadiverserangeof ASEAN memberstates.Inparticular, itconsiders society organisationsin ASEAN, focusingontheirutilizationofregionalandglobalhumanrights regimes.Indoingso,itexploresthe gender. Inthecontextof ASEAN’s humanrightsregime,thispaperexaminesadvocacyfortheofsexualminoritiesbycivil rights regime,albeitonewhichdeclinedtoincorporatestandard global protectionsarounddiscriminationinrelationtosexualityand political andactiviststrugglesforrecognitionemancipation.In Southeast Asia, ASEAN hasimplementedaregionalhuman Sexual minoritiesaroundtheworldhaveusedincreasinglyinstitutionalised discourseofhumanrightsasacomponentintheir Contested Rights: ASEAN andSexualityPolitics Anthony Langlois Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2280 which, inturn,helpstoshapetheworkingsoftouristgaze. their culturalsourcesandtouristicaims.Instead,thismodel-scapeembodiesastate-leddidacticeffort toconsolidatethekingdom festival. Iarguethatthehistoricalaccountsandgeographicalimagescreatedbyarchitecturalrepresentationsgobeyondboth the fiveregions,alongwithdescriptionsandspatialarrangementofmodels,tointerprethow‘Thainess’ to highlightthedistinctivefeaturesoffiveregions Thailand. Thispaperanalyzestheselectionoflandmarksourceseach from acrossthecountry, andthefestivalvenuebecameaveritableethnographic museum. The festivalalsousedlandmarkmodels tourism. Duringitsfive-dayrun,thefestivalshowcaseddiverselocalfoods,customs,beliefs,handicrafts,andartisticperformances The annual Thailand Tourism Festival,focusedonthe vividcampaign‘Discover Thainess’, isthelargesteventtopromote Thai Modeling Thainess:LandmarksintheThailandTourism Festival Chieh-Ming Lai Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2250 dusty stonequarriesandcrushersthatsurroundthesophisticatedIT-city ofPuneinWestern India. labour aswellcashincomes. To addressthisquestion,Idrawonfieldworkdatageneratedthroughethnographicmethodsinthe practitioners. Inthispaper, Iaskwhether(andhow)genderrelationsathomechangeinresponsetowomen’s increasedburdensof traders ofmineralcommodities.Women’s risinginvolvementwithintheinformalminingeconomyhasbeennotedbyscholarsand characterised bysignificantandever-growingnumbersofwomenlabouringaswageworkers,diggers,panners,processors, labour. As partofthisprocess,therehasbeenarapidexpansioninformalminingpracticesinSouth Asia andelsewhere, Inexorable agrarianchangeintheglobaleconomyhasbeensuckingpoorinto‘globalcircuitsofproduction’,oftenascheap The DustthatDoesn’tSettle:GenderRelationsintheStoneQuarriesandCrushers Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:3020 motivations fordoingso,andunpickingmeta-narrativesaboutloyaltyobligation. while ‘uprooting’ others.Itpresentsethnographicdatafromsecond-generationPRscurrentlyrenderingtheirNS,examining restrict) migrants’ choices,readingthembothfortheircoercivepotential,aswellside-effects of‘rooting’ somemigrants Teo Youyenn inherstudyofSingapore’s familypolicies,thispaperfirstanalysessomeofthepolicymechanismsthatstructure(and an exclusiveaswellinclusiveroleindefiningthenation,andhowef real andperceivedways?Howdoesconscriptionfitinabroaderframeworkofassimilationintegration?Canplay to effectively conscriptnon-nationals.Howdoesconscriptionstructuremigrants’ pathwaystosocialandpoliticalmembershipin Second-generation PermanentResidents(PRs)areliableforNationalService(NS)inSingapore,makingitoneoftheonlycountries (Trans)National Service:ConscriptingSecond-GenerationMigrantsinNeoliberalSingapore Theophilus Kwek fectively doesitdoso?Followingamodeldevelopedby isconstructedatthe Page 87 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2070 new sourcesandcriticalapproaches changeourunderstandingof Asia andhistorical causality. more significantasconnectivefactorsacrossSoutheast Asiathancommerce. Theresearchpresentedherewilldemonstratehow sea nomadsmustbere-centredandplacedattheheartofhistorical causalityinSoutheast Asia. Finally, ritualandexchangearefar correspond toarchaeologicalsettlementsites.Second,communities marginalisedasminorandperipheralsuchhilltribes three criticalfindingsfromamaterial-drivenapproach.First,sites ofpan-AsiantradeinearlySoutheast uses materialculturetocritique,rethinkandultimatelysubverthistorical narrativeson Asia’s earlydevelopment. This paperreports between ChinaandIndialedtotheemergenceofcitiesaflourishing ofsocialcomplexityacrossSoutheast How didthefirstcitiesandsettlementsinSoutheast Asiaform?Sincethe1970s,go-toexplanationhasbeenthatmaritimetrade Disruptive Materiality:Testing Southeast Asian HistoricalNarrativeandCultural Assumption with Archaeology Michael Leadbetter Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2250 ‘pacification’, withcapitalist‘accumulation’ beingtheprimarymotiveandlabourconditionssubordinatedtothatagenda. development remainausefulheuristicforthestudyoflabourinregionandsupportsviewthatstatesplaydominantrole of (Vietnam); andclaimsfordistributivejustice(Taiwan). We arguethatthiscross-examinationconfirmsindustrialdemocracyand (Thailand); industrialdisputesandtheroleofunofficialworkerrepresentativesinchallengingestablishedcommunistinstitutions workers andproductivity(Malaysia,Singapore);precariousemployment(ThePhilippines);labourstrugglessocialmovements outline thepoliticalroleorganisedlabourhastakenonarangeofpolicyissuesincludingminimumwage(Indonesia);migrant (Singapore) topluralistcompetition(Indonesia),marginalisationandexclusion(Malaysia Thailand). Inthispaperwewill In EastandSoutheast Asia, tradeunionsfindthemselvesinverydifferent relationshipswiththestate,fromfullincorporation Labour PoliticsinEastandSoutheast Asia Stephane LeQueuxand Anne Cox Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2280 It alsopositionsmudaloloseandmandusiaspracticesofsurvivingwellunderKarangetangvolcano. and itsharvestindiverseeconomictransactions,illustratingdifferent waysthetreeisenmeshedwithsocialandenvironmentalcare. ground fruitgleaningwhichenablesnon-harvestingfamilymemberstocollectfallennutmeg. This paperpositionsthenutmegtree system, mudaloloseinvolvestherotationoftreeharvestingrightsbetweendifferent familiesovertime.Mandusiisapracticeof which simultaneouslystimulateagoodharvestandredistributewealthinthecommunity produces richsoilsfortreegrowthandgaseousemissionsformanaturalpesticide. This paperoutlinesharvestingarrangements survive welltogetherintheirislandecosystem.NutmegtreesareparticularlysuitedtoSiau’s ecology, whereanactivevolcano On SiauIsland,NorthSulawesi,smallholderfarmersrelyonauniquesystemforharvestingnutmegthathasenabledthemto Surviving Well withKarangetangVolcano: NutmegEtiquetteandCommunityEconomiesinSiauIsland Lisa LawandMercyRampengan Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2040 attempt tomapandcontainthedevelopmentofmodernSiamwithinalreadyestablishednetworkglobalmodernisation. experiences. Drawingontheontologicaltheoriesofliterarynarrative,inthispaper, IshowthatFarFromHomewastheking’s between thephysicalelementsthatmaterialiseroutesandnarrativestylesusedinbooktonarrateking’s traveling the frameworksoftravelwritingandhistoricaldevelopment Asian-European transportroutes.Itfocusesontherelationship been paidtohisintentionrecordjourneysopoeticallywhileonthejourney. This paperre-examinesFarFromHomethrough has beenviewedasahistoricalandliterarymasterpiecewhichshowsthewitwisdomofking.However, littleattentionhas Far fromHome(KlaiBan,1907),thecompilationofletterswrittenbyKingChulalongkornwhileonhissecondvoyagetoEurope, Traveling Routes,LiteraryNarrative,andModernityinKingChulalongkorn’s ‘FarFromHome’ Pasoot Lasuka . Intheabsenceofanofficiallandtitling Asia donotnecessarily Asia. This paper Page 88 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:3020 throughout generationsandasausefultooltoexplainthedistinctive experiencesofKorean-Australians. outcomes forthesecondgeneration,whichillustrateshowsocial capitalmaybethoughtofasacontinuousprocessdevelopment have consequentlybeentransmittedtotheirchildren.Socialcapital fromthefirstgenerationmayornotleadtoconstructive integrate into Australian society. Either directly or indirectly, the efforts of the first generation in building and establishingsocial capital investigates howthefirstgenerationdevelopedandutilisedcultural andsocialcapitalinordertosettleintotheirnewcountry social networksandrelationswhichconstitutedcapital inKoreawouldhavebeenbrokenbymigration. This paper Australian society. Koreanmigrantshave comefromdiversesocial,culturalandeducationalbackgrounds,allestablished This paperexaminesofthewayfirstandsecondgenerations ofKorean-Australiansdevelopedandutilisedsocialcapitalwithin A StudyontheImpactofSocialCapitalthroughGenerations—A FocusonKorean-Australians Jane GyungSookLee Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2010 conception oftraditionalChinesevaluesasabasisforglocalsubjectivity. contexts change.Inadifferent genre,thefolktalesretoldinWhereMountainMeetsMoon(2009)presentanidealised that subjectivityisfluidand,beingproperlyintersubjective,canblendtransculturalexperiencesintodif against herownculturalprejudicesassheengageswith Taiwanese society. Underpinningthesenarrativesisanunderstanding position within American society, whileinDumplingDays(2012),avisittothesiteofherethnicorigins,character struggles mainstream society. The protagonistof The Year oftheDog(2007)strivestoblendmultipleculturalperspectivesintoasubject the UnitedStatesand Taiwan. Linexploresdiasporictensionsbetweenembracinganethnicidentityandthedesiretobelong Taiwanese American authorofchildrenliterature,GraceLin,focuses hernarrativesaroundmovementandmigrationbetween ‘When You’re Americanized You Don’tHave Any Culture’:GlocalSubjectivitiesinGraceLin’s Novels Sung-Ae Lee Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2003 consumed inHongKongwithin-depthandopen-endedinterviewsfocusgroupdiscussionsmagazineeditorsreaders. textual analysisandquantitativecontentofaselectedsampleinternationallocalmen’s lifestylemagazinesthatare masculinity throughconsumptionbespeaksthecrisisofandanxioussearchforidentityintoday’s HongKong. The papercombines paid toChinesemasculinitiesintherecentdecadeorso,HongKongremainslargelyunderstudied. The validationof international lifestylemagazines,bothpaperandonlineeditions,consumedinHongKong.Despiteincreasingscholarlyattention paper aimstoreviseunderstandingsofmenandmasculinitiesincontemporaryHongKongsocietythroughthelenslocal Engaging withrecenttheorizationoftherelationshipbetweenmagazinesandgenderidentitiesinaconsumeristsociety, this Lifestyle MagazinesandConsumeristMasculinitiesinHongKong Tracy Lee Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2170 embrace theincreasinglymultiethnicandmulticulturalKoreansocietyinmilieuoftransnationalfusionworldcinemas. prosperity. Indoingso,thefundamentalaimofpaperistoidentifynewdirectionswithinKoreancinema,whichmayfaceand his gesturetocounterbalancethedynamismofKoreanblockbustersembodyingnationalistyearningforaction,progressand distinctiveaestheticalandthematicfeaturesas economically marginalisedKoreans. The paperwillattempttoanalysethedirector’s nature oftheKoreandream,whichsimultaneouslyalluresandthwartsnotonlyethnic,nationalculturalothersbutalsosocio- This paperwilldiscussthewaysinwhichZhangLu’s cinemaofinactionattentivelydrawsonhispoignantlyblankcanvas,the In SearchofaSlowKoreanDream:ReadingtheCinemaInactionbyChinesedirectorZhangLu Hee-Seung IreneLee ferent glocalformsassocial Page 89 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room: 2110 structural permanencies,whichareessentialcontributorstothelocal architecturalandculturalidentityofacity. economic conditionsintheearly20thcentury. The studyidentifiesboththecontinuityandchangeinevolutionofbuilt forms— This paperfocusesongardensuburbs,aspecialurbantissuetype spreadaroundtheresidentialcommunitythatalignswithsocio- and Western influencefromthelate19thcenturyonwards,makesavaluablecaseforresearchonurbanformsinsouthernChina. to revealthechangesChina’s urbanlandscape.Nanjing,acity thatrepresentsboththeChinesecultureinurbanconstruction morphological researchtradition–cartographicanalysisandpatch recognitionofbuiltforms.Itembracesdistinctivelocalcultures This paperreflectsonanurbanlandscapecharacterizationassessmentthathasbeenconductedusingmethodsfromtheintegrated A Cross-culturalEnquiryintotheChangingUrban ForminChina: A CaseStudy of Nanjing Ye Li Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2070 new avenuesofinquiryandcontributetoourunderstandingthebehaviourpastpeoplesin Asia. The studywillpresenthowtherelativelynewapplicationof‘scientifictools’ techniques. The examplewillbeastudyof11th-16th centuryChinesetradewareporcelainunearthedat Angkor Wat inCambodia. to glazedceramics. This paperfocusesonthepotentialofusingresidueanalysisglazedceramicswithchemical Despite thevastamountofarchaeologicalorganicresidueanalysisresearchintoceramics,littleisknownaboutitsapplication A Scientific ApproachtoChinese Tradeware PorcelainfromSoutheast Asia Lorraine Leung Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2050 retirement careers,inparticular, thelikelihoodofretiredmilitaryofficers’ involvementinpolitics. (classes 1948to1980),thisstudyempiricallytestshowkeyfactorslikemilitaryeducationandcommandpostingsimpactpost- Indonesia. BasedonanoriginaldatasetofmilitaryofficerswhograduatedfromtheIndonesian These arethekeyresearchquestionsofthisprojectthatexaminesextentpoliticalparticipationretiredmilitaryofficesin militarycareershapethetypeofpoliticalactivitiestheyengageinafterretirement? the businesselite?Howdoaspectsofanofficer’s local elections?Ordoex-militaryofficersremaininthecivilservice,staybackgroundaspartyoperatives,orbecomepartof What domilitaryofficersafterretirement?aspectsofpoliticstheyengagein?Dorunascandidatesfornationalor Retired MilitaryOfficersandPolitics:Indonesia’s Military AcademyGraduates,1948-1980 Terence Lee Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:3003 of creativityandinnovation,therebyextendingthemythintofuture. of Singapore’s ‘mediahub’ plansandpoliciesfromthe1970s,considershowithassincebeensubsumedunderdiscourse naturalised intoSingaporesocietytoserveabroadereconomicandpoliticalfunction. The paperundertakes achronologicalreview paper arguesthattheyarebestunderstoodasmythsintheBarthesiansenseideologicalpositionspurposefully that accompanythesedeclarationsarerarelycritiquednorunpacked,inpartbecausetheydonotshowupmuchreality. This media production/consumption.Morerecently, Singaporehaspromoteditselfasacreative(andinnovation)hub. Yet thenarratives Singapore haslongpresenteditselfasaglobalmediahub,whichincommonparlancespeaksofthecity-statethrivingcentre The MythofSingaporeasaMediaCityandCreativeHub Terence Lee inarchaeologylendthemselvestoinvestigatorsreveal Armed ForcesMilitary Academy Page 90 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room: 2010 This paperanalyseshowthispointisdevelopedinthenovels. any difficultiesandcontinuetolivetheirlivesaswelltheycan. BothfindstrengthbyembracingtheConfucianideaofgoodness. affected bythetorments theyexperienced.Whenencounteringthemostunlikelyofcircumstances,thesecharacterslearntoaccept the mainfemalecharactersliveawayfromtheirmotherland.Despite beingsexuallyenslaved,theydonotappeartobebadly prostitute inSanFrancisco1870;and Tatsuru, aJapanesegirl,wassoldtoChinesemaninManchuria1945.Inbothnovels, Crane (2006). The female protagonistsinthenovels,Fusangand Tatsuru Takeuch respectively. FusangissoldasaChinese This paperanalysestwonovelsbyChinese-Americanauthor, Geling Yan: The LostDaughterofHappiness(1996)andLittle Aunt Goodness SimilartoWater: MarginalisedFemaleCharactersinGeling Yan’s Novels Xiaoyang Li Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2040 western deltainthelast300years. decline ofthetownshipsEasternRedRiverdeltaandgaverisetotownNamDinhpopulationsurge River hadshiftedtothewestfromitseasterlydirectioninpreviouscenturies. The gradualchangeofthemaindirectioncaused the mainriverarms)andhundredsofwaterbodieshavebeencross-referenceddigitized.By1680courseRed historical placenames(hamlets,villages,temples,bridges,roadsanddikes)ofthemid-lowerRedRiverdelta,allcanals(besides Historians workingwithGISexpertshavereconstructedthemajorchannelsofRedRiveroverlast500years.Over600 This paperexaminestheGreaterRedRiverregionfromvariousangles,includinghistoricalgeographyandenvironmentalhistory. Locating theRedRiveroflast500years: A GISandHistoricalUndertaking Tana Li Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2170 Realism. and principleswithintheirspecifichistoricalperiod,thispapershedslighthowartistsadaptedtomanouveredSocialist show boththeirconformitytoandsubversionofdominantdiscourses.BysituatingXia Yan andZhaoShuli’s adaptationpractice Chinese context,arguingthattheadaptionofliterarytextsintoperformanceforms,suchasfilmandopera,enabledadaptersto this studytakesacomparativeapproachtoexaminetheintertwinedrelationshipbetweenadaptationandSocialistRealismin stakes andreinterpretationsofthetenetsSocialistRealismfrom1956to1989.Drawingonscholarshippracticeelsewhere, Russian classicsforideologicalpurposes.IntheGermanDemocraticRepublic,adaptationsevolvedalongsidechangingpolitical the dominantdoctrineofSocialistRealism.ScholarshavenotedthatRussiancinemaenabledStalinistculturetoappropriate Under socialistregimes,theissueofinter-genreadaptationisinseparablefrompoliticalandideologicalguidance,framedby Conformity andSubversion: Adaptation underSocialistRealism inChina Yi Li Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:3270 EID. Practicalimplicationsofthesefindindingswillbediscussed. positive andnegativeinfluenceonairpollution,whichshowasawhole. has anegativeimpactonindustrialpollutants,buttheinfluenceatmosphericenvironmentislimited.Second,PP examples toexploretheinfluenceofEIDandPP onatmosphericenvironmentalgovernance. Thefindings areasbelow. First,EID environmental governance.Basedonthedataof104citiesin2014,thispapertakesindustrialsulfurdioxideandPM2.5as and improvementofenvironmentalinformationdisclosure(EID),publicparticipant(PP)hasbecomeanimportantfocus In recentyears,hazepollutionhasraisedmoreandanxietyinthegovernmentsocietyChina.Withestablishment Disclosure, Participationand Atmospheric EnvironmentGovernance:EvidencefromthePITIReport Sihan Li,FanrongMengandZitaoChen Third, PP canpositivelymoderatetheinfluenceof hasbotha Page 91 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 13:30-14:50Room:2290 outcome ofthestudymayserve asaguideforenhancingwomen’s participationincommunitydevelopmentactivities. up livelihoodprogramsandactivities toprovideskillswomencanusehelpinmeetingthefinancial needsoftheirfamilies. accorded towomenbytheUniversalDeclarationofHumanRights. Localgovernmentandconcernedprivateorganizationscanset and activitiesmaybeinitiatedbyNGOsotherorganizations to increasethepeople’s awarenessoftherightsandopportunities affairs ofthecommunity but aregivenadequatefreedomtoparticipateinsocio-culturalactivities.Communitydevelopmentprograms means ofdatagathering. The womenin Tedim Town arenotgivenenoughopportunity toparticipateintheeconomicandpolitical development in Tedim Township, Chinstate,Myanmar. The studyusedinterviewsandfocusgroupdiscussionsastheprincipal This paperinvestigatestheparticipationofwomenineconomic, political andsocio-culturalactivitiesthatcontributetocommunity Participation ofWomen inCommunityDevelopment Activities inTedim Township, Chinstate,Myanmar Pau SianLian Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:3200 how domigrantspursueagoodlifewhenmigrationcannotpromisecertainties? realize thattheirdreamsarenotachievable?DrawingonethnographicfieldworkinacountycitycentralChina,thispaperasks: work? Ifso,howdotheybalancethepromisesoffutureagainstitsuncertainties?not,whathappenswhenreturnand overseas forafewyearsbeforereturninghome. Are migrantworkersawareofthefutureuncertaintieswhentheyleaveforoverseas accumulation ofalargeamountcapital.Butwhatifthecertaintybenefitsmigrationislost?Mostmigrantworkersgo live agoodlife. The reasonwhymigrationcanbeimaginedthatwayisitseconomicbenefitsarecertain.It’s ashortcuttothe The motivationfortransnationallabourmigrationinChinaasexplainedbymigrantsthemselvesisverysimple-ittosaveupand When MigrantWorkers EncounteranUncertainFuture:Transnational LabourMigrationinRuralChina Xiaoxuan Li Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2010 body discourse. circumstances. Liang’s reformassuchinformedlateQing’s revolutionaryactivismandpavedthewayformodernChinesenationalist of humanbodyfromHeaven(tian)toNation,highlighting“life-sacrifice”asthemanifestation“self-cultivation”underextreme state worldgovernedbysocialDarwinisminlateQing.Inhisre-fashioningofbodythoughts,Liangsubstitutedthesacredness “life-sacrifice”. IarguethatLiang’s purposewastoprovideanewperceptionandsetofbodypracticesinresponsethenation- tradition andJapanesewayofthewarriors(bushido),aswellConfuciannotion“self-cultivation”(xiushen),anantithesis thoughts-the “life-sacrifice”(shashen)idea,whichemphasizesmartialprowessandsynthesizestheChinesechivalrous(xiayi) and otherworks. Through aclosereadingagainstthelateQingcontext,thispaperanalysestwofocalpoints ofLiang’s body This paperexaminestheintellectualformationofLiang’s far-reachingthoughtsonbodyinhisOntheNewCitizen(Xinminshuo) ‘Life-Sacrifice’ (Shashen)and‘Self-Cultivation’ (Xiushen):OnLiangQichao’s BodyThoughts Shinan Li Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2010 heterosexual relationshipswiththemalemortals. Possessing certainknowledgeandcapabilitiesthatmortalsdon’thave,thefemaleghostswitnessphallicgrabbingpanicintheir ethics andothersortsofboundariesdisciplines. The paperwillalsoassociatethesefemaleghostswiththeirknowledge. signify lastingperformanceoftherevenant. Agencies ofthefemalerevenantsareembodiedbytranscendencespace,time, meaning of‘whatapersonreturnsto’ (Zeitlin,2007:4).Femaleghostsinthesetalesaretreatedastrespasserswhosehauntings of thefemalebodiesisframedviaperformancestransgressions. The frameofthesubject“ghost”or“gui”isoriginalChinese Shen Ji. The highlightofmystudyishowinthesemedievalChineseghostnarratives,femalesubjectivityaswellmalevoyeurism The paperpresentsahauntologicalreadingoftheghosttalesselectedmainlyfrom Tales fromtheRecordsof Taiping EraandSou Women asTrespassers: FemaleGhostsinMedievalChineseGhostTales Meng Li The Page 92 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2040 bookkeeping. with clearmoraldimensions;semi-colonial capitalismisbasedonasetoffictionsaboutraceand progressasondouble-entry other archivalmaterialstoshowhowcapitalism’s introductioninto Siamwastiedtoandmadepossiblebyadisciplinaryproject failure andtheresponseof Thai stateanditsEuropeanadvisors throughareadingofcourtrecords,newspaperreports,and undisciplined Oriental,theirByzantinefinancialpractices,andthe urgentneedtomodernize. In thewakeofcrisis,Europeanbankersand,toalesserextent, the closure sentshockwavesthroughthemerchantcommunityandbrought thekingdom’s criticalriceexporteconomytoastandstill. In December1913,theChino-SiamBank,oneoffirst‘local’ banksinBangkok,wasshutteredanditsassets frozen. The Moral FailureandFinancialCrisisinEarlyTwentieth CenturyBangkok Samson Lim Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:3003 examines thepowerofdemocraticpracticesineverydaysettings. sphere” –usedasaplaceforseriousdiscussionsoverthestandardsystemofdeliberativedemocracy, suchasvoting. This paper squares, traditionalmarkets,grocerystoresoroveracupoftea.Communityorganizationspreferredtypes“public It isknownthatthepeopleareaccustomedtotalkingaboutpublicaffairs in“informal”settings,suchasunderthetrees,temple life. InChiayiCounty, membersofdifferent communitiesgathertogetheranddrawsocialnetworkdiagramsoftheirowncommunity. on fieldresearchconductedinChiayiCounty Taiwan, thispaperexaminesthewaysinwhichpublicaffairs happenineveryday government implementedthe“CommunityEmpowerment”policyin1994andincreaseditsparticipatorybudgetssince2014.Based After Taiwan liftedmartiallawanddemocratizedin1987,thecountryadoptedasystemofdirectelectionfrom1996. The Taiwanese Return totheDailyDemocracy: A CaseStudyofTraditional PublicSphereinChiaYi, Taiwan Chen-Yu Lien Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:3180 shown thatstrongerhomeandcommunityfactorshaveaffected theformationoftheirIndonesianculturalidentity. Americans maintaintheirstrongattachmenttowardIndonesiawhileespousing American identity. A fewidentitymarkershave formation. Datawasdrawnfromin-depthinterviewswiththeparticipants.ResultsindicatethatsecondgenerationIndonesian culture becomesabigpartoftheiridentityandwhetherfamilysupportcommunityengagementplayrolein immigrant childrenwhogrewupintheUS,thesehaveadopted American culture. The questionremainswhetherIndonesian Participants inthisstudywereninepairsofparent-and-child. The parentsmigratedtotheUSforvariousreasons.Likeother This studyalsodiscusseshowIndonesian American youthsaresituatedamongthebiggerSoutheast Asian diasporasinCalifornia. This paperinvestigatessecond-generationimmigrantsandfocusesontheirculturalidentityformationasIndonesian-Americans. Cultural IdentityFormationofSecondGenerationIndonesian American Youths intheUnitedStates Anita LieandJulianaWijaya Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2110 four lessonsforfuturepractice. new affordable housesunderthepolicy. Itshowstheprojectisafailedone,withmanydeficiencies. Thepaperconcludesbyoffering households. 455,000 involving of amount a large and houses adobe 19 dilapidated of redeveloping process the examines paper This 2017, withaninvestmentof101.8billionyuan($15.98billion),88.63whichwillbeearmarkedforrenovatingshantyareas government’s “Ten FullCoverage”policyof2014–2016. According tothepolicy, theregionwillbuild550,000affordable housesby located ontheedgeof Tengger desertin Alxa, InnerMongolia.Itistheonlyrammedearthsettlementthathassurvivedafter Gacha, whosecurrentresidentsareallimmigrantsoftheHannationality, isasemi-agriculturalandsemi-animalhusbandrygroup This studyexploresthetransformationofdesertsettlementsinInnerMongoliacontextChina’s urbanisation.Gonghuduge The Transformation ofDesertSettlementsinInnerMongolia:TheCaseGonghuduge Yushu Liang Thai elitefilledthepaperswithmoralizingtractson This paperexaminesChino-Siam’s Page 93 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts examine “moderngirl”asadiscursivetermduringearly20 World, the Taiwan NewPeople’s News’ literarycolumn,andthemodern Taiwanese writers’ coteriejournal Taiwan bungei.Itwillfirst representations ofthemoderngirlinselectedliteraryworksfrom threeprintmedia:thewomen’s magazine Taiwan Women’s Print mediain1930s Taiwan playedanimportantmediatingroleinrepresentingwomanhood. This paperanalysesthediverse Progressive orImmoral:RepresentationsoftheModern GirlinPrintMediaof1930sTaiwan Pei-Yin Lin Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2170 genre ofdrama;differing performancestudymethodologies;anddifferent ideasabout thenatureofNanxiasaculturalphenomenon. their workwiththatofChinesescholars,thispaperproposesthreekeydifferences: different opinionsregardingtheoriginsofthis entered anewperiod. The contributionsofEnglish-languageNanxiScholarshavetheir own featuresandadvantages.Bycomparing of thethreeearliestnanxidramatextsfromanincompletecopy Yongle Encyclopedia,NanxiDramaresearchworldwide Nanxi istheearliestmaturegenreofChinesedrama,andassuchanimportantpartDramaHistory. After therecovery On theStudyofNanxi(SouthernDrama)inEnglish-languageWorld Shiwang Lin Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:3180 transnational diasporacommunity. how mechanismsofcommunicationand“centrality”actors,shapestheexpression“Chineseness”embeddedwithinthis relationships. Usingacomparativecasestudyof The World Zhang’s Association andLin’s Associations, thepaperexamines perceive theseorganizationalnetworksasan“arenaofcontestation”,withstateactorsembeddedwithinthefabricorganization largely overlookedhoworganizationalrelationsbetweendiasporaactorsinfluencestateengagement. who sharethesameprimordialidentityongloballevel.Existingresearchintosendingstatesandtheirdiasporainitiativeshave relationships betweendifferent associationswhicharecoordinatedbyamultitudeofstateanddiasporaactorstomobilizemembers efforts bytheChinesegovernmenttoengagewithDiaspora. This hasresultedinagrowinginstitutionalizationofsocial Since the1980s,observershavewitnessedgrowingglobalizationofChinesediasporaorganizationscoupledwithintensified Between Transnational DiasporicChineseOrganizations’ NetworkandtheState Chia TsunLin Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2110 everyday spaces;comparativecaseshavebeenselectedfromMalaysiaandJapan. mediate gapsbetweendiscoursemakingandthephysicalreality. The analysisistheorisedintermsoftherepresentation regionalism andMichelFoucault’s insightintotheauthorfunction. This paperquestionshowquotidian Asian builtenvironments constructions arecongruentwithavarietyofideasthatengagespaceandsubjectivity, suchasKennethFrampton’s notionofcritical is presentedinthestudyasaformofdisplay, integratingdifferent culturalpoliticsthatarearticulatedwithlocalities. These new is inthemidstofanidentitytransition,andconstruction Asia’s unexpectedurbanismisabouttobereversed. Asian urbanism unexpected natureofurbanism,andthisimagerypersistsdespitebetterpublicunderstandings Asia. This paperarguesthat Asia Asia’s everydaybuiltenvironmenthasbeenrepresentedinWestern discoursethroughanimageryofdisorderarisingfromthe Reversing Representationsof Asian Urbanism Chia HuiLin Wednesday 4 July, 15:30-16:50Room:2003 modern girlatropeofthemaleauthors’ self-portraitureorambivalencetowardsmodernity. bungei. Itargues“moderngirl”iscastrecurrentlybetweenartificial progressandimmoralantagonism,thisstorylinemakesthe in Taiwan NewPeople’s News,andhowtheterm“moderngirl”isappropriatedasanobjectofbourgeoismale’s gazein Taiwan and pitifulstreetwalkersin Taiwan Women’s World, therefashioningofconcept“xianqiliangmu” (wise wifeandgoodmother) th centuryEast Asia. Itthendiscussestheglamoroushigh-heelwearers Therefore, inthispaper, I Page 94 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room: 2060 paper considerstheperceptionsofJapaninPost-War Taiwan. Taiwanese shiftedfromlong-possessedChinesevaluestoembraceJapaneseonlyafterfivedecadesofoccupation. This of Japanduringthewar, therewerelegaciesofJapaneseculturein Taiwanese everydaylife.Itisdifficulttocomprehendhowthe and Korea,whichwerealsooccupiedbyJapanduringthewar? Despite thefactthat culture, buttheyhavealsobecomelesscriticalofJapan’s pastwrongdoing.Whydoes Taiwan presentadifferent casefromChina the JapanesetobecomingmorereceptivetowardsJapanese. Notonlyhave Taiwanese becomemoreaccustomedtoJapanese casualities amongthe Taiwanese. Sincethattime,many Taiwanese haveshiftedfromacceptingthe Nationalistsandrepudiating After theNationaliststookover Taiwan in1945,clashes betweentheNationalistgovernmentand Taiwanese resultedingreat The PerceptionsofJapaninPost-War Taiwan I-Hao BenLiu Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2170 and distractingfromthematicfocus. censorship ofsupposedlysuggestiveor“yellow”(huangse)performance,andtheeliminationimprovisationclowningasvulgar versions, theadoptionof“formalism”asacriticalweaponagainstxiqu’s priorityofperformanceoverrealisticcharacterization,the is illustrativeofthexiqureform’s anti-theatricalnatureinseveralfronts,includingthepruningofdiversescriptandperformance and magazinesofBeijing,Shanghai,theprovinces,endingeventuallyinmid1955withherreluctantself-criticism.Zhao’s case A consistenttargetofbothcampaignswasthejingjustarZhao Yanxia (b.1928),whowas repeatedlycriticizedinthenewspapers practices, mostprominentlythroughthestageimagepurificationcampaignof1951and1954pushto“furtherreformjingjuart”. Apart fromcontentcensorshipandrevision,China’s xiqureforminthe1950salsocrusadedagainstundesirableperformance The PublicDenunciationoftheJingju Actress Zhao Yanxia intheEarly1950s Siyuan Liu Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:3020 even moredesirablein Asia (andfor Asians)’. examines whetherthisimpetusconstituteswhatPhanclaimsaboutthe‘riseof Asia asmakingtheWest andtheideaofWest account theirpre-mobilitycircumstances,forchoosing‘non-traditional’ regionsashostcountriesandeducationproviders, students inFiji,IndiaandthePhilippines,thisresearchinvestigatesmotivationsdesiresofthesestudents,takinginto students awayfromtheWest andtowardstheEast(AsiaPacific)forinternationaleducation.ByusingcaseofKorean This paperexplorestherisingyetscarcelydocumentedtrendininternationalstudentmobilitycharacterisedbymovementof Imaginations and Aspirations SurroundingInternationalStudentMobilityinthe‘Periphery’ Sarah JaneLipura Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2010 enjoyment oftheirownsex. externalizing personality, womenalsoturnedself-adornmentintoanexpressionoftheirinnerreality, andcarvedoutaspacefor of self-adornment,awaythatseeminglyviolatinggenderexpectations.Moreover, invisualizingtheiraestheticpreferenceand delves intohowwomenwittilypresentedthemselvesasvirtuousfemalesviadelicatemakeupandthroughintentionalabandon hand, itwasacrucialaspectoffurong(femaleappearance),onethefourfemalevirtuesdefinedbyConfucianvalues. important facetofwomen’s quotidianlife.Ontheonehand,itisassociatedwithundesirablefemininityanderoticism,onother typical everydaypractice.Practicedandcelebratedexclusivelybyfemalesintheirdomain,self-adornmentprovidedinsightstoan Using Qingwomen’s poetryasmainsources,thispaperexploreswomen’s subjectivityinself-adornment,themostgenderedand Moralizing andEnjoyingBeautification: Women’s Self-adornmentas AnEverydayPracticeinQingChina Zhihui Lin Taiwan wasexploitedlargelyforthebenefit This paper Page 95 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room: 2060 management andrelief.Itargues thattherefugeescontributedtoemergenceofwartimecosmopolitanism inMacau. sources, examinesrefugeecommunities, thediversityofrefugeeexperiencesandinterplay stateandsocietyinrefugee of refugeesdifferent nationalitiesfoundrelativelysafehaven. This paper, basedonPortuguese,Chinese,andEnglish language Kong, MacauwasneverformallyoccupiedbyJapanandremained oneofthefewplacesinChinawherehundredsthousands local elites,andtherefugeesthemselves.Unlikeotherforeign-ruled territoriesinChina,especiallytheBritishcolonyofHong enclave ofMacau. The massiverefugeeinfluxtherewasbothacrisisandanopportunityfortheenclave’s colonialadministrators, displaced severalmillionpeople. This paperfocusesontheexperienceofrefugeesinPortuguese-administered SouthChina The SecondWorld War generatedaglobalrefugeecrisisofunprecedented proportions.InChinaalone,theJapaneseinvasion Cosmopolitanism andContradictions:RefugeesinMacau duringtheSecondW Helena Lopes Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2190 resurgence offolkloricpracticesinVietnam todaytoresponddifferent hauntingmemoriesofVietnamese communities. Vietnamese Australian-ness, mycreative processinstigatesa“return”and“engagementwithhomeland”byengagingtherecent methodology thatinvolvescyclesofmaking,historicalresearchandtheoreticalcritique. To counterexistingsetculturalnarrativesof decolonizing traumastudiesandJillBennett’s empathicvision. The creativecomponentisdevelopedthroughpractice-based framework takesaninterdisciplinaryapproachinformedbyGriseldaPollock’s conceptofartworking,Sonya Andermahr’s intra-cultural tensionswithinmigratorycommunitiesdetertheformationofmulti-layeredtransnationalidentities. The theoretical as anartistofVietnamese Australian heritageandresponsestomyworksfromVietnamese Australian communities,Iexaminehow Vietnam openupspacesfordialogueaboutbelongingandVietnamese identitiesin Australia. Stemmingfrommyownexperience This paperdrawsonresearchthatexploreshowintersectionsbetweencontemporaryartandpresent-dayfolkloricpracticesin Beyond DiasporicTrauma: An IntersectionbetweenContemporary Art andFolkloricPracticesin Vietnam Justine MaiNguyenXuanLong Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2060 immense suffering fordetainees. in conditionsafteravisitbytheICRC,lifeonislandwasgenerallymarkedisolationanddeprivation,whichbroughtabout this paperwillexploreexperiencesofdailylifeontheisland.Despiteclaimsreasonabletreatmentandareportedimprovement rights andaidorganisations,Indonesianmilitarygovernmentdocuments,eye-witnessaccounts,aswellpersonaltestimony, who wereconsideredapossiblesupportbasefortheresistanceforces.Drawinguponmaterialgatheredbyinternationalhuman until late1984–mostofwhomwerewomen,children,andtheelderlyaspartadeliberatemilitarystrategyisolatingcivilians Timor-Leste. DuringtheIndonesianoccupation,islandwasusedasaholdingcentreforanestimated4,000peoplefrom1980 Atauro Island,about25kilometresoff thecoastofDili,hasalong historyofbeingusedasaprisonislandbysuccessiveregimesin Anatomy ofaPrisonIsland:Lifeon Atauro IslandduringtheIndonesianOccupationofEastTimor Hannah Loney Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2003 themselves, butthesocialworldthattheyexistin. ways that(adult-like)clothesareanimportantandconsciousdeliberation.Clothingstylesnotonlyhelpedthesegirlsunderstand investigating thevaluesandmeaningsthatareembeddedintwentynineSingaporeangirls’ the viewthatclothingstyleissomethinggirlsdowithoutcriticalthought,whichwasnotcaseforinmystudy common narrativesofgirls,whoareoftensituatedasculturaldupes,easilytakenadvantagebymarketers.Suchideasreify girls’ prematuresexualisationintheWest. Through thethreethemesofaspiration,allowanceandaffiliation,myfindingsdisrupt This paperpresentsaculturalperspectiveoftweengirls’ dressinginSingapore.Itiscouchedthegrowingconcernssurrounding Tween Girls’ DressinginSingapore: Aspirations, Allowances and Affiliations Bernice Loh dress,thispaperexemplifiesthe orld War, 1937-1945 . In Page 96 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2040 the historyofindentureandinternationalcampaignswhichsoughttobringitanend. formally abolished.ByanalysingthecontroversysurroundingChineselabourinNorthBorneo,thispaperaimstoshednewlight on has beendirectedatanalysingtheconditionsunderwhichChineselabourerswereemployedupuntil1932whenindenturewas Javanese indenturedlabourbytheBritishNorthBorneoCompanyfrom1913hasbeendocumentedhistorians.Farlessattention British MalayaandintheneighbouringprotectorateofNorthBorneowhichwasadministeredbyaCharteredCompany. The useof indentured labourin1910andChinese1914. Yet, coerciveandpunitivelabourpracticescontinuedwithin were subjecttoincreasinghumanitariancritique.Inresponse,thecolonialadministratorsofBritishMalayabanneduseIndian Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2040 Australian society, publicity theircasesreceived,shapeddebatesoverlabourrights, contributingtoanobsessionwith‘thecooliequestion’ incolonial colonial courtsystem. Their casesweretried undertheauspicesofaseriesMasterandServants Acts. Their actions,andthe Chinese workerswerebroughtto Australia onmisleadingcontracts,andthattheychallengedthese contractsthroughanemerging 1850s. ItdoessothroughaparticularcasestudyofChineseworkers inGoulburnruralNewSouthWales. Itaimstoshowthat This paperexploresthetreatmentofChineseindenturedlaborers inthe Australian coloniesintheperiodfromlate1840sto Labour Rightsandthe‘Coolie’ Question:ChineseIndentured LabourersinNewSouthWales Sophie Loy-Wilson From theearly20 Chinese IndenturedLabourinBritishNorthBorneoduringthe1920s Claire Lowrie Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2290 eye healthsectortotheMinistryofHealth,avisionfor2020. previously untappedthemeofhowcollaborationandleadershiphaveshapedaclearpathwayboldvisionforhandoverthe in-depth interviewswithkeystakeholders,thispaperwillfocusprimarilyontheeyehealthsectorattertiarylevel.Itexplore a highlights thecurrenttransitiontowardsaneffective andsustainablesystemmodelledonbothintegrationindependence.Using Fifteen yearson,sinceindependence,non-governmentorganisations(NGOs)havefilledgapsinhealthservicedelivery appropriately serveapopulationof700,000,manytraumatisedfromtheviolenceencounteredduringstruggleforindependence. abandoned infrastructureanddisbandedmedicalequipment. An insufficientmedicalworkforce oftwentydoctorsunderduressto Athe Royal by mission scoping and rattled a broken revealed 2000 in of Surgeons College Australasian Timoresewith system health Health Workforce DevelopmentsinceIndependenceinTimor-Leste Gwyn Low, NitinVerma andDaliahMoss Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2190 new patronofContemporaryart,tobringtheworldSingapore,andSingaporeworld. 1989 WhitePaper. Southeast Asian art,SAM waspartofgovernmentalplanstoconvertSingaporeintoaglobalcityforthearts,asfirstinitiatedin to Singaporeagainandagain.’ ‘[by] theirmagic,thearts[would]enrapturevisitorsfromalloverworldincountlessways…theytantalisetocome tothecosmopolitancity.no lesstobring‘colour’ InthewordsofthenChiefExecutiveSingapore Tourist PromotionBoard, With theopeningofSingapore Art Museum(SAM)in1996, thecity-statewasremindedofpragmaticrolearttoplay, Colouring theState:Singapore,Contemporary Art andtheMakingofaGlobalCity Arts Yvonne Low th century, theindenturedlabourpracticeswhichhadsustainedEuropeancolonialismfollowingendofslavery This paperexaminesthemultifoldstrategiesconceivedbySingaporestateintwentyyearssince,asa

As thefirstfacilityanywhereinSoutheast Asiatocollectandexhibitmoderncontemporary . This paper Page 97 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room: 3200 complex dynamicsshedsnewlightondifferent formsofintegration andcooperationintheGMS. citizenship, thestateexploitsflowofpeopleandgoodsastool forcalculativeeconomicdevelopment.Uunderstandingthese in theSEZcontinuouslyrestructuretoattunewitharbitrarymarket needs.Morebroadly, byposing conditionsonmobilityand of governance,stateformation,identityandborderpoliticsinthe GreaterMekongSub-region(GMS).Icontendthattheinstitutions investments. This paperarguesthatthemeshingofprivateandstate desiresofdevelopmentintheGTSEZinformsnewnotions sovereign powerovertoaChineseprivatecompany, enablingtheopeningofacasinoandgrantingfavourableconditionsfor development strategy. Inexchangeforthepromiseofprogressandmodernization,Laoadministratorsdevolvedparts In 2007,theLaogovernmentestablishedGolden Triangle SpecialEconomicZone(GTSEZ)aspartofalong-termnational New LogicsofGovernanceandEconomicIntegrationintheGoldenTriangle SpecialEconomicZone Josto Luzzu Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2130 Laos. the-field” accountmaycontributetoassessingtheusefulnessofPaulMus’ preliminary.and anyinferences be somewhatundigested will necessarily observations it ishopedthatthis“fresh-from- Nevertheless, Lao stateandtheglobalizingeconomy. As thepaperwillbegivenonlyafewshortweeksaftercompletionofPhDfieldwork, outline howlocalnotionsofplaceandthespiritsthereofhavebeenshapedbyrecentengagementswith(ostensiblyrationalizing) This paperwillsharesomeethnographicobservationsfromanuplandKhmuvillageinnorthernLaos.Inparticular, itwillseekto Fresh fromtheField–RecentObservationsonPower, PlaceandSpiritsinUplandNorthernLaos Paul-David Lutz Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2250 for realeconomicbenefit,oronlypowerprojection? Can eitherbesuccessful?Whatbenefit,ifany, cantheybringtothisregion? Aretheyonlyforthebenefitoftheirsponsors?Ifso,isit discuss theEEUandOBOR,theirrolesingoalsforCentral Asia. Willeitherprovidestability?theyleadtodirectconflict? Thus, OBORisindirectconflictwiththeEEU:onlyonewillbeabletoexist,astheirgoalsareopposition. greatest challenge:anexpansionistChinaisusingOBOR’s developmentplantoincreaseChineseinfluencethroughoutEurasia. through theEurasianEconomicUnion(EEU).Whileheshouldbeinastrongpositionhere,thisiswhereactuallyfaceshis Despite hisrecordofcausinginstabilityelsewhere,RussianPresidentPutinisseeminglytryingtocreatestabilityinCentral The EEU,OBORandtheRacetoControlCentral Asia Jonathan Ludwig Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2290 replace industrialcivilization. civilization. Therefore, ecologicalcivilizationisnotonlyadimensionofcurrentindustrialcivilization,butnewwhichwill after generation,wemusttrytochangethewholeofcivilizationbychangingindustrialgraduallyintoecological ecology andecologicalphilosophy, modernindustrialcivilizationisunsustainable.Ifwehopetolivesafelyontheearth,generation of modernity, ecologicalcivilizationwillbeanentirelynewphaseofinthehistoryhumankind.Fromperspective consist ofotherdimensionssuchas“materialcivilization”,“spiritualcivilization”and“politicalcivilization”.Forthosewhoarecritical Within theframeworkofmodernity, ecologicalcivilizationistakenasadimensionofmodernindustrialcivilization,whichmight Two Interpretationsof‘EcologicalCivilization’ inToday’s Chinese Feng Lu (1933)ideasforunderstandingcontemporaryupland This paperwill Asia, Page 98 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:3270 the bottom-up,throughethnographicexplorationsatvariouspoints inthechainbetweengovernmentpolicyandricefields. result isamixofpolicies,practicesandinitiativesatvariousscales andlevels. This paperapproachesthisshiftingrice-scape,from technological interventionsandmarketizationofcashcrops,but with residuesoftheoldmodelbasedonriceself-sufficiency security isnowbackontheagenda,withamixofinternational commercial/industrialmodel—ofmaximisingproductionby production andfarmers’ livelihoodshavegoneintodeclineandthecountry hasbeendependentonriceimportseversince.Food dependence onpurchasedinputsandlossoftraditionalagro-ecological knowledge.Sincethe1990s,areasundercultivation, control ofkeycommodities,especiallyrice. The GreenRevolution increasedproductionatthepriceofenvironmentaldamage, Food securityhaslongbeenapriorityofIndonesianstatepolicy Ethnographic Approaches toRiceSecurityinIndonesia Graeme Macraeand Thomas Reuter Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2040 subverted byemployeesoftheRajwhowerecollaboratingnotwithBritish,butrevolutionaries. arrest andinprison.IaminterestedhighlightingsomeofthewayswhichadministrationBritishIndiawasbeingactively directed theirlabourstowardswaysthatunderminedformalprocedurestoamelioratetheexperiencesofrevolutionariesunder this paper, IwishtohighlightthewaysinwhichIndianemployeesofBritishcoerciveinstitutions–policeandprisonscovertly in whichthosewhoseemonthesurfacetobecomplicitwithcolonialregimesfrequentlynurturecomplextranscriptsofresistance. In one-dimensional, infavourofmodelsresistancetocolonialrule. The workofJamesC.Scottinparticularhashighlightedtheways In South firstintroducedbyscholarsoftheCambridgeSchool,haslongbeensetasideastoo Asian Studies,theterm‘collaborator’, Coercive InstitutionsandtheCrisisofCollaborationinlateColonialIndia Kama Maclean Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2200 revealed majorgapsinthedeliveryofevidence-basedfallpreventionclinicalpracticebyMalaysianfamilyphysicians. respondents (51percent)didnotknowhowtoaccesslocalservicesforfallspreventionassessmentorinterventions. This study not routinelyaskolderpeopleiftheyhadafall.Most(71percent)reportedbeingunfamiliarwithanyfallsguidelines.Halfofthe members. A totalof112 familyphysiciansfromallstatesacrossMalaysiareturnedthesurvey. Almost half ofthoserespondentsdid by generalpractitioners. A cross-sectionalnationalsurveywasmailedbythe Academy ofFamilyPhysicians,Malaysia,toits1,800 primary carepracticeinMalaysia. This paperidentifiesfactorsassociatedwiththesuccessfulimplementationoffallsprevention Despite thehighprevalenceoffallsandseriousadverseconsequencesamongolderpeople,preventionreceiveslittleattentionin Malaysian FamilyPhysicians’ PerceptionsofFalls:RiskScreening, Assessment, andReferral Lynette Mackenzie,MohamadJaafar, MayaSumaiyahandMawPin Tan Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2010 conceptual frameworksfortheorisingthetransnationalproductionofurbanspaces. stage; (2)thedesign(3)constructionand(4)salesstage. This empiricaldatalaysabasefordevelopingnew and negotiatewithnewsocial,culturalplanningcontextsduringthefourstagesofdevelopment,namely:(1)preparation participant observationandcontentanalysisofprojectdocuments,thispaperdemonstrateshowdevelopersdesignersinteract developers amendtheirpracticestosuitthelocalconditionsandmeetplanningrequirements.Basedonin-depthinterviews, case studiesofChinesedevelopmentprojects,suchasRydeGarden. The focusisontheprocessesthroughwhichChinese housing productioninSydneywithafocusonthepracticesofCountryGarden,oneChina’s largestpropertydevelopers,and Foreign propertyinvestment,especiallyfrom Asia, isgrowingrapidlyinmanyglobalcities. This paperexaminestransnational Transnational HousingProductioninSydney:TheRoleofChineseDevelopers Xiao Ma,DuanfangLuandDallasRogers . Initiallytheaimwasself-sufficiencythroughcentralised,top-down . The Page 99 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4July, 13:30 -14:50Room:3020 and culturalidentityinpublicspace. unveils theimportanceofperformative artisticrepresentationoflivedexperiencesintheunderstanding oftheproductionsocial insight intoperformance-basedresearch methodsthatcanbeintegratedintoarts-basedpractice insocialresearch.Insodoingit material andprocessinrelation to memory, lived bodyandtransitionalspaces. The emergent modelsIproposeinmyresearchoffer and developartisticresearchmethods throughimmersivepracticeandperformativeinteraction. The researchexplores space, In thisresearch,Iadoptperformance-based methodologyextendedbymyembodiedexperience fromon-sitefieldworktoacquire and socialitythatfocusesontheengagementofFilipinodomestic workersinHongKong’s downtown Central districtontheirday-off. cultural identitiesinpublicspace. This researchexploresliminalexperiencesthrough multidisciplinarypracticebasedonsensoriality Transitory Encountersinvestigatesspatialandtemporaldimensionsrelated totransientlabour, mobilityandtheco-habitationof Transitory Encounters:FilipinoDomestic Workers inHong Kong’s DowntownCentralDistrict Riza ManaloEteve Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room: 3003 opposition. decision externalisestheChinesethreatwhileaccommodatingMalaysia’s minoritiesinsidethenational “people”constructedbythe the racialnarrativetosignalthatUMNOand1MDBhaveleftMalaysiavulnerableChina’s growingpowerintheregion. This around theroleofMalaysia’s Chineseminorityinthenation’s politics.Morerecently, however, thesepartieshaveworkedtoreorder win. As competitionforpoliticallegitimacyhasintensified,thischoicelefttheoppositionpartiesvulnerabletomoralpanics address howtheywouldrestructurethenation’s racialstate,insteaddeferringsuchquestionsuntilafterapotentialfutureelection 2013, and,dependingonelectiontiming,in2018. Throughout thisperiod,Malaysia’s oppositionpartieshavedeclinedtoopenly the nation’s racialminorities.Ittrackselectioncampaignmessagesfromsuccessiveopposition alliances—firstin2008,then This paperanalyseswaysinwhich“multi-racial”Malaysiannationalismhasadaptedtorespondgovernmentnarrativesframing Race andthe‘Multi-Racial’:MalaysianOppositionCampaigning,2008-2018 Amrita Malhi Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:3180 understandings oftheinteractionsbetweenformalandinformalregulation. of thisresearchfordesigningconsumerprotectionsystemsinemergingeconomies,aswelladvancingtheoretical promote thecirculationofbothinternationalconsumerprotectionprinciplesandlocalideasjustice.Ireflectonimplications and resolvedisputes.Iarguethatthesealternativeregulatoryspacesbypassstate-basedlawsinstitutionstodrawon spaces inIndonesia,whereconsumersuseprintandon-lineletterstotheeditor, andsocialmedia(particularly Twitter), tocomplain weaknesses intheeffectiveness ofthesesystems. This paperpresentsevidenceofalternativeregulatoryconsumerprotection The bankingandfinanceindustryhasadditionalspecialistconsumerprotections.However institutional structuresintheformofNationalConsumerProtectionBodyandregionalDisputeSettlement Agencies. Indonesia hasaformalconsumerprotectionsystemconsistingoftheConsumerProtectionLaw(Lawno.8/1999)andsupporting Informality andtheMediainConsumerProtectionIndonesia Petra MahyandNaomiCreutzfeldt Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2280 open-ended outcomes. broader developmentsinthelandscape,suchasplantationagriculture,andpowerfullyreflectrupture’ large-scale developmentsthatareoftenimaginedassitesofnature-societyrupture.Butthesetoofollowsynergisticinteractionswith claims tonewlands,movingondifferent crops,andfindingnicheswithinilliciteconomies. Thesmallholdercontextdiffers fromthe their landandmigrateelsewhereinsearchofand/orwork,othersseeknewformsvaluethetiredlandscapebystaking land lossexposethesocialandresourcelimitsassociatedwithmarketintensification.Whilesomefarmersslipintoprecarity circumstances ofsmallholders,thepaperexploresdevelopmentapost-boomrupture,inwhichdebt,soilexhaustionand through smallholdercropbooms,alongsideheavytimberextractionandlarge-scaleplantationdevelopment.Focusingonthe This paperexploresruptureinthenorthernCambodia-Vietnam borderland,aregionthathasseenveryrapidmarketintensification After theBoom:RuptureinNorthernCambodia-Vietnam Borderlands Sango Mahanty , theexistingliteraturesuggestskey s sociallydifferentiated and , lose Page 100 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2190 particular economiesofexchange,value,excessandexpenditure. In particular, itexaminesthecapacityofsociallyengagedandparticipatoryarttoleveragerelations intheworldbypartaking which food-basedperformanceandparticipatoryartpracticein Asia engender andtransformdifferent socialformsandrelations. on generousandhospitablemodesofexchangeparticipation involvingdiversepublics. This paper examinesthewaysin Asian art. This hascoincidedwiththeemergenceontoglobalstageofsociallyengaged andrelationalartpracticepredicated Since the1990s,foodhasfiguredprominently-asrawmaterial, subjectmatterandperformativemedium-incontemporary Economies ofExchangeinSociallyEngagedandParticipatory Art in Asia Francis Maravillas Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:3003 contestations online. This paperspecificallyaskswhatthenatureandcontentofthesediscursivecontestationsare. relation ofBongbongMarcostothelatepresidentMarcos,hisvicepresidentialbidhasbeencentermuchdiscursive offer adifferent glimpseofthatpast:onemiredwithabusesandexcesses,dubbeda“goldenera.”Byvirtue ofthekinship the olderMarcos’ regimethat spannedtwodecadesfromthe1960sto1980s.Whilstthesecallsareaboutsamepast,they “Bongbong” Marcos,thesonandnamesakeoflatedictatorPres.FerdinandMarcos.Boththesecallsalludetosamepast, “Never again!”and“ThisnationshallbegreataretwocontrastingcampaigncallssurroundingtheelectoralbidofFerdinand Kinship andMemoryPoliticsinSocialMediaduringthe2016PhilippineElection Noahlyn Maranan Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2200 cultures duringtheoccupationandBritishMilitary Administration perioddirectlyafterwards. hownarrativesofmalariaand healthingeneraloperatedaspartofJapaneseandBritishcolonial Japanese occupationtoinvestigate This presentationwillfocusonreportsmalariaduringtheJapaneseoccupationandlaterreminiscencesofhealth Japanese rolesinmaintaininghealthandfightingmalaria,waysoflegitimizingordelegitimizingcolonialpowerstransition. had beenfreefrommalariawerenowreportedlymalarial. The narrativesofmalariaabovehighlightanunderstandingBritishand that malariainfectionshadincreaseddrasticallybecauseofthewarandmismanagementbyJapanese,areasonce no knowledge”ofmalariaandhowtotacklegrowinginfectionrates.Intheimmediatepost-warperiod,returningBritishreported In a1983textbookonmalaria,prominentmalariologistassertedthattheJapaneseinMalayaduringoccupation“hadlittleor ‘The Japanese...hadLittleornoKnowledgeoftheDisease’:MalariaandColonialClaims Sandra KhorManickam Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2290 reveals structuraltensionswithinenvironmentalpoliciesinIndonesia. through time;(2)thetypeofsituationnarrated,and(3)waysinwhichdiscoursedevelopmentwasused. This analysis in tenlocalandnationalmediafrom2014-2017thatcoverthestoryofKendengcasetoanalyze:(1)amountnewsdistributed orientationinaspatio-temporalframework.Indoing so,itexaminesnewsentries aims toconductareconstructionofeachactor’s while ontheotherhand,ideaofdevelopmentislinkedtoenvironmentaldestruction,landgrabbing,andpoverty. This research “development”. Ononehand,developmentnarrativeisusedtopromotetheideaofeconomicgrowth,opportunity, andprosperity, karts region,CentralJava,Indonesia. This researchexaminesthe waysinwhichdifferent actorsappropriated thediscourseof This paperpresentsadiscursiveanalysisofsocio-ecologicalconflictsrelatedtothecasecementmanufactureinKendeng Socio-ecological ConflictsintheCaseofCementManufacturersCentralJava Rouli ManaluandLaila Alfirdaus Page 101 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2040 New Hebridesoncontract,butthat theirtreatmentwaslessthanhumane. New Hebridesintheperiodfromlate1920stoearly1930s. ItaimstoshowthatChineseworkerswerenotonlybrought French IndochinaandonpaperitwaseasytoconfuseChinesewith Indochinese. This paperexploresthetreatmentofChinesein workers fromKouang-Tchéou-Wan,of Chinese China. territory insouthern theFrenchleased through This territorywasadministered described as workers fromFrenchIndochina, Tonkineseor Annamite workers.Lessisknownhoweverabout theFrenchemployment complained abouttheFrenchcompetitiveadvantage. The historicalliteratureonNewHebrideshasemphasisedtheimmigration of condominium ofNewHebridesFrenchplantationandminingventures regardedimported Asian labourasessential,whiletheBritish In 1927thedebateoveremploymentofChineseasindentured labourerswasstillverymuchalive.Inthe Anglo-French Chinese IndenturedLabourintheNewHebrides Julia Martinez Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2250 unions continuetoflourish.How? independent unionstoregister. Crackdownsonunionactivitieshaveoftenbeenharsh,withunionistsbeingshotbythepolice. Yet, fraud. Intheleadupto2018election,rulesfor Trade Unionregistration weretightenedandcomplicated,makingithardfor 2013 electioncallingforhigherwages,andafterwards,inconcertwithothercivilsocietyactors,raisingconcernsover force madeupofanumbercompetingunionfederations. The independentunion movementorganizedmassralliesbeforethe from anapparatusofthestateunderstate-socialistsystembefore1991ParisPeaceprocess,toindependentpolitical actor andthegovernment’s reactiontoitsdevelopment.Overthe last20years,theCambodianLabourMovementhasdeveloped The paperpresentsananalysis,groundedinpoliticaleconomy, ofthedevelopmentCambodianUnionmovementasapolitical The CambodianUnionMovementasaPolitical Actor inRelationtothe2018Elections Shelley Marshall Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2110 persistent ministerialandsectoralfragmentation,hasunderminedresiliencedistributedclimaterisksunevenly. cities. Itarguesthatincompletedecentralisation,duetotheretentionofpowerandresourcesbycentralbureaucrats,alongside draws comparisonsbetweenthedifferent casestolookatthelinkagesbetweendecentralisationandurbanresilienceinsecondary in theGlobalSouthbutalsobecausetheyhaveweakercapacitytoaddressclimaterisks. Through thesecasestudies,thepaper cities inCambodia,Myanmar, Thailand, andVietnam. Secondarycitiesareofimportancebecausetheythefastestgrowing cities between incompletedecentralisedgovernance,climatechange,andurbanresilience.Itdoessothroughcasestudiesofsecondary have devotedlessattentiontothemthanlargeandmegacities. To helpaddressthisgap,paperexplores therelationship Secondary citiesarehometomostoftheworld’s urbanpopulationsvulnerabletoclimatechangeyetresearchersandpolicymakers Incomplete DecentralisationinSoutheast Asian SecondaryCities Daniel Marks Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2240 multidimensional poverty. examines insightsfromthefindingsRADsurveysconductedin unemployment, poorhealth,self-perceivedwell-being,andlackofopportunitiesforparticipationinthecommunity. This paper associations withsomeofthetraitsconsideredrelatedtomultidimensionalnaturepoverty. Forexample,loweducation, economic statusanddisabilitywasevidentinsomecontexts,itnotfoundothers.However characteristics anddurableassetsownedasaproxyforsocioeconomicstatus.Whilesignificantassociationbetweensocio- Rapid Assessment ofDisability(RAD)surveysconductedindifferent partsof Asia haveusedwealthindexesbasedonhousehold Disability andPoverty:EvidencefromRapid Assessments ofDisabilityin Asia Manjula Marella Asia ontherelationshipbetweendisabilityandindicatorsfor , RADfindingsshowedsignificant Page 102 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2190 context, canbeaspaceofradicalizedsharing. framework employedwithinthe11th ShanghaiBiennale,andtodiscusshowcuratorial practice,evenwithinastar-curator-biennale the curatorialcollegiatethatcomprisedoffourcuratorsworkingalongsideRaqs,Iwouldliketofurtherelaborateon alongside BengalfilmmakerRitwikGhatak’s 1971film Jukti, Takko aarGappo (Reason,DebateandaStory). As amemberof Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room: 3003 notions of‘entitlement’ fromthestate. and ‘undeserving’ poorcancometodefine notionsofdemocracyandcitizenshipinwaysthatperpetuate inequalitiesanderode paper reflectsonhowcontingent notionsofrightsrequiringperformancesmoralsubjectivitythat distinguishbetween‘deserving’ parliamentarians, stateofficialsandlocalsupportersdetermine communities collectivelyeligibleforstatedevelopmentfunding. responsibility’ forlocaldevelopment throughco-productionofpublicgoodsisperceivedasakey‘democratic’ valueuponwhich sixteen monthsofethnographicfieldworkandahouseholdsurvey incentral-eastMyanmar initiatives as‘self-reliance’ isparadoxicallykey to the‘politicsofentitlement’ (Li2007)incontemporaryMyanmar. Drawing on of ‘ethicalcitizenship’ (2012),thispaperexploreshowframinglabourandfinancialcontributionstolocalwelfaredevelopment How docontingentnotionsofentitlementfromthestateenduredespite democratization?Informedby Andrea Muehlebach’s notion Democracy, MoralLegibilityandEntitlementinContemporaryMyanmar Gerard Mccarthy Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2003 to Delhi’s slums. describing thewayschildren,theirparents,andNGOworkersnavigateverydifferent historiesandformsofaspirationthatledthem NGOs thatsaturateurbanDelhi. This paperexploreswhathappens whenthesetwo‘traditions’ ofdevelopmentcometogether, with them,increasinglycomeupagainstinstitutionalisedandformalisedconceptsofdevelopment,promotedbytheinnumerable and meansofachievingtheirfamilies’ goalsof ‘development’. Yet thesechildrenandthefamilialprojectsof‘development’ theycarry these communities,formsofaspirationtypicallytranscendindividuallifespanswithchildrenbeingregardedasboththebeneficiaries Delhi, slumsettlementsthathavedevelopedoverthelastfiftyyearshousemorethantwentypercentofurbanpopulation.In underdevelopment –shouldbeunderstoodasthesitesofintensedevelopmentfuelledbyaspirationanddesire.Incontemporary This paperproposesthatslums–oftenregardedaswarehousesofsurplushumanityormushroomingandsprawlingsites Present andFutureDevelopments:Trajectories ofDevelopmentintheSlumsDelhi Annie Mccarthy title WhyNot Ask Again was inspiredintwopartsbyChinesesciencefictionwriterLiuCixin’ Media Collective.Itfeaturedninty-twoartistsfromfortycountries,withastrongrepresentationofworktheGlobalSouth. at thePowerStationof Art, Shanghai,fromNovember2016toMarch2017. The exhibitionwascuratedbytheartistcollectiveRaqs The 11th ShanghaiBiennale(SHB11): Why Not Ask Again: Arguments, Counter-arguments,andStories was anexhibitionstaged New PropositionsonCuratorialPractice:The11 Tess Maunder Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:3180 argument. of oralargumentswillclarifyhowitispracticed(andnotinJapan)andhighlighttheculturalsemanticcontext Asian jurisdictionsandenlighteningannotationsonlegalcultureofdifferent jurisdictions.Forexample,thismulti-culturalanalysis Through thismulti-layeredpresentation,thepaperarguesthatwecanproduceadeeperunderstandingofcivillitigationinEast research inpersonoronline. The approachconsistsofapresentationcivillitigationprocessandcomparativepresentations. an approachtothrowlightonthelegalandsocialcontextsofcivillitigationthroughjointefforts oflegalexpertswhojointhe This paperisbasedupontheexperienceofamulti-culturegraduateseminaronEast Asian comparativelaw. The paperproposes A Multi-culture Analysis ofCourts and CivilLitigationinEast Asian Jurisdictions Yoshiharu Matsuura th ShanghaiBiennale , itshowshowbeingseentobe‘taking s novel The Three BodyProblem (2006), The The

Page 103 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 15:30-16:50Room:2170 leads tosocialcollapse.Restoration thusrequiresare-enactmentofanidealizedpoliticalorderthrough ritualperformance. treatment inChinesevernacularfiction.Itisarguedthatnuoseeks tosendafirmmessagetheauthoritiesthatbadgovernance performances in Anhui, Guizhouand Yunnan withregardtooneparticularstorytradition.Referencewillalsobemadeparallel about theuseofscriptsandgeneralimportthesescripts. This paperwillexploretheuseofscriptsintwentiethcentury nuo role ofplaysexorcism(nuo)toexpellthedemonspestilence andmisfortunehavebeenrelativelywellstudiedbutlessisknown performed inChinaformillennia.Remnantandrevivedtraditions canbefoundinmanyregionsofChinathepresentday. The Exorcism ritualsinvolvingprocessionsofstatuestemplegods and maskedvillagersenactinghistoricalorsacredroleshavebeen Social BreakdownandRestoration:Village NuoTheatricalsandChineseVernacular Fiction Anne Mclaren Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2190 socially engagedartin Taiwan. Itwillalsoquestionthewaysandextenttowhichtheseworkshaveinfluencedsocialchange. discussion focusesonrecentworksbyartists,Wu Maliand Yao Jui-chung,whohaveplayedaleadingroleinthedevelopmentof are employingdiversemedia,strategiesandnetworkstoraisecommunityawareness,mobiliseresistancereform. The their efforts toaffect change.Whileexploringtheintersectionbetweenartandactivism,thispaperexamineshowartistsin Taiwan and representation,arere-focusingtheirattentionongrassrootsissues,embracingcollaborative,socialartpracticesin art fieldthatparallels,butisdistinctivefrom,globaltrends. While artandpoliticsremaininterconnectedin Taiwan, overthepastdecadetherehasbeenaconspicuous‘socialturn’ in Taiwan’s Artists as Agents ofChange?:TheRiseSociallyEngagedand Activist Art inTaiwan Sophie McIntyre Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2060 forced detention. monitored andcontrolledbywhomhowwomennegotiatedtheharshconditionsofbothoccupationthisform evidence Iwillconsiderthearbitrarinessofwomenchosenforthesestations,placestheywereheldwithin,how the historyof“comfortstations”byplacingthemwithinabroaderframedetentioncampsin Asia. Usingarchivalandtestimonial the forceddetentionofDutchandIndonesianwomeninadiversearraysocalled‘comfortstations’. This paperwillre-evaluate during thewarhasgenerallyseparatedoutissueofforceddetentionDutchpeopleininternmentorPOWcamps,from role oftheJapanesemilitaryinoverseeingsystemandonwomen’s suffering. Furthertothis,researchonforceddetention To date,researchonsexualviolenceduringtheJapaneseoccupationofNetherlandsEastIndieshasprimarilyfocused Comfort StationsandtheForcedDetentionofWomen forSexinJapanese-occupiedIndonesia Katharine McgregorandPaulaHendrikx Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:3200 hierarchies, whilealsocreatingnewspacesforcontestationandnegotiation. in theGMSsimultaneouslydisruptsandfragmentscommunitiesatlocalscale,emphasisingexistingpowerstructures conducted intheUpperMekongborderlands,thispapercontendsthatrealisationofregionalflows(people,goodsandcapital) result ofareimaginingmainlandSoutheast Asia astheGreaterMekongSubregion(GMS).Basedonethnographicresearch Thailand, thispaperlooksatconnectionanddisconnectionthereconfigurationofhumannetworksacrossbordersthatare Development Bank’s North-SouthEconomicCorridorthattraverses Yunnan provinceinChina,northernLaos,Myanmarand and investmentprojectsoftenhaveunintendedconsequences.FocusingontheBangkok-Kunminghighway, partofthe Asian economic, socialandpoliticalissuesinthedevelopingcountriesofSoutheast Asia andChina.However, large-scaleinfrastructural Roads, bridges,railwaysandincreasingly, SpecialEconomicZones,havebecomeprominenttechnicalsolutionstoabroadrangeof Roads, Flowsanda‘Will toIntegrate’:Networks, Aspirations andLivelihoodsintheGMS Sunsanee Mcdonnell Artists in Taiwan arelesspreoccupiedwithissuesofnationalidentity Page 104 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2060 the waysinwhichtheywereusedtofacilitatemilitary’s self-described‘AnnihilationCampaign’. a keystepinthemilitary’s killingprocess. This paperwillexaminepatternsbehindtheestablishmentofdetentioncampsin Aceh and the startofgenocide-proper. Indeed,thedetentioncamps,sometimesdescribedbysurvivors as“concentrationcamps”,became 1965 in Aceh, Sumatra,presented achallengeforauthorities. The decisiontoannihilatethisprison populationcanbeunderstoodas function ofdetentioncampsduringthetimekillings. The formationofalargeprisonpopulationby thesecondweekofOctober Documents producedbytheIndonesianmilitaryduringtimeof the1965Indonesiangenociderevealnewdetailsabout Detention CampsandtheOrderto Annihilate duringthe1965IndonesianGenocide Jess Melvin Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2070 and MalayChinesecultureundertheinfluenceof AmericanandBritishpowers. of action,andeventhemainforcepoweroperation. Through thisstudy, wewillclarifytherelationshipbetweenHongKong dynamic propaganda(Youth Council,Vacation LifeCamps),inwhichculturalintermediaries, havegraduallybecomethemainbody political agendasandculturalbeliefs.Inthispaper, thepropagandaprocess isdividedintostaticpropaganda(publications)and holders (U.S.andBritishgovernments)theirrecipients(MalayChinese). Asian FoundationandtheUnionPresstriedtobalance political propagandas. Asian FoundationandUnionPressofHongKongwereculturalintermediariesthattriedtoconnectthepower Drawing fromvariousarchivalmaterialsintheU.S.,thispaperexaminesroleofculturalintermediariesinvolvedmaking of This paperexploresthemultiplerolesof Asian FoundationinbuildingMalaya’s culturalpropagandaduringtheColdWar. Cultural Propagandaand Ambitions: The Asia Foundation andUnionPressofHongKonginMalaya,1955-59 Wang Mei-Hsiang Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2130 argues thatsuchconvergencessignificantlyshapedthescopeandappraisaloftheirworkinglives. aspirations forsocialmobilityandwidersocio-politicalshiftsinIndonesiaconvergedatcertaintimestheiraccounts. The paper socio-political change. This paperanalysesthenarrativesoftwofemalecraftproducers, nowintheirsixties,toshowhowpersonal how women’s assessmentoftheimportancetheirworkshiftsinresponsetolife-course(particularly, motherhood) and with femaleIndonesianMalaycraftproducersonthevalueoftheirworkreflectmanythesemeasures.Inaddition,theyshow benefits tochildrenandotherfamilymembers,work’s contributiontowidersocial,culturalandpoliticalobjectives.Interviews financial valueofwork;effects onwomen’s status;theopportunityforindependentmobility;‘fit’ betweenworkandgendernorms; How dowomenassessthevalueoftheirwork?Southeast Asian scholarshiprevealsadiverserangeofcriteria,includingthe The Value ofaWorking Life:Social Mobility, CulturalIdentityandMotherhood Wendy Mee Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2240 outcomes, whilealsoadvisingpartiesandcandidatesdirectly. effectively haveafootineachoftwocamps,actingaspublicintellectualstoshape opinioninfavouroftheirdesired role ofacademicsininfluencingtheoutcometheseelectionsandpoliciesresultantgovernments.Itfindsthat to advance.Focusingonthe2014Indonesianpresidentialelectionand2017Jakartagubernatorialelection,thispapercharts to civilsocietyactivists,asmanyacademicsarepublicservants,andbecausedonotself-evidentlypossessanagenda or informalmembersofcandidates’ campaignteams,butalsooccasionallyascandidates. Their roleinpoliticsmeritsseparatestudy Increasingly, academicsareplayingaprominentroleindirectelectionsforexecutiveofficeIndonesia-typicallyasexpertadvisors Academics andPublicOpinioninIndonesia David McRaeandRobertusRobet Page 105 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room: 2020 ownattemptsattranslatingpassagesfromthe novelintoEnglish. presenter’s the coexistenceofmultiplewritingsystemsinlanguagessuchas Japanese. This paperwillconcludebypresentingseveralofthe as astartingpointtoexplorehowexistingWestern methodologiesoftranslationmaynottakeintoaccounttheissuesinvolvedin the Japaneselanguage(hiragana,katakanaandkanji). This paperwillanalysethisnovelfromatranslationperspectiveanduse it age,butthefactthatnoveliswritteninahighly experimentalstyle,whichplayswiththethreewritingsystemsof the author’s that, atage75,shebecametheoldestrecipientofaward.However, whatismostremarkableaboutthischoicenot,infact, Kuroda Natsukowonthe Akutagawa Prizein2013forhernovel AB Sango—aneventwhichattractedmuchattentionduetothefact The UntranslatabilityofKurodaNatsuko’s AB Sango Tamaki Mihic Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2200 number ofspecificsignaturestothiscreativeprocessasitpansoutinthetrans-Himalayanregion. an abilitybyanypopulationtodealcreativelywithconstraintssustainsocialdynamism. This presentationpresentsevidenceofa James C.Scott’s Zomia,therearealsorecurrentthemesinthesolutionslocalsocieties findandimplement.‘Lifeprojects’ highlight circumstances thathaveformedtheactingsubjects.Inspiteofdiversitydiscretelocalinaspaceaslarge constructs itsownformsofagency. This powertoactappearsandevolvesincontexthasbestudiedrelationthe Agency isnotanentitythatexistsapartfromculturalconstruction;everyculture,subculture,historicalmoment, The considerationofhowglobalpronouncementsareinvestedlocallywithfreshmeaningpointstothepivotalnotionagency. Modernity, Agency andLifeProjectsintheTrans-Himalayan Region Jean Michaud Across the20 Trauma beyondtheWestern World: MedicalTheoriesandPopularIdeasin Asia Mark Micale Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:3180 within thefamilyandsocial/politicalenvironmentinwhichtheyoccur. Where raceismentioneditalmostalwaysseenpositively. This paperdemonstratestheintricaterelationshipbetweeninteractions may beinpartareflectionof‘colourblindness’ inthe Australiancontext,where‘race’ istaboo,andmissingfromofficialterminology. outlook. Formostfamilies,culture,ratherthan‘race’ or‘mixedrace’,seemstohaveplayedakeyroleindailynegotiations. This the children,culturaldiversityathomeand Australian multiculturalismprovideapositiveenvironmentthatgeneratescosmopolitan life. Itexplorestheinfluenceofhostsociety, andtheimpactofmixednessonculturalidentitydevelopmentchildren.For interview data,itfocusesonculturalnegotiationsineverydayfamilypractices,includingeating,conversation,parenting,andschool This paperinvestigatesculturalnegotiationprocesseswithinculturallyandraciallymixedmigrantfamiliesin Australia. Drawingon Complex butOrdinary:CulturalNegotiationsamongMixed-raceFamiliesin Australia Maki MeyerandFaridaFozdar Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2200 Asian medicaltheoriesandpopularideasontraumahumansuffering. order toenrichandadvanceourunderstandingofthepsychologiestraumainearly21 to acutehumansuffering andtheextenttowhichtheyusethesemedicalconceptsmakesenseoftheirsuffering. Iarguethatin had experienceddomesticorsexualabuse,andHolocaustsurvivors.Sincethen,historianshaveanalysedpastmedicalreactions “beyond therangeofnormalhumanexperience”. This diagnosticcategorywasinitiallyusedforVietnam veterans,womenwho the thirdeditionofitsDiagnosticandStatisticalManualtodescribetraumaindividualswhohavebeenexposedconditions traumatic experiences.In1980,the American Psychiatric Association formulatedthediagnosisofPost-Traumatic StressDisorderin th century, Western psychiatristsproposedtheoriestoexplainthementaldisordersofindividualswhohadsuffered st century, itisnowimperativetoinclude Page 106 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2280 reconsider thevalueofplace-based knowledgesystems,commons,anddiversityasenduringsources ofresilience. scale changes. Yet, theethicofsangchungvalapersists,andrecentefforts tode-intensifyriceproductionoffer anopportunityto markets. Whilststrategiesreliant ondiversityandaccesstocommonscontinue,theyhavebeen heavily underminedbylandscape- people areincreasinglyreliantonoff-farm sourcesofincomeand mobilitystrategiestocopewiththevagariesofweatherand fieldwork revisitingsiteswhereresearchwasconductedin1999-2000. Itoutlineshowresiliencehaschangedovertime.Nowadays, the landscaperadicallyre-engineeredforpurposesofintensive productionandsettlement. and diverselivelihoodstrategies. This ethicofadaptationcontradictsthemodernist(state-led)developmentmodelthathasseen Living withtheflood,orsangchungvala,isaphraseindigenous totheV Living withtheFlood:RevisitingResilienceinMekong Delta,Vietnam Fiona Miller Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2280 children financetheirownschooling,contributetofamily’ the street. The researchreveals,however, thatdespitetheiralienationmanychildrenhavedevisedstrategiestokeepselling. These physical andsocialexclusionbecausetheyareperceivedbytheStateascommitting‘transgressiveacts’ duetotheirpresenceon identifies arangeofissuesrelatedtochildexploitation,protection,andchildren’ and street-connectedchildrenwhosellgoodstotouristsonthestreetsatWorld Heritagelisted Angkor Wat. The research tourists: childrensupportedbythepatronageofnew‘moraltourist’ innon-governmentalorganisations(NGOs)andorphanages; from thechildren’s perspective. The researchscrutinisestheexperiencesoftwogroupschildrenwhoregularlyinteractwith This participatoryresearchexplorestheimpactofgrowingtourismindustrySiemReap,Cambodia,onmarginalisedchildren, The EffectofTourism ontheLivedExperiences Childrenand Young PeopleinSiemReap,Cambodia Amanda Miller Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:3180 migration’s impactonit. creates spacefortheculturallyembeddedwaysdevelopmentactorsviewandvaluetoemerge,priorconsidering unchallenged waysdevelopmentisconceivedinthebroadermigrationandliterature.Itadvocatesforresearchthat perceptions ofeconomic,politicalandsocialdevelopmentprioritiesfor Timor-Leste. This papersuggestsaneedtorethinktheoften- of migrationonthesemigrants’ perspectives.Itdemonstrateshowmigrationchangedtheirunderstandingofa‘good life’ and numbers of Timorese livingandworkingintheUnitedKingdom.BasedonfieldresearchEngland,thispaperexploresimpact state buildingefforts andnascentdevelopment,abuddingpatternofmigrationhasemergedsinceindependence,withincreasing Timor-Leste hasalonghistoryofcolonialruleandoccupation,butonlyrecentonedevelopmentmigration. Alongside Waiting forFreedom:PerspectivesofTimorese MigrantsinEnglandonDevelopmentandaGoodLife Claire Millar Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2280 harmony withagroforestryplantations. children’s education.However, householdsstillrelyheavilyonnaturalforestresourcesthatneedtobesustainablymanagedin coffee andmanagementincentivepayments.Longer-termincomefromtimbercarboncreditsisattractiveforinvestingin some farmersarewillingtoinvestlabourinplantingandmanagingtreesiftheycangetashortmediumtermreturnfromfruit, case studiesfromLaclubarandSoibadasubdistricts.Resultsasurveyofforty-threehouseholdsinOctober2017showthat 2.18 percent. This paperexaminestheagrarianandlandscapetransformationtakingplacefromagroforestrydevelopmentusing estimated at3.2percentyear, hasincreaseddemandforagriculturallandandwood,leadingtoannualdeforestationratesof agriculture. Centuriesofcolonialresourceexploitationhavecausedsubstantialforestdegradation.Highpopulationgrowth, Timor-Leste isoneofthepoorestcountriesinSoutheast Asia withmorethan80percentofitspopulationreliantonsubsistence Agrarian andLandscapeTransformation inTimor LesteResultingfrom Agroforestry Development Joanne Millar, JenniferBond, Alex SarmentoandJorgeRamos s income,andlearnEnglishthroughtheirinteractionswithtourists. ietnamese MekongDeltathatreferstoopen,adaptive, s rights. The childstreet-sellersaresubjectto This paperreflectsuponrecent Page 107 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room: 2010 features inthecontentionsamongvariousliterarytraditionsincluding severalcolonialdescriptions. the “literarygovernance”inSoutheast Asia, thispaperwillfocusondiasporicliteraturesinthePhilippines,andexamine polyphonic between nationalliteraturesandminorinKafka’s sense. The latterchallengesthenativityof former. For clarifying between aphonogramandanideographcouldbeliterarysubject. Itsfocusis“literarygovernance,”which Tsu Jingoncediscussed circumstances inSoutheast Asia, particularly, invariousdiasporiccommunities,wherethecontentionsamong phonograms,or authenticity ofnativelanguages,whicharedefinedphonetically and phonographically opposite toauthoritarianreadings. These readingspossiblygiveanessentialcritictothe“nationalliteratures”relyingon Literary workscreatedineverycorneroftheworldnowprovidereaders withpolyphonicwaysofreadings,whicharecompletely Polyphony, DescriptionsandLiteraryGovernance: DiasporicLiteraturesinthePhilippines. Gyo Miyabara Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2280 emerged overlocalleadershipandloyaltytosuperiors,whicharearticulatedalongpartylines. through arrestanddeportation.Forvillagesaroundtheproposeddamsite,lifewillneverbesameagain:conflictshavenow againstthosewhoresistedthedam,anditsaggressiveremovalofcampaignleaders less visiblestrategyof‘divideandconquer’ This unprecedentedmovewascelebratedbycampaigners,buttherehasbeensubsequentnegativefalloutduetotherulingparty’s environmental impactsofthedam. As aresult,therulingpartysuspendedconstructionofdamin2015,forlaterconsideration. and internationalactivists. This movement garneredsignificantattention,promptinganoutcryovertheanticipatedgravesocialand 2012 onwards,thedambecamesubjecttoauniqueresistancemovement,involvinglocalindigenousfamilies,urbanCambodians This paperexploresthedisruptiontovillagelifecausedbyproposed Areng Valley damintheCardamomMountains.From The SocialandPoliticalConsequencesofResistanceinCambodia Sarah Milne Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2130 public sphere. with conceptionsofpublicorder, alsoauthoritativeformanyinIndonesia,basedonadisembodiednotionresemblingthebourgeois to apublicethicsbasedondisembodimentanddetachment.Whatiscriticalthewaysinwhichthesenotionsofcivilorderclash demeanour andbehaviourinpublic. They suggestanembodiedpublicnessinwhichindividualrespectabilitymatters,contrast seek notsomuchtoinformtheletterofIslamiclaw, astoimposeanotionofcivilorder. “Codesofpoliteness”(lambek)constrain in Islamiccommunitieswherepublicpietyisvalued.Written formulationsthatbeartitlessuchas‘PublicOrderandMoralityRegime’ ethnographic accountsfromanumberofcountriesthathighlightthecharacteristicallyembodiednotionproprietyisnurtured Correspondences existbetweentheshari’aregimessupportedbymanyMuslimsinanumberofIndonesianregions,and ‘Respectability’ andEmbodiedPublicnessinIndonesia Julian Millie Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2040 the actionsofcountrytradersthemselves,inattemptingtoarriveatanassessmenttheirreputation. towards thelocalMalaypeopleasunbecoming. The paperdiscussestheattitudeofofficialstowardscountrytraders,aswell so? They wereoftenconsideredexcellentseamen,buttheiractionsnotinfrequentlyregardedasunlawfulandbehaviour Many countrytradershadverypoorreputationsamongEastIndiaCompanyofficialsandofficersintheIndiannavy How DisreputableWere theCountryTraders? George Miller . We canfindasimilarprocessintheliterary . Whywasthis Page 108 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room: 3003 underpinned byequalityandindividuality, andiswithout preconditions. Chinese conceptofdemocracyexudesaconditionalnature. This conditionalnaturecontrastswithWestern liberaldemocracythatis a distinctionbetweentheparticipants’ understandingofdemocracyand Western liberaldemocracy. Itdemonstratesthatthe diaries, memoirs,mediainterviewsofstudentleaders,Chineseofficial pressandothergovernmentdiscourse,thispaperproposes fundamental varianceshasremainedanissuethatwarrantscloser attention.Utilizingdiscourseanalysisofmaterialincluding that studentswithinthemovementunderstoodmeaningofdemocracy differently toprevailinguniversaltheories,locatingthe that waspursued? Are theredifferences betweenWestern andChineseunderstandings?Whileresearchershaveacknowledged It hasbeennearlythreedecadessincethe1989StudentDemocracy MovementinChina.Whatwasthenatureofdemocracy Democracy intheChineseContext:FundamentalDifferences betweenW Cathy Monro Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2003 muscularity oftheundrapedmalebody insocio-culturalstudiesandmasculinity. appreciation (andutilization)ofthebeautyclothed malebodyinthesecampaignsalsooffers analternative tothefocuson new, slender, sophisticatedandhighlydesirablemale aestheticideal,whichwastheprecursortotoday’s youthfulparagons. of thecommercialvaluecommodifiedmalebeauty. subdued images ofthesalaryman.Strikinglydifferent, these malemodelsemphasizedyouthand reflected adevelopingrecognition cosmetics. Upuntilthatpoint, Japanesemasculinityinthe1960shadbeenmoststronglyassociatedwithmatureandrather This paperdiscussestheuseofmalemodelsin1960sadvertisingcampaignsJapan,whichwerevitaltosuccessmen’s Salaryman toShonen:The1960sJapaneseMaleModelRevolution Masafumi Monden Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:3003 from 2013onwardsisduetoitsconvictionthatitcanachieveideologicalgoalsbywithdrawingtheoppositioncoalition. without compromisingitsideologicalgoals. The paperclaimsthatthepartyleadership’s decisiontoceasethismoderatebehavior a behavioralmoderationstemmingfromthebeliefthatpartycouldsecurefederalgovernment(withitscoalitionpartners) theory, remainsentrenchedinitsideologicalposition. The paperarguesthatPAS’ politicalpositioningbetween2008and2013is their inclusioninapluralistpoliticalprocess,thispaperexaminesthereasonswhyPAS, contrarytothemoderation-inclusion on themoderation-inclusiontheory, whichsuggestthatpoliticalpartiesmaybecomemoreideologicallymoderateasaresultof laws inthecountry, signallingacleardeparturefromtheparty’s moderatestancedisplayedduringthe2008elections.Drawing From 2013,thePan-MalaysianIslamicParty(PAS) hasheldanuncompromisingpositioninitsattempttoimplementIslamiccriminal The EvolvingPoliticsofthePan-MalaysianIslamicPartybetween2008and2017 Mohamed NawabOsman Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2110 region, andperhapsalsoinZomiamorewidely. view thattheculturesandlanguagesofEasternHimalayanhillpeopleswerealreadyinplacelongbeforeadventstatesthis demonstrably mucholderthannamingpracticesfoundinplateauorplains-basedpopulations. These facts,ingeneral,supporta this area.Iwillshowthatindigenousnamingpracticesareembeddedinthemorphologicalstructuresoftheselanguages,and a recently-releaseddatabaseofvoterrecordsintheEasternHimalayanregiontoanalysenamingpracticestribalgroups majority ofgroupsnowinhabitingtheHimalayanhillsarenotwell-characterisedinrelationtothem.Inthispaper, Iwillmakeuseof Himalayan plateauandfoothillsareasdateswellbeforethe2,000-oddyearssincethesecultureshavearrivedinregion, Tibetic andIndicculturesarewidelyviewedastheprototypical“Himalayan”populations.However, humansettlementofthe Human ProperNamesandtheReconstructionofZomianPre-history Yankee Modi These campaigns contributedtothecreationanddisseminationofa estern andChineseUnderstandings The Page 109 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room: 2050 democratization andSoutheast Asia politics. authoritarianism. The findingsarepertinenttoongoingdebates within thefieldsofcomparativeauthoritarianism, paper indexesninehistoricalandcontemporarycasesinSoutheast Asia onascalefromretrogradedictatorshiptosophisticated mechanism, governingmodel,informationmanagementandinternational engagement. To validatethistheoryempirically, the succumbing todemocratization. This occursacrossfivenewly conceived domainsofoperation:institutionalconfiguration,control continuously exemplifythevirtuesofdemocracy, beit accountability, contestation, participationandrepresentation,withoutactually to accountforafundamentalchangeinthewaydictatorsholdpower. The overarchinggoalofthisnewbreeddictatoristo Against thebackdropofaglobaldemocraticrecession,thispaper introducesthetheoryof“sophisticatedauthoritarianism” The RiseofSophisticated Authoritarianism inSoutheast Asia Lee Morgenbesser Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2110 examined fromalinguisticperspective. language, religiousconversion(toChristianityandBuddhism)theforcespushingtowardsbothdiversityunitywillbe diversity developed,amuchvaluedbutyetalongsideitthereisdesirefor‘commonlanguage’. The interplaybetween battles withplainspeople. They tellofapeopleunitedontheplainswhomovedintomountainousareaswherepresentlinguistic some completelyunintelligible. The traditionalstoriesandsongs ofthesecommunitiestelltheiroriginsinplainsareas,and and as Tangsa, Nocteand Tutsa inIndia.Eachsubtribehasitsownlinguisticvariety, somemutuallyintelligiblewith others,and Myanmar. Around 80smallgroups,termedsub-tribes,livinginthePatkairanges,aregroupedtogetheras Tangshang inMyanmar, This paperwillexaminelinguisticevidencefortheclaimsinScott’s 2009Zomiathesisastheyrelatetothe Tangsa tribesinIndiaand The Tangsa/Tangshang oftheIndo-MyanmarBorder: A Copy-bookExampleofZomians? Stephen Morey Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2200 grow intonewstatesofbeinginoldage. analyse howcaregivers’ cultivationofcompassionisimplicatedincaregivers’ ownwishtotranscendthelimitsofego-selfand given toexploringtheBuddhistconceptofcompassion,andwaycompassionisenactedineverydaycontextscare.Itwill the religiousmetaphorsandsymbolsthatcaregiversinvoketogivemeaningtheirexperienceofcare.Specialattentionwillbe state ofagedcareinJapan.Itanalysestheemotionsthatnunsexperiencewhenengagingcaregivingpractices.alsoexplores conducted innunneriesJapan,thispaperanalyseshowthecaregivingrelationshipsofnunsJapanrevealwidertrends options, includingstate-providedandprivately-run,carefacilitiesexist.Drawingonextendedethnographicfieldworkinterviews With theageingofJapan’s population,thecaregivingneedsofitsoldercitizenshaveincreased.Currentlyvariouseldercare Caregiving inBuddhistTemples in East Asia Katrina Moore Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3020 location ofthestatuematter?WhatdoesexperienceSSECtellusaboutpoliticalactivismoverseasKoreans? establishment ofthestatue?DidSSECgainsupportfromothermembersSydneyKoreancommunity?Whydid the Japaneseand Australian communitiesrespondtoitandwhatdiscoursewasintroducedbyeach communityconcerningthe In thispaperIaimtoanswerthefollowingquestions:whoweremembersofSSEC?Whatwastheirmotivation?Howdid such astatuein2016. The statuewasfunded bythecityofSeongnaminSouthKoreaanderectedat Ashfield UnitingChurch. rule, byexaminingtheactivismofSydneyStatueEstablishingCommittee(SSEC).wasfirstcityin This paperfocusesonoverseasKoreans’ campaignfora‘StatueofPeace’,representingsexslaveryvictimsJapan’s colonial Activism ofKoreansinSydneyandtheTransnational Politicsof‘theStatuePeace’ Kyounghee Moon Australia tohave Page 110 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room: 2050 to fostertheirinterestsinaccumulating powerandcapital. violence arelimitedwithintheframework ofpredatoryformpoliticsthatfindsembracingIslamic conservatismasausefulmeans marginalisation ofIslamistpolitics,butalsotothefracture Islamist politicalregime.However, thepracticesofnon-state more consolidated,Islamicvigilantismisalsoapparent.Itshows thatIslamicvigilantismappearsasaresponsenotonlytothe It confirmsthattheclaimIslamismisonriseunfounded. InotherMuslim-majoritycountries,whereIslamicforcesare in mobilisingphysicalforcesreliesupontheeffectiveness ofsuchidentitytobecapitalisedasabasissocialorpoliticalforces. authoritarian Indonesia.Itarguesthatsincenon-stateviolenceis endemicwithinstatepractices,theuseofcertainculturalidentity This paperexamineswhyIslamicrhetoricandidentityhasbecome appealingforvigilantegroupsinmanyregionspost- Islamic Vigilantism inPost-Authoritarian Indonesia Abdil MughisMudhoffir Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2250 weaknesses oftheBFCprogram,itsimpactonCambodiangarmentworkers,andimplicationsforILO. conditions intheCambodiangarmentindustrythroughitsinvolvementonBFCprogram? This paperexploresthestrengthsand Haiti, Indonesia,Jordan,NicaraguaandVietnam. ButwhatpreciselyhastheILOcontributedtoimprovementofworking of socialdialogue,ownership,partnershipandsustainability, hasbecomeamodelforBetterWork programsinBangladesh, Egypt, monitoring, trainingandadvisoryprogramsinvolvingover570exportfactories.BFC’s approach,whichisbasedontheprinciples in exchangeforimprovedworkingconditionsCambodianworkers.Withaninitialfocusonmonitoring,BFCnowoperates trade agreementbetweenCambodiaandtheUnitedStatesof America, whichprovidedCambodiabetteraccesstotheUSmarket In 2001,theInternationalLabourOrganization(ILO)launchedBetterFactoriesCambodia(BFC)projectincontextofa The ILOandBetterFactoriesCambodia: A Critical Assessment Vichhra Mouyly Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:3200 region, increasedvolatilityinEast Asian energymarkets,andadropinthereliabilitycosteffectiveness ofshipping. To conclude,itassessestheresultanteffects ofthisincreaseinpiracy, namelytheincreasedpoliticalandsocialstressplacedon corruption. The articlethendemonstratesthelinkbetweentheseoutcomestoanincreaseinpiracyIndonesianarchipelago. with disbursementstosmugglers,NGOsandIndonesianauthoritiesleadsanincreaseinblackmarketlabour, slaveryand on Australian government,NGOandIndonesiansources,thispaperdemonstratesthatthe Australian policyoftowbackscoupled on outcomesforrefugeesthemselves,thispaperwillfocusbroadereconomicandsocialconsiderationstheregion.Drawing Asia, andultimately, theglobaleconomy. Whileexistingresearchhasconcentratedonoutcomesfor Australia-Indonesia relationsor This paperarguesthatcontemporary Australian immigrationpolicieshavehadanegativeeconomicandsocialimpactonSoutheast Dangerous Waters: TheCostofOperationSovereignBordersonRegionalStability James Mortensen Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:3003 explain theresultsofpublicpoll. after theWorld War II.Finallyitpointsoutthetwistedpoliticalattitudeofbothcampsespeciallyafter2010s,whichmayhelp parties fromtheresultofthispublicopinionpoll.Itwillalsoexaminepoliticalrealities“conservatives”and“reformists”inJapan “conservative” andtheLiberalDemocraticPartyas“liberal”. This paperaddressesthisgapintherecognitionofJapanesepolitical as “conservative”andtheCommunistParty“liberal”,butyouthsunderthirtyyearsoldrecognize among generations.Peopleoverfiftyyearsoldfollowtheconventionalideologicalstructure;leadingLiberalDemocraticParty and “liberals”inJapanesepoliticalparties.Itshowsaninterestingtwistedrecognitiontowardstheconfrontationaxis The Yomiuri Shimbunon11 August 2017reportedapublicopinionpollabouthowthepopulationconceivedof“conservatives” Twisted RecognitionoftheJapanesePoliticalParties:Whatis‘Liberal’? Keiko Morita Page 111 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2110 access manyofthefunctionsthat theseparticlespossess,whichisoftenevidentintheoutputsproduced bylearners. usages ofwaandgaareincludedincommonlyusedtextbooks, and whicharenot. This gapexplainswhylearnersareunableto cannot mastertheparticleswaandgafrominputthatlearners receivefromtextbooks. The studyoutlineswhichfunctionsofthe distinguished and/ormasteredevenatintermediateoradvanced level. This studyattemptstoinvestigatewhylearnersofJapanese are introducedearlyinaforeignlanguageclassroom,theseparticles areconsideredtobeoneofthemostdifficultpairs particle waisintroducedasearlythefirstlesson,whilegatends tobeintroducedlater The Japaneseparticleswaandgaareintroducedearlyin languagetextbooksfornon-nativespeakers. The topicmarker Particles waorga?:WhatTextbooks Teach You Hiromi Muranaka-Vuletich Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:3310 to eachotherorganizationally. khilafahism thatworksthrougheducation(dakwah)andtheoneusesguerilyastrategy, althoughbothofthemare notconnected and Jakarta)sincelate1980sto2000s. This studyalsofoundofwhat Asef Bayatcalled‘imaginedsolidarity’ thatlinkbetween among thenewmiddle-classfamilylivinginchangingsocialenvironmentsuburbandurbanareasofJava(Jogyakarta,Bogor of thissocialmovement.Khilafahismistryingtoresolutethemoralpanicandfulfillingideologicalemptinessthatemerges government inIndonesia. This studyfoundtheconditionsof“moralpanic”and“ideologicalemptiness”associo-politicalcontexts in Indonesia. This isaninterpretiveanthropology tounderstandkhilafahismasideologicalIslamthatoveracaliphatemodelof This paperanalyzeskhilafahIslamiyahasapoliticalIslamsocialmovementthatseekstoplayitsrolecontestliberaldemocracy Khilafahism inIndonesia:RowingBetweenMoralPanicandIdeologicalEmptiness Mundayat Aris Arif Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2050 military and Aung SanSuuKyi-ledNationalLeagueforDemocracy(NLD)throughoutthepoliticaltransitionperiod. to provideanopportunityformoreliberalisedpolitics.Particularly, itanalyseschangesinpoliticalordersanddynamicsbetweenthe institutional environment.Itexplorespopularparticipationandcompetitivenessinthe2015electionwhywasable the politicalenvironmentischanging,fundamentalreasonfordifficultyindelineatingregimederivesfromcountry’ with thediscussionofcompetitiveelectionsunderauthoritarianismthroughanexaminationMyanmar. Itargues thatalthough authoritarian regimebuthasembarkedonatransitionintomorecomplexformofpoliticalregime. This paperengages regime categorieslargelyfocusesonelectoralsystemswhichfavourincumbentregimes.Myanmarhasbeendefinedasamilitary- Hybrid regimesaretypicallydefinedasauthoritarianstateswhichadoptacompetitivepoliticalinstitution. PoliticalRegimeTypeTheorising Myanmar’s Kihong Mun Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2050 meet theideasof Aristotle onvirtueethics. changing circumstancesandmaynotallowfordynamicresponses. argues thathierarchicaldecision-makingdiscourageautonomy, letalonerisk-taking.Inaddition,workmaybeunresponsiveto fundamental organisationalaspectsbringtotheforeissueofvirtuousorganisationinbureaucraticorganisations. This paper structure, processes,andpolicies,bymeansofwhichvirtuecanpotentiallybevalued,throughitnurtured. These In assessingvirtueethicsattheorganisationallevel,thispapertakesintoaccountthreefundamentalaspects: level. However, researchershavenotyetaddressedhowvirtueethicscanbeimplementedwithinbureaucraticorganisations. Organisational studieshavedemonstratedagrowinginterestindiscussingandformulatingtheideaofvirtueatorganisational Is Aristotelian Virtue RelevantforBureaucraticOrganisations?LocalGovernmentinLampung Unang MulkhanandSyariefMakhya This failstorespectofficers’ abilityandpotential andsofailsto . Despitethefactthatbothparticles The existingliteratureon s Page 112 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 13:30-14:50Room:2200 can beseenasanattempttoreconstruct masculinityafterithadbeenseverelydamagedinmodern industrialwarfare. psychiatrists attemptedtotreattraumatised patientswhowereoftenhighlyemotionalandconsidered effeminate. Their treatment hysterical patients. Analysing medicaldiscourseinmedia andclinicalrecordsofKÅnodaiMilitaryHospital,Idiscusshowmilitary Military Hospital,whichwasestablishedin1938totreatmentaland neurologicalillnesses,confrontedlargenumbersofmale had beenknownasa“femalemalady”sinceWestern psychiatricknowledgewasintroducedtoJapan.MedicalofficersofKÅnodai West. Inthispaper, Ifocusonthepsychological woundsofJapaneseservicemenduringthe Asia-Pacific War (1931-1945). Hysteria masculinity inmodernJapan. The FirstWorld War significantlyaffected malebodiesandchallengedhegemonicmasculinityinthe The JapaneseImperial Army consistedexclusivelyofmalepersonnelandplayedagreatrolein construction ofhegemonic Male HysteriainJapan:Masculinity, Trauma andMilitaryPsychiatryduringthe Asia-Pacific War Eri Nakamura Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2190 these artsystems,andtheimplicationof theirinfluencepresencein Additionally, thiswilltouchonhowhistoriesofmigrationand Australia’s positionintheregion hasplacedituniquelytointeractwith Asia, andexamplesofcontemporaryevolutionsincustomarypracticesthePacifictheirdialoguewithmuseumcontexts. in theshiftingartslandscape ofSouth Asia, thesociallyengagedandcommunitydirectedmodesofartproductioninSoutheast investigate someofthethematicthreadsthathavebeenemergingin parts Asia-Pacific, including thepresenceoflanguage social structuresand culturalpractices,alongsideshiftingpowereconomicre-orientations. This presentationwill Pacific, theregion hasproducedsomeofmostdynamicsystemsartproductioninrecentyears,informedbyadiversity While manyWestern artinstitutionsgrapplewithhowtorepresentandpositionthedevelopment ofcontemporaryartinthe Asia- (En)countering LanguageinSouth Asian Contemporary Art Tarun Nagesh Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2010 products becomeasignificantpartofregionalandglobalmarkets. The intensivemobilisationoftheSindhiethnicandkinshipnetworksduringproductionprocesshashelpedIndonesianmedia (Falzon 2004:240).Iarguethat“Sindhiness”hadadirectimpactonthedevelopmentofnationalfilmandtelevisionindustry Sindhis havecontinuedtoreproducethemselvesasanetworkofglobaltraders,characterisedbytranslocalityandmobility business becameadefinitivefeatureoftheSindhicommunityinIndonesia. one ofthemajorfinancialandcreativedriversIndonesianmediaproduction. ethnonationalistic historiographymightsuggest.Sincethelate1950s,atinycommunityofIndonesianIndians(Sindhis)hasbeen The Indonesianfilmandtelevisionproductionindustryismuchmoreculturallyethnicallydiversethantheofficial Sindhi IdentityandIndonesianFilmTelevision Industry Maria Myutel Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2280 of unfreelabourandthenatureextractiveformsmigrantexploitationbysmallmediumfarmers. from alargerstudyconductedinfourprovincestounderstandhowagriculturalbordermigrantzoneshavecontributednewforms kinship economies–workersfromBurmaandCambodiaarecomparativelymoreregulatedspatiallyfixed. While theLao-Thaiborderhasbeensiteofillicitcross-borderlaboursupplychains–oftenviewedasapermissiblepart to lower-costproduction,despitedecliningagriculturalcroppricesandrising(albeitinadequate)minimumwagesfor Thai workers. permits forcearethinkingofmigrationzones?Geographicexpansionlocationsforagriculturalmigrantworkershascontributed neighbouring countries.Howdomigrationzonesrestructureeconomicbordergeographies?doestheideaofspatialwork- Agricultural workin Thai exportcropssuchascorn,palmoilandrubberhasbecometheprovinceofmigrantworkersfrom Working ConditionsinThailand’s Agricultural BorderZones Sudarat Musikawong Australian artinstitutions. Through filmandlatertelevisionproduction,Indonesian Along withthetextiletrade,involvementinmedia The paperdraws . Page 113 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room: 3003 newspapers from2006to2016. media biasandmapsitsreportingstrategy. ItusescontentanalysisofprintmediafromtheUS,UK, Australia andPakistanmajor to exploitnewscoveragepromotetheirbeliefs.Itaskshowthe changingdynamicsofmediachangesterrorismandinvestigates and terrorismclosely. Itwilloutlinetheneedfornewsorganizationstobalancepublic’s righttoknowandtheabilityofmilitants the terrorists’ feelingsofaccomplishment, influence,andpower. Thispaperaimstoinvestigatethechangingdynamicsofmedia for theirmessagesonaglobalscale. The broaderandmoreextendedthemediacoverageofterrorismturnsouttobe,greater scale, target,location,andtimingoftheirassaultstostiramplemedia attention. They alsogenerateadvertisementsthroughmedia In theglobalizedworld,massmediaandterrorismareintertwined inabeneficialrelationship.Extremistscarefullycalculatethe The ChangingDynamicsofMediaandTerrorism intheUS,UK, Australia andPakistan Farah Naz Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2190 tangible qualityischallengedbytheinescapablerealityofvirtuality. designer Leo Almeria’s works–playsinhowinteriordesignerscansecurethecontinuityofapracticethatwithitsveryphysical, undertakes offers aglimmerofhope. This paperwillconsidertheroleinteriorperspectiverenderedasart–bywayofFilipino of thepractice’s obsolescencealongside‘real’ spaces.Whatcanbeconsideredasthefinalactofrepresentation aninteriordesigner future, berenderedobsolete.Withinthedomainofinteriordesignprofession,thisposesagravethreatthatseespossibility In thisagewherephysicalrealitiesareslowlysupersededbytheofcyberspace,spacesmay, inthenot-so-distant On HowOnceweConsiderthattheInteriorPerspectiveRenderis Art, We can Arrive ataNewInterior Louie Navarro Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:3020 perform careworkinJapan. low pay, languagebarrier, andemploymentinsecurity, continuestoallowtheseworkersbreakthe‘Japanesewall’ andmigrateto (Filipino) careworkers.Conversely, italsoaskswhatmotivatesFilipinowomentoengageincareworkwhich,despiteitsnature, how gender, class,andraceshape theconceptsandperformanceofcareworkinJapaneseelderly-carehomesbynon-Japanese in Japanesesettings. The studyaimstounderstandthevariedcaringexperiencesofFilipinowomenandanalysewhether conceptions ofcareandworkinJapanthePhilippines,askshowbodiesmigrantworkersareappropriated this studysituatestheperformanceofcareworkbymigrantswithinJapan’s caremigrationprogramme.Itanalysesthecultural What doesittaketocareforstrangers? Through ananalysisofthecaregivingexperiencesFilipinoelderly-careworkersinJapan, Of Japayukis,FilipinaWives, andCareWorkers: FilipinaMigrantWorkers inJapan Katrina Navallo Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2130 hierarchies. giving imaginativeordertothetaskedworkofgodsandcontemporaryhumansatintersectionscosmic,caste,class kinship relationsresonatethroughvariedregionalcultsofVishwakarma, thispaperarguesthatnarrativeplaysacreativerolein tools, machines,andVishwakarma worship,theyareviewedas“relatives”touchedbythegod’s grace.Intracinghowmythological how Vishwakarma’s daughters’ marriagesmakeconnectionstoothergods. As workers ofvariedbackgroundshavealsoadopted as themorewidelyknownHinducreatorgod;depicthisprimordialsons’ specializationindifferent rawmaterials;andcelebrate continues onwardthroughtheiractions.RegionallyelaboratedartisanmythologiesalignVishwakarma invariouswaystoBrahma Maker.” As “sonsofVishwakarma” artisansassertVishwakarma’s innate hereditarypresenceashiscosmicworkofworld-making Across India,manyhereditaryartisancastesviewthemselvesaspatrilinealdescendentsofthedeityVishwakarma, “Universe Family andRelatives:Kinship Alignments andMythsofVishwakarma Kirin Narayan Page 114 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room: 2010 complicated theinterplayofromanceandpoliticsintransnational ColdWar culture. with MalayanChinesecontextsandtheanti-communisttheme.I arguethattheauthor writer ofexperimentalfictioninHongKongliterature. Thispaper focusesonLiu’s TheSingaporeStory, readagainstotherstories settings. ItspopularitydrewonthetalentofdiaporicChineseauthors, includingLiu Yichang, whowasknownasamodernist detectives andspystories,mysteriouswomannarrativesromances ofoverseasChinesecharactersinSoutheast Asian on thedimenovelsandstorypapersthatflourishedin AmericaandEngland, TheStoryPaper featuredtalesofsocialoutlaws, began publicationin1955topropagateanti-communistsentiment toChinesereadersinHongKongandSoutheast Asia. Modeled The StoryPaper(Xiaoshuobao),abi-weekly12-pagedtabloidnewspaperfinancedbytheUnitedStatesInformationServices, The StoryPaper: Anti-Communist RomanceattheHongKong-China-Southeast Asia Crossroads Kenny KwokKwanNg Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2190 and artoftheseShanghaipainters. was alsoduetothecommonculturalheritageofChinaandJapan. This paperaimstointerpretthisphenomenonbystudyingthelife socialize withJapaneseintheartcircle,theiradjustmenttoexpectationsandlucidityofmethodsinstructions. It their works? This wasduetomanyfactorsbesidestheirskillsandaccomplishmentaspainters.Onereasonwillingness though theywerenotgoodenoughtobeplacedinthetoprankofartists.OnemaywonderwhysomeJapanesearestillfond literati stylepaintingwaswellreceivedinJapan.Interestingly, theirfameaspaintersinJapanwasmuchgreaterthanChina, Towards thelateQingDynasty, agroupofChinesepainterswhoresidedinShanghaisojournedJapantoselltheirworks. Their Zeigeist ofthe19 Ni NaCamelliaNg Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2010 and itsimplicationspondered. protestant forms. The purposeandmethodsusedtoassertthecentralityofroleCCP evenwithintheologyisexplained Christians. This paperdiscussesthisincreasedcontrolandthemostrecentpushto“Sinicize”Christianity, particularlytheofficial through theUnitedFrontWork Department,hasalsorecentlysteppedupmanagementandcontrolofthereligious activitiesof While numbersofreligiousbelieversinChinahaveincreasedatsignificantratesrecenttimes,theChineseCommunistParty United FrontWork andtheSinicizationofChristianityunderXiJinping Alice Netting Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2280 and severepoverty, butisrarelyconsideredtoprovideaviablepathwayoutofpoverty. farming” asagrowingphenomenonincontemporaryruralIndonesia,whereagricultureprovidesfortressagainstfoodinsecurity especially inthecontextofcurrentdebatesoverlandreformandfoodsovereignty. This paperpresentstheconceptof“fortress rural livelihoodsandagrarianspacesinIndonesiaelsewhere. these householdsisbecomingprogressivelylessimportant. These transformationsraiseinterestingquestionsaboutthefutureof involved inagricultureremainssubstantial,itisdecliningabsolutetermsandthecontributionoftototalincomewithin For manyyearsnow, agriculturehasbeenamodestcontributortotheIndonesianeconomy. Whilethetotalnumberofhouseholds ‘Fortress’ Farming:SustainableLivelihoodsand Agrarian ChangeinIndonesia Jeff Neilson th Century: A Study on PaintingsofShanghaiPaintersinJapan They alsopresentsignificantpolicychallengesforIndonesia, ’s localized textwithNanyangflavorshas , Page 115 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 13:30-14:50Room:2240 understanding andpromotesocial reconciliationforamoredeveloped,unifiedV challenging Vietnam’s policy. Clarifyingthetransnationalconnectionbetweentwocommunitieshelpstostrengthenmutual such asthestruggleofVietnamese refugeesintheUnitedStatesforamoredeveloped,democraticVietnam, whichiscurrently and betweenthenations,emphasizesshiftfromideologicaltension tosoftdiplomacyinactivitiesofcivilsocietyorganizations, dissidents whosharethesamesocial,politicalconcerns. This paperdescribestherelationshipamongtransnationalmenbeyond anti-communist culturefromthemid1970sonwards. The growthoftheinternetallows thesepeopletoconnectwithVietnamese number ofscatteredpeoplewhofledasanti-communistrefugees. MediahasplayedanimportantroleintheV Vietnam, aone-partycommuniststate,wasterritoriallyunifiedafter the Vietnam War (1945-1975);however, therearestilla Transnational ConnectionsbetweenVietnamese-American CommunityandVietnam Le HanhNguyen Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2020 Vietnamese government. gap betweentheattitudesofgovernmentandpublictowardsexualitymoralvaluesthatarebeingupheldby paper willexaminethereactionsofpublicrepresentedintheirdiscussionaboutthisnewsonsocialmediaisordertoreveala Vietnamese bytheVietnamese governmentsinceJanuary2017,asreportedbyVietnamese onlinenewspapers.Inaddition,this It willalsodiscusstheoutlawingofcertainnovelgenresincludingromanticnovelsandgaytranslatedfromChineseto and nationalidentity. This papertrackstheflowsofBoysLovesubculturesfromJapanto Vietnam inthecontextofglobalisation. popularity amongVietnamese readers. texts,however,These ‘outsider’ canbeperceivedbygovernmentstoposethreatsmorality In recentyears,theJapanesemangagenreknownasyaoiandChinesehomoeroticonlinefictiondanmeihavegained ‘Boys Love’ MediainVietnam: National Attitudes towardSexualityintheContextofGlobalization Thi HuyenLinhNguyen Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2130 state making. asserting ownershipoverland,andthisrelatestoalternateclaimslandnowmadebythenation-state,inpracticeofnation- notion ofaspirituallandsurvey(2011) andJohnHolt’s spiritofplaces(2009),it argues thatthevenerationispracticeofpeople venerating practicetostonesattheHung Temple issimultaneouslyspiritual,political,andsocialinsignificance. Engaging withMus’ are abletomaintainthestatusofsacredobjects,whiledifferent stonesgetdifferent respectatdifferent times.Itshowshowsuch venerating andrememberingpracticestostonesatthesite,discussiondrawsonhistoricalrecordcomparehow heritage siteincontemporaryVietnam attheHung Temple, wherenationalancestorsareworshiped.Exploringtheemerging This presentationinvestigatestheassertionofplaceownershipthroughpracticeveneratingsacredstonesinanational Venerating theSwearingStoneatHungTemple Diem HangNgo Thi Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2010 of accommodatingallophonessuchashimself. existing imperialoreconomicdynamics,theEnglishlanguagegrantsLeefreedomtocreateaMalaysiannationalspacecapable to writeinEnglishcomesasadirectresultofhisstatusfifth-generationChineseethnicminority spread ofEnglishbylookingattheworksLeeKokLiang,oneMalaysia’s major Anglophone authors.IarguethatLee’s decision towards nationsthatalreadyhaveEnglishasanativelanguage. This paperseekstoprovideamorenuancedanalysisoftheglobal nations, wherethedecisionofnon-nativeEnglishspeakingnationstolearnbecomesanactculturalsubordination of internationalbusinessanddiplomacy. The conceptofGlobalEnglishimpliesacertaineconomicpower configurationbetween and theuniversallanguage that Englishisashorthandforglobalisation The notionofGlobalEnglishrevolvesaroundtheassumption English asaNativeLanguage:LeeKokLiangand Anglophone MalaysianLiterature Lynda Ng ietnam. . Farfrombeingaconcessionto ietnamese diaspora’s Page 116 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2170 publicly recognizedduetopolitical, sectarianandregionalreasons. examines theimpactofEngaged BuddhistmodelonactivitiesincontemporaryVietnam, wherethemodelisnot policies, domesticmonksandother factorsthatconstrainthepracticeof Thich NhatHanh’s sanghainVietnam. Lastly, this paper people. Thirdly, itexploresthepracticeofBuddhisminVietnam overthepasttwodecades,thusdiscussingvariouspolitical,religious examines theways Thich NhatHanhcombined thethoughtsofZenandPureLandBuddhism,introducedthemtoordinary tradition ofVietnamese Buddhism,ratherthanbeinginfluencedby theChineseschoolofHumanismBuddhism.Secondly, thispaper in PlumVillage Sangha. The papermaintainsthat theBuddhistthoughtof Thich NhatHanhisdeeplyrootedintheestablished This paperdiscussestherootsofEngagedBuddhismthrough analysisofthelargenumberbooksandactivitiescarriedout The EngagedBuddhismofThichNhatHanhanditsInfluences in Vietnam ContemporaryBuddhism Thi Ha An Nguyen Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2200 access MHservicesinCHCs. local healthauthoritiesshouldimprovethecapabilityofCHCsanddevelopcommunicationprogramstoencouragemorewomen to Xat. The barrierstomaternalhealthutilisationinclude:facilitycapability, ethniccultureandlanguagebarriers. The findingssuggest of deliveriesatthecommunehealthcentres(CHC)waslowinbothdistricts:only4.5percentSapaand18.2Bat province, anorthernprovinceofVietnam, whereethnicminoritygroupsaccountsfor64.1percentofthepopulation. The proportion services atthecommunelevelofremotedistrictsinVietnam. The mixed-methodstudywasconductedintwo districtsofLaoCai women insomeremoteareashasbeenofgreatconcern. This researchexaminesthefactorsinfluencingutilisationofMH While Vietnam hasmadeagreatprogressinimprovingmaternalhealth, thelowutilisationofmaternalhealth(MH)servicesamong Barriers to Accessibility ofMaternalHealthServicesinRemote Areas ofVietnam Thu Thi HoaiNguyenandFionaMcDonald Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2240 and exposedtoforeignpracticesvalues. that thedominantforcebehindhybridityinVietnamese HigherEducationsystemisstaff andleadersbeingeducatedoverseas in largelyad-hoc,fragmentedandinconsistentmannersacrossdifferent areasofuniversityoperations. The researchalsoindicates accompanied withsomepositivechangesandreformsinteaching,learninguniversitygovernance.However, hybridityhappens analysing thedynamicandcomplexdimensionsofhybridityacrosstwoVietnamese universities. The datasuggeststhathybridityis foreign influenceshasnotbeenadequatelyexploredinempiricalresearch. identity. Nonetheless,hybridityinhighereducationasphenomenonrelatedtotheinteractionsbetweenVietnamese traditionsand with thecountry’s aspirationtoescapefromforeigndomination,protectnationalindependenceandpreserve Vietnamese historyhaswitnessedthenation’s constanteffort tolearnfromtheoutsideworld. This effort paradoxicallyco-exists Hybridity inVietnamese Universities:Vietnamese Traditions andForeignInfluences Thi NhaiNguyen,MaiNgoandXuan Thu Dang Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2240 implications forfurtherstudiesarealsodiscussed. poor employment,inadequatelivingstandards,andhighlevelofstigmatisation.Policyimplications,limitationsthestudy questions; povertyisreflectedthroughnotonlyhouseholdeconomicstatusorlackofincomebutalsopoorhealth,education, dimensions ofpovertyinthecontextVietnam. Inthisstudy, disabilityismeasuredusingtheWashington Groupshortsetof with disabilities. This studyusesdatafromapopulation-basedsurveytolearnabouttherelationshipbetweendisabilityanddifferent recent PopulationandHousingCensusinVietnam showedthat7.8percentofpopulation,ormorethan6millionVietnamese, live is stilllimited. This islikelycompoundedbythecomplexityofrelationshipandalackdataondisabilityinthissetting. The most The viciouscircleofdisabilityandpovertyhasbeenwelldiscussed;however, discussionofthisviciouscircleindevelopingcountries Disability andMultidimensionalPoverty:EvidencefromaSurveyinVietnam Liem Nguyen,MinhHoang,DuongLeand Thao Nguyen This paperrespondstothispaucityintheliteratureby Page 117 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 13:30-14:50Room:2280 workers, theStateandfarmers. Based onfieldworkin Vientiane, thispapershowsthatorganicagricultureisbasedonacomplexrelationship betweendevelopment compromise farming,especiallythroughlandgrabs,andtheState requiresorganiccertification,whichisalonganddifficultprocess. difficult forfarmerstochangefromchemicalagricultureorganic; youngergenerationsarenotinterestedinfarming;otherprojects beneficial. Nowadays,thepromotionoforganicagricultureisstill relevantinLaos.However countries, promotingecologicaltourismandgivinghigherincomes tothefarmersengagedinorganicagriculturehaveallbeen ‘organic gardenof Asia’. Itisalso interestingfromaneconomicpointofview:exportingthehigh-qualityproductstoneighbouring In Laos,organicagriculturehasdevelopedsince2006.Organic isintendedtoenhanceLaos’s imagebymakingitthe Farming withUncertainty:Organic Agriculture inVientiane, Laos Sonemany Nigole Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2040 much tobelearnedfromstudyingthesesmaller, moreremotestationsinwhichforeignerslived andworked. port ofWenzhou, andsuggestreasonsforitsfailureasacentreof British commercialactivity. Mypresentationwillarguethatthereis majeure, failedtomeettheexpectationsplaceduponthem. As anexample, Iwillpresenttheexperienceoflittle-knowntreaty part ofthesemi-colonialnetworkinChina.Notwithstanding,itisremarkablethatsomanythem,oftenselectedasaresultforce their clubsandtinyforeigncommunitiestrustingintheprotectionprovidedbyextraterritoriality, neverthelessformedanimportant been given to the many which were individually insignificant.Looked down upon by Shanghailandersas ‘outports’, these places, with Much hasbeenwrittenaboutthelarger, moreglamouroustreatyportsofChina,particularlyShanghai. Yet verylittleattentionhas Beyond theBund:TheLesserTreaty PortsofChina Robert Nield Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:3270 applying thesefindingstoanempiricalcasestudyofhydropowerdamdevelopment. China’s rapidinfrastructureinvestmenthasledtotheevolutionofsustainablecitizenshipinLowerMekongBasin,while of partnershipamongthemulti-stakeholders. This paperfocuses ondiscussinghowsocialandenvironmentalimpactsbroughtby towards sustainabilityaregivingrisetorediscoveredformsoflocalactivismandresistance,aswellappealingfornewpatterns challenging thetraditionalwaysofliving. As such,newunderstandingsofrights-basedcitizenshipandenvironmentalresponsibility poverty rateswiththedrivetomodernize.Despitesignificanteconomicimpacts,prolongedsocialandenvironmentalharmisnow China hasrampedupitsinfrastructureinvestmentintheLowerMekongSub-regionoverpastdecade,resultingreducing China’s GrowingInfrastructureInvestmentandSustainableCitizenshipintheLowerMekongSub-region Shan Ni Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2290 generation ofhybridsitesandcontexts,thecomplexinterplaylocal,national,regionalinternationalsocialrelations. an opportunitytoimaginecontestsinprotectedareasmoredynamicterms,attendingtheinteractionbetweendiscourses, been thecatalystforemergenceofcommunity’s adaptiveandinnovativeenvironmentalpractices. This casestudyoffers seen asaprocessofcompromise,combinationandnegotiationamongmanydiscourses. The Thai state’s environmentalpolicyhas discourses cannotbereducedtoasimplestandoff betweentwoopposingsides-thestateandlocaltraditionbutrathercanbe and modernideasabouttheenvironment. Their complexresponsesindicatethat,inprotectedareas,conflictsoverenvironmental environmental policy. Inthecontextofenvironmentalconstraints,thesepeopledevelopnewpractices,incorporatingtraditional This paperhighlightsthewaysLahucommunityin Taksin NationalParkinNorthern Thailand respondtothe Thai state’s Local KnowledgeandEnvironmentalPolicyinaNorthernThaiNationalPark Dung NguyenQuang , therearesomelimitingfactors:itis Page 118 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts on theislandbetween17 settled. This presentationwilloutlinethefirst constructioncampaignsinmasonrycarriedoutthetwomostimportantsultanates in majorportsandhinterlandpolitiesofJavawhereforeignpowers, primarilyChinesecommunitiesandtheDutchVOCslowly the disappearanceofstilthousesandinearlymodernperiod agradualshifttoconstructionsinmasonry. This lastshiftoccurred privileged crossroadofSoutheast Asia, theislandofJavashowedfromearlyon,inpre-modern period,uniquefeaturessuchas The impactofforeigncommunitiesonJavaneseurbanandarchitectural history, stillpoorlyknown,isofparticularinterest. As a The ImpactofForeignCommunitiesonJavaneseUrban and Architectural History Hélène Njoto Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2050 similar characteristics. factions. Although therehavebeenchangesoverdifferent historicalperiods,thesepatternofpolarizationremainthesameorshow distinction betweentraditionalistandmodernistapproacheswithinIndonesianpoliticalideologies,bothnationalistIslamic precolonial era.KeyapproachesincludethoseadvancedbyBoeke,GeertzandFeith. These theoriesmoreorlessexposedbasic have reflectedonpatternsofpolarizationbetweendifferent groupswithinIndonesia,especiallyJavanesesocietysincethe provided achancefortheriseofpoliticalIslamismandmoreconservativereligioussentiments.ManyhistoricalstudiesIndonesia influence publicopinion.Moreover, thedeclineofauthoritarianpowerand disintegrationofnationalistandseculargroupshave period ofJokoWidodo’s presidencyinIndonesiathissituationhasbeenacceleratedbytheuseofinformationtechnologyto This paperaimstoexposethehistoricalrootsofpolarizationwithincontemporaryIndonesianpoliticsandsociety. Sincetheearly Nationalism andTheRootofPolarizationInIndonesianContemporaryPolitics Pradipto Niwandhono Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:3003 social andpoliticalimpacts. This analysisrevealsthe“deliberative democratic”capacitiesofteenagers’ festiveprotests. analysis, thispresentationshowstheanalysisof(a)repertoirescontention,(b)politicalandsocialresponses,(c) utilised radicallydifferent means(violentandfestive),therebyleadingtodifferent consequences.Bymeansofqualitativecontent violent protestsinthe1960s.Bothsetsofaremotivatedbysameissue(anti-war).However, thetwosetsofprotests festive protests,thispresentationwillfocusonthecaseofteenagers’ festiveprotestsinJapanthe2010sbycontrastingitwith engage inasymbolicchallengeagainstdominantdiscoursesandnorms.Inunderstandingthedemocraticcapacityofteenagers’ teenagers. Byemployingfun-centricandperformance-basedactions(e.g.singingHip-Hop),festiveprotestsallowteenagersto As oneofseveralnewformsteenagers’ nonviolentactivism,“festive”protestshavereceivedconsiderableattentionfrom When Anger Turns Hip-Hop:TheDeliberativeCapacityofTeenagers’ FestiveProtestsinJapan Kei Nishiyama Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2010 to suggestawaynegotiatewiththepowerofsocialsystems. paper, frequentdescriptionoffoodandcooking,discusseshisuniqueusethemotifkitchen drawingattentiontotheauthor’s of materialismonpeople’s dailypracticesandidentitysincehisdebut,beliefequallyappearsinillustrationofthekitchen. This which exclusivelyemphasizesmarketvaluesandunderratesindividuality. WhileMurakamihascalledattentiontotheseriousimpact and developcommunicationwithothers.However, thekitchen’s culture, productivefunctionissubjecttotheinfluenceofconsumerist others througheatingouttogetherandcookingforthemathome. The kitchenisacreativespacewherepeoplebuildsubjectivity constitute importantmomentsinMurakami’s stories,inwhichhiscommonlyreclusivecharactersoftendeveloptheirrelationshipwith Haruki Murakami’sare almostalwaysgoodcooks.Eatingandcooking of foodandhisprotagonists novelsarerepletewithdepictions The KitcheninMurakami:FoodPreparationandConsumptionasaFormofResistance Chikako Nihei Wednesday 4 July, 13:30-14:50Room:2190 pursuit ofprestigeandpowerthrough thecreationofnewvisualidentities. towards foreignarchitecturaltypes andtechnicalinnovations,willillustratehowJavaneserulerscompeted withforeignpolitiesin th centuryandtheearly19 th century, Banten and Yogyakarta. Two attitudes,seeminglycontradictory Page 119 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 15:30-16:50Room:2290 efforts. and reducingvulnerabilitiesasa partofdisasterresponse.Betterintegrationisneededbetween development activitiesandDRR government’s povertyalleviationframework.Iarguethat thelocalgovernmenthasfailedtorecogniseneedforunderstanding and financialmeasures. Thesefailtodistinguishdifferential socialvulnerabilities.Socialissuesareinstead onlycoveredwithinthe due tophysicalfactors. The localgovernmentprovidesuniversal DRRpoliciesandrespondstofloodvulnerabilitywithtechnical explores policies,perceptionsaboutandpracticesofreducingflood vulnerability understood andhowthevulnerabilityofdisadvantagedgroupshas beenreducedbytheCityGovernmentofMakassar. The study few, particularly thoseconcerningfloodvulnerabilityofdifferent socialgroups. Thispaperexamineshowfloodvulnerabilityis Studies ondisasterriskreduction(DRR)aregrowingbutmosthave aglobalorregionalfocus.LocalDRRstudiesarerelatively The RoleofLocalGovernmentinReducingVulnerability toFloodsinthe CityofMakassar, Indonesia Ismawaty Nur, KrishnaK.Shresthaand Tanya Jakimow Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:3180 of rupturethatencompassesnature-societydisruption,andwillidentifykeyanalyticalthemesforfurtherattention. from Scienceand Technology Studies,andcumulativeimpactstudies,amongothers. The paperwilldevelopanexpandeddefinition attends tonature-societydynamics,includingMarx’s ‘metabolicrift’,JasonMoore’s ‘capitalocene’,theconceptof‘co-production’ intensification inmainlandSoutheast Asia. Thepaperwillbringtheconcept of‘rupture’ intoconversationwithrelatedliteraturethat society disruption,suchasthesynergistictransformationswroughtbyextractives,infrastructuredevelopmentandagrarianmarket the nexusbetweenruptureandstateformation.Hereweexplorewhetheranenrichedconceptofcanalsoaddressnature- defines ruptureasan‘openmoment’ ofdramaticdisruption,asmayarisefromcolonisationorconflict.Hispurposeistoexamine This paperwillexploreandelaborateontheconceptofnature-societyrupture.Lund’s 2016paperinDevelopmentandChange Comparative LawinandforJapan Luke NottageandBeatriceJaluzot Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2200 problems, conflictsanddisengagedparentingstyles;(3)absenceofef dysfunctional conditions.Iidentifykeyproblemswithinthefamilycontext,including:(1)divorceandseparation;(2)communication family context(structure,internalrelationshipsandresources)bytrackinghowparents’ upbringingoftheirchildrenisharmedby to createawarmandsupportiveenvironmentforchildren.Basedonthefamilynarrations,mypaperanalysescomponentsof convicted jihadistsfromacrossJavawhohaveparentswithnohistoricalbackgroundinjihadism.Familiesdysfunctionfailed members leadingtogreatersusceptibilitybecomingviolentlyjihadist.Myresearchexaminesparticipantsfromelevenfamiliesof recruitment. This studyarguesthatdysfunctionandparentalabsenceimpactonthereligioussocializationofyoungerfamily This qualitativestudyinvestigatestheroleoffamilydysfunctionandparentalabsenceincreatingindividualsvulnerabletojihadist Family ContextandJihadisminIndonesia:DysfunctionParental Absence Haula Noor Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3270 objects ofgovernmentality. proposes thatcontentionovertheethicalkillingoftheseanimalsratherexemplifiesanimals’ hierarchical relationshiptononhumanspeciesandoneanotherwithinthecontextofnationalizednaturalecologies. This paper animal welfare.Despitetheirnuancedclaimsofhumanetreatment,throughkillingtheLarge-mouthBass,bothconfirm competing strategiesforeliminatingtheseanimalsandtherebyoccupyvaryinglevelsofethicalresponsibilitytowardnon-human extermination projects. This papercidateshowcentralandlocalgovernments,fishers,amateursportfishermenadvocate have beenblamedasaprimarycausalfactorinthedestructionofSouthKoreanecosystemandthustargeted This paperexploresthecontestedecologicalpoliticsofmoralitysurrounding“invasive”speciesinSouthKorea.Invasive Ecogovernmentality: ManagingLarge-mouthBassPopulationasInvasiveSpeciesinSouthKorea Gowoon Noh fective religioussocialization. . There isastrongbelief thatfloodvulnerabilityis subordinationtohumansqua Page 120 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2050 on Indonesia’s humanrightspolicyafterthefallofSuhartoin1998. period asanindependentcountry, impact andtheconfiningofhumanrightsactivismby the New Orderregime havehadasignificant protection ofrights,andhumanrightsactivism. This papershowsthatthelackofacoherenthumanrightsdialogueinitsearlier to addressinorderunderstandthecurrentstateofhumanrights developmentinIndonesia,beitaboutitshumanrightspolicies, end ofWorld War II,whenandhowdidhumanrightsdialoguemovementsstartedinIndonesia? These questionsareimportant advanced intheaftermathofWorld War II.ConsideringthatIndonesiaas anindependentcountrywasestablishednotlongafterthe Modern humanrights,wheretheyareinstitutionalizedininternational treatiesandorganizations,writteninlawspolicies, The DevelopmentofHumanRightsinIndonesia Yessi Olivia Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2130 most desirableandrealisticallyachievableatdifferent points in time. paper revealshowthesethreewomennavigatedpaidemploymentandotherexternalconstraintsinpursuitofwhattheyconsidered graduation, theirfirstpermanentjobs,marriage,motherhood,anddivorce)craftedidentitiesbasedonsocialroles. about threewomen’s livesfrom1989to2016.Duringthisperiodtheyunderwentaseries oflifecourseevents(e.g.,highschool Longitudinal StudyofKobeWomen 1989-2019,thispaperanalysesethnographicinterviewsandrelateddata collectedinKobe How dotheirdecisionsguidetheprocessofintra-classdifferentiation ofthisgroupwomen,andtheirchildren? As partofthe How doworkingclasswomenmakedecisionsabouttheiremploymentinrelationtofamilyresponsibilitiesoverlifecourse? Employment andFamilies:LongitudinalEthnographicInterviewswithWorking-class Women, 1989-2016 Kaori OkaoOkano Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:3310 arising fromtransnationalentanglements. how humanrightsclaimsareframed;andthird,toidentifydiscussLGBT First, tounderstandhowLGBT activismisarticulatedandrepresentedbywho;second,tocontextualiseLGBT activismthrough and Malaysia. Through ananalysisofonlinemediaandcivilsocietyorganisations,thepaperwilloffer athree-prongedapproach. understand howLGBT activismcontributestosexualityjusticeandhumanrightseducationinthecontextsof Indonesia, Singapore which sexualminoritiesareentangledwithglobal,localandnationalinstitutionaldiscursiveforces. A keyaimofthepaperisto This paperexaminessexualminoritiescontestationsandcollaborationsacrossSoutheast Queer Contestations,CollaborationsandtheirTransnational Entanglements Across Southeast Asia Baden Offord Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:3270 which circumnavigatesanypotentialethnicandnationaltensions. in away spaces with these interact tourists which Chinese ways in similar the very to consider us – allows and Kyoto,Japan Xinjiang internet butintheabstractimageof‘Xinjiang’ and‘Japan’ created.Focusingontwotouristlocations–aKazakh‘folkvillage’ inthe mediated imagesof‘otherspaces’. These digitalimagesarevirtualspaces-notonlyintheirdisseminationthroughthe Gaze’ andFoucault’s conceptof‘heterotopias’ toexplorethewaysinwhichChinese tourists’ photographicpracticescreateparticular of thephotographs.ItdrawstogetherEdwardSaid’s conceptof‘imaginedgeographies’,UrryandLarson’s conceptofthe‘Tourist in theiruseofrole-play‘traditionalcostume’ –functionstocreatetheimaginedgeographies of‘otherplaces’ withinthespace This paperexploreshowChinesetourists’ practicesofcreatingidealized/idyll-izedpicturestouristsites–particularlyexemplified Hetero-photography: ChineseTourists’ Visual EncounterswithXinjiangandJapan David O’BrienandMelissaShaniBrown humanrightsareactivatedbyspecificconcerns Asia withaspecificfocusonthewaysin The Page 121 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2170 leading andinfluentialintellectual. the latter, Ma Yifu hasnotreceivedsignificantacademicattention,especiallyinthe West. Thispaperexplainsthephilosophyofthis “three modernsages”ofConfucianismalongwithXiongShili(1885-1968) andLiangShuming(1893-1988).However, comparedto served asafundamentalfigureinorforerunnerofmodernNew Confucianism in20thcenturyChina,andwashonouredasoneof development, acohortofrepresentativethinkers,andclearlydefined lineagesofintellectualtransmission.”Ma was amovementthatcouldbetracedtotheearlypartoftwentieth century, thatitboasteddistinctphasesofinternal By theearly1990s,abroadconsensushadbeenreachedbyscholars in Taiwan, Hong Kong, andChinathat“NewConfucianism Ma Yifu: Oneof‘ThreeModernSages’ ofNewConfucianism Chunmei Pan Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2290 how financialindependencebeforeandduringworkingatfactorieshasshapedthesenseofautonomysafetywomen. structures inthosecountries,whichturnalsochangesgenderpositionshouseholdsandthelabourforce. manufacturing sectorhasbecomeanagentofchange. The emergenceofexport-oriented factorieshaschangedeconomic for theimprovementofwomen’s safetyandautonomy. To empowerwomeneconomicallyindevelopingcountries,thegarment- adopted bymanycountries. Amongst alltheresponses,economicempowermentofwomenhasbeenconsideredasaremedy and autonomy. Inthelast20years,variousresponses,includingprotection,prevention,andempoweringwomen,havebeen Recent reportsindicatethatwomenlivinginlow-incomecountriesarestillfacingthechallengesofalowlevelindividualsafety Economic EmpowermentofWomen andItsImplicationsforWomen’s Safetyand Autonomy inCambodia Soheang PakandDineshWadiwel Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2240 be passedon. art toeducate,heal,andconnectOkinawansacrossgenerationsinordersustainaformofOkinawancollectivememorythatcan combined witharttooffer anewmethodinpeacestudyOkinawatobedeployedtheclassroom.MabuniPeaceProjectemploys day. This paperexploresapedagogythatincorporatesanOkinawantraditionalpeaceconcept,Nuchidu Takara (lifeisprecious), the olderandnewergenerationsofOkinawans.Withoutacreativeintervention,Okinawancollectivememorymightdisappearone presence ofUSmilitarybases. There existsagapofhistoricalmemoryandknowledgeaboutthewaroccupationbetween Okinawa inwhichOkinawanshavebeentraumatizedbytheBattleofOkinawa,andwhocontinuetosuffer duetothecontinuing Art isoftenusedinhealingpeoplewhohavebeenimpactedbytraumaticeventssuchaswarandmilitarism. This isthecaseon Mabuni PeaceProject:NewandCreativePedagogyintheClassroom Shoko Oshiro Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2250 argument byfocusingontheeverydayspacesofNikkeijin(descendantsJapaneseemigrants)inJapan. negotiate theirlivingandworkingconditionsthrougheverydaystrugglesevenatthemostsubalternlevel.Iwilldevelopthis concerns ofIPE.Morespecifically, I willarguethatitiscrucialtorecognizemigrantworkersaspoliticalactorswhocontestand ignorance ofIPEscholarshipinmind,thispaperaimstocontributetheintegrationgloballabourmigrationintocore and politicalrelationsinthefieldofInternationalPoliticalEconomytendstorendermigrationasonlyaminorissue.Withsuch of boththenationsoriginanddestination. Yet, theliteraturethatattemptstoinvestigatereconfigurationsofsocio-economic Within thecontextofneoliberalglobalization,transnationallyescalatedmigrationcanhaveprofoundeffects onthesocialstructures The EverydaySpacesoftheNikkeijininJapan:MigrantWorkers asPolitical Actors Hironori Onuki This paperreflectson Yifu (1883-1967) Page 122 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room: 2020 expression. This paperwillendeavourtoprovokedialogueaboutvideo,representationandcollectiveauthorship. the shiftingnatureofartinEast Timor, demonstratinghowdifferent contextscommanddifferent approachestorepresentationand video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS-jvK8pjSY&list=UU9rE8Tuy-T2cBWnk0fsKOfw#action=share). These videosevidence as casestudies:ItaNudarEma(https://vimeo.com/117767404) andtheawardwinning2014Gertrude StreetProjectionFestival This paperanalysesvideoasatoolfornegotiatingtheimpossibility ofcollectiveauthorship,lookingattwo Animatism’s videos The videoworkofthe Animatism collectivelyperformsmultiplefunctionssimultaneously, operatingasboth methodologyandart. Video andCollective Authorship: TheExperiencesof Animatism inTimor-Leste Chris Parkinson Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:3270 the claimsreflectbroaderconcernswithcommunitiesachievingenvironmentaljusticeininternationaldevelopment. whether harmhasoccurredduetotheBank’s actsoromissionsfromnon-compliancewiththeirenvironmentalandsocialpolicies, access toredistributionand,afteraclaim,improvedcapabilitiescomparedwithpriorclaim.WhiletheIAMsseekidentify expansive understandingofenvironmentaljusticetoconsiderifandhowtheIAMsprovidegreaterrecognition,participation,better project affected peopletothe ABD’s IAMtoexaminewhetherenvironmentaljusticecanbeachievedthrough theIAMs.Ittakesan Asian DevelopmentBankcreateditsIAMtoenableproject-affected peoplerecourse. This paperexaminestheclaimsmadeby policies. These arebackedbypoliciespromotingthecreationofindependentaccountabilitymechanisms(IAMs).In1995, After decadesofenvironmentalandsocialcampaignsMultilateralDevelopmentBankscreatedsafeguard Environmental Justicethrough Asian DevelopmentBank Accountability Mechanisms? Susan Park Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2020 it intersectswithraceandclasstomakevisible–palatablecertainkindsofcosmopolitandiasporicidentities. Vongerichten. Inparticular, Iwanttoforegroundtheroleofgenderintheirpromotionfusioncuisineandculture andconsiderhow Americans intheculinaryworld:“badboy”LA celebritychef,RoyChoiandstylishmixed-raceKoreanadopteefoodshowhost,Marja This paperexploreshowKorean Americans arepromotingKoreanfusioncuisine,focusingonthemediatedidentitiesoftwo Promoting FusionFood,PerformingIdentities:Korean American ChefsonTelevision Jane Park Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2020 colonial modernity. The conceptof“healthy-body beauty”was,indeed,promotedbybothKoreansandJapanese. amalgamate healthwithbeautyandtomanufactureincessantdesiresforhealthy-bodyintheburgeoningcapitalistsocietyof became thecentralcriterionofidealfemininebeautywerehighlycalculatedpoliticalmaneuversandstrategiesthatsoughtto emblematic offemininebeautyatthecrossroadscolonialism,nationalism,andfeminism.Behindshiftsinwhichhealthnewly Japanese colonialrule(1910-45). This paperexaminesthespecifichistoricalprocessesinwhichhealthy-bodybeautybecame contemporary Korea. The ideas,images,discourses,andsocialpracticesofkongangmi,infact,cameintobeingKoreaunder politics surroundingtheconceptofhealthy-bodybeauty, whichservesasoneofthekeytermsindefiningidealfemininebeauty This paperexploresagenealogyof“healthy-bodybeauty”(kongangmi)inKorea.Itcriticallyinvestigatestheoriginsand Healthy isBeautiful:ExploringOriginsofHealthy-bodyBeautyinKorea Jin-Kyung Park Page 123 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 13:30-14:50Room:2070 new lightonthewayinwhichmuseums aremeetingtheseresponsibilities. and interpretation,butalsohave responsibilitiesinhowtheydoso.Byforegroundingthesedifferent approaches,thispapersheds I arguethatmuseumshaveanimportant roletoplayinaddressingthedestructionofunderwater culturalheritagethroughitsdisplay Sentosa, Singapore),theMarine HeritageGallery(Jakarta,Indonesia),andtheMaritimeSilkRoute Museum(HailingIsland,China). paper addressesthisgapbycomparingthreedifferent museologicalapproaches:the MaritimeExperientialMuseum(ResortsWorld and physicallyprotect Asia’s underwater culturalheritage,buthavegivenlimitedattentiontotherolethatmuseumscanplay. My heritage isatacriticaljuncture:moreaccessible,andthreatened, thaneverbefore.Scholarshavefocusedonhowtolegally The oceanisthelargestmuseuminworld—hometomillions ofshipwrecksandothermaterialremainsthepast.In Asia, this The LargestMuseumintheWorld: Underwater CulturalHeritagein Asia Natali Pearson Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room: 2290 opportunities torethinksubsistenceeconomyintheHimalayas. people andexternalagencies. This papershareslessonsfromthiscommunity-based enterprise andhighlightschallenges community incomeandemployment. This initiativewasforcedtoshutbuthasrecentlybeenrevivedthroughacollaborationoflocal are localinnovations.Chaubascommunityforestryhasestablishedasawmilltoharvestandsellforestproductsgenerate of communityforestrydoesnoteffectively allowlocalpeopletomovebeyondsubsistencefocussedforestmanagement. Yet, there conservation hasbeenlaudedasasuccess,communityforestry’s reallivelihoodsimpactsarelimitedbecausepoliciesandpractices employment andservices,increasedenvironmentalresources. A caseinpointisNepal’s communityforestry. Whileforest communities arechangingrapidly. Ruralmountainvillagesnowhaveincreasedaccessibilitytomarkets,betteraccesseducation, Many ruralcommunitiesinNepalandtheHimalayanregionhavepracticedsubsistenceagricultureforgenerations.However, these Rethinking SubsistenceEconomyintheHimalaya:LessonsfromChaubasCommunityForestryNepal Govinda PrasadPaudel,KrishnaK.Shrestha, Anthony Zwiand Ayusha Bajracharya Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:3180 clemency deadline. executions’ legalitydependslargelyonthestepsIndonesian Attorney-General’s Officetooktoenforcethepreviousone-year unlawful executionsofthreedeathrowconvictson29July2016:SeckOsmane,FreddyBudimanandHumphreyEjike. These will givethisdecisionprospectiveeffect. IconsiderpresentproceedingsbeforetheIndonesianOmbudsmanrelatingtopossible long-term prisoners,particularlythosewhohavenotyetappliedforclemency. However, thisdependsonwhetherIndonesiancourts deadline toapplyforclemencyunderthe2010ClemencyLawwasdeclaredunconstitutional. This mightaffect alldeathrowand process inIndonesiandeathpenaltycases.Inthiscase,broughtbyformernavalofficerSu’udRusliandtwoothers,theone-year the currentandpotentialimpactofIndonesianConstitutionalCourtDecisionNo.107/PUU-XII/2015onPresidentialclemency Since modernIndonesianwasformed,thePresidenthashadconstitutionalpowertograntclemency. This papersummarises Su’ud Rusli’s ConstitutionalChallenge:OverhaulingClemencyinIndonesianDeathPenaltyCases? Daniel Pascoe Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:3200 extremism. argue thattheInternetisoneofmultiplefactors,andotherofflinesuchassocialnetworksstillplayacrucialroleinviolent exposure toonlinemilitantmaterialssignificantlyaffects violentextremism.However, unlikemanyinternet-enthusiastscholars,I from policeinterrogationdocuments,interviewsofthefriendsandfamilymembersterrorists,expertopinions,Iarguethat of violentextremism.Bycollectingdatafrompubliclyavailablesources,suchasnewspaperreports,whichincludesinformation use theInternetandtowhatextentaffects recruitment, planning,propagandizing,mobilization,financingandplanning influential figuresinviolentextremism,withaparticularfocusBangladesh. This paperexaminestheroleofInternetandsocialrelationships,suchasfriends,peers,teachers,familymembers The RoleoftheInternetandSocialNetworksinViolent Extremism:TheCaseofBangladesh Md SaimumParvez The studyaskshowBangladeshiviolentextremists Page 124 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 13:30-14:50Room:2040 adapt toclimatechangeandthesystemicregulationofMekong River. powerful historicstates,andhowmoderncommunities–well-adapted totheregionsuniquepulsinghydrologyandecosystems–will This paperwilldiscusstheHoloceneevolutionoflowerMekong, theemergenceanddeclineofregion’s largestandmost seasonal hydrologyofthe Tonle Saplakedominatesthisregion,influencingeverythingfromnutrientcyclingtolandscapeevolution. the SouthChinaSea–isahighlydynamichydrogeomorphicregion coveringanareaalmost230,000km2inarea. The unusual The southernregionoftheMekongRiverbasin–betweenrapids ontheborderofCambodiaandLaosriverdeltain Past, PresentandFutureSocio-ecologicalDynamicsof theLowerMekongRiver Daniel Penny Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2050 society developmentinChinawheresocialautonomyisearnedbyinnovation,publicsupportandimprovedself-capacity. effectively inparallelwithstateagencies. The riseofnon-governmentaldisasterreliefshedslightononemanytrajectoriescivil donations andreliefoperations. This researchfindsthatduringtimesofcrisis,non-governmental actorscarryoutreliefmissions Nepal in2015,thepaperalsoexplicateshowNGOscanbreakdownstatemonopolyoverdisasterinformationmanagement,public overall inter-organizationalconnectivity. Bylookingatsuccessfuljointnon-governmentalreliefoperationsinLushan2013and networks inthefield,focusingontheirstrategiesformaintainingabroad-basedpartnership,developingself-capacity review ofthegrowthnon-governmentalactorsinrelieffieldsince2000s,andexaminesmostimportantplatforms This paperexplorestheemergenceofahighlynetworkedandcapableNGOcommunityindisasterreliefChina.Itprovides The RiseofParalleledGovernanceinChina: A CaseStudyofDisasterResponse Lin PengandFengshiWu Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2020 fans thekeypromotersofJapaneseculture. Japanese popcultureproductsarrivedinMexico,influencingyoungaudiences;gainingstrengthduringthe1990s,makingMexican turning pointinwhichculturewassetasidetoopenthewayforaneconomicandfinancialagenda.However of 1960,therelationshipbetweenMexicoandJapanwasstrictlycultural. The following decadehasbeenwrongfullylabeledasthe elites andbecameavailabletothemasses.Startingfromfifteenthcentury research maintainsthatthiswasthemomentinwhichculturalaspectofrelationshipstoppedbeingsomethingexclusiveto knowledge aboutJapaninMexicobecameaccessibleforeveryonethankstothearrivalofJapanesepopcultureproducts. This This paperanalysestheculturalrelationshipbetweenMexicoandJapan,aimingtoprovethatsincelatetwentiethcentury, Japan forEveryone:Manga/ Anime andtheCulturalRelationship betweenMexicoandJapan Edgar SantiagoPelaezMazariegos Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2200 parasitology toproduceanewawarenessofdiseaseecologiesandrecognitionthelimitationsbiologicalcontrol. the extenttowhichinvestigationsintolifehistoriesandbionomicsofinsectpestsintersectedwithdevelopmentsincolonial Concentrating, inparticular, onIndiaandBritishMalayaduringaperiodofrapidenvironmentaltransformation,thepaperexplores and mosquitoes-becamecentral,notonlytothemanagementofcolonialagriculture,butmaintenancehealth. 1933: theImperialInstituteofEntomology). The controlofinvasiveinsectsandarthropods-includingcaterpillars,locusts,aphids, Empire inthefirstthreedecadesoftwentiethcentury. In1913,theImperialBureauofEntomologywasestablished(from study oftheroleother‘tropicalsciences’,includingentomology. IexaminethedevelopmentofappliedentomologyinBritish Much hasbeenwrittenabouttheimportanceofbacteriologyinearlytwentieth-centurycolonialmedicine. There hasbeenless Colonial MedicineandtheEmpireofInsects Robert Peckham , itwasacommonconsensusthatuntilthedecade , thisisthetimewhen , andenhancing Page 125 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2050 regime willremaindormant. the BlasphemyLawisinterpretedtoupholdreligiousorthodoxyin contemporaryIndonesia,Indonesia’s nationalhumanrightslaw blasphemy. After analysingboth Ahok’s legaldefence,aswell thejudgmentofcourt,whatbecomesclearisthat,aslong the May2017decisionofNorthJakartaStateCourttoconvict theformergovernorofJakarta,Basuki‘Ahok’ Tjahaja Purnama,of two landmarkblasphemycases:theIndonesianConstitutionalCourt’s 2010materialreviewofthecountry’s BlasphemyLaw, and ideological ramificationsforIndonesia’s nascentdemocracyare inherentlyundemocratic. Thefindings ofthispaperarebasedon populism inthatcountry. Ifitcannot,using Alfred Stepan’s democratictheoryofthe‘twintolerations’,paperarguesthat This paperaskswhetherornotIndonesia’s nationalhumanrightslawregimecanwithstandtheriseofpolitical IslamandIslamic Islam, Blasphemy, andHumanRights:TheCaseof Ahok Daniel Peterson Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2130 phases ofIndonesianpoliticallife. an insurgentformofpoliticalcommunicationthathaskeptlanguageopen,aliveanduncontrolled,evenduringthemostauthoritarian corpse isanunstablesymbolthatlendsitselfmoretothepossessionofsocietythanstate,papershowshowithasbeen state andcontendwithanoldermoreestablishedgenealogyoflocalancestorsthatbelongtosociety. Usingtheideathat violence anduponthesymbologyofaconstructedgenealogynationalheroes. The paperarguesthatthoseheroesbelongtothe solider heroes.Fromthisstartingpoint,thepapershowswaysinwhichIndonesianstateformedthroughrevolutionary dismembered, dispersedandunburiedcorpseofenemiesversusthattheredeemedcommemoratedIndonesian This papertakestheviolentoutbreakofIndonesianrevolutionasastartingpointtoexplorepotentpower The PoliticalPoweroftheRevolutionaryDeadinIndonesia Robbie Peters Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3310 disabilities anditsdeterminingfactors,thestudyshedsnewlightondisabilitydisasterliterature. multiparty collaborationiskeytoinclusivedisasterresiliencebuilding.Byprovidingevidenceontheactivecontributionofpeople with three distincthazardproneareasinIndonesia.ItarguesthatDisabledPeople’s OrganisationsplayacrucialroleinDRR,andthat reduction (DRR),pivotingontheperspectiveofdisabilityorganisations. The paperdrawsonmultiplecasestudyresearchacross role andcontribution. This studyfillsthegapbyinvestigatingcurrentpracticesofincludingpeoplewithdisabilitiesindisasterrisk occurring formorethanadecadebutthedebateislargelyfocusedontheirvictimhoodandvulnerabilityinsteadofpotential on peoplelivingwithdisabilities. The discourseonexclusionofpeoplewithdisabilitiesinnaturalhazardemergencieshasbeen The Asia-Pacific istheworld’s mostdisaster-proneregion,withtheliteraturedemonstratingdisproportionateimpactofdisaster Indonesian DPOsinLocalLevelDisability-inclusiveDisasterRiskReduction Pradytia Pertiwi,GwynnythLlewellynandMichelleVilleneuve Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2290 expand, orintendtootherSoutheast Asian markets. ASEAN markets,aswellthePortuguesecompaniesthatareactivein Timorese market,howtheyoperatein Timor-Leste and economic levelconnecting Timor-Leste andPortugal. The resultsprovideinsightsaboutthecharacteristicsof Timorese and interested inenteringthe Timor-Leste marketweresurveyedandconsulted,interviewsheldfromfivefocalpoints inthehigher development ofbusinessintheregion.Usingtheoreticalframeworkinternationalisation,currentexportersandcompanies Association ofSoutheast Asian Nations(ASEAN)market,andthestrategiesbusinessesadoptobstaclesthatexistfor This paperdiscusseshow Timor-Leste actsasabaseforPortuguesecompaniesinfacilitatingaccesstotheneighbouring The RoleofTimor-Leste inFacilitatingPortugueseCompanies’ Access tothe ASEAN Market Pereira Maria AlexandraAgostinho Page 126 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2280 making. Cu LaoCham,theleadershave a highlevelofconsensusandlocalpeoplehavedeeplyparticipated intheprocessesofdecision this paperarebasedonparticipatoryobservationsandinterviews collectedoverthepastinsixmonths. The resultsshowthatin system includethestate,operatingatmultiplelevels,tourism sector have beenmade,especiallyfocussingonthelevelsofcontributions oflocalpeople. The actorsinvolvedinthisdecision-making protected areaapproach. This paperwillpresenthowmulti-stakeholders intheMPA havecollaboratedandenvironmentaldecisions Vietnam. SinceCuLaoCham’s MPA establishment,thisWorld BiosphereReservehasbeenrunbasedontheco-management Cu LaoChamMarineProtected Area (MPA) hasbeenrecognizedasrepresentinggoodenvironmental governancepracticein Environmental GovernanceinCuLaoChamMarineProtected Area inVietnam Ngoc Pham Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2020 Stuart Hall’s ideasofbeingasmuchbecoming. space andplace. Their lived-throughexperiencesaccountfortheVietnamese pastandpresentconstructidentitiesthatspeakto constituted withindiscourseofVietnamese socialandculturalnormsofclosefamily communitynetworksthattranscendtime, and politicalimperativesforwellbeingagency. homeandbelongingare The paperarguesthatVietnamese senseof‘self’, overtures ofVietnam’s past. The Vietnamese diasporicconsciousnessthus representsvernaculartacticsofeverydaylifeascultural also revealaproliferationofbusinessrelationswithintheclosecommunityVietnamese-Australians, juxtaposedwithmelancholic friends in Australia withextendedrelationsinVietnam. ExaminationsofculturalartefactsfromVietnamese newspapersin Australia international studentsandtheirrelationssuggestnetworksofexchangeparticipationthatarepredominantlyfamiliesclose This paperexaminestheroleoffamilyandcommunitynetworksinVietnamese communitiesinSydney. InterviewswithVietnamese Family andCommunityNetworks:Tactics ofEveryday LifePracticesintheVietnamese Diaspora Lien Pham (slow beginning,acceleration,swiftend)thatoriginatesintheBugakucourtdancesimported7 Chinese culturehasinfluencedJapaneseperformancebothintermsofdramaticstructure–theorganisationalprinciplejo-ha-kyu Yang Guifei’s Reincarnations inJapaneseNohandKabukiTheatres Galia Petkova Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2130 how theircementingputatstaketheincorporationofvillageintonationalpolity. mediate thevillagers’ relationstotheterritory, toauthorities,andthespirits;howtheyquestionmobility/immobilitydivide; village authoritieshaveproposedtocementtheposts,originallycarvedinwood. The paperwilldiscusshowthevillageposts posts havenotdisappearedandknownarevivalrecently. Inspiredbymonumentsbuiltthe regimeonthe“citypillar”model, ancestors ofthegroupatlarge.Despiteattemptsbyrevolutionaryregimetoeradicate“superstitions”inlate1970s,village danger, likeadrought. The cult,led byadescendantofthefirstsettlers,doesnotaddressanautochthonouspresencebut Most Tai villagesinHouaphanprovincehaveapost“ofthevillage”orstability”.Itprovidesprotectionwhenfacingcollective Better inCement!Village PostsinthePresentDaysamongTai ofNorthernLaos Pierre Petit Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2003 considered, aswelltheenactmentof Yokihi inNohandKabukitoday. in pre-modernKabukiproductions.JuxtapositionswithrepresentativeJapanesesymbolsofultimatefemininityonstagewillbe eponymous Nohdrama Yokihi, writtenbyKomparuZenchikuinthefifteenthcentury, andadaptationsof Yang Guifei’s narrative of Yang Guifei,themostfamedChinesesymboloficonicfemaleness,inall-male NohandKabukitheatres,focusingonthe femininity andmasculinityonstageand,byextension,insociety. This paperwilllookattherepresentationofstoryandcharacter numerous narratives,whichhavebeenveryimportantalsointermsofgender, contributingtotheconstructionofideals , scientistsandprivatecitizens. The findingspresentedin th century–andcontentthrough Page 127 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:2110 and thegrowingfriendshipbetweenex-POWveteranscitizens ofbothtowns. gardens asmemorialspacesforenemyprisonersofwar, theindividualsinvolved,struggletocultivateandmaintaingardens them as“Trojan gardens“thatsitincongruouslywithintheirhostgeographies. The paperdescribestheprovocationsforcreating processes thatunderscoretheuncannyproductionoftheseaesthetically alienlandscapesascommemorativespaces.Itdescribes administrators attherespectivesitesandmultiplefieldvisitsto Cowra andNaoetsu,thispaperexaminesthehistories each adoptedthelandscapetraditionoftheironetimeenemy. UsingarchivalrecordsoftheCowraBreakout,interviewswith share acommonhistoryofwartimecatastrophe,thedeathforeign POWsandthedesirefortheircommemorationtheyhave The CowraJapaneseGardeninNewSouthWales andtheNaoetsuPeaceParkinJapanareacuriouspairing;althoughthey Trojan Garden: Aesthetic Exchanges ofDissonantHeritagebetween Australia andJapan Anoma Pieris Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2050 equity, ratherthanexpectingwomen(orunderrepresentedgroups)to‘fitinto’ amasculinist(class-privileged,etc.)politicalsphere. constructed private/publicdivides.Finally, Iconcludeby questioningwhatitmightmeantoalterpoliticalsystemscreategreater social (notpolitical),andwhetherthisdenialofpoliticsrestsupongenderednotionssubjecthoodcitizenship,socially- for poorpeoplemorebroadly. Second,Iquestionthepositioningofthiskindleadershipandcommunity-basedorganizingasonly advocacy notonlyforgenderequality, butalsoforMuslimcommunities(inthefaceofanti-Muslimdiscriminationandviolence) spaces aspartoftheirworktoaddressgender-basedviolenceandwomen’s empowerment. This workoftencrossesoverinto inequality andviolence.First,IhighlighthowMuslimwomentakeonleadershiprolesinfamilial,community, and neighbourhood Based onresearchwithwomen’s organizationsinHyderabad,India,thispaperexploresMuslimwomen’s leadershiponissuesof Muslim Women’s LeadershipinGrassrootsOrganizing:LessonsfromHyderabad,India Amy Piedalue Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2110 1606. research focusesonthedescriptionsoftearoomsintextsJoaoRodrigues Tcuzu (1561-1633)and Alessandro Valignano 1539- Wabi andSabi. This paper, throughananalysisofJesuitsmanuscripts,willreconstructtheimages16th-centurytearooms. The Tearoom, whichreachesmaturitythroughtheSoanstyletearoomsofSennoRikyu(1522-1591),whodevelopedconcepts tearooms. MurataJuko(1423-1502)and Takeno Joo(1502-1555)wereresponsiblefordevelopingtheaestheticconceptof of the Togudo Pavilion(1486),constructedby Ashikaga Yoshimasa shogun(1436-1490).Dojinsaiwouldbecomethemodelfor Japanese Tea Architecture appearedduringthelateMuromachiperiod(1336-1573),andfourtatamismatsizeroomDojinsai 16 Adriana PiccininiHigashino Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2040 silenced. and individualsinthe6October1976massacre,asanattempttotelleventafresh,fromperspectivesofthosewhowere never evenbeensought,whilereachingouttonewaudiences. This paperdealswiththreedocumentaryfilmspertainingtopeople don’t wanttoremember”.Documentaryfilmisatooltellnewperspectivesandgeneratequestionsseekanswersthathave there ontheday. A leading Thai academicandastudentleaderoftheday, Thongchai Winichakul,stated:“wecan’tforget,butwe massacre ofstudentsandtheirsupportersinBangkokon6October1976.Itisasifthiseventhasbeenforgottenbyall,butthose Documentary filmisatooltotellunspeakablehistories. Today, in Thailand,thereispublicamnesiaaroundtheeventsof Confronting UnspeakableHistories:the6October1976BangkokMassacreinDocumentaryFilm Patporn Phoothong th JapaneseTea Architecture According toSocietyofJesusManuscripts Page 128 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 13:30-14:50Room:2050 democratic transition. itself, amajorchallengetoMyanmar’s question whetherdemocracyandconflictcanexistsimultaneously orwhetherthecontinuedpresenceofconflictinMyanmaris, the continuingriseinhostilitiesarea,presenceofdemocratic andconflictprocessescontinuetoco-existsidebyside.Itwill recentelectionsand national levelitispossibletodelineatesomeoftheseobstacles and theirunderlyingcauses.WithMyanmar’s outline theobstaclestheseregionsfaceinaccessingdemocracy. Byfocusing onsub-nationalvariationanddemocracyatthesub- in ShanandKachinStatehasimpacteddemocracywithintheregion, itwilllookatstate-societyrelationswithintheseareasand between conflictanddemocracyintheethnicborderlandsofMyanmar transitiontodemocracy.This paperwilllookattheimportanceofsub-nationalvariationin Myanmar’s Itfocusesontherelationship Conflict andDemocracyinMyanmar’s EthnicBorderlands Anna Plunkett Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2200 traumatisation andmarginalisationineverydaylife. 1965. Inthispaper, Ianalysehowtheiractivitiesconstituteacounterforcetothetraumatisingeventsof1965and continuing of claimingspaceasameansforsocialchange,self-expression,empowerment,andresistancetothedominantdiscourseabout a spaceofinterruptionthatprovidesnotonlycomfort,butalsosupportformembers. These womenhavearticulatedtheconcept perversion, andunspeakableactsofdepravity. Against thisbackground,agroupofwomensurvivorsformedchoir, whichbecame these survivorsoftenliveattheedgesofsocietyandcontinuetobestigmatisedascommunists,whichisassociatedwithatheism, been declaredenemiesofthestate.Survivorscontinuetobeostracisedandareexcludedfromeverydaylife. As aconsequence, After 1965,theIndonesianmilitaryandvariouscivilassociationsconductedwidespreadmassacresofallegedCommunists,who had ‘The World isOurs’:SingingasHealingbySurvivorsofthe1965IndonesianMassKillings Dyah Pitaloka Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2130 nonhuman Others. The healingtiesthemintotheperson’s mutualityofbeingasacentralpartthecureandcare. spirits sotheycanbecomekintohumans.Partakingofamodalitytransitionandrelation,itconfersanontologicalalterationon contrasting withamaximaldefinitionoftheOther. Mediumistichealingisthepraxisthatgivesacertaindegreeofhumanityto through Viveiros deCastro’s notionof Amerindian personhood,thispaperdefines“humanity”asapositionorqualityoftheSubject, Chaiyaphum Provincethatapersongetssickbecauseanunknownspiriteitherisoffended orwantstostaywithhimher. Thinking through theframesofhumanityandkinship.Ittakesasitspointdeparturecommonbeliefsharedamongspiritmediumsin This paperattemptstounderstandillnessandhealinginNortheast Thai mediumship,offering anewwayoflookingatthisissue Tying KinshipwithSpirits:MediumisticHealingandHumanityinNortheastThailand Visisya Pinthongvijayakul Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:3020 order toassesswhetherlocalgovernmentpolicymayreducehumantrafficking. patterns ofhumantraffickingactivitiesinEastJavaandlookattheef local governmenthasautonomousrightstoconductpolicy, includingindealingwithhumantrafficking. Thispresentationwillidentify efforts totacklehumantraffickingactivitiesfrom20142017.Sincetheimplementation ofthedecentralisationlawinIndonesia, country, butnoneoftheseattemptshavehadsignificantimpact. ThispaperfocusesonthelocalgovernmentofEastJavaandits trafficking andillegalfishing. TheIndonesiangovernmenthasalreadymadeseveralattemptstotacklehumantraffickingwithinthe Indonesia. Humantraffickingisconsideredasoneofthemostseriousnon-traditionalthreatsincountry In thepastdecade,therehasbeenasignificantincreaseintransnationalcriminalactivities,especiallyhumantrafficking, Mapping Transnational CrimeinIndonesia:StrategiesforReducingHumanTrafficking inEastJava Ni KomangDesySetiawati Arya Pinatih, Yustika CitraMahendraand Asih Purwanti forts beingmadebytheEastJavaprovincialgovernmentin . Specificallyanalysinghowthecontinuedpresenceofconflict , alongwithdrug Page 129 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 15:30-16:50Room:3003 combined theuniversalandparticular. by providingacommoncosmopolitan sourceofethics,besidesbeingalocushybridizednational experience.Inthisway, they derived fromthelearningofChinese culturalspherethatcouldinclude,butalsosupersede,narrower understandingsofplace (1859-1925), andPhanBoiChau(1867-1940). The thoughtinPak andPhan’s worksmadeitpossibletoperceiveasensibility cosmopolitan orderinEast Asia inthelatenineteenth andearlytwentiethcenturiesinformedsimilaritiesinthethoughtofPakUnsik not onlybeenanethicsattachedtoplacethatalsohadcosmopolitan features. The ethicsderivedfromthatimagined,butwaning, East andSoutheast Asia. InalongeranddeeperinquiryintothecivilizationalbackgroundofEast andSoutheast Asia, therehas The questionofwhetherthereisanethicsattachedtoplacefascinating andstillholdssomepersuasivepowerwhenconsidering The CosmopolitanismofEthicsandPlaceinColonized East Asia: PakUnsikandPhanBoiChau Will Pore Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2240 teaching units. and revealboththepositiveattitudeofteacherstowardspeacebuildingabilitytoapplyconceptspracticesdesigntheir teachers’ attitudesandteaching. The resultspresentthecurriculumbasedonmanydomains(e.g.literature,linguistic,psychology) for in-serviceteachersintheconflict-sensitiveareaofsouthern teachers playanimportantroleinfosteringpeaceconflict-af for thisinsurgencyareproposedundertheeducationnationalsecuritystrategy. Moreover, thereareseveralstudiesshowingthat planning. peacebuilding about plans developmental and indicators, objectives, of Education, Scheme National latest According tothe decades. The Thai governmenthasmadevariousefforts toresolvetheseconflicts.Oneofthemethodsusedisnationaleducation The southernmostprovincesof Thailand havebeenaffected byconflict arisingfromethno-religiousdifference andseparatismfor Teacher Training onPeacebuildingforIn-ServiceTeachers inSouthernThailand Chawin PongpajonandManasikarnHengsuwan Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2200 perspectives theyhadacquiredinmedicalschoolandtheireverydayexperiencestreatingpatients. a modelforanalternatemodernityIndonesia.Informulatingtheircritiqueofcolonialsociety, theyreliedonthetheoretical disparities betweenIndonesianandEuropeanphysicians. At othertimes,theydefendedtraditionalcultureandembraced itas they criticisedtraditionalculture,advocatedpublichealthmeasuresandincreasesinfundingforhealth,income Indonesian nationalistmovement.Physiciansparticipatedinsocialandculturalmovementsaswellpoliticalactivities. At times, placed inlessdesirablelocations. This motivatedthemtodevelopcriticalperspectivesoncolonialsocietyandparticipateinthe “dual” natureofmedicalcareinthecolony. They receivedlessthanathirdofthesalariestheirEuropeancolleaguesandwere After graduationfromoneofthetwocolonialmedicalcollegesinDutchEastIndies,Indonesianphysiciansexperienced Physicians incolonialIndonesia:OpposingtheColonialState,ImaginingIndependentIndonesia Hans Pols Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2060 the purposeofseparatinginterrogationanddetainmentspaceswithinconcentrationcampsystem. room/s withinalargerdetentioncentreorseparatefacilitytowhichdetaineeswerebroughtforinterrogation. This paperquestions those whosurvived,itseemsthattheseplacesofinterrogationwereseparatefromdetention. This couldmeanaseparate periods oftheirincarceration. This paperfocusesontheplaceswheretheseinterrogationstookplace.Fromtestimoniesof set uptoholdthegrowingpoliticalprisonerpopulation.Mostdetaineeswereinterrogatedandtortured,particularlyduringearly and detainedunlawfullyinavastnetworkofprisons,militaryfacilities,confiscatedbuildingsotheradhocdetentioncentres ‘suspected Communists’. Those accusedofsupportingtheIndonesianCommunistPartywereroundedupinwavesmassarrests Between 1965andapproximately1970,asystemofmasspoliticaldetentionevolvedinIndonesiatoholdhundredsthousands Torture Centresafterthe1965CoupinIndonesia Annie Pohlman fected areas. This researchaimstodeveloppeacebuildingcurriculum Thailand andtostudyhowthiscurriculumiseffective ininfluencing Page 130 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2040 1960s. discuss theseissuesinrelationtoaudio-visualessaysmaderesponse toasmallsetofnarrativemoviesmadein Thailand inthe approaches aswellprovidenewcriticalandcreativemethodologies forproducingandpresentingknowledgeaboutthepast.I serve asameansofsocialandhistoricalinquirythattheapproach hasthepotentialtobothcomplimentconventionaltextual generally, toextendthecriticallanguage offilmstudies. Throughthispaper, however, Iarguethattheaudio-visualessay might and interpretivepurposes.Forthemostpart,approachhasserved todevelopunderstandingofparticularmoviesand,more Audio-visual essaysareanovelformofresearchbasedonthere-sampling andre-editingofexistingmediatextsforanalytical Exploring the Audio-visual EssayasaTool forHistoricalInquiry Nigel Power Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:3200 Cold War era. content analysisofpolicydocumentsandwrittentodemonstratetheriseinthesetensionsoverthreephasespost- a doubletrackedanarchy:competitionforbothmaterialpowerandnarrative,therebyheighteningthetension. This paperuses power gapandwideningidentityalonghistorical,politicalbehaviorallinesbetweenJapanChina.Suchgapscreate Japanese relations.Whatisthecauseofsuchariseintensions? This paperarguesthatthisnewtensionisduetothenarrowing Sino-Japanese tensionsoverSenkaku/DiaoyuhaverisensignificantlysincetheendofColdW Japan, ChinaandtheSenkaku/DiaoyuIslands:NarrowingPower, Widening IdentityGap Santosh SharmaPoudel Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2110 complexity andsignificanttime-depth–thantheyareofany“deliberate”strategyforstate-evasion. only emergingmorebroadly–arearguedtobesuggestiveoftheinteractiontwocontextualfactorsgeo-topographical lingua francas. These outcomes–adrifttowardsimplificationandconvergenceatthelocalscale,appearanceofcomplexity “Zomia”, evidenceofgrammaticalde-complexificationinseveraltheseareas,andaperhapscorrelatedprevalenceregional one focusesthelensmorenarrowly, wefindaperhapssurprisinglyconsistentgeographicalclusteringoflinguisticsubgroups within and languageshiftinZomia. The resultisa“baroquecomplexity”thatseemspurposefullydesignedtoevadethestate.However, if linguistic complexity”,Scottemphasisesboththesheernumberoflanguagesanddialects,prevalencemultilingualism Language playsacentralroleinScott’s (2009)construalof“Zomia”.CharacterisingZomiaasaregion“bewilderingethnicand The RoleofLanguageinScott’s Zomia Mark Post Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2200 them tohavemorebabies. sponsored alsohadamajorroleinassistinghealthycouplesfromtheprocessofmatch-makingtoprovidingincentivesencourage agenda. Healthofthemothersnationwasinparticularprioritised. The MarriageSupportingCommitteethattheministry impact onwomen.FollowingtheestablishmentofMinistryHealthin1942,governmentplacedpro-birthpolicyasaprime the PrimeMinisterof Thailand from1938to1944and19481957,carriedoutanumberofsocialreformsthathavehadmassive war yearsunderPhibun’s regime.Influencedbythetheoryofeugenicsandneedforarapidpopulationgrowth,GeneralPhibun, The aimofthispaperistostudytheimpactpro-birthpolicyonhealthandsocialstatuswomenduringimmediatepost- Pro-birth PolicyandthePoliticsofMatchmakinginPhibun’s Regime:TheImpactonThaiWomen Natanaree Posrithong ar. ItisnowcentraltoSino- Page 131 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2060 controversies inIndonesiaregardingsimilarcasesitspast,which untilnowgounacknowledgedletalonecommemorated. examines thesignificanceofthesememorialsdedicatedtowomen victimsofsexualviolencewithinthecontextpresentday young womenwhowererapedandsexuallyabusedontheirhazardous journeystoGalangandwhilstlivinginthecamp. The paper paper examinestwosignificantmemorialsiteswithinthecamp established torememberandmarkthesuf violence, sexualassaultandseriouscasesofpost-traumaticdisorder amongasylumseekersparticularlywomenandgirls. This in responsetothegrowingregionalrefugeeemergency. Accounts bycampresidentsandreportsfromobserversstaff describe arrived byboat. The campwasestablishedasatemporarytransitcentrebyIndonesianauthoritiesincollaboration withtheUNHCR From 1979-1995therefugeecamponPulauGalang,BatamRegency, processedover120,000mostly Vietnamese refugeeswho Camp Galang’s MemorialstoVictims ofRape: A CommemorationofSufferinginIndonesia Jemma Purdey The 18 Revolution andRealism:BuddhistSculpturein18thCenturyVietnam Ann Proctor Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2280 from countriesthatexperiencedthesesimilarprocessesatanearlier, andmoregradually-pacedstage? late-comerstatustothedynamicsofglobalcountrysidemeanthatitexhibitsprocesseschangeinwaysdepart Myanmar’s seen tobereplicatingordiffering fromthoseexperiencedinothercountriesoftheregion,notably Thailand andIndonesia?Does mechanisation offarming,andanintensifiedpoliticslandownershipcontrol.Howcanthesemanifestationschangebe de-agrarianisation ofrurallivelihoodsisoccurringveryrapidly, duetohighratesofrural-to-urbanandinternationalmigration, the other ruralregionswerelargelyabsent.Diversechangesareradicallyalteringthissituation.Recentevidenceindicatesthatthe transfers anddomesticmigrationundereconomicsanctionshavemeantthatthecomplexsocialprocessesof Myanmar hasrecentlyemergedfromahalfcenturyofsocialandeconomicisolationunderauthoritarianrule.Restrictionsonland Reimagining RuralMyanmar:OntheFast-tracktoGlobalCountryside? Bill Pritchard Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2200 themselves favorablyasdignifiedclients,althoughthispower-playcanbepulledineitherdirection. the community’s perceptionandexpectation. The validityoftheclients’ socialposturebeforethenursesenabledthemtopresent medicines areputattheheartofencountersand2)establishednotionhealthcareasamarket-basedeconomymolds observation oftheclinicalencounters,socialgatherings,andadrugstore. The studyfoundaconvergenceofexperience,where1) practice independently, sixteencommunitymemberswhoweretheclients,andthreecolleaguesofnurses,aswellparticipant patients ofindependentnursepracticesinaregencySouthSulawesiprovince.Interviewswerecarriedoutwithfivenurseswho boundaries setbytheexistinglaws. This paperseekstoexplorethisdynamicbetweencommunitymemberswhowerethewilling In Indonesia,communitiesseeksindependently-practicingnursesastheirfirstpointofcontactwithhealthcare,oftendisregarding Negotiating PositionsThroughIndependently-PracticingNurses: A CaseStudyofaSouthSulawesi Ade Prastyani Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2170 politically andartistically, fortheonsetofmodernityinVietnam. emphasis willbegiventosomeremarkableindividualisticdepictionsthatmarkamoverealism.Suchworkssetthestage,both in thecontextofpoliticalsituation,formBuddhismpractisedandworkingmethodsartistcraftsmen.Special will discussexamplesoflargeclayandlacqueredwoodensculpturesfromtheBut Thap, Tay PhuongandMia Buddhisttemples some ofthemostdramaticandrealisticdepictionsBuddhistdeitieswereproducedinNorthernpartcountry. This paper th centurywasatimeofrevolutionandcivilstrifeinVietnam. Yet duringthisperiodoffeudingLordsandpeasantuprisings fering anddeathsof Page 132 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:3003 the principlesofmeritocracyand multiracialism. of Singapore’s politicalsystemdespiteitsdivisivenation-buildingramifications inacity-statepurportedlygovernedaccordanceto ethnic Malays. This paperexaminesthedriversunderpinningreservedElected Presidencywithinthecontextofracialisation within ahistoricalcontext,the2017reservedElectedPresidency appearstobeanotherillustrationofthe‘politicalfootballing’ these reformsincludetheGroupRepresentationConstituency(GRC) andtheElectedPresidency. Whentheseinitiativesareplaced of oppositionparties,reformstotheelectoral,politicalandconstitutional systemshavebeenincrementallyengineered.InSingapore, electoral uncertaintiesastheirholdonpowercanneverbesecure. To minimisetheseelectoraluncertaintiesand stymiethegrowth of theincumbent. Yet despite theinstitutionalfacadesofrepresentation,electoralauthoritarianregimescontinuetosuffer from In electoralauthoritarianregimes,democraticinstitutionsareundermined andthepoliticalplayingfieldheavilyskewedinfavour Disassembling DemocraticInstitutions:Singapore’s Un/ElectedPresidency Lily Rahim Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2130 and howcommunitiesescapedfromdisaster. These textsprovideimportantinsightsintoBalineseperceptionsofdisaster. (1964). The studyshowsthat,despitetheirdifferences, bothgenresprovidesignificanthistoricaldetailonperformancesoftheritual an Indonesiannovel,DiBawahLetusanGunung Agung (2015),andatraditionalBalinesepoem,GeguritanGunung Agung Meletus are representedinliteraryworks.Itanalysestwodifferent literarygenressetagainstthe1963Mount Agung eruption. These include slopes ofMount Agung. This paperdiscusseshowsuchoverlappingoccurrencesbetweennaturaldisasterandreligiousceremony and implementationofthemostimportantHinduritual“EkaDasarRudra”,heldeveryonehundredyearsinBesakih Temple onthe caused panic. This eventisrememberednotonlyforitsdestructiveimpacts,butalsobecauseitoccurredduringthepreparation When Mount Agung, Bali’s highestvolcano,threatenedtoeruptinmid-2017,memoriesofitspreviously devastatingeruptionin1963 The 1963‘EkaDasaRudra’ CeremonyandtheEruptionofMount Agung inBalineseLiterature I NyomanDarmaPutra Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2110 and cultureshockforthelocalpeople. the establishBKM.Itwillnotonlyaffect reductionofagriculturalland,buttherewillbe increasingflowofpopulationandmakesocial hectares ofcommunitylandwaspreparedfortheprogram. The governmenthasbegunpayingthelandcompensationtobeusedfor regulation thatthewesternpartofBantulisanareadesignatedaselitehousing,recreation,trade,educationandother. 32 (BKM). BKMisanoffering forsolutionsfromBantuldistrictgovernmenttoovercomethelandcrisis.Itisstatedinregional Bantul RegencyGovernmentsupportslandconversionbyissuinglocalregulationconcerningdevelopmentofKotaMandiri land transform.OneoftheareasinIndonesiawhichisalsoexperiencinganincreasingagriculturalcrisisBantulregency Land crisisinIndonesiaisincreasingeveryyear. The rapiddevelopmentofresidential,shoppingmall,andindustrialarearesulted From Agricultural toLandlessinBantul Endang Purwasari Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2200 works andhowscientificevidenceoperatesatthedistrictlevelinIndonesiathroughacasestudyofhealthsectorBantul. Yogyakarta isbasedonin-depthqualitativeresearch,2009to2017. This studyhighlightsandexplainshowwhypriority-setting In answeringthis researchquestion,paperfocusesonnutritionalhealthinterventionsinBantul.Ourempirical interventions. HowisprioritysettingbeingpractisedandscientificevidenceusedinthehealthsectorBantul, contentious subject.Powerimbalancesmayverywelldisadvantagethosesocialgroupswhoneedparticularattentioninnutritional recognised goalwithintherecentknowledgetranslationframework.Nonetheless,prioritysettinginpolicymakinghealthisa managing healthinterventions. This hasthepotentialtoenable an alignmentofpolicyprioritieswithlocalneedsandcontexts—a Under thedecentralisationframeworkinIndonesiaplacesince1999,districtgovernmentshavemajorresponsibilityfor Priority SettingandScientificEvidence:TheCaseoftheHealthSectorinBantul,Indonesia Farah Purwaningrum,StephanieShort,CarmenHuckelSchneiderandJamesGillespie Yogyakarta? of . Page 133 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 13:30-14:50Room:3310 actions ofthevarioussocialactors andsocialmovements. networks. This role,however, mustbeexaminedwithinacertaincontext—thespecificcircumstances,conditions,historiesand only doescivilsocietyexistinMalaysia,butithasmanagedtocarve outaspaceforactivismthroughcommunicationtechnology unrest regularlychallengesthestate. This researchrevealsthatdespiteauthoritarianpower, whichlimitscivilsocietyactivism,not 2007 HinduRights Action Forceand2007-2016BERSIHprotestralliesinMalaysiawherefreedomsarelimited,but political people findoutletsforsocialandpoliticalinteractionregardless of institutionalrestrictionsuponcivilsociety are absent?Somesaycivilsocietycannotordoesnotexistincountries withoutconstitutionalguarantees.Otherssuggestthat Civil societyflourishesunderconditionsthatincludefreedomsof speechandassembly State Power, CivilSocietyandPoliticalMobilizationinMalaysia Asha RathinaPandi Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2130 spirits inthewholebodyofJavanesespiritpossessionbeliefsandpractices. the relationshipwithvillagespirits(dhanyang). The purposeofthispresentation istodiscusstheplaceandroleoflocalguardian circumcision, butalsoconstituteanessentialpartoftheannualvillagecleansingrituals(bersihdesa)whichmeanreestablishment of spirit possessionasitsdistinctivehallmark.Horsedanceperformancesareheldtocelebratesuchritesofpassagemarriageand dance’ (kudakepangorjathilan)thatcombinescharacteristicsofboth-ritualandentertainmentincludesdemonstrations popular artforms(howevernotsoadvertisedtotheoutsideworldasgamelanorchestraorwayangtheatre)isso-called‘horse profess Islam,andmainlyrevolvesaroundbeliefspracticesofinteractionwithnaturalancestralspirits.Onethemost Javanese folkreligionstillremainsratherwidespread,despitetheofficialstatisticsindicatingthatover90percentof Javanese SpiritPossessionPracticesastheMeansofInteractionwithLocalGuardianSpirits Eva Rapoport Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2200 them asexpertsandaskingtowrite. manner. Together wedevelopedaresearch designthatdirectlyinvolvedtheseyoungpeoplefrompoorneighbourhoods,treating the goalsofprojectwiththeseyoungpeopleandsoughttheirinputonhowonemightstructureresearchinanappropriate class settlementsincriticalthinkingandnarrativewriting.Duringseveralworkshops,thePItogetherwithstaff from Ankur discussed approach. The researchwasdesignedincollaborationwiththeDelhi-basedNGO Ankur, whichtrainsyoungpeoplefromlabour acute andchronicdisease.Consideringthemethodologicalethicalchallengesofsuchaproject,wedecidedtoadoptunique healing inIndia. The researchfocussesonthestrategiesandtacticspeoplelivingbelowpovertylineinDelhiadapttocopewith This paperdiscussestheinvestmentoftrustinmediatorsandinformantsanexperimentalanthropologicalprojectonhealth Health andHealinginIndia:Writing as Approach toEthnographicEngagement Ursula Rao Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2130 presentation willfocusontherelationshipbetweencrafts,craft-groupsandreligion/religiosity. of theNavarathrifestival,allcrafttoolsareworshippedbydiversegroupsbelongingtoVishwakarma community. This created. OntheoccasionofVishwakarma Puja,whichusuallyfallsinthemonthsofSeptember-October, usuallyduringtheninthday was a‘kuradu’ akintotongs. The Vishwakarma craftsmenworshiptheirtoolsbecausetheybelievethataredivinely things neededfortheirsurvivalincludingtoolsandweapons. The firsttoolwascreatedfromthebodyofSivaorRudram,andthis emerged. WhileBrahmacreatedallsentientandnon-sentientbeings,Vishwakarma builttheirdwellingsandcreatedallmaterial to crafts-persons,itwasbelievedthattheearthburstforthfromanenormousegg,whichbothBrahmaandVishwakarma ‘Vishwakarma’ literallymeansthe“MakerofWorld.” According totheVishwakarma Puranam,acorpusoflegendsrelating Divinizing Crafts,Craftsmen:Reflectionsonthe Vishwarkarma ofSouthIndia Vijaya Ramaswamy . But,whathappenswhenthoseconditions . This paperexploresthe Page 134 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2010 rethinking theindependenceofChineseliteratureindigitalliterary spheremediatedbylargeInternetplatforms. for commercialexploitationofusers’ creativelabourandusagedataincorporatingdigitalcensorship.Itconcludesbycritically literature. Itarguesthat,whileplatformsprovideanopen,connected andinclusivespaceforwritersreaders,theyarecriticised features ofdigitalpublishingplatformsanddiscusseshowtheemerging modelsareshapingthewaysChinesepeopleengagewith giants Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent. Through qualitativeresearchofChineseonlinewritersandreaders,thispaperexploresthenew and becomekeyintermediariesforpublicwritingreading,which alsointegratewithbroaddigitalecosystemsledbyInternet online writersinliteratureplatformsand300millionpeopleread digitally only. Internetplatformshavereplacedtraditionalpublishers Chinese digitalpublishingunlockscreativepotentialonapopulation-wide basis.Over5millionpeoplewriteactivelyasregistered Rethinking DigitalLiterarySphere:InternetPlatformsand ChineseOnlineWriting andReading Xiang Ren Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2070 evolution, myownexperienceandreflectionswillcolourthenarrative. the US, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, Korea,Europe,andbacktothe regionagain.SinceIhavebeenaplayerorvisitorinpartsofthis the post-wardevelopmentofSoutheast Asia asafieldofstudyprocessthatbeganintheregionitself,buttookdifferent formsin globally, itisinfactmorefirmlyrootedtheregionitselfthanmostoftraditional‘areas’ ofareastudies. Southeast Asian Studiesappearstohavepassedits‘moment’ in Australia, andisproneto self-doubt everywhere.Lookedat Southeast Asian Studies aroundtheWorld. Semi-autobiographicalReflectionsonaChanging Target Anthony Reid Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2010 attempts aviewofitssignificance. the diasporapopularculturalindustry, itsproducersandaudience;addressesmajorthemes,strengthsomissions; address diasporicthemes. This goesinparallelwiththeformationofglobalIndonesianDiasporaNetwork. This paperexamines 11 elsewhere.Mostpopularfilmsare‘LondonLoveStories’,‘Ayat-Ayat Cinta’ and‘NegerivanOranje’.Comicsarestartingto films aremadeby12filmcompanies,from‘Eiffel I’minLove’ in2004to‘Winter Tokyo’ in2016;12comefromthenovelsand Beijing’. These areby25authorsand13publishers,keybeingHanumRais,Ilana Tan andHerlinaSoleman. The 23 (2000), to‘LondonLoveStories’ (2017). ‘Jilbab ‘Love in Sydney’,and‘Assalamualaikum Traveller’, Titles include:‘SeoulLover’, Since 2000inIndonesia,some35novelsand23filmssetforeigncountrieshaveappeared,from‘Akira:MuslimW The DiasporicImaginationinRecentIndonesianPopularNovelsandFilms David Reeve Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3200 relations withtheUnitedStates,fewtodayrecallextentof American ColdWar investmentin Thailand. The paperwillarguethatChinaisbenefitingfrom Thailand’s selectivememoryoftheGreatPowers.Conversely, despiteonceclose alternative suitor, China. The paperwilldrawonananalysisofsurveysconductedoverthreeyearswith1,800 Thai militaryofficers. States. This paperwillexaminehow Thailand’s historicalmemoryisshapingrelationsbothwithitsallytheUnitedStates,and spokes’ alliancesystem.Morerecently, thePhilippinescolonialpastplayedintoPresidentDuterte’s decisiontobreakwiththeUnited memory hasbeenanobstacletotheUnitedStatesbuildinglinksbetweenSouthKoreaandJapan,two‘spokes’ inits‘hub-and- institutionalising ofalliances. An emergingareaofalliancescholarshipconsidersnationalidentityandhistoricalmemory. Historical Alliances havetraditionallybeenviewedthroughrealistInternationalRelationstheory. Someworkhasalsoexaminedthe History, MemoryandtheUnitedStates-Thailand Alliance Greg RaymondandJohnBlaxland This paperwillreview atashi Wa’ Page 135 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 08:00-09:20Room:2200 subvert tobaccocontrollaws. in chargeofadministeringthemainstatute. The paperwillexaminegapsinlegislationandpolicydevious industrytacticsto attempts todelayorblockimplementationduetheindustry’s continuedrepresentation inthegovernment’s inter-agencybody smoke-free environments,graphichealthwarnings,advertisingbans, andtobaccotaxationremainslargelyvulnerabletosystematic and strengtheningmulti-sectoralactionwiththecriticalparticipation ofnon-healthsectors.Sevenyearslater, however, lawson transparency. The policyrepresentsamajorshiftintobaccoregulationthecountry, eliminatingpartnershipswiththeindustry government officials’ unnecessaryinteractionswiththeindustryandadoptingmeasurestowardsconflictsofinterest and of tobaccocontrolpoliciesfromthecommercialandvestedinterests ofthetobaccoindustry, througha2010regulationlimiting The Philippinesisamongthefirstinworldtoadoptanational policytoimplement Policy ChallengesinCounteringTobacco IndustryInterference inthePhilippines Evita MarizRicafort Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2020 practical examples. Indo-Tibetan termsfrom Abhidharma-scholarship andmeditationguidebooks,discusstheir(un-)translatabilitywiththeaidof renderings outofcontext. This paperwillintroducethemultiplehistorical contextsofmind/meditationterminologies,presentselected and termsaretakenintoconsideration.Simpleneglectthedifficultytotranslatevarietyofemichaveledlimited of Neuroscience,sometimescompletelyremovedfromtheirBuddhistroots.Whatismore,onlyafractiontheexistingtechniques derived fromBuddhisttraditionsof Asia, inbothacademic andpopularliterature,theyareusuallyexaminedfromtheperspectives Reduction) havebeenintroducedintohealthcaresystemsandareemployedwidely. Despitethefactthatthesepracticesare “mindfulness”, inparticular, hasrecentlyexperiencedasurgeofinterest:programssuchasMBSR(MindfulnessBasedStress Meditation isbynowafrequentlyemployedterminthepublicdomain,albeitoftenundifferentiated ways. The practiceof Mind theGap:Translating Indo-Tibetan BuddhistTerms forResearch Jim Rheingans Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2130 special powers.DerivingfromMus’s ideas,thispaperalsoexplorestheideathatatown hasancestors. idea ofasubstratumasusefulconcept,especiallyinunderstandingtherolepolicemanfrom Thailand’s mid-southandhis worship, andearth/soil(orstoneorland).Indefianceoftheunfashionableness“acertainunityculture,”thispapertreats fallen intodisuse.Nonetheless,Mus’s essaycontinuestobeinspiringduethecommentshemakesthatconnectplace,ancestor was apreoccupationofIanMabbettatthetimeheandDavidChandlertranslatedMusintoEnglish,isconceptthathasalso culture” extendsfromIndiathroughSoutheast Asia toChinaandthePacificIslandsisnolongerfashionable.Indianization,which If PaulMus’s 1933essayhascontinuedtobeinfluentialitisbecausewasasketch.Furthermore,theideathat“acertainunityof The GenieoftheSoilinThailand’s Mid-south Craig Reynolds Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:3180 and itsfrailtiesmayhavefallenshortamongsomesectionsofthe Asian community. communities duringtheBritishcolonialperiod. The findingsshowhowcolonialattemptstoencourageaheightenedsenseofrace to noevidenceexistsshowthatinteractionandespeciallyintermarriageexistedwithinearlyfirstsecondgenerationmigrant level incolonialMalayaandSingapore.WiththeexceptionofvariousPeranakancommunitiesthatpredatedBritishrule,little does notchallengethisview, itattemptstouncoverahithertohiddenlevelofinteractionandevenintermarriageatthegrassroots Colonial racerelationsareregularlyportrayedinlightofattemptstodivideandrulecolonialized Asian communities.Whilethispaper Intermarriage inColonialMalaya’s andSingapore’s RomanCatholicandMethodist Asian Communities Marc Rerceretnam Article 5.3oftheFCTConprotection Page 136 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 15:30-16:50Room:2130 arguments engagethepublic/privatedivideinregardtofeminist politicsofmarriagereform. divergent textualinterpretations. The paperaddressesthisshiftingfocusfromseculartoreligiousinstitutionsandhowsuch because thecourtreliedonargumentsfromreligiousscholars.Islamic feministsarepreparinganotherchallenge,basedon Court toliftthelegalageformarriageharmonisewithUNDeclaration ontherightsofChildwasunsuccessful,principally law broughtstateregulationtotheprivateworldoffamily, includingbanning poligamy. A recentrequesttotheConstitutional organisations, howeverwouldnotsupporttheseproposals,especially thelimitingofmen’s rightstopoligamy. Suharto-eramarriage period. Onemainthrustwasforthecolonialandlaterindependent statetobringmarriageintotheorbit.Islamicwomen’ Indonesian womenpoliticalleadershavebeenengagedincampaigns toimprovetherightsofwomeninmarriagesincecolonial Regulation ofMuslimMarriageinIndonesia:PoliticalChallenges acrossthePublic/privateDivide Kathryn Robinson Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2170 the culturalandsocio-politicaldriversofthesechanges. investigate changingtrendsinthedeploymentofhumouryangbanxiacrossperiodCulturalRevolutionandconsider categorizationofcomedyintoasdiversion,consolation,gameintellectandweapon,thepaperwillalso Berger’s yangbanxi villainswellastheuseoflinguistic,physical,visualandsituationalhumour. Basedonestablishedscholarshipincluding and humourintheyangbanxi.ItwillconsidertransformationoftraditionalBeijingOperachourolerepresentation Drawing onthecompletecorpusofModernRevolutionaryBeijingOperas,thispaperwillexaminenatureandfunctioncomedy Comedy andHumourinthe Yangbanxi Rosemary Roberts Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2040 province, basingonthesourceswecouldobtain. variation ofassessmentsaccordingtothesources.We willthenfocusthecharacteristicsandconsequencesin Thua Thien-Hue We thususedasprayingmapandthedatabase“Herbstape”,whichinventorizessomeofmissions. We willshowthe sprayed quantitiesvary. Stellmanand herstaff proposedanewassessment,butitwasunavailablefor Thua Thien-Hue province. controversies. The problemofsourcesisimportantandcompromisestheknowledgethisevent:accordingtosources, the affected treesshouldonlylosetheirleaves.Butthisideawascontradicted. This militaryprogramisinfactattheheartof the forestsandcrops,whichallowedthemtohideeat. This militaryprogramwasintroducedasadefoliationprogram: During theViet-Nam war, theUSarmysprayedherbicidesonSouthViet-Nam todefeattheenemybydestroyingtheirenvironment, The DefoliationProgramofUS Army DuringtheViet-Nam War: TheProblemofSources Amelie Robert Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2280 public policy. network analysisofthismovementinordertocomprehendthecontrolsandpotentialinfluence demonstrate theirirreversibleoppositiontotheproject. This paperexaminestheBali Tolak Reformasimovementusingsocial of collectivesolidarity, Balimusiciansestablishedthe Tolak Reklamasi(BaliRejectsReclamation)movementtoclearly continued, promptingcivildisobedienceandcontentioussolidaryinanattempttoterminatetheconstructionwork. As anact Regulation No.17/2013ontheReclamationofCoastal Areas andSmallIslands,reclamationmeasuresatBenoaBayhave conservation site,whichshouldbeprotectedfromreclamation.However, despitethepassageofMinistrySeaandFishery In ordertoboostthenumberoftouristsBali,governmentbeganreclaimingBenoaBayinSouthBali.isa Balinese MusiciansandtheBali Anti-Reclamation Movement: A SocialNetwork Analysis Tinitis Rinowatiand Tirton Nefianto s Page 137 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2020 economic growth? is thesignificanceofthisreimagined discoursebyanauthorofthepostwargeneration,borninto theeraofJapan’ A-bomb discourseduringatime when thepoliticsof‘overcomingpostwarregime’ havebecome anationalprerogative.What when Japan’s historicalamnesiahadalmosteradicatedthe A-bomb genre. This paperinvestigates thecontextofreinvigorated well beforethe2011 Tohoku triplecatastrophereawokethespectre of Japan’s nuclearlegacyviathemangamediaatapointintime bombing ofJapan.Bothnarrativesreintroducedthecataclysmic destruction ofthe Blossoms’ (Yunagi noMachi,SakuraKuni,2003-4),aretworecenthighlysuccessfulgraphicinterpretations oftheatomic Kono Fumiyo’s ‘In This Corner oftheWorld’ (KonoSekainoKatasumini,2007-9)and‘Town ofEveningCalm,CountryCherry Reimagining theWar: TheGraphic Art ofKonoFumiyo Roman Rosenbaum Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:3003 underrepresented voice. making ofthemessageswillprovideabettergroundworkfordevelopingmoreeffective anti-smokingmediacampaignaiming this anti-smoking PSAs—moderateandextremediscontentmentofthemessages’ contentand context.Iarguethatwomen’s meaning- aged >18yearsoldinBanda Aceh andJakartawereobservedinterviewed.Findingsrevealtworeadingpositionsofthe women’s readingexperienceoftheanti-smokingmessagesinlow-middle setting.Nineteensmokersand20non-smokers understand howtheinformationonharmsoftobaccousebecomemeaningfultoaudience. the anti-smokingPublicService Announcements (PSAs)aimstoaddresstheharmsoftobaccouseisnotwell-assessed both smokers,andpassivesmokersarevulnerabletotheadverseeffect ofsmoking yetremainunder-documented.Meanwhile, Evidence indicatesasteadyincreaseinthenumberoffemalesmokerswheremalesmokingispredominantIndonesia.Women, Appraising theSilentVoice: DevelopingaHealthCommunication Approach Targeting Women Rizanna Rosemary Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2290 in socialmovements. motivational frames,thuscounterbalancingthetendencyofstudiestotreatframesasarationalstrategyformobilisingparticipation conflict. Formsofreactiveandaffective emotions arethensearchedoutwithineachframe.Moreemotionshavebeenidentifiedin comments ofFacebookpagesandinsecretgroupsusedforinformationsharingduringthepeakregion’s 2011 texts writtenby Ambonese peaceactivists,publishedonFacebook,websites,andinbooksperiodicals,aswellposts identifies emotionsintheframesofdiscussionsamongst Ambonesepeacemovement.Itdoessobyanalysingninety-five fundamental reasonforaction. This paperaddressessuchgaps.Informedbydiagnosis,prognosis,andmotivationalframes,it Framing analysishasbeenwidelyusedtostudysocialmovements.However, suchstudiestendtoneglectemotionsasa Looking foremotion: Analysis of Ambonese PeaceMovementFramesinIndonesia Abdul Rohman Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2010 public discussioninSydney, asinotherglobalcities,claimsstrongdivisionsbetweendomesticandforeignrealestateinvestors. spatio-legal andterritorialdemarcations,suchasnation-stateboundariescitizenship. This isimportantbecausemediaand commodified andfinancialised,theseideologicalreferencepointscouldcutacrossarangeofdomestic/foreignrealestateinvestor developing aroundasetofideologicalreferencepointsrelatedtohousingcommodification. supportive offoreigninvestorsandinvestmentthanthosewhoarenot. This paperinvestigateswhetheradegreeofcommonalityis about foreignrealestateinvestment,Ifindthosewhoarefinanciallyinvestedinthelocalmarketgenerallymore reportedlevelsofrealestatemarketactivity,global asset.DrawingonempiricaldataaboutSydneysider’s housingstressandviews The latestmanifestationof Asian-led foreignrealestateinvestmentinglobalcitiesiscontributingtohousingbecomingaliquid, Geographies ofHyper-CommodifiedHousing:ForeignCapital,Market Dallas Rogers,JacquelineNelsonand Alex Wong Asia Pacificconflicttocontemporaryaudiences, Activity andHousingStress As housinginglobalcitiesisincreasingly This isthefirststudytoexplore s accelerated Page 138 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2003 Chinese society. modern Chinesesociety. Onthebasisofplaypaperwillchartchangingandunchangingperspectivesongenderrolesin incorporated intotheperformance. The productionwasanattempt todemonstratetherelevanceofstory Yang Guifeiina both traditionalChineseandwesternmusicwerecombined, apartfromactors,shadowandrodpuppetperformanceswere motherhood andpowerinChinesesociety. This playwaswrittenanddirectedbyWu ShanshanandRobin Ruizendaal.Inthisplay, shifting fromemperor Tang MinghuangtothefemalecharactersofWu Zetianand Yang Guifei,andtherelationshipbetweenbeauty, A moderninterpretationofthe Yuan drama Autumn RainwasperformedattheNational Theatre in Taipei in2003,withemphasis Autumn Rain: A NewLeaseofLifefor Yang Guifei Robin Ruizendaal Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2170 “otherness”. address theissuesoflanguage,race,mindset,habit,andsoon. This studyitselfwillbewrittenintheframeworksofidentityand I willanalysethefindingsfromfilmwithamultimodalapproach,especiallyinexaminingscenesandtexts. Saroo struggledwiththequestionsofhisidentityandorigins,becausehehadleftbiologicalfamilyinIndia. Through thispaper at atrainstationandwassenttoanorphanage. An Australian familybasedin Tasmania agreed toadopthim.Whilegrowingup, played byDevPatel,wasbornandgrewupinNorthernIndialiveddespairwithamotherbrother. Oneday, hegotlost The purposeofthispaperistoexaminethetreatmentmaincharacteras“other”infilm‘Lion’. Identity andOthernessintheFilm‘Lion’ Bakti Abdillah PutraRozali Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2280 assumption, andpotential. the materialconditionsofwork,livelihoodandhome,farmersshapespaceinterveninginsitesproduction,socialreproduction, and interventionistapproachtospaceacrossatleastfourspatialstrategiessitesofactivistintervention.Drawingupon collaborative engagementoverfifteenyearswiththeBKFandBKS,thispaperarguesthatBangladeshifarmersadoptastrategic movement inthecountry, organisinglandlesspeopletooccupyfallowlandacrossBangladesh.Drawinguponethnographic- (BKF) andtheBangladeshKishaniSabha(women’s association,BKS)haveemergedasthelargestrural-basedpeasant conflicts overaccesstokeyresourcessuchasland.InresponsetheseconditionstheBangladeshKrishok(farmer)Federation perspective tothestudyofsocialmovements.Forpoorfarmersincountry, thechallengesofclimatechangefoldintoongoing The paperdiscussesthepoliticsoflandoccupationbypeasantfarmersincontemporaryBangladeshordertosuggestaspatial Space Invaders: A SpatialPoliticsofSocialMovementPractice Paul Routledge Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:3020 markets andtheever-extendingspatialreachoflaboursourcing. how successfulthesemeasureshavebeeninsettingminimumemploymentstandardsthecontextofglobalisationlabour abusive andexploitativepractices.Intheabsenceofregionalorglobalmigrationgovernance,thispresentationseekstoevaluate negotiated inbilateralagreementswiththegovernmentsofdestinationcountries,maygosomewaytocounteringbases implementing variousmeasuresdesignedtosecureminimumlabourstandards. The initiatives,andespeciallywhentheyhavebeen labour migrationprogramshavesubjectedtheirnationalstoaraftofabusiveandexploitativepracticesinoffshore employmentby The governmentsoftwolargemigrantlaboursourcecountries,thePhilippinesandIndonesia,haverespondedtocriticismsthattheir The StruggletoSecureLabourStandardsfor Asia’s MigrantWorkers Stuart Rosewarne The maincharacter, Saroo, The analysiswill Page 139 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2070 survive inthePilippinesasindependentfemaleworkers. different imagesofthesewomenbyexaminingthevoicesfemalelabourmigrantsanddemonstratinghowtheystruggledto were oftennegativelyportrayedbyJapaneseconsulatepersonnel andproblematisedduetotheirlowliteracy. This paperwillprovide marriage migration,thispaperwillfocusonthesecondgroup:female labourmigrants. These femaleJapaneselabourmigrants in thetextileindustry, afterobtainingajobthroughrecruitmentagency. WhileJapanesemigrationstudieshaslargelyfocusedon fold: onewastogetmarriedaFilipinohusbandthroughanarranged marriage,andtheotherwastotravellabourmigrantswork In the1930s,manywomencrossedborderstomigrate PhilippinesfromOkinawa. The causesforthismigrationwastwo Debunking MythsofWomen’s Images:TheCaseoftheFemaleMigrantWorkers fromOkinawa Nakamura Saki Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2290 support theirentrepreneurialpursuitsinIslamicIndonesia. mentors andreligiouspropagatorsforcommunityempowerment. Their combinedrolesenablethemtoconvincetheirfamilies up businessesusingIT toaccommodateboththeirdomesticrolesandsocialengagement. They alsoseetheirrolesasbusiness analyse casestudiesofprominentMuslimbusinesswomen.Ithighlightsanewsocialtrendinwhichyoungereducatedwomenstart gender norms,creativebusinessopportunitiessuitableforwomenhaveemerged. This paperwillreviewstatepolicychangesand undertaking religiousobligations.WhilethisphenomenonhasemphasisedadomesticroleofwomenbasedonpatriarchalIslamic urban educatedMuslimshaveaccommodatedIslamasanimportantwayoflife. They makeefforts tobecomegoodMuslimsby This paperexplorestheimpactofanIslamisingIndonesiaonwomen’s roleintheeconomy. Overthelastseveraldecades, From HousewifetoMompreneur:ChangingExpectationsofWomanhood inDigitalIslamicIndonesia Minako Sakai Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2020 presentation willexplorehowtheseparticipantschallengethenotionsofcreativeworkandculturalhierarchies. East Asian BoysLove(BL)Doujinshi (fanzine)market. As culturalqualifiersandtastemakerswithintheirarea(s)ofinterest,this subcultural practitionerswhoarenotablefortheirinterestintheChinese Three Kingdomslegendandfortheirinvolvementinthe established spheresofculturalproductionandconsumption. This paperbuildsonBourdieu’s ideastoexamineanichegroupof attempted toapplythisconceptualtoolthesubculturalpracticesofamateurorgrassrootsintermediarieswhoworkbeyond cultural productionandconsumption.Relatedliteraturelargelyfocusesoncommercialprofessionaloccupations,fewhave Bourdieu’s notionofculturalintermediariesdescribesthosewhoprovidesymbolicgoodsandservicesin-betweenthemoments A Bourdieusian Approach toThreeKingdomsBL DoujinshiinChina,JapanandTaiwan Asako Saito Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2280 capacities forsomehouseholds,atthesametimeitcanleadtoruraldifferentiation. successfully invest,whileothersbecomemarginalised.Overall,thepaperarguesthatmigrationmightfosternewinvestment to obtaingreaterincomelevels.Iconsidertheunequalaccessriversasameansofproduction,whereonegroupfishfarmers vulnerability innewincome-generatingactivities. The paperdescribesfactorsencouragingreturnmigrantstoinvestinfishfarming Thailand, thispaperexplorestheconnectionsbetween Thai migrantsreturningtoagriculturallivelihoodsandtheirrisk questioning howmigrationaffects ruraldifferentiation andresourceaccess.DrawingonanempiricalcaseinavillageNortheast Migration hasbeendescribedasoneofthestrategiesthatcontributetoruraldevelopment.However, thereisverylittleresearch Return Migrantsin Aquaculture: NewOpportunitiesandDisparityinRuralNortheastThailand Soimart Rungmanee,Jagannath Adhikari andKrishnaK.Shrestha Page 140 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts In thelate19 Siam duringColonialPeriodthroughtheChineseEyes Piyamas Sanpaweerawong Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:3270 relations andresponsestotemporalemergingformsofpractices. different agencies. The dam,oftenportrayedasanengineeringachievementofthestate,isinfactresultunanticipated entanglement encompassingmanifoldnegotiationandadjustmentofconflictinggoals,interests,recognitioncooperationamong mobilization, negotiation,adjustment,confrontation,andsettlement.Suchmultiplicityofdancesreflectthetechno-political the ChaoPhrayaDam,Iexploreaseriesofentanglementsthroughdifferent dancesofagency, namely:initiation,assessment, the unstableassociationsamongdiverseactors,expertise,institutions,materialsaswellpractices.Recountinghistoryof like theChaoPhrayaDam,providesaspaceforexploringdialecticoperations-accommodationandresistance-ofagency Thailand developedinthe1950s.Employing Andrew Pickering’s “danceofagency”concept,Iarguethatdevelopmentinfrastructure, The paperexplorestheprocessbehindconstructionofChaoPhrayaDam,firstW Infrastructure intheMaking:TheChaoPhrayaDamDevelopmentanditsDancesof Agency Jakkrit Sangkhamanee Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2050 reflect onthepossibilities,limitationsandcostsofprogressiveengagementwithanevolvingauthoritarianadministration. and withinalliancestheirideologicaleffect. We willexploretheinterestsanimatingstate-progressiveengagement,and Hutchinson et.al’s typologyofreformersandnon-reformers(Hutchisonetal.2014)thatlooksatthedistributionspoweramong the executivedepartment?WhydidDuterteappointprogressivestoCabinetpositions? Analysing open-sourcerecords,weuse Gina Lopez;andHarryRoqueLuzIlagan.Why, how, andwithwhatoutcomesdidprogressivesengageauthoritarianism within This paperrelatesthestoryofthreebatchesprogressiveswhojoinedDuterteadministration:JunEvasco;Judy Taguiwalo and if notfascist,andyetsomeofthemostanti-authoritarianelementscivilsocietyhavejoinedhisadministrationatdifferent periods. Observers havealmostuniversallycharacterizedtheRodrigoDuterteadministrationinPhilippinesasincreasinglyauthoritarian Progressives inan Authoritarian Government:theDuterte Administration Emerson Sanchez, Anabelle RagsagandJopson Teresa Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2290 poor inbothplanningandimplementation. programs (IDT, PPKandPNPM)(1994-2015),havefailedtoreduceruralpovertysignificantlybecausetheyhamperedthe neglected theexistenceoflandlessfarmersandlow-skilledworkers.Moreover, thesubsequentthreemainpovertyreduction have affected theimplementationofruraldevelopment.Iarguethatflagshipsearlydevelopmentprograms(1970-1998) studies havegenerallyexamineddevelopmentpolicies,butneglectedtolookathowfactorsoutsidethesepolicies development programsandresultedinsubsequentincreasesruralpovertyrates. This approachisimportantbecauseprevious By usingthiscitizenshipconcept,Iwillcriticallyanalysehowtheneglectofrightsandresourceshasaffected theoutcomesof conceptofcitizenship,thisprojectexaminesstate-societyrelationsbetweenthegovernment andruralpeople. Following Kabeer’s This paperwillanalysepreviouscommunityempowermentpoliciesinruralIndonesiatofindwhytheyhavefailedreducepoverty State-Society RelationsinCommunityEmpowermentPoliciesRuralIndonesia Ajie Saksono Wednesday 4 July, 08:00-09:20Room:2040 the outsideworld. Aspects ofthetwoarchives’ contributioninSino-Siameserelationhistorywillalsobereviewed. past totheirpresenttime. This studyfocusontheirviewpointsSiam,whichcouldrepresenttheChinese Qing’s perspectiveon Fucheng, aChinesediplomatandZhengGuanying,comprador merchant,wrotejournalsanddescribedSiamfromthe Siam wassuccessfulinmaintainingitsindependence. This raisedChineseinterestinherpreviousso-calledvassalstate.Xue th century, Thailand, formerlyknownasSiam, andChinasuffered fromthepressureofWestern colonialism.However, orld Bank-fundedwaterinfrastructurein . Page 141 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 13:30-14:50Room:3310 over thedisbursementofsocialand politicalresourcescateredtotheneedsofdisadvantagedgroups? the presentstageofdevelopment ofDalit/lowercasteidentityandconsciousnessentailstheprimacy ofdeepeningpoliticalpower poor; two,whetherthe‘Dalit-Bahujanproject’ hasbeencompromisedconsideringthattheBSP isfocussedonthecontentionthat in societyand‘innovative’ electoral-mobilizationalpoliticshascreatedviablespacesofpublic activitytorealisesocialjusticeforthe addressed: one,toenquirewhethertheinexplicablelinkbetween BSP’s ideologicalconceptualizationoftheDalit-Bahujans’ position institutional political/governmentalpowerasanagentofsocialtransformation. Morespecifically democratic politicsthispaperseekstoexploretherelationshipbetween theBSP ‘Dalit’ leadership’s questforsocialjusticeand Within thecontextofidentitypoliticsanditscapacitytorealisenewer formsofpoliticalauthorityandsocialpowerinthesphere Identity Politicsand‘Representative’ Public Sphere:TheBahujanSamajPartyinUttarPradesh Jayabrata Sarkar Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2170 asa‘great(Hindu?)nation’. ‘soft power’ Bollywood productionsoverseasandexaminetherelationshipbetweenasaculturalindustryIndia’s widerdriveto cultural policies. The paperwillthenexplore Australia asacasestudyfordistincteconomicandsocio-culturalbenefitssoughtin First, thehistoricaldimensionsofBollywoodasaculturalindustrywillbeinterrogatedalongwithroleIndiannationalandstate cultural industryasthefocalpoint,thispaperendeavourstosituaterolesofcultureandcommerceinsoftpowergeneration. sought afterbynationsworldwideowingtoitsengagementwithoverseaslocation,economyandaudiences. Taking Bollywood’s emerged asasuccessful‘global’ culturalindustry. Although theindustryishighlylocalised,Bollywood’s producersareincreasingly India producestheworld’s largestnumberoffilmsandinparticular, theHindifilmindustry, popularlyknownasBollywood,has Bollywood’s Global Affair: TheCulturalIndustryandSoftPower Anubha Sarkar Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3180 state-centered roleingoverningtheonlinespace. blocking showthatthere-alignmentofnon-stateentities,whichareoftenaspiredbyentirelydifferent interests,canchallenge the the internetarecontinuouslychallengedandnegotiatedamongvariousactors. of thefield.Findingssuggeststhatemergingfieldcontentregulationisacontestedsitewhererulesandnormsgoverning development ofinternetcontentregulationinIndonesiafromtheperiod2008-2016byapplyingBourdieu’s conceptualframework and regulationsingoverningthisemergingfield.Inspiredbysocio-legalstudyscholarship,paperaimstocriticallyanalyzethe popular. The disruptiveeffect oftheinternetineconomicandsocialfieldsalsoraises questionsabouttheroleofstate-centeredlaw Rapid penetrationoftheinternetandsocialimpactithaswroughtattractedconsiderableattentionbothscholarly Internet ContentRegulationsinIndonesia: Actors, NetworkandContestation Indriaswati Saptaningrum Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2020 presentation aimstohighlightfans’ transnationalagencyinadeeplytransculturalspacethroughthiszine. illustration zinefeaturingthecharactersof Yuri onIce!!astheytravelaroundthePhilippinesimaginedbyFilipinofanartists. This fan worksbasedon‘Yuri onIce!!!’—ananimatedseriesreleasedin2016. This paperanalysestheconstructionof#yoizineph,afan years, fansarereassertingtheirnationalculturesthroughfanworks. This presentationexaminestheemergenceoftransnational Anglophone communitiesprioritisetheirfannishinterestssothatnationalitiesdissipateinthesespaces.However, inrecent in discourseandotherparticipatoryliteracypracticesrelatedtotheirfavouriteseries.Moreoftenthannot,fansengaging the internet. Anglophone fancommunitieshavebeenpivotalinfacilitatingtranscultural spacesonlinewherefansactivelyengage Contemporary fansofJapanesepopularculturefunctiononliteraciesandpracticesthatoperateintransculturalspacessuchas Localising Transcultural FanLiteracies:‘Yuri onIce’ asSeenin#yoizineph Kristine MichelleSantos Two casestudiesonnegativecontentfilteringand , twointerrelatedargumentswillbe Page 142 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:3180 gender, andmigration. “security”. This paperpresentstheresultsofanon-goingstudyintoFilipino-Australiancouples’ intermarriedlifeintersectingculture, by creatingmoredirectspacesforbothFilipinowomenand Australian mentofulfiltheirdesiresformarriageorfind“love”and through moreaccessibleforms,vis-à-vissocialmedia,theSNS-acquaintedcouples.Socialmediahasinfluencedcurrentunions Overtime, intermarriagechannelshavechangedfromso-called“mail-orderbrides”inthe1980s,introductionbykin,to The persistenceofintermarriagesbetween Australian menandFilipinowomencontinues,and,assuch,deservesin-depthinquiry. counterparts. WithintheFilipinomigrationcommunity, skilled workersandmarriagemigrantsin Australia constitute themajority. numbering 246,400asofJune30,2016. The femaleFilipinomigrantpopulationof140,000outnumbersthattheirmale Wednesday 4 July, 15:30-16:50Room:2250 some reflectionsontheimplications ofthecampaignforIndonesia’ political strategies,whichdepartedabruptlyfromthe“mobilization power”forwhichhisunionisfamous. The paperconcludeswith unsuccessful, hereceivedasubstantialnumberofvotes. This paperexaminesObon’s motivationsforrunningofficeandhis with thesupportofunionmembers,whodedicatedcountlesshours canvassingvotersonhisbehalf. Although hewasultimately Obon Tabroni, aunionleaderwho ranasanindependentcandidatefordistrictheadinBekasi2017.Oboncampaignedhard seats inlocalornationalparliamentslesscommonlyforleadership positionsinlocalgovernment.Oneexampleofthelatteris Over thepastdecadeandahalf,Indonesia’s labourunionshavebecomeincreasinglyinvolvedinelectoral politics,runningfor From Labour Activist to Aspiring Politician: TheCaseofObonTabroni Amalinda Savirani Four decadesofFilipinomigrationto Australia hasplacedthesemigrantsasthe6 Fulfillment orIllusionofDesiresforSecurity:Intermarriage,Money Masaaki Satake history inthe21 Cultural, religious,andliteraryconnectivityacrosstheIndianOceanhasbecomeaprominentthemeinfieldofpremodern Historical PracticesinthePremodernIndianOceanWorld Wayan JarrahSastrawan Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:3310 students fornewbattlesagainstthereturnofauthoritarianism. national conflicts.Intheprocess,novelframesofstudentstrugglearedevelopingandre-combiningwitholdernarratives,preparing contingencies andspecificchallengesofthetimes,tosearchformorefruitfulformscooperationinaddressingbothlocal might beablessingindisguise,asitforcesnewgenerationsofstudentactiviststoadoptmoreflexibleattitudetowardsthepolitical worked tounderminethetraditionalroleofstudentsas“nationalvanguard”. Yet, thelossoftraditionalframevanguardism decentralization, structuraladjustmentsinhighereducation,andculturalreorientationsamongthelargerstudentpopulation–have seem tobecomeincreasinglyirrelevant.Severalpolitical,structural,andculturalfactors–includingpoliticalfragmentation While studentmovementshaveplayedaprominentpoliticalrolethroughoutIndonesianhistory, indemocratizingIndonesiathey Reinventing StudentStruggle: Activism inDemocratizingIndonesia Yatun Sastramidjaja Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2070 interaction ledtothedevelopmentofdistinctivehistoriographicaltraditionsacrossIndianOceanworld. forms offered bycosmopolitan literarynetworks,aswellbylocalconditionsoftextualitythatguidedthechoicesform. This various societiesborderingtheIndianOcean.Iarguethatthosehistoricalpracticeswereinfluencedbothbyrepertoireoftextual and Southeast Asia. Itemploysaliterary-criticalmethodologytoanalysetheprocessandproductsofhistoricalpracticesin historiographies intheregion. This paperexamineshistoricalpracticesintermsoftranslocaltextualnetworksacrossWest, South st century. However, impactonthestudyoftraditional yetmadeasignificant thisconnectiveperspectivehasnot s labourmovement. , and/orLove th largestimmigrantgroupinthecountry, Asian Page 143 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:2200 study amongparticipantsandkey informantsisanintegralpartofdevelopingacomplexpublichealth intervention. participants needs.Subsequently, theinterventionwaspilotedamong108participants.We concludethatwell-conductedformative children. The formativeresearchfindingswereusedto developtheIYCFmessages,andamobilephoneapplicationtailored tothe promising tostrengthentheexistingface-to-facenutritionalcounselling bythefieldhealthstaf for IYCFcounselling.We foundthatmobilephoneusagewascommoninthiscommunity, andthatam-healthplatformcouldbe interviews wereusedtoinvestigatethenatureofmobilephoneuse inthiscommunity, andtheirperceptionsonusingm-health promoting infantandyoungchildfeeding(IYCF)counsellingina teaestatecommunity. Focusgroupdiscussionsandin-depth This paperwilldisseminatethemethodsandexamineusefulness ofaformativestudyindevelopinganm-healthintervention Mobile healthInterventionstoPromoteInfantand Young ChildFeedingCounselling inaSriLanka Upul Senarath,SanjeevaGodakandage,Hiranya JayawickramaandManujWeerasinghe Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2020 represents aforumforthestudentstoaffirmtheirtransnationalstatusandcollectiveIndonesianidentity institutionally-driven projectsfulfillanemblematicfunctiontosignalengagementasapositiveactinitself,Soundsekertaprimarily students whoformacloseddiasporagroupinglargelydisconnectedfromtheir Australian socio-culturalcontext.WhereastheMSO’s Soundsekerta isanannualconcertofhighprofilepopandrockactsfromIndonesiapresentedbyforIndonesianinternational alongside aJavanesegamelanorchestratoaccompanyGarinNugroho’ cultural exchangewithyoungIndonesianmusiciansfrom Yogyakarta, Indonesia,andperformanceofanewly-composedwork cultural musicalengagement. The Melbourne SymphonyOrchestra(MSO)hasparticipatedintwoIndonesia-relatedprojects:a of thecontemporary Australian culturalanddemographicenvironmentenableshighlydivergenttypesofcross-bordercross- This paperexaminesexamplesofmusicallinkagesbetween Australia andIndonesiathatdemonstrate howtheparticularcomplexity Trajectories andDivergencesin Australia’s MusicalEngagementwithIndonesia Aline Scott-Maxwell Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2020 their processofadaptation,andaudiencereception. and intertextualitywithreferencetoatheoreticalframeworkfocusingontheformofadaptationasproduct,adapters traditional kabukiandculturallyinfluencedfeaturestoevokeatmospherecharacters. techniques suchasrecordedmusic,contemporarylightingandcomputergraphics.Makeup,costumeswigscombineboth productions incorporatetraditionalkabukielementssuchasposingandmannerofspeakingalongsidenon-traditionalstaging respectively, OdaEiichiro’s longrunning(1997-)mangaseries‘OnePiece’,andtheclassicIndianepic,‘TheMahabharata’.Both The latestexamplesareSuperKabukiII-OnePiece(2015-)and‘Mahabaratasenki’ (2017),kabuki-inspiredadaptationsof, puppet theatre.Morerecently, Shakespeareanplayssuchas‘Twelfth Night’ havebeensuccessfullyadaptedforthekabukistage. Kabuki hasalonghistoryofadaptationfromothersources,andmanywell-knownplaysoriginatedtheEdoperiodbunraku From MangatotheMahabharata: Adaptation andIntertextuality in RecentKabukiProductions Jennifer Scott Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2170 conception andpractice. introduces someoftheimportantfeaturesBuddhistmonasticlawwhilealsoaskinghowmodernpolitico-legalinstitutionsaffect its and elaboratesystemofregulation.DrawinguponrecentresearchonSriLanka(and,toalesserextent, Thailand), thispaper many Southern Asian countries(e.g.,SriLanka,Myanmarand Thailand) Buddhistmonasticlawremainsanextremelysignificant studies ofBuddhistmonasticlaw, particularlyinthecontemporaryperiod. This omissionisunfortunateconsideringthefactthatin scholarly literatureon,forexample,IslamiclawinMalaysiaandHinduLawIndia.Widelyneglectedthisare,however For decades,scholarsofSouthandSoutheast Asia havewrittenaboutlegalpluralismintheregion. There istodayasignificant Buddhist lawinContemporarySouthern Asia Benjamin Schonthal s silentfilm,‘SatanJawa’,forthe2017 AsiatopaFestival. This paperanalysesissuesofadaptation f toimprovethenutritionalstatusof . , Page 144 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room: 2060 process ofpopularculturaldevelopmentinmodernJapan,which haswidelynurturedthelogicofracistviolencetothisday. Empire. Byjuxtaposingcontemporaneoustestimonieswithpopular newspapers,Iarguethatthemassacreshouldbelocatedin righteousness andselflessnessborrowedfrompopularmedia, both persistentintheregionandpeculiartopost-WWIJapanese to killpurportedly“malcontent”Koreans,theperpetratorsjustified theiractsbyreferringtotheatricallyexaggeratedexpressionsof cultural practicesthatmadesuchviolencepossible,legitimate,and evenexcitingfortheparticipants.Backedbystate’s approval systemic phenomenonindicativeoftrendsinnationalculture”,Ilocate theKoreanmassacrewithinlocalandimperialpopular Goldsby’s ‘A SpectacularSecret’ (2006)thatdealswith American lynching’s “culturallogic”andconceiveslynchingasa“networked, This paperexploresthemassacreofKoreansfollowing1923 GreatKantoEarthquakeinthe Tokyo area.InspiredbyJacqueline ‘Spectacular’ Violence: The 1923KoreanMassacreasaCulturalPracticeinPost-World War IJapan Tomoko Seto Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2240 about thesocialandpoliticalpositionofethnicChinesewithincurrentclimate. why anti-Chinesehoaxesgainsuchtractiononsocialmedia.MorebroadlyIalsoexaminewhatfakenewsindicates during andafterthe2017Jakartagubernatorialelection.Icriticallyanalyseuseofsuchfakenewsaspoliticaltoolsdiscuss I discussanti-Ahok,anti-Chineseandanti-ChinanarrativesthatcirculatedasfakenewshoaxesonIndonesiansocialmedia fear,confusion, were intendedtoincite and anger,against violence and generally.more Indonesians Chinese Ahok and paper, Inthis part inshapingpublicopinionagainst Ahok. Anti-Chinese fakenewsandhoaxesinparticularplayedonlong-standingprejudices, against then-GovernorBasuki‘Ahok’ Tjahaja Purnama whoisanethnicChineseandaChristian.Fakenewsplayedimportant The 2017Jakartagubernatorialelectionwasmarredbyreligiousandraceissues,especiallyfollowingtheblasphemyallegation Fake Newsand Anti-Chinese Discoursesinthe2017JakartaGubernatorialElection Charlotte Setijadi Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2060 broader contextofthe“Buruproject”andremakingIndonesiansocietyinNewOrder. camp authorities.Drawingonsurvivormemoirsaswellinterviews,thispaperplacestheexperiencesofchildrenin members wereofficiallynotprisoners,theysubjecttonumerousregulationsaswellverbalandphysicalabusefromthe for theseprisoners,fromtheearly1970sfamilymemberswererelocatedtoisland,includinghundredsofchildren.While was aplaceofexileformorethan10,000politicalprisonerstheNewOrderregime.Intendedaspermanentsiteresettlement This paperdiscussestheexperiencesofchildrenwhowerebroughttoBuruIslandpenalcolony, whichbetween1969and1979 Growing upinPrison:ChildrentheBuruIslandPenalColony Ken Setiawan Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2190 interplays betweenthememorialandhistory. past thatinflectsonthefuture. Theterm‘restaging’ isusedtoevokethestageasametaphor, andacontestedsiteofmemorythat proposed asanewgenreofexhibitionsthatreinterpret,contest,andmediatebetweenthemultiplecontextspresent art, andbreachedthe‘whitecube’ oftheexhibitionspacebypresentingartinpublicspaces. The restagedcriticalexhibitionis making thatshiftedtowardstheconceptual,producedartmanifestos,challengedWestern conventionsofthinkingaboutandmaking exhibition –thatfirstemergedinSoutheast Asiain the 1970s. Thecriticalexhibitionmarkedanexhibitionaryturntowardsexhibition- to restageexhibitions? This paperexaminestherecentcuratorialphenomenonofrestaginganewexhibitionarymode–critical Why andhowdowerememberexhibitions,whoremembersthesewhataretheirmotivations,theimpulses Restaging CriticalExhibitions:TheWill to Archive/Memorialise/Subjectivity Yu JinSeng Page 145 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:3180 have beenmovingtowardsprotection ofgenderequalityandchildrights. the policyimpactsoftheseJudicialInterpretationsonlegislative reforms.Itwillbeshownthatmarriageandfamilylawsin makes Taiwan thefirstjurisdictionin Asian countriestorendertherightregistersame-sexmarriages. Thispaperaimstoexamine for marriageandfamily. Interpretation No.587urgesfortherightofachildtobelegalsubject.RecentlyInterpretationNo.748 No.365 spellsouttheprinciplesofsexualequalityandbestinterests ofthechildtobeparamountlegislativeconsiderations legally validated.InterpretationsNos.554and569maintainsthe Constitutionality ofthecriminalpenaltyadultery. Interpretation since the1970s.InterpretationsNos.242,362and552re-conceptualize “monogamy”toallowadefactobigamousmarriagebe The ConstitutionalCourtin Taiwan hasmadelandmarkJudicialInterpretationsonpolicyissuesconcerningmarriageandthefamily Judicial Constructionof‘theFamily’ inTaiwan’s ConstitutionalInterpretations Huey LingShee Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2130 god ofthecrafts. iconographies fromexistingtraditions,whichwerethenstandardisedtomakeadeitythatisworshippedacrossIndiaasthepatron consolidation ofVishwakarma asapan-Indianidentity. This paperaimstocomprehendhowthesepopularproductionsborrowed goes backtothepopularartoflate19thcentury, evenifitismorepronouncedafterthe1990s,atimecoincidingwith Brahma occupiesamarginalspaceinIndianreligiositytoday, thereisaspurtinvisualproductionsofVishwakarma. This process cosmic creation,asthemakerofworld.Incidentally, therearenotmanyvisualrepresentationsofboththesedeities. Though and Southeast Asia. Knownbyvariednamesinthesacred texts,thedeityevolvedasacreativecounterparttoBrahma,godof Vishwakarma isapopulardeityassociatedwithcraftsacrossreligiouscommunities-Hindu,Buddhist,Jains,Sikhs-inSouth Asia Representations oftheForm:Iconographies‘MakerWorld’ Mahesh Sharma Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2240 organisations, parentsandchildren,wouldalleviatesomeofthequalitysustainabilityproblemstheseservices. management andexternalenvironment.Governmentrecognitionofthegap,parentresponsessupportneededby examining theirlegalstatus,financialandprofessionalsituation.Itfindsthattheorganisationsfacemanydifficultiesininternal organisations forchildrenwithautism.Itexplorestheadvantagesandlimitationsofparent-establishedservicesby characteristics ofserviceorganisationssetupbyparentstoaddresstheirchildren’s needs.Itinvestigatesthirty-fourparentservice unaffordable, unlesstheyliveinwealthyurbancentres. The paperexaminestherelationshipbetweenthispolicygapand Parents ofchildrenwithdisabilitiesinChinaoftenconfrontapolicygap:theservicestheirneedareunavailableand Parent-led ServiceOrganisationsforChildrenwithDisabilitiesinChina Xiaoyuan ShangandKarenFisher Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2110 eradication ofthetraditionalvernacularfabricinthem. in itsoutlyingareas.Historicisingthesetransformationsshedslightontheimpactofurbanactionsbroaderruralrealmsand only theeatingupofneighbouringvillagesbycitytoaccommodateitsexpansion,butalsogrowthinformalsettlements rural transformationintheregionthroughextensiveliteratureanalysisandmapping.Inthisregard,papercriticallyanalysesnot rural tourbanmigration,now. Itfocusesonthelinkagebetweenprocessof Tehran’s urbanexpansionwithitsassociated and culture. This paperidentifiesthemajorphasesof Tehran’s urbangrowthspecificallyfromtheLandReformin1962,causing process hastransformed Tehran’s ruralareasprofoundly, withsignificantimplicationsforthepreservationoftraditionalarchitecture Tehran, asanexampleof Asian city, hasdevelopedfromasmalltowntolargemetropolisinrecentdecades. This urbanisation The LinkagebetweenUrbanGrowthandRuralTransformation: TheCaseofTehran, Iran Maryam Shafiei Taiwan Page 146 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 15:30-16:50Room:2290 local politicsandgovernance,hence theneedforrethinkingdisastergovernance. inthepresenceofalargelyunaccountablepoliticalsystemwhichthoseaffected‘building backbetter’ areoftendisengaged from The Nepalcaseprovidesimportantinsightsintothedynamicsof and governmentcontinuetheirchallengeof‘buildingbackbetter’. reflecting upontheperformanceofwiderangeactorsinvolved, anddistilslessonsastheNepalicommunity weak andpoliticsisvolatile,suchasinNepal,hasreceivedlittle attention. This paperhighlightselementsofdisasterrecoveryby with governments,internationalagenciesandnon-governmentactors inrespondingtodisasterssituationswherethestateis the needforensuringrobustdisastergovernancehasneverbeen socrucial. Yet, howlocalcommunitiesrelateto,andwork Disasters havebecomefrequentandseriouslydisruptedthe functioningofmanycommunitiesaroundtheworld,hence Rethinking DisasterGovernance:LessonsfromNepal’s 2015Earthquakes RecoveryPractice Krishna Shresthaand Ayusha Bajracharya Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2190 analysis ofthecollectivepresentsaspecificgeo-politicalpositioningwhichdemonstratesemergingelementssuchchange. post 911 world,thereisanecessitytoredesigncuratorialmethodologiesthatdirectlyengagesuchartists.Inthispaper, acritical colour, raceandclasswithinthebinaryofcontemporaryculturetradition.Withinoftenfraught, socio-politicalclimateofthe in thearts,therearemeanstodisrupthegemonicdiscoursewhilstinterrogatingissuesofidentity, religiosity, politics,gender, a hyper-manifestationofnewlydefinedandcategorisedMuslimartist.Forthecollective,contemporaryart The recentestablishmentofEleven,the Australian basedcollectiveofcontemporaryMuslimartists,curatorsandwriters, presents communities arecreatinganinadvertentcatalystforsocialchangethroughthesubversionofever-evolvingmodern-dayorientalism. Within thegeo-politicalfringeofcontemporary Asia-Pacific, artistsoftheethnicallydiverse, diasporicandmigrantMuslim Disoriented: ContemporaryMuslimsartistsinthe Asia-Pacific Nur Shkembi Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2290 paper reflectsoncommunityresilienceduringtimesofdisasterbyusingexamplesmanagementin cooking stovesandpermittedtheuseofbathroomsoutsidetheirhouses. They alsostoredriceandvegetablesathome. The and abathroometc.Somelocals,whowerenotaffected bytheoutageofelectricityand thepublicwatersupply, providedoldwood communities exercisedleadershiptosavetsunamisurvivorswholosttheirhouses. They accommodatedthesurvivorswithfood March 2011, somepublicofficescouldnotaddresspost-disastermanagementformorethanaweek.Duringthattime,local has notbeenadecisivedefinitionmade.Whenlargetsunamidestroyedlocalgovernmentofficesin “Community resilience”iskeytoprovidinglocalswithasaferlifewhendisasterstrikes.However, thetermisnotclear, and there Local CommunityResilience:TheCaseoftheGreatEastJapanEarthquakeMarch2011 Kazuhisa Shimada Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2240 understanding ofhowatraumaticcolonialpastandlongstandinggrievancescanbeaddressedeffectively. narratives inshapingtransgressors’ acceptanceofresponsibilityforhistoricalinjustices,andoffers importantinsightsintoour affect theirwillingnesstoacceptresponsibilityforforebears’ mistakes. This paperaimstounderstandtheroleofvictimhood thewarthroughpopularcultureandtowhatextentthesecollectivememoriesofJapanesevictimhood descendants ‘remember’ Using surveysandinterviewswithinJapan-SouthKoreancontexts,thispaperexamineshowcurrentgenerationsofJapanese memory canbetransmittedviahistoricalnarrativesinofficialtextbooks,commemorations,massmedia,andthroughpopularculture. responsibility’ forhistoricalinjusticesisacriticalcomponentreconciliationandbuildingofpeacefulrelationships.Collective Many protractedconflictshavetheirrootsintraumaticmemoriesofpastviolence. Japan’s NarrativesofVictimhood andWar Responsibility Ria Shibata The perpetrators’ acknowledgementof‘collective Tohoku regionofJapanin fers afunctionaltool; Tohoku region. , civilsociety Page 147 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:3200 interrelated –butoccasionallyconflictual –regionalentities. examples, specialattentionisgiven tohowtheGovernmentofLaoshassoughtmaintainharmonious engagementwiththese existing regionalpartnerships:(1) ASEAN, and(2) The GreaterMekongSubregion. To illuminate thediscussionwithtangible into MainlandSoutheast Asia. ItconsidershowChina’s enhancedpresenceintheregionhasbothreinforcedandcontestedtwo existing formsof‘South-South’ cooperation. This paperexploresChina’s growingpolitical,economic,andinfrastructural advances initiative areinherentlypolitical.NewChinese-ledformsof‘South-South’ cooperationwillcontestboth‘North-South’ relationsand ‘non-interference’. Yet, the newformsoftransnationalconnectivityandeconomicpartnershipsenvisionedthroughtheBeltRoad scheme thatseekstobringmutualbenefitspartnercountries through enhanced‘South-South’ China’s BeltandRoadInitiativehasoftenbeenframedbytheChineseCommunistPartyasanapoliticalinfrastructure development Negotiating theBelt-and-Road, ASEAN, andtheGreaterMekongSubregion:ChinaLaos Kearrin Sims Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:3270 supergrids inthecontextofalternativesenergysystemdevelopment. and severalplannedsupergridsprojectssuggestsaframeworkforassessingsocialenvironmentalsustainabilityof position vs AIIB EnergyStrategy, thatprioritizes“connectivity”. This paperexploresexpectationsofvariouskeyGEIstakeholders transboundary gridsasalternativestonewgeneration,especiallysomecoalandhydropowerprojects. sustainability ofGEIasaglobalsolutionantitheticaltodistributedgenerationownedlocally and triggeringtheNortheast Asia Supergridandotherpilots.CSOsintheformerUSSR,MongoliaChinaquestionenvironmental enabling deploymentoflarge“cleanenergy”sources.Hundredscompanies,NGOsandagenciesjoinedtheGEI,legitimizingit As apartofitsBeltandRoadInitiative,Chinaispromotingthe“GlobalEnergyInterconnection”(GEI)—atransboundarysupergrid Supergrids -PromiseorCurseforGreenDevelopment? Evgeny SimonovandIgorShkradyuk Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:3180 ultimately benefit. areas. This theoreticaleffort willassistscholarsininitiatingacommunaleffort fromwhich academicdebateonthesubjectmay from theperspectiveofKiyoshiHasegawa’s scholarshipontheformationanddynamicsofmicro-relationalcommunitiesinurban assessment. Itoffers acontextualisationof Teubner’s reflectionsonconstitutionalpluralismandfragmentationofsocialfunctions This articleaskswhethertheparadigmofsocietalconstitutionalismdevelopedbyGunther Teubner canhelpinconductingsuchan these micro-sitesofcivicfriendshipandresponsibilityfromdiverseperspectivesinquiry, theirlegalstatusisyettobeascertained. which commencedafterthecollapseofJapaneseeconomyinearly1990s.Whilescholarshaveconsistentlyexamined phenomena. in responsetotheryudo-kashakaiandhikikomori responsibility These arethecrisisofsocialrelationsandcooperation, Over thepastfewyears,Japanhaswitnessedemergenceandspreadofmicro-relationalformscohesion,solidarity, and Societal ConstitutionalismandNewSocialCohesivenessMicro-sites:SearchingforLegalParadigm Luca Siliquini-Cinelli Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2110 that highlandsocietieshistoricallyengagedwiththeoutsideworld,takingadvantageofbenefitsthistrafficprovided. accrual ofelementsandstructuresdiffused upanddowntherivervalleysofIndo-China.Whatemergesfromselectcasestudiesis the highlandpopulationsmayberegardedasresidual,theircultures,underpinnedbylanguage,reflectoutcomesofhistorical indicates strongpatternsofdiffusion ofsemanticandsyntacticstructuresovertimefromthelowlandtohighlandlanguages.Sowhile The presenceof Austroasiatic speakinggroupsinthe Annamite Rangepredatesthe formation ofanyregionalstates,andevidence evidence oflinguisticsarguesagainstsuchasimplisticdichotomouscharacterizationhistoryinfavourmuchdeeperstory residual populations. Among thehighlandersofIndo-China–specifically AustroasiaticgroupsBahnaric,Katuic,Khmuic–the The ZomiahypothesisofScottcharacterizesthehighlandersSEAsiaasrefugeesfromstateformation,ratherthanremote Two-way Traffic: AustroasiaticsinZomia Paul Sidwell . However, CSOsalsopromotespecific economiccooperationandpolitical This dualisminfluencedCSO . Page 148 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 15:30-16:50Room:3003 South Koreainthecontextofmodern mediastudies. type ofearlymassmedia.Withinthispaper, Iwilloutlinethejeokbophenomenon andcompareitwiththedisseminationofmediain records (jeokbo)eventuallybecamethemostwidelyprintedliterature. These developments, inmyeyescouldindicatejeokboasa legal systemandpopularsentiment.Itisthereforeunderstandable thatinsuchanideologicallyconservativestate,thegenealogical The traceabilityanddetailsofone’s origindefinedhisorherlife chances(asdefinedbyMax Weber),delineatingtreatment bythe special focusonlineage,firstbytheyangbanelites,andlateron, lessfrequently connecting thedomainsofpublicandprivate. The strictlyregulatedsocialstratification inJoseonKoreanecessitateda Genealogical studieshavelongconstitutedacrucialfieldofactivity inConfucianism-influencedstatesofEast Crossroads ofPrivateandPublicVirtue: GenealogicalRecordsasEarly MassMediainJoseonKorea Tomasz Sleziak Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:3200 refugees influencehownationhoodandnationalidentityisexperiencedarticulatedbyIndonesianhostcommunites. in Cisarua.UnderstandingthediscursiveandsocialpracticesofrefugeereceptionIndonesiacanshedlightonwaysthat on policies,local/nationalmediacoverage,andtranscribedinterviewswithpoliticiansgovernmentofficials,residents focuses onthedynamicsbetweenlocalcommunitiesandrefugeeslivinginCisarua,West Java.Ialsoincorporatecontent analysis and responsestothepresenceofrefugeesintransit,reflectdiscursiveconstructionsnationalidentity?Myethnographicwork Indonesian hostcommunity. This paperaddressesthequestion:HowdoportrayalsofrefugeesinIndonesia’s publicdiscourse not beenadequatelyresearchedarethewaysthatprolongedtemporarysettlementofrefugeesplayoutfromperspectives the Since 2009,Indonesiahasbecomehosttoanincreasingnumberofrefugeeswhoarestuckintransitforlongerperiods.What Discursive ConstructionofNationalIdentitiesthroughEncounterswithRefugeesinIndonesia Mahardhika SjamsoeoedSadjad Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2250 law enforcementbythestateisweak. through soundsocialdialoguewhereworkersandunion’s interestsaresystematicallyaccommodated,particularlyincontextswhere aspects whileitalsostrengthensbipartite-basedconsultativecommittees. This paperarguesthatsustainabilitycanbemaintained factories ofaglobalbuyerinIndonesia,theBetterWork programhashadpositiveimpactprimarilyonoccupationalhealthandsafety the ILO-ledBetterWork programtominimizethissustainabilitydeficit.Drawingonthefindingsofasurvey conducted insupplier have improvedlabourstandards,whilefacingchallengesintermsofsustainability. Someglobalbuyershavesoughtsupportfrom requirements onlabourstandardsandeconomicincentivesfortheirsuppliers(mostlyoperatingindevelopingcountries)claimto Private regulationtopromotegloballabourstandardscontainsbothpromiseandlimitations.Globalbrandsthatcombine The ILO’s RoleinShapingPrivateRegulation:TheBetterWork PrograminIndonesia George MartinSirait Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:3003 Malaysia, MyanmarandCambodiahaveresultedingreaterelectoralcontestationallthreecases. matter themostasmoversandshakersofpolitiesinSoutheast Asia, recentepisodesofpopulardiscontentin placessuchas and organizedoppositiondividedelites,morecompetitionshouldbepresentintheseauthoritariansettings.Whileelitesstill high andoppositionisweak,lesscompetitiveauthoritarianismlikelytobeobserved.Conversely, wherethereisstrong,mobilized of twokeypoliticalinstitutionsdependsonthestrengthoppositionforcesanddegreeeliteunity. Incaseswhereeliteunityis across Southeast Asian authoritarianpolitiesinrelationtothebroaderliteratureonregimes. The extent ofcontestation Southeast Asia isaregionofmajorityauthoritarianandminoritylow-qualitydemocraticregimes. This paperwilldiscussvariation Varieties of Authoritarianism andtheLimitsofDemocracyinSoutheast Asia and AriesArugay Sinpeng Aim , bylowerechelonssuchasjunginandyangin. Asia, profoundly Page 149 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room: 2170 cultural nuancesinafilm’s narrative andtheroleculturalproximityplaysbetweenfilmmaker (author),textandaudience. audience ratingsite,todetermine thesignificanceoffilmmakers’ This paperexaminesthestrategies implementedbythefilmmakersalongwithChineseaudiences’ rating ofotherHollywood-Chinese collaborationsincludingCrouching Tiger HiddenDragonII(2015)and The GreatWall (2016). 3 (2016)–receivedravereviewsfromChinesecriticsandaudiences alike,receivinghighaudienceratings,wellabovetheaverage feedback. Howeverin2016,thereleaseofHollywood-Chinese animatedfeaturebyDreamWorks Animations –KungfuPanda and investors.However, HollywoodandChinesecollaborationshaveyetto see muchsuccess,judgingbyChinesecinemaaudience Since 2012,HollywoodhasbeenattemptingtopenetratetheChinese filmmarketthroughcollaborationswithChineseproducers Examining theSignificanceofCulturalNuancesinaFilm’s Narrativethrough ‘KungfuPanda3’ Kai Soh Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2110 spatio-social transformationoftheIndianlandscape,thisemergingphenomenonhasneverbeenextensivelyexamined. of thepredominantlyrural-urbanhinterlandmatrixchangespoliticaleconomiesproximalcitiesandruralareas. As arapid, urban conurbationsandtheirmultitudeofsmaller, adjoiningtowns. These areexaminedtohighlighthowaccelerated transformations from withinversuswithout.EmployinganoverviewofcontemporaryIndianurbanity, casestudieswillbedrawnfromthelargest the edgesofglobalizingcities.Itquestionswhethertheseareruralorurban,andevaluatesvalidityviewing In interrogatingtheex-urbanmatrixinIndiancontext,thispaperexaminesrapidlyde-ruralizinglandscapesbetweenandalong from internalconditions.Littleattentionhasbeenpaidtocomprehendingtransformationsofthelandscapematrixurbanentities. In studyingpostcolonialurbanitiesundergoingglobalchange,scholarshaveexaminedthechangeswroughtoncitiesthatcome (Re)Thinking SmartRuralitiesandUrbanitiesinGlobalIndia Manu Sobti Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2290 volunteers fromtheirrelationshipsandplacements. however, theyfellbeyondthelimit ofacceptableemotionalengagementwiththe Third World, leadingtoconcertedefforts toextricate with locals.Formanyvolunteers,theserelationshipsfacilitatedadeeperandmoreauthenticexperience.theirgovernments, attempt toreframeacolonisingpast.However, thiswasastrictlylimiteddiscoursetestedbyvolunteers’ romanticrelationships civilisational goodness.Individualfeelingsofempathyandfellow-feelingwereco-optedbynationalgovernmentsaspartabroader decolonisation. Inpersonalnarrativesandbroaderpublicity, volunteeringwas portrayedasanexpressionofpersonalandtherefore technocratic systemofdevelopment.Developmentvolunteeringmanifestedapoliticallyusefulethicscareatthehighpoint volunteering fordevelopment. This paperexploreshowearlydevelopmentvolunteeringwovethepersonalandemotionalinto From theearly1950s,youngpeoplein Australia, BritainandtheUnitedStatesenactedtheirconcernfordistantothersby Natural andFriendlyRelations:TheEmotionalEconomyofDevelopmentVolunteering Agnieszka Sobocinska Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2280 million peopleandcommittingaroundUS$4annuallytograssrootsmanagedinvestments. has resultedintwoprovincialgovernmentssupportingongoinggrassrootsplanningprocessescoveringapopulationofmorethan1 processes. Whilefacingmanydifficultiesinchallengingpoliticalorthodoxy villages inCaoBangandHoaBinh,involvingmorethan250,000householdsdecentralisedplanninginvestmentmanagement expenditure. This paperpresentsexperiencesandchallengesofalarge-scaleprogramtoimplementgrassrootsdemocracyin3,000 still alargelytop-downprocessandthegrassrootslevelisonlyresponsibleforimplementingminusculeproportionofinvestment and implementationofinvestmentactivitiesatcommunevillagelevel.However, politicalrealitiesmeanthatdecision-makingis programs onpovertyreductionandruraldevelopmenthaveenshrinedtheprincipleofpeople’s participationindecisionmaking Vietnam’s GrassrootsDemocracyDecrees(1998and2003),Ordinance(2007),subsequentguidingdocumentsformajor Grassroots DemocracyinPracticetheVietnamese Countryside Dominic Smith,Kim Yen NgoandXuan Thuy Vu decisions. The paperaimstounderstand thesignificanceof , entrenchedbiasesandresourcecapture,theprogram feedbackonDouban,amajor Page 150 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room: 2010 subjectivity canemergeinacontext whereromanticloveandviolenceareevaluatedasequivalent. how theprotagonistcannevertheless developmentalstrengthdespitebeingexposedtorepeated violence,showinghowfemale powerless whenconfrontedbyaweakmanwhoseonlymeansof defeatingastrongermanistokillthewoman. The novelshows Gang SeokGyungpresentsthementalworldofawomanwhodoes notgiveupdespitehersituationbutwhoisnevertheless revenge wherewomenareportrayedasvictimswhocanonlyhave rightswhenprotectedbystrongmen.InDaysandDreams, women arepresentedasvictimsofpatriarchalethnicnarrative.Patriarchal nationalismisverifiedthroughnarrativesofrapeand This paperinvestigatesfeminityandHeterotopiabycomparingrepresentations ofwomenintwoKoreannovels.Inthesenovels, US CamptownWomen (YangKongju): DiasporaRepresentationthrough‘Quasi-family’ andHeterotopia Dageum Song Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2020 readings oftheseprogramsandaudiencediscussions. foster middle-classsubjecthood. This paperdiscussesthephenomenonofpursuitstardomandsocial mobilitythroughcritical theme (lizhi)ofthistypeprogramechoestheethosXiJinping’s ChineseDreamandisinlinewithtechnologiesdevised to become celebritiesovernightbydintoftalent,hardwork,persistence,andmoralsupportfromfamilyfriends. The inspirational programs promoteanideologythatordinarypeople,betheypeasants,migrantworkers,singlemothersoreventhedisabled,can “idol” shows,mostofthemcopycattedfromWestern orKoreanprograms,arebecomingincreasinglypopularinChina. These success, asasignificanttoolofneoliberalgovernmentalityincontemporaryChina. This paperreflectsontheroleof TVprograms,particularlytalentshowsadvocatingself-improvementandpromisingovernight Talent Show, GovernmentalityandtheChineseDream Geng Song Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2010 a raciallychargedcontext. Australia posturesasabigbrotherintheregion,andofFilipinowriters Australia writingwithinacontinuinganti-colonialstrugglein position inimaginingthenation.ItanalysesimplicationsofwritingaboutPhilippinesfor Australian marketatatimewhen Philippines in Australia. Itexploresthepotentialsoftheseworksascounter-memory, especiallyinplacingwomenaprecarious of identity, body, homeandnationinfiction;howgender, race,classandotherrelatedcategoriesinform thewritingabout an individual’s symbolicandmaterialrelationshipwiththenation. The paperinterrogateshowcapitaland migrationinformthewriting following lenses:displacementthroughmigration;disembeddednessoftheeconomyfrompolitical,socialandculturalspheres; This paperaimstocharacterizeFilipinoimmigrantswritingin Australia byanalysingtheBobisandChaishortstoriesthrough Re-thinking HomeandNationintheImmigrantFictionEnglishofMelindaBobis Arlene Chai Nina Somera Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2290 the productionoftheirdesires. lens oftemporalities,wehighlightchildren’s shiftingemotionsandaffect implicatedinparentalmigrationand howthisrecalibrates of experiencingfamilyrelationsunderattenuatingtransnationalcircumstancesoftennottheirownchoosing.Usingtheanalytical behindness. Growingupwithoneorbothparentswhoareserialmigrants,left-behindchildrentaskedtheemotionallabour arrangements ofleft-behindchildrenfromlaboursendingcountries–thispaperexploreschildren’s feelingsandexperiencesofleft- Health andMigrantParentsinSoutheast Asia (CHAMPSEA)Wave 2study–whichamongotherthingsexaminesthechangingcare shapes theiraspirations.Drawinguponthequalitativeresearchfindingsfromtworuralfield-sitesinEastJava,underChild is concernedwithchildren’s subjectivitiesandtemporalmanagementofemotionswithrespecttoparentalmigrationhowthis The complexemotionaltime-spacesofleft-behindchildrenhasbeenunder-examinedwithindevelopmentcontexts. This paper The Temporal EmotionWork ofLeft-BehindChildrenandtheirFuture Aspirations Chand SomaiahandBrenda Yeoh A varietyoftalentshows,singingcontestsand Page 151 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts stupas, andvajras. This paperexploresthesetemple-palacecomplexesbuiltbetweenthe9 architectural pattern.EachwasheavilyadornedwithIndiansymbols ofsacredauthority, includingmandalas,dharmawheels, physically removedthemselvesfromthecapital. There, theycreatedtemple-palacecomplexesthatfollowedaremarkablysimilar With strikingconsistency, themostinfluentialfiguresofearlyandmedievalJapanretiredfrompublicoffice,tooktonsure, then From Angkor toKyoto:HowtheHindu-BuddhistKingshipofSoutheast Asia Influenced PremodernJapan Matthew Stavros Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2040 version. the comingofNewIndustrializedCountriesinB.E.2542version;andrevivalmonarchicalnationalism2554 of nationalism:RoyalPrescriptionsintheB.E.2493version;agenationalbuildinganddevelopment2525 dynamics of“nation-religion-monarchy”presentedintheDictionaryserveasdescriptionssocialchangesrangingfromperiod emphasis onthekeywordsof“nation-religion-monarchy”asrequiredbysocialandideologicaldynamics.Consequently, the linguistic standardizationworkedtoappropriatenationalideologies,resultinginerasureofparticularformsandselective Thai languagewithideologicalintentthroughtheiconizationoflegalizedasnationalcultureandheritage. Additionally, this presented throughtheRoyalInstituteDictionary. ItarguesthattheDictionaryposssedpoliticalpowertocontrolnatureof This paperexamineshowtheformationofmodernnation-statein Thailand isintimatelytiedtotheideologiesoflanguage Forming theNation-StateinThailand:“Nation-Religion-Monarchy”RoyalInstituteDictionaries Manita SrisitanontLuangkrajang Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2290 approaches forreducingexposureofurbanpopulationstodisasterrisk. issues relatedtotheimpactofurbanisationregardingriskof,andvulnerabilityto,naturaldisasters,aswellanyproven natural disasters. This paperwillpresentpreliminaryfindingsfromasystematicreviewoftheliteraturethat highlights emerging exposure tonaturalhazardsandsocialvulnerabilities.However, majorgapsstillexistintheinterfacebetweenurbanisationand increasing riskofnaturaldisastersandextremeweatherevents. The impactofdisastersemergesoutacomplexintersection the currenturbangrowthin Asia hasbeenrelativelyunplannedandincreasedthevulnerabilityofurbanpopulationto urban areas. These trendsareapparentinlow-andmiddle-incomecountries,particularlythoseSouth East Asia. Muchof In recentdecadestherateandextentofurbanisationhasincreasedmarkedlymajorityworld’s peoplenow live in Urbanisation andNaturalDisasterinSouthEast Asia: A SystematicReview Kim Spurwayand Anthony Zwi Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:3020 students astheygrowolder. and culturalpractices.Basedonethnographicresearch,thispaperexploreshowethnicitygrowsamongKoreanNewZealander conspicuously moreethnicintheirchoiceoffriends. At thetertiaryleveltheybecomeevenmoreethnicbothintheirchoiceoffriends mingle wellwithchildrenofotherculturesandraces.Bythetimetheyenterhighschool,however, manyofthemtendtobecome they becomelessmulticulturalandmoreethnicintheirchoiceoffriendsasgrow. Inprimaryandintermediateschoolsthey however, donotfollowthispattern.StudiesofKoreanNewZealanderstudentsinsecondaryandtertiaryschoolsshowthat second generationstudentstendtomaintainmulticulturalismastheygrow. SecondgenerationKoreanstudentsinNewZealand, Immigrant childreninliberalandmulticulturalcountriesgenerallytendtoembracemulticulturalism.InsocietiessuchastheUS, Regaining Ethnicityamong Young 2 Changzoo Song Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2070 premodern Japaneseculture. aim istohighlightthecurrencyof kingshipidiomsoutsidetheimperiallineageandemphasize roleofSoutheast Asia inshaping were inspiredbythematerialcultureofSoutheast Asia, whereHindu-Buddhistkingdomsflourishedduringthesame period. The nd GenerationKoreanStudentsinNewZealandTertiary Institutions th and14 th centuriestoproposethey Page 152 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:2040 engagement thatisstillunfinished. argues thatourperceptionof Thailand’s democraticfailureshouldberethoughtasafluid processofpoliticalmaturationand exhibits thepopularityofdemocracyinciviclifeandrapidgrowth ofdemocraticactivismwhengiventhechance. This paper power, and Thailand’s supposedlyuniquecontinuityofatraditionalsocietybasedonhierarchyandobedience.Buthistoryalso democratic normsandchangesocialoutlooks,muchoftheblame liesintheweaknessofcivilsocietywhenfacedwithmilitary patterned allsubsequentpoliticsinthecountry. Generally, Thai democracyhasbeendescribedasafailedattempttoinstitutionalise The politicalhistoryof Thailand inthemiddle20 Failing Better:Thailand’s DemocraticHistory Arjun Subrahmanyan Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2240 education andtoproposeguidelinesforsupportservicespracticesethnicminorityinXinjiangChina. education ofethnicminoritystudents,soastomakeauniquecontributioncurrentunderstandingsstate-fundedboardingschool sending childrenawayforeducation.Italsoanalysestherolethisrelocatededucationhasplayedinfacilitatingwell-beingand interior regions.Usingsemi-structuredin-depthinterviews,thisresearchaimstoexplorethemotivationsandperceptionsofparents program thatfundsmiddleschool-agedstudentsfromXinjiang,mostlyethnicminorities,toattendboardingschoolsinChina’s Xinjiang SeniorSecondarySchoolClassesPolicy(NeidiGaozhongbanZhengce)inSeptember2000.Itisafour-year To improveeducationqualityandcultivateethnicelitesinborderareas,China’s MinistryofEducation(MOE)executedtheInland The CulturalImpactofBoardingSchoolEducationonEthnicMinorityStudentsinXinjiang Xin Su,NeilHarrisonandRobynMoloney Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2003 patriarchal responsestoherwork. downgrades thefeminine,dialogismwillbeshowntoawayofenteringXi’s modeofdisruptinghabitual, authoritative,or an indicationofXi’s modeofliterarydialoguewiththemaleworld.WhileBakhtin’s bodyoftheoryoftenneglectsgenderand to Xi’s personalpoeticlanguage.Inparticular, thispaperwillturntoimagesofregimentation,includingregimentedrhythms,as cultural battlelines. This paperattemptstoreadpastestablishedviewsof“femininemodeslyricism”identifyelementsspecific offence expressedbymalepeers(whenacknowledgingheratall)suggestsadeepfeltneed todefendimaginedandgendered neglect isgendered. The misogynisticimageryemployedbyherdetractorsmakesthisveryclear. Byanymeasure,thelevelof In addressingorredressingtheacademicneglectof Taiwanese authorXiMurongandherpoetrytherecanbenodoubtingthe Regimentation andtheMaleOtherinXiMurong’s Poetry Mark Stevenson Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2010 Indonesia relations,thatofsolidaritybetween Asian and/ordevelopingcountries. and culturalimplicationsitmaycontain,wouldseemnowentirelytohavereplacedtheclaimmadeforfirstfiftyyearsofPRC- characterised bystereotypesofChinesebenevolenceandIndonesianwarmth.SuchaPRCattitude,withalltheeconomic,political, the currentPRCimageofIndonesia,combiningadmirationforIndonesiannatureandculturewithanarrativeclaimingrelationship foreign correspondentforChineseCentral Televison (CCTV)inIndonesia. Taken together, Zhao’s andDou’s worksshedlighton as aMandarinteachertotheChinesecommunityinNorthKalimantancapitalof Indonesia in (2015)andOnaSmallIndonesianIsland(2012),byZhaoXiaomin.WhileZhao’s narrativepresentsherlife This paperconsiderstworecentworksofnon-fictionbyMainlandChineseauthorsonIndonesia,Dou Contemporary Views fromMainlandChineseWriting onIndonesia Josh Stenberg th century, fromthe1930sconstitutionalrevolutiontoColdWar dictatorship,has Tarakan, Doudrawsonherworkasthefirst Yunyun’s Looking for Page 153 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 15:30-16:50Room:2020 popular cultureconsumptioninthe Asian context.Italsoshedslightontheoriginof the contemporaryHallyuphenomenon. K-pop consumptioninChinafromthelate1990sthroughearly 2000s. The currentstudyoffers newinsightsintotransnational periodization ofHallyu,analyzethefactorsimpactingthispopularity, andinvestigatethecommunication channelsthatfostered critical toexaminetheinitialpopularityofK-popinChina. This paperseekstotracethepopularityofK-pop,rethinkhistorical However, thepopularityofK-popduring thefirstKorean Wave inChinahasnotreceivedsufficientacademicattention. Thus,itis Chinese youth(Pease,2006).Bytheturnofmillennium,Hallyu, orKoreanWave, wasaChina-basedphenomenon(Shin,2013). From thelate1990sthroughearly2000s,Koreanpopularmusic (hereafter, K-pop)gainedunexpectedpopularityamong Modernity andRebellion:K-PopConsumptioninChina fromtheLate1990stoEarly2000s Meicheng Sun Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:3003 Eastern Indonesia? politically inEasternIndonesia?Canthesefindingstellusmoreabouttheriseoflocaldynasticfamiliesandpoliticaleconomy This paperposessomequestions:HowdidtheKallafamilyusewealthandpowertomakethempowerfuleconomically Indonesia includingcomplexitiesrelatingtotheplaceofKallafamilyinbothregionalandnationalpoliticaleconomicworlds. generations. ItwillalsoaddressthesignificantlackofacademicinterestinstudyingemergencedynasticfamiliesEastern trajectories underwhichtheKallafamilybegan,survivedandexpandedintheirbusinesspoliticalactivitiesoverthree This paperexaminestheemergenceofKallafamilyinSouthSulawesi,EasternIndonesia.Itwilltracebackhistorical Three GenerationsoftheKallaFamily Priyambudi Sulistiyanto Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2020 content. Indonesian comiceventstounderstandhowinIndonesiabecomesafespacesforbothmaleandfemalefansofyaoi was aestheticallytranslatedbylocalartistsandwriters. This presentationwillusefieldworkobservationandinformalinterviewsat of thenarratives,aswelldivisionlocalandforeigncomics. Yaoi contentbecamepartofIndonesia’s foreigncontentthat share theirmutualinterest.Formanyyears,Indonesiancomicculturewasnotsegregatedbygender, butratherbythethemes events lackfemaleexclusivity, allowingspaceforbothmaleandfemalefanstoenjoyyaoitogetherinasafewheretheycan of theshojogenreandfemalereadersarethusitsmaintargetconsumers,asopposedtomen.UnlikeJapan,Indonesia’s yaoicomic The entranceofyaoicontentintoIndonesiahasnotbroughtalongthegenre’s genderexpectations.InJapan,yaoi/BL isasub-genre Translating Yaoi ContentinIndonesia:SafeSpacesforFujoshiandFudanshi Kania Sukotjo Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2240 providers askeycollaboratorsinbuildinginclusivecommunities. of ourresponsivetrainingprograms,monitoringandevaluationpracticesthatincludeteachers,students,parents,support the processofengagingwithschoolcommunitiestofirstidentifylearningneedswithincommunity we developedatrainingmodelthatrespondstothelocalneedsofeducators,families,andcommunities. This paperwilldiscuss stakeholder engagementiscriticaltothesuccessofinclusiveeducation.Groundedinparticipatoryactionresearchmethodology, have notconsideredtheuniqueneedsofeachschoolnordiversityacrosscommunities. This paperarguesthatmulti- classes isparamount.Previousteachertrainingprogramsin Yogyakarta havenotchangedinclusivelearningpracticesbecausethey impact qualityeducationalinclusion.Buildingawarenessandconfidencetoacceptthediversityofskillsamonglearnersininclusive Continuing professionaldevelopmentisrequiredtoensurethatIndonesianeducatorshavetheresourcesandcompetence A WholeofCommunity Approach toDevelopingInclusiveEducationPracticesinIndonesia Sukinah andPradytiaPertiwi . We willsharekeyoutcomes Page 154 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2190 place theirworksinacategorydistinctfromWestern counterparts. representations oftheirrespectivesites,generatequestions“native”visionsinthepracticecolonialphotography. Iendeavourto adaptation ofthemediumincultural,technologicalandeconomiccircumstances. Their works,oftenconsideredasthequintessential from localaristocracyandsuccessfullyestablishedbusinessesinphotography. This suggestsasimilarprocessofadoptionand Asia. All fourhadsimilarprofessionalformation:theyweretrainedandfacilitatedbycolonialencounters,receivedpatronage as ‘indigenoustaste’,suggestingthatthesepracticesmightconstituteidiomaticphotographicmodernisminSouthandSoutheast Fancis Chit[KhunSunthonsathitlak](Thailand,1830-1891).IwillexaminehowtheyarticulatedwhatJohnClarkhasdescribed leading nativephotographers:KassianCephas(Java,Indonesia,1845-1912),Lala(Raja)DeenDayal(India,1844-1902)and Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2200 about priorityareasanddefinewhichpopulationsareallowedto beleftbehind. in poorregions. These bio-politicpracticesperformedbystatebureaucrats,complicateddonoragendas,navigate thedecision prevalence ratesandlowestimationof‘populationatrisk’ justifyand legitimateslowactionsagainsttheHIVepidemic—especially is established,andthemodelofinterventionprescribed.In contextofhealthdecentralisationinBaliProvince,lowHIV serve astechnocraticplanningandcontrolinstruments. Through thesestatisticsnormalcyiscreated,thetargetintervention that theHIVprevalencedataaswellestimationoftotal‘population atrisk’ foreachdistrictprovidedbytheprovincialgovernment range HIVservicesexperiencedbyHIV-positive pregnant womeninthepoorregionsofBaliProvince.Myethnographydiscovers Drawing ontenmonthsoffieldworkinfivedistrictsBaliProvince, Indonesia,thispaperseekstounpackunequalaccessfull Sustaining Inequalityof Access toHIVCare andBio-politicPracticesofStateBureaucratsinBali I NyomanSutarsa Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2280 Southeast Asia. paper suggeststhatthesecuritisationofriceasagraincontributestocontemporarydebatesonagrarianmarginsSouthand and tradeimpingedupontheidentitiesofruralsocieties,embeddingthemincyclesdispossessionaccumulation. This establishment ofaninternationalborderin1947.Riceraidsstructuredagrariandisplacementsandresettlements.cultivation precious foodgrainthatagriculturalistscultivated,traded,andconsumed,wastransformedintoacontroversialcommoditywiththe ethnographically andhistoricallyattheIndia-EastPakistanborderindecadeof1940s. This paperseekstoshowhowrice,a What aretheconditionsofagrarianuncertaintyanddistressunderlyingsecuritisationriceproduction?Isituatethisquestion Rice Wars andBorder Insecurities Malini Sur I investigatetheadaptationofcolonialpictorialcommonplacesin19 Native Visions? PhotographicModernisminSouthandSoutheast Asia Alexander Supartono Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2240 time challengessomedominantfeministpositionsongenderrelations industrial violence,Iidentifyapoliticsofsuffering whichoffers adistinctiveworkingclassperspectiveonwomenthatatthesame migrant womeninthePearlRiverDelta.Focusingonwaysshedocumentsandresearcheswomen’s encounterwithsexualand Among hermanycollectionsofpoemsbookStoriesRuralMigrantWomen Workers narrates,inpoeticform,thelivesof100 This paperisbasedonaseriesofinterviewsIconductedwithZhengXiaoqiong,China’s mostpowerfulifnotwellknownpoet. Rural MigrantWomen: ThePoliticsofSufferingandWorking ClassPerspective Wanning Sun th centurySouthandSoutheast Asia throughtheworksofthree Page 155 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 08:00-09:20Room:3310 include thedominanceofPhilippine oligarchicalinterests. advances havebeenmade,suchasthepopularempowermentof themarginalizedsectorsofsociety. Obstaclestotheirefforts engagement andcollaborationparticipationinelectoralpolitics topushforthedemocratizationprocessincountry. Some development work,thecreationofcivilsocietynetworkstopursue theiradvocaciesatthelocalandgloballevels,government CPP-NPA-NDF in1992. A majorconcernistheleftfaction’s middleclassstrategiesinthecivilsocietyarenamainlythroughNGO (CPP), itsmilitaryarm,theNewPeople’s Army (NPA) anditsillegalunitedfront,theNationalDemocraticFront(NDF)or its engagementinthecivilsocietyarena.Focusisplacedon left factionwhichsplitfromtheCommunistPartyofPhilippines This paperexaminestheroleofmiddleclassinPhilippine leftmovementinthecountry’s democratizationprocess through The MiddleClass-LedLeftMovementinCivilSociety’s RoleinthePhilippineDemocratizationProcess Teresa Tadem Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2060 is muchartificeintheartofthesemessagesfrompastthathavetotellusabouthowpropagandausesandviceversa. literary roots,modernistWestern arttechniques,advertising’s seductivefantasies,and Communism’s diktatofsocialrealism. There lyricism oftheVietnamese iterationthatallowedittotranscendthepartyrote. A lyricismbasedonafusionoftraditionalVietnamese “people’s war”remainintheshadows,dismissedascommunistrhetoricandmanipulation. This paperargues thatitwastheunique military outcomeoftheVietnam warsisthestuff oflegendbutthemessagesusedtomobilisepopularsupportforaprolonged in a‘David&Goliath’ struggleagainstthesuperiormilitarymightoftwoworldpowers,FranceandUnitedStates America. The From 1945to1975,theDemocraticRepublicofVietnam inspired,exhortedandpersuaded itsembattledpopulationtoparticipate The Art ofWar: TheRoleofVietnamese Visual CommunicationsintheVietnam Wars, 1945-1975 John Swinbank Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2010 of femalerevengedemonstratesachallengetopatriarchalhegemony. established gendernormsrelatedtofemininityandmotherhood,carefulreadersmayseeacertainironyinthisperformance. The act sentimental mother, butalsoparticipatesintakingrevengeonherunfaithful husband. Although thisfemalebondseemstoreaffirm consciousness. The sisterhoodofdivorcedwomeninthenovelnotonlyhelpsfemaleprotagonisttransformfromanirongirltoa sisterhood andcollectiveresistancetopatriarchy. ItalsoanalysesChiLi’s narrativesandwritingstrategiesthatexpressfeminist Good Morning,Miss(Xiaojienizao,1998).Itdiscussestheawakeninggenderconsciousnessofdivorcedwomen,femaleidentity, and families. This paperexaminesnewnotionsoffemalesubjectivityandsexualitythroughatextualanalysisChiLi’s novel Chi LiisoneofthemostprominentwomenwritersincontemporaryChina.Herfictionfocusesonthemeslove,marriage, Awakening GenderConsciousnessinDivorcedWomen: SisterhoodandResistanceinChiLi’s Fiction Ruttapond Swanpitak Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:3003 advertising discourse,andinvestigatehowtheyplayanimportantroleinconstructinghumanrelationsdifferent cultures. in otherculturessuchasJapanand Australia. The studyseekstoidentifytheunderlyingpatternsofcommunicationinvolvedin insurance TV commercials.Itwillalsoemploycross-culturalpragmaticsandsemioticstocomparethesecommercialswiththose audience, andhowtheyreflectdominantideologiesinagivensocietythroughthetacticaluseofmultimodalinteraction persuasive strategiesusedinadvertisementshaveconstructedcertainaxiologicalpositions,howtheyconvinceandmotivatethe the contentofroutinedailyactscommunicativeexchanges(Beasley, R.&DanesiM.,2002),thepaperwilldiscusshow in theDigital Age. Consideringthatadvertisinghasastronginfluenceonthemodalityoflifestyle,structurelanguage,and Advertisements havebecomevaluableresourcesforsocio-culturalinvestigationbyvirtueoftheirinteractiveanddynamicproperties Emotion asaCommodity: A multimodalanalysisofinsuranceTVcommercialsinThailand Chavalin Svetanant Thai Page 156 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room: 2060 the Pacific War. In thistrilogy, InouetriestoclarifywhetherornotJapanesepeoplehadfulfilledtheirresponsibilitiesfor theSino-Japanese War and (Cracks intheDream,2001), Yume nonamida(Tears fromtheDream,2003)and Yume nokasabuta(A ScabontheDream,2006). Military Tribunal fortheFarEast). These playsareknownas Tokyo saibansanbusaku (Tokyo Trials Trilogy): Yume nosakeme reconciliation withhischildhoodwarexperienceswasbywriting three playsinwhichhedealtwith Tokyo Trials (IMTFE:International national). Inouecreditshiswartimechildhoodexperiencesasthe impetusforhisplaywriting.Oneofthewaysinwhichhesought This paperexaminesthemannerinwhichInouereconcileshisharsh experiencesofWorld War IIasashÅkokumin(alittle Inoue Hisashi(1934-2010)isahighlyacclaimedcontemporaryJapanese playwright,novelistandscreenwriterinpost-warJapan. Inoue HisashiandtheTokyo Trials Trilogy Masahito Takayashiki Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2040 society throughblendingBuddhismwithdemocraticideas. his essaysandplaysIarguehewasathinkerinthe YMBA’s culturalmovementwhoattemptedtoestablishdemocracyinBurmese wrote manyotherworkspresentinghissocialreformideasusingpennamestohidegovernmentalidentity. Through analysisof the era’s taste).Hehas often beenregardedunfavorablybecauseofhismembershipintheICS(IndianCivilService),howeverhe Theikpan MaungWa (1899?-1942)isoneoftherepresentativewritersduring1930’s trendofKhitsanSapay(literaturetesting noting theroleof YMBA (Young Men’s Buddhist Association) whichprecededtheemergenceofDobamarmovementin1930. national history. This alsosuggeststheimportanceoffurtherinvestigationintoBamarnationalismanditsdevelopment,especially Recent studieshaveclarifiedmanyminorities’ official narrativesonMyanmarasanationstate,incontrasttothemajorityBamar’s Theikpan MaungWa onDemocracyincolonialMyanmar: YMBA CultureanditsNationalism Yuri Takahashi Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2003 attempt topromoteitssales. increases thetasksrequiredofanidealhousewife. The studyintendstoclarifytheroleofmediainshiftingidealfemininityits the youngmotherstobestylishwomen. Although fashionablehousewivesarestillregardedasnewandexceptional,thetrend analysis showsthat,inadditiontothetraditionalrolesofhousewivesemphasizedtypicalhousewives’ magazines,VERY expects for housewives,startingwiththepublicationofVERY in1995,hasmadenewfashiontrendsforyoungJapanesehousewives. The this reason,theyhavehadlittlechoicebuttoreadpracticalmagazinesabouthousework. The emergenceoffashionmagazines magazine foryoungmothers.InmodernJapan,housewiveshavebeenexpectedtobedutifulwivesanddevotedFor This paperexploresthechangingidealsofJapanesehousewivesbyconductingacontentanalysisVERY, acontemporaryfashion Stylish Housewives:TheChangingIdealsof Young MothersdepictedintheFashionMagazine‘VERY’ Kanae Takahashi Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2190 This paperreflectson4A’s pastandarguesfortheorganisation’s roleinfurthering Australia’s growingculturalalignmentto Asia. underpinned bymigrationpatternsto Australia andtheneedtoaddressvisibility, connectednessandculturalmisunderstandings. northern neighbours. InitiallyfocusedonChina,Southeast Asia andnowSouth Asia, 4A’s culturalconsecutivenesshasbeen led thecountry’s culturalcollaborations,initiatingsustainablenetworksanddevelopingliteracybetween Australia andour across theregion. As Australia hassoughttoformalisepoliticalandeconomicengagementwiththewider Asian region4A has a multitudeofborders. This investigationofthefluidterm‘Asia’ hasbeenframedby Australia’s complexsocio-politicalconnections decades thisconceptof Asia hasebbed,flowedandexpandedintoalargeembracethatencompassesmyriadofculturesacross Since 1996,4A CentreforContemporary Asian Art hassoughttostrengthen Australia’s culturaltieswith Asia. Overthelasttwo The PerpetualConsiderationofWhereis Asia? Mikala Tai Page 157 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2190 critical understandingofPhilippine designhistory. Philippines. This workistheinitialstepinfirstmonographicstudyonaFilipinointeriordesigner, contributingtowardsamore Sydney, andwillsituatetheseinthecontextofdebatesonFilipinoidentityexpressionthatwere prevalentin1960s-1970s on Fernandez’s useoftraditional elementsinhisdesignproposalsforthePhilippineCentersNew York City, Los Angeles and renderings fromFernandez’s office,currentlyhousedat TheMuseumoftheDeLaSalleUniversity-Manila. Thestudywillfocus grasping foranexpressionitcancallitsown. This paperwillanalyze archivaldocuments,mostlyinteriordesignperspective projects. Oftenhiredbythemembersofculturalandpolitical elite, Fernandezparticipatedinforgingtheidentityofanation Pioneering Filipinointeriordesigner, Guillermo“Wili”Fernandez,isknown forutilizingtraditionalFilipinoelementsinhisdesign Capturing theFilipino:ReconsideringInteriorsofWili Fernandez Vincent LouieVillaescusa Tan Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:3180 everything. satisfied byreceivingthewholeamountofawards.Isit,however notwithstanding theresultofjudgmentexceptwhenruledotherwise. Therefore, inJapan,thewinningpartywouldneverbe of theotherparty. InJapan,partiescandemandonlyactualdamages.Oneusuallyshouldpayone’s counsel’s feesbyoneself actual damagesevenafterpayingtheirlegalcounsels.InEngland,thelosingpartypayslitigationfees(includinglawyers’ fees) cases, partiesmayget“punitivedamages”,knownas“triplesuchthatthewinningpartywouldmoremoneythan In theUS,lawyerscandirecttheirclientssuchthatonlyreceiveawardswhenwinningincourt.Evenfederalcivil Shifting FeesofCivilLitigationandLawyers’ FeestoLosingParty forRealJustice Yoko Tamura Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:3180 solutions. article developstheconceptofproximity, proposesdrugdecriminalization,andanendtoIndonesia’s warondrugsasconcrete is framedas,whatGiorgio Agamben calls,thestateofexception,whiledeath-rowinmatesareframedashominessacri. This drug offenders inthenameofstateemergencyfromdrugtrafficking.ItalsoarguesthatIndonesia of theexecutionaNigerianman,HumphreyJefferson EjikeEleweke.IthighlightsflawsintheIndonesianlawsystemsusedtokill Mary JaneFiestaVeloso, aconvicteddrugtraffickerwhoappearstobehumantraffickingvictim,andtheunfairtrialinprocess drugs bykillingdrugaddictsandtraffickersthroughdeathpenaltypolicy The stateofemergencyfromthedrug-relatedoffenses inIndonesiahaspromptedtheIndonesiangovernmenttodeclarewaron Proximity: A ResponsetotheDeathPenaltyPolicyandaStateofEmergencyinIndonesia August Tamawiwy Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2280 remittance economyhasbroughtsomechanges,butitnotdonemuchforwomen’s empowerment. positions, andmanyofthemleavethesepositionsoncetheirhusbandsreturnhomefromoverseas. This researchimpliesthatthe women havenowbecomemembersofpoliticalparties,NGOsandlocalstategovernments. Yet, theyoftenoccupysub-ordinate goods, butanysignificantmobilisationofremittancesstilldependsontheirmalecounterpart.Moreover in NalmaofruralNepalanddemonstratesthatwomenarenowmobilisingremittancesforminorhouseholdmatterssuchasbuying changed genderroleswithinthehouseholdsandcommunity. This paperexploreslocalconsequencesoftheremittanceeconomy and enhancinghumandevelopment. Yet, whatislessknowntheprocessbywhichmale-drivenremittanceeconomyhas The remittanceeconomyisoneofthemajordriversgrowthinNepal’s GPDandisoftenconsideredas‘good’ forreducingpoverty Local ConsequencesofRemittanceEconomyinNepal Sujata Tamang, KrishnaK.Shresthaand Anthony Zwi , realjusticeforthewinningparty? The losingpartyneverloses . This articleconsidersthecasesofaFilipinowoman, , increasednumbersof Page 158 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2003 beyond inaglobalpostfeministera. The paperdiscussesthesefindings inlightofrecentsocialdevelopmentsandcontributestogender andmediastudiesinJapan divided ontheirpositionsandcriticaldiscoursesexistonlytemporarily duetoalackoforganizedactionagainstsexisminthemedia. more likelythanmentobesexualizedandobjectifiedinJapanese media. promotion videosthatrecentlybecameembroiledinscandaldue tosexualportrayalsofwomen. Analyses foundthatwomenarefar sexualization (APA 2010),Ipresenttheresultsofcontentanalysesmedia textssuchasawomen’s magazine(anan)and gender order(R.Connell)andplaysavitalroleinsocialconstruction ofidealizednotionsfemininityandmasculinity. To examine This paperexaminesgenderrepresentationinJapanesemediaand popularculture,whichconstitutesanimportantelementofthe Sexualization ofJapaneseWomen inaGlobalPostfeminist Era Hiromi Tanaka Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2130 a grammaticalmarker)ofsomeJapaneseDMSintoquotativeparticles. the narrativeoffivewomen’s discoursethroughouttheyearsand, atthepossibilityofgrammaticalization(thechangeawordinto (DM) associatedwithyouthlanguagewereanalysed.FocusingonDMs,thispaperistwofold.Itanalyseshowquotativesareused in transitions theyexperiencedsuchasgettingajob,marryingorbecomingmothers.Instageoneofthisproject,discoursemarkers to socialgroups(Cameron,2005;Chambers&Schilling,2013; Tagliamonte, 2011). The interviewedwomen talkaboutmanylife- major life-transitions(Rickford&Price,2013;Wagner, 2012),andthesechangesarecloselyassociatedwithidentityorconnection every coupleofyears(1989-2016)andexaminestheirstoriesoveraperiodtime.People’s speechchanges,particularlyafter This studyispartofalongitudinalprojectcomprisingethnographicinterviewswithnumberJapanesewomenre-interviewed A LongitudinalStudyofDiscourseQuotativesin JapaneseWomen’s Narratives Lidia Tanaka Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:3003 of domesticpoliticaldevelopments. The militaryinsomecountrieshasalsoremainedakeyinstitutionandpoliticalplayer states intheregionhavefacedenduringchallengestotheirlegitimacysinceendofSecondWorld War anddecolonization. the greatpowersorintensifyingUS-Chinarivalry. Forinstance,asaconsequenceoftheirhistoricalartificialconstruction,the Southeast Asia’s responsestothem.Indeed,securitychallengesintheregionaremuchbroaderandenduringthanintrusionof in Southeast Asia shouldnotbeviewedsolely, orevenprincipally, throughtheprismofgreatpowerrelationsinregionand has becomeastrategicbattlegroundintheintensifyingrivalrybetweenUnitedStatesandChina.However, security As the Asia ‘pivot’ appearsverymuchtobea‘containment’ strategyagainstChina,itisincreasinglyevidentthatSoutheast Asia Security inSoutheast Asia Andrew Tan Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:3020 to dosoresultsinstateandsocialcensure. an acceptanceofculturaldiversityinordertobeacceptedasalegitimateanddesirablememberSingaporeansociety, andfailing demarcate theboundariesofnation. The creationofanationalethosmulticulturalismsignalsthatoneneedstodemonstrate upholding societalcohesionandstability. However, multiculturalismisnotmerelyatooltoincreaseinclusivity, butalsofunctionsto that multiculturalismisputforwardbythestateasanation-buildingeffort tobridgeethnicandreligiousdividesforthepurposeof settings thattendtoemphasisecommunitariangoalsoverindividualrights. Through astudyofmulticulturalisminSingapore,Iargue and accommodationofculturaldifference. However, suchanapproachignorestherealityofmulticulturalismpractisedinilliberal Multiculturalism hasoftenbeenframedasaliberalprojectwhichseekstomaximiseindividualfreedomsthroughrecognition Living asOneUnitedPeoples: A StudyofMulticulturalismandSingaporeanNationhood Rebecca Tan This hasincreasedandchangedovertime. Audiences are , andhasbeeninfluentialinaffecting thecourse Page 159 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2050 constituencies andvoters. general elections.IexplainhowtheMalaysiangovernmenthasadapted andinsomeinstancesinnovatedtoholdonitskey examines theroleofsocialmediaplatformsinMalaysia’s shiftinginformationsociety, withparticularfocusonMalaysia’s recent of theMalaysiangovernment,butwhereitsrulingcoalitionremains inpower, isagoodplacetostudythisparadox. This paper and expression.Malaysia,asaplacewheretheinternetsocial mediaplatformsallowforaflourishingofnewsandviewscritical – isstagnating,butdoingsoatatimewhennewcommunications technologieshaveprovidedawiderspaceforindividualopinion We arecurrentlylivinginapeculiarparadox.Democracy –apoliticalsystembasedontheideaofempowermentindividuals New Mediaand Authoritarian InnovationsinMalaysia Ross Tapsell Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2240 creative industrystandards. promptly createdtheIndonesianCreativeEconomy Agency, showinghisdeepcommitmentandinvestmentinraisingtheIndonesia’s which spreadamonggrassrootscitizens. The creativecampaignasawholewasdeemedsuccess,Jokowiwontheelectionand into comics,createdhisbiographyincomicformandopposed‘blackcampaigns’ byusingan‘optimistmentality’ insocialmedia, social media,butswitchedtohardcampaigningshortlythereafter. They translatedJokowi’s NationalPriority Agenda (NawaCita) output andaccuracyoftheproducedcampaignmaterials. The comicdivision(Jokomik)initiallycreatedsoftcampaigncomicson exploited culturalcreativity. GenerasiOptimisusedgames,animation,shortmoviesandcomics(calledJokomik)increasedthe country’s history. JokowiandhissupporterslikeGenerasiOptimis (OptimistGeneration)wagedanaggressivecampaignthat The IndonesianPresidentialElectionin2014wasarguablyoneofthemostcelebratedyetheatedpresidentialelections Comics asaMediumofCommunicationinthe2014IndonesianPresidentialElection TanuwidjayaJhosephine Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2040 findings ofthispaperwillthenbediscussedinrelationtoasmallset an overviewofhowfeaturefilmshaveandmightbeusedasahistoricalresourceforresearchingreasoningaboutthepast. in ordertoutilisetheserichandvaluablevisualresources,asystematicinformedapproachisneeded. This paperwillpresent invaluable insightintosocialinteractionsandthemeaningofmaterialobjectsinwaysthathistoricalevidencecannot.Nevertheless, history’. Forthestudyofhistorymaterialcultureandmodernizationeverydaylifein In aclassictextoncinemaandhistory, JohnE.O.Connorarguesthathistorianscanusefilmsas‘evidenceforsocialandcultural Film asHistoricalEvidence: An Overview Juthamas Tangsantikul Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:3310 the onehand,andsoftenitsstanceagainstLGBTs ontheother, exacerbatingtensionsbetweenthetwocamps. material conditions(ofnationbuildingandglobalcity-making)underwhichthestatehassoughttoallyitselfwithconservativeson that Singaporeiswitnessingafull-blownculturewar. Understandingtheseclashesas‘merelycultural’,Iargue,obscuresthe empowered byprogressiveglobalcityprojects,havemarshalledtheirresourcestofightback. increasingly takenanactiveanti-gaystance,whilemembersoftheLGBT community, politicallyemboldenedandeconomically as aprogressiveglobalcity. Conservatives,disillusionedbythestate’s trade-off betweenmoralityandeconomicambitions,have In Singapore,politicalleadershavesincethe1990sengagedwithmoreliberalLGBT rhetoricinabidtopositionthenation-state The StateandSexuality:ContestationsinSingapore Shawna Tang Thai filmsmadebetween1954to1961. This clashhasledpunditstoconclude Thailand, filmscanprovide The Page 160 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts The mediumoffilmandtelevisionhasbecomemoreraciallyintegratedinthe21 Promises ofIntegration:Representation Asian-Americans in Action-Adventure FilmandTelevision Ying Tian Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2170 thus far, thereliefsprovidefurtherevidenceofanunderlyingfemalesubstratumformedievalKhmersociety. reliefs wereintegraltotheoveralldoctrineofBayon. As themosthighlystructuredelementoftemplearchitectureelucidated the colonialperiod. The researchresultspresentedherechallengetheconsensusviewofimages,postulatingthatinnerbas reliefs receivedrelativelylittlecriticalscholarlyattentionleavingourunderstandingoftheirsignificanceessentiallyunchangedsince post-date thereignofJayavarmanVII. Evenwithinbook,‘NewPerspectivesonBayon’ (2008),thestoryofinnerbas inner basreliefsthatrunaroundhavecontinuedtobeoverlookedordismissedasaunstructured collectionofHinduimages Of alltheaspectsofBayontemplethathavebeendiscussedinneweradynamismcharacterizesKhmerStudies, Of Goddesses,QueensandWomen: A NewStudyoftheBayon‘Inner’ Bas-reliefs Richard Thomas andRhoda O’Higgins Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2170 explore howBuddhismwasestablishedinMalaysiaandthedevelopmentsithasgonethroughsincethen. religious beliefsandculturaldiversityhowMalaysiansocietyhasmergedtraditionalintoitslocalculture.Iwillthen Malaysia andtheformitcurrentlytakes,nowbeingreferredtoasMalaysianChineseBuddhism.First,IwilldiscussMalaysia’s multicultural andmulti-faithsetting.Inparticular, itwillexaminetheorigins,growth,anddevelopmentofChineseBuddhismin folk beliefsco-exist. This paperwillexplorethedevelopmentofChineseBuddhisminMalaysiacontextMalaysia’s Malaysia isamulti-ethnic,multi-culturalandmulti-faithcountry, whereBuddhism,IslamandChristianity, aswellregional Malaysian ChineseintheMulti-faithcontextofMalaysia: An Analysis ofMalaysianChineseBuddhism Hwa TehLee Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2060 mistreatment ofPOWson Ambon Islandthroughoutthewar. paper willdiscusshowthedoctrineofcommandresponsibilitywasusedattrialsofficersaccusedfor responsible, bothasdirectparticipants,orcommandersoftheforatrocitiescommittedon Ambon Island. This care, andsummaryexecutions. At theendofwar, the Australian militaryconductedtrialsforJapanesepersonnelconsidered navy. The prisonerswereheldon Ambon Island,wheretheyweresubjecttophysicalbeatings,deprivationoffoodandmedical During theJapaneseinvasionof Ambon Island,alargenumberof Australian soldierswerecapturedbytheJapanesearmyand Command ResponsibilityatPrisonerofWar CampTrials Paul Taucher Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2170 stereotyped wayisstillalongaway. heroes, whoareintendedtoappealblacksinblaxploitationfilms, thecastingof action-adventure genreandthemutationsthatoccurwhenrepresenting and thattheremarkableuseofwhitenessprovokesresistanceamong otherethnicculturalcontexts.Inparticular, Ifocusonthe whitewashing inmediaculturehasbeenanindeliblespin-off fromglobalizationtomaximize Western culturaldominanceandprofits plays ahistoricallynon-whitecharacterortoturncharacters whiteinHollywoodcinema.Inthispaper, Iwillarguethat though manyrepresentationsresistthisintegration.Centralto iswhitewashing,acastingpracticetoensurewhiteperson Asians in American filmandtelevision.Incontrastwithblack st centuryundertheeffect ofglobalization, Asian/American heroesinanattractiveandnon- Page 161 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2240 transform Australian students’ cross-culturalunderstandingandprofessional capability. through theNCP. Itaddresseswhetherandinwhatways Asia asageographical,social,culturalandeducationalspacecanhelpto students havedevelopedthroughouttheirschoolingin Australia andnewpracticestheyareexposedtointhree Asian countries the NCP, thispresentationexaminesthepossiblehybriditythatarisesfrom theinteractionsbetweenlearninghabitus Australian has reachedover31,000.Drawingonanempiricalstudywhichlooks closelyattheperspectivesofstudentsandstaff involvedin in theregion.By2018,numberof Australian studentsfundedbytheNCP tostudyandundertake internshipsintheIndoPacific NCP aimstoexpose Australian undergraduatestudentstotheIndo-Pacificregion and‘broadendeepen’ Australia’s engagement Introduced in2014,theNewColomboPlan(NCP)is Australia’s signatureinitiativeofstudentmobilityandpublicdiplomacy. The Interactions between Australian and Asian valuesandpracticesviatheNewColomboPlan Ly Tran Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:3180 conform andtheirearnestdesiretobetreatedasanindependentperson. these peoplearenotegoisticwhopursuetheirownhappinessoverfamily. They aretornbetweenthesocialpressureto the discourseconveyedbypoliticians,critics,academicsandjournalistswhoopposereformoflawtoinclude“deviant”families, that themajorityofsuchpeoplehavehadlifeexperienceswhichmadethemawareimportanceanindividualself.Despite Article 750currentlyrequiresamarriedcoupletohavethesamesurname,whichdistressessomepeople. on findingsfromananalysisofinterviewsconductedwithpeoplerequestingchoicesintheselectionafamilyname.CivilCode over selectionoffamilyname,andidentifiesunderlyingideologiesbyanalysingwrittenspokendiscourses. This paperinvestigatesfamilyvalues,whicharecriticaltounderstandingconflictsofideologies.Itexaminesvaluesexpressed Social PressurevsTruth toSelf: A Dilemma Etsuko Toyoda Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2240 Indonesian politicshascontributedtothedecliningqualityofdemocracyandrisepopulism. but alsotheirabilitytoshapepublicopiniononkeypolicyissues,thepaperanalyseswhatextentcentralityofpollstersin Indonesia’s continuingdemocraticstagnation.Focusingnotonlyonthepollsters’ much-debatedroleduringelectioncampaigns, industry asethicalandmethodologicalstandardsvary. This paperexaminessomeofthesechallengesagainstthebackground Commission duringthecontroversialJakartaelectionin2017. This fragmentationhasposedchallengestothecredibilityof trends. Buttheindustryisheavilyfragmented,withmorethantwentypollinginstitutionsregisteredGeneralElection have becomequasi-celebritiesovertheyears,appearingregularlyontelevisiontodiscusslatestsurveyresultsandpolitical Public opinionsurveysandexitpollshavebeenanessentialpartofIndonesianpoliticsformorethanadecadenow. Somepollsters Pollsters andPopulisminIndonesia Dirk Tomsa Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2070 governance fromaNon-Ryukyuan’s perspective. on theRyukyuIslands. This paperwillfocusonthechallengingexperiencesofnon-RyukyuansandtrytoshedlightUScolonial to differentiate non-RyukyuanfromRyukyuan,andfacedordealstocoexistwithRyukyuanasthemajoritypopulation military personnelandRyukyuan. This “Non-Ryukyuan”wasinitiallycreatedasanadministrativeframework,butitbegantofunction the RyukyuIslands,USCARcreatedcategoriestoidentifythem.Onesuchis“Non-Ryukyuan”whichdidnotincludeUS new UScolonywithamixedpopulation. To governthemixedpopulation(Ryukuan,USmilitarypersonnel,andnon-Ryukyuan)in part ofKyusyuPrefecture. The UnitedStatesCivil Administration oftheRyukyuIslands(USCAR)wassetuptheretogoverna After WWII,theUnitedStatescreated“theRyukyuIslands”whichlargelyoverlappedwithOkinawaprefectureandalsoincluded The FormationofLegalCitizenshipandthePresenceUSMilitaryin Doi Tomoyoshi Asia-Pacific Region The findingssuggest This paperfocuses Page 162 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3310 campaign tokeeppushingandmonitoring thisnewpolicyimplementationsothatitcantranslate intorealgainsfordisabledpeople. in therights-basedpolicyimplementation remainachallenge.Successwilldependonresolute andcontinuousdisabilityrights as theMinistryofSocial Affairs remainstheleadingministryfordisabilityissueswithitsnewcoordinatingfunction. Actual changes superficial level.Medicalandcharitypracticesremainprevalent in disabilityprograms,particularlyatprovincialandmunicipallevel, approach. This paperqualitativelyexaminesifandtowhatextentthe paradigmshifthashappened;arguingthatchangeisstillata milestone inshiftingthecountry’s perspectivetowardsdisabledpeople;fromamedical-andcharity-basedtohumanrights-based Disabilities in2016wastheenactmentofanewnationaldisability law One ofthekeychangesfollowingIndonesiangovernment’s ratificationoftheUNConventiononRightsPersonswith From CharitytoRightsBased:QuestioningtheParadigm ShiftinIndonesia’s DisabilityPolicy Antoni Tsaputra Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2010 research direction. approaches topoliticsandtransmediality, thispaperaimstostudyamuch-ignoredaspectinMurakamistudies,andproposesnew the products’ aestheticrepresentationconforms/challengesconventionsofthenewmediaplatform.Focusingonthesemultiple how issuessuchasgender, history, andcapitalismarerepresentedthematicallyintransmediatedproducts.Iwillalsostudyhow paper examineswhatsortofpoliticsisinvolvedintheprocesssuchtransmedialculturalproduction.Specifically pivotal roleinquestioningthedistinctionbetween‘pure’ literature(taisho bungaku),this literature(junbungaku)and‘popular’ numerous prestigiousliteraryawards,Murakami’s fandomistypicallymoreassociatedwithpopularculture.InlightofMurakami’s adaptations acrossdifferent mediaandgenresincludingcomics,danceperformances,artisticworks,films.Despitewinning Many ofMurakamiHaruki’s writings,suchasNorwegianWood andthefirstsecondbakeryattackstories,haveinspired Politics ofTransmediality inMurakamiHaruki TsangMichael Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2170 contribution tothedevelopmentofcontemporaryKunquculturethatcontainsdistinctive“Taiwanese subjectivity”. it hasalsostimulatedthetransmission,researchandpromotionofKunqudomesticallyinternationally, aswellconstitutinga demonstrate thetransmissionandinterpretationsofKunquperformanceart.Notonlydiditserveasanimportanthistoricalrecord, of contemporaryKunquperformanceartists,aimingtobeafullyrepresentativethedifferent troupeand regionalstylesandto contained in39volumespublishedasKunjuxuanji. This setofvisualtextsconstitutedthefirstcomprehensiverecordings made videorecordingsofthesixmainlandKunqutroupes-altogether135piecestheatre-theKunjuluyingbaocunjihua,later integral partofthe Taiwanese theatricalscenesincethe1940s.In1990, Taiwan’s academicandculturalcommunitiescollaboratively Kunqu appearedinthetheatricalandmusicalhistoryof Taiwan asearlytheQianlongperiodand,alongwithJingju,becamean The SignificanceandInfluenceofthe1990KunjuXuanji Taiwanese VideoRecordingProject Hsin-Hsin Tsai Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:3180 elites’ preferencesformorestableandconsistentlyenforcedmeasures,whichlawisbettersuitedthanadministrativeregulations. an Assembly lawintheaftermathoflarge-scaleprotests:(a)dominantpoliticalfigurescapablewieldingeliteconsensus,and(b) regulations orrepression?ComparingelitepoliticsandsocialprotestsinChinaVietnam, twoconditionsaffected thepassingof when iscodificationchosenasaninstrumentofgovernanceandcontrol,opposedtoothermeanssuchadministrative strengthening regimelegitimacy, disciplining stateagents,andensuringelitecohesion.Inthispaper, Iaddressadifferent question: in 2014.Whendoauthoritarianleadersresorttocodificationcontrolmassprotests? 1989 followingstudentprotests.Incontrast,Vietnam hasrefrainedfromadoptinganassemblylawevenafterlarge-scaleprotests To regulatecollectiveactioninsociety, ChinapassedtheLawon Assemblies, ProcessionsandDemonstrations(AssemblyLaw)in When do Authoritarian LeadersPassan Assembly Law? A ComparisonbetweenChinaandVietnam Nhu Q. Truong andJuanWang . This long-awaitednew disability lawmarksasignificant A growingliteratureviewsjudicializationas , Iwillexplore Page 163 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2190 for contemporaryartpracticeandintheformationofnewtransnational arthistories. beyond. InthispaperIanalysethesignificanceofphenomenon ofthe creating newnetworksandrelationshipsbetweenartists,curators, arthistorians,institutionsandaudiencesintheregion change. They have,attimes,impactedonglobalartdevelopments andhavebeensignificantasspacesforencountersin frequently playedacriticalroleinart,locallyandregionally, incircumstancesofdynamicpolitical,economic,socialandcultural Exhibitions thatCreatedContemporary Art, WileyBlackwell,2016,3). This hascertainly beentruein Asia wheretheyhave ‘have come,sincethe1990s,todefinecontemporaryart’ (Gardnerand Green,Biennials, Triennials, anddocumenta: The Anthony GardnerandCharlesGreenhavesuggestedintheirmajorstudyofworldBiennales Triennales thattheseexhibitions Transnationalism in Asian Art: BiennalesandTriennales Caroline Turner Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:3270 fall ofglobaldemandforstaranisetomake Tamiflu havingweightyconsequences. minority cultivatorlivelihoodsand,inturn,foodsecurity, depend.Financialgainshavefluctuatedwildlyovertime,withtheriseand northern Vietnam. Qualitativefieldworkrevealstheintricateandidiosyncraticnatureofthesecommoditychainsuponwhichethnic analyses andrecent‘flexcrop’ debatesthispaperanalysestherolesofactorsalongstaranisecommoditychainsoriginatinginrural Tamiflu, littleisknownaboutwhocultivatesthisspiceandhowitreachesconsumersaroundtheworld.Drawingoncommoditychain notwithstanding itspotentialasa‘flexcrop’ duetobeingakeycomponentinthepharmaceuticalproductionofanti-influenzadrug Despite themultipleusagesofstaranise,aspiceharvestedfromtreesnativetonortheastVietnam andsoutheastChina, Food securityviaaFlexCrop?Volatile Star Anise CommodityChainsinUplandNorthernVietnam Sarah Turner, Annuska DerksandHanhNgo Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2060 memories oftraumainflictedonJapanesesurvivors. women” intogreaterfocuswemightbetterunderstandthecollusionbetweenpatriarchalstateandnationinsilencingof along withinterviewsthejournalist,HirotaKazuko,whointerviewedher, IwilldemonstratehowbybringingJapanese“comfort seen asimplicatedinJapaneseimperialism.Inthispaper, examiningwritten/orallifestoryofaJapanesesurvivor, Yamauchi Keiko, so-called “comfortwomen”wereexcludedfromvictimhoodstatus.Indeed,asJapanesenationalsthemselves,theyattimes survivors intheircallsforrecognitionandjustice.ManyJapanesewomenwhowereindenturedprostitutespriortobecoming activists inKoreaandothercountriesinvadedbyJapanduringthewar, aswellinJapanitself,havenotincludedJapanese The placeofsurvivingJapaneseso-called“comfortwomen”withintransnationalactivismforredressremainsambiguous.Many The SilencedMemoriesofTrauma: Japanese‘ComfortWomen’ Sachiyo Tsukamoto Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:3180 and thelegislativebranches. The judiciaryhasstruggledagainstthecurrentofconventionalandclosedideasinJapanesesociety. will considerhowtheSupremeCourt’s interpretationworkstosendmessagethetwootherbranchesofgovernment:executive constitution, includingtworelevant2015SupremeCourtdecisions.Focusingonthejustices’ opinionsinthesetwocases,thispaper This paperfirstreviewsseveralcasesinvolvinghumanrightsissuesthathavearisenunderJapanesefamilylawandthe Family andJudgeinJapan Yuichiro Tsuji Asian Biennaleinrelationtolocalandregionalcontexts Page 164 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 13:30-14:50Room:2170 scholarly analysis. and Jeffreys (2010)whoarguedthatthecultofcelebrityissignificant incontemporaryChina,yetconverselyhasrarelyreceived Jinglei’s charactersinherfilms,rolesasdirectorandscriptwriter, andherpersonallife. ThisstudyfollowstheworkofEdwards continues topervadecontemporaryChineseviewsofwomen. This paperwillundertakeacomparativeanalysisoftherolesXu traditional stereotypesofChinesewomanhood. which These stereotypes includetheconceptof‘goodwifeandwisemother’ and behindthecamera,aswellinherpublicpersona,provided Chinesesocietywithmultipleexamplesofwomenwhodefy This paperwillexaminehowdirector, actor, scriptwriterandpopularbloggerXuJingleihas,inherfilmroles,bothfrontof TheRolesandPublicPersonaofXuJinglei Subverting the‘GoodWife andWise Mother’: Lara Vanderstaay Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:3270 outside ofBaliiftherearenosignificantefforts taken. agricultural purposes.Inthefuture,local-modernandinstitutionalconsumersareexpectedtobedependentonfoodsthatcomefrom their worktonon-agriculturalsectors,andfurthermore,thereisasubstantialincreaseinchangedlandusefromagriculturenon- inefficiency andineffectiveness withintheagribusinesschainsystem. A significantnumberofsmall-scalefamilyfarmershaveshifted system. Moreover, thechangesinlifestyle,increaseoflivingcostsand land pricesasaresultoftourismhavegeneratedan local consumers,aredevelopingvaluesthatdifficulttobefulfilledbytheexistingsmall-scaletraditionalagribusinesschains international anddomestictourists. The institutionalconsumerssuchashotels,restaurantsandcateringservices, aswellmodern The small-scaleagriculturalsystemontheislandofBalihasbeenchallengedbyyearlyincreaseinnumberincoming The ChallengesofSmall-scale Agribusiness ChainsSysteminBali I MadeUtama Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2040 insight intothehistoryofthisperiod. he alsotooktheopportunitytoshootfootageofinterestingaspectseverydaylifein Thailand. Tavisak’s archiveprovidesaunique topical storiesforcurrentaffairs programsonthe American televisionchannelCBS.Whilewaitingtorecordtheseimportantevents businessman andfilmnewsreporter Tavisak Viryasiri. Inthe1950sand60s, Tavisak shot8mmnewsstoriesonawiderangeof this presentationIdiscussthehistoricaldimensionsofausuallyoverlookedarchivehomeandnewsmoviesshotby Thai families, suchasweddings,funerals,birthdaycelebrationsandholidaytrips,theirhistoricalrelevanceisrarelyconsidered.In For mostpeople,homemoviesaretakenforgranted.Whilsttheyprovideinsightintothemundaneactivitiesofparticular Accidental History:themoviecollectionofTavisak Viryasiri Chalida Uabumrungjit early 20 war andwasincorporatedintotheadministrationofislandsthroughlocallegislation.Further, duringcholeraepidemicsinthe studied aspectofthatwar. This papersuggeststhatreconcentrationextendedbeyondtheformalperiodofPhilippine-American such. Despitethecontemporarycontroversyoverthesetactics, American reconcentrationpolicyinthePhilippinesisleast support forguerrillaforcesopposedtoUScolonialrule. Although notcalled‘camps’,thezonesthuscreatedeffectively operatedas During thePhilippine-Americanwar(1899-1902),US Army issuedaseriesof‘reconcentration’ ordersdesignedtostrangle Reconcentration andtheCampSystem:TheLegaciesofPhilippine-AmericanWar Christina Twomey Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2060 Philippines. The paperarguesthathistoriesofthecampsystemmusttakeaccountimplementationreconcentrationpolicies. temporary measureutilisedduringaperiodofmartiallaw, reconcentration wasthereafterbuiltintothegovernancestructureof th century, theUSauthoritiesburntdownentirevillagesandreconcentratedpopulationincamps.Ratherthanbeinga Page 165 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room: 2190 Studies at The UniversityofSydney, as wellashavingimplicationsforconceptualisationofheritageinSoutheast Asia. Stories inBalineseartandliterature. This kind ofdigitallybasedanalysisprovidescontinuitywiththehundred-yearlegacy Asian the waysthattheserelatetoformsofanalysisbasedaround useofnarrativessuchastheRamayana,MahabharataandPanji important fordigitallybasedresearch.Iwilldiscusspotentialways ofcreatingportalsthatlinkvariouskindson-linesources,and Asia. Through asurveyoftheseprojects,Iwilldemonstratehowclassicalapproachesfromphilologyandarthistory remain Recent digitisationanddocumentationprojectshavedemonstrated thewealthofvisualandliterarysourcesoninSoutheast From PhilologytoVisual CulturesviaDigitalHumanities Adrian Vickers Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2190 concepts, diverseaestheticnarrativesoftheexhibitionswillbeplottedexploringvictoriesandtensionsinidentityartexpression. creativity translatedintoenvironmentalandurbanissues,culturaldiversitymulti-sensoryexperienceinart.Fromthese professional artistsandcurators.From2012-2016,themuseumhadatotaloftenartexhibitionsexploringsitescontemporary of hybridityinthecontextworldartstudies? The museumproducedexhibitionsbycollaboratingwithlocalandinternational and World Art Studies(Onians). The studyanswersthequestion:HowdocontemporarynarrativesofartinMCADcreatediscourses La Salle-CollegeofSaintBenildefrom2012-2016. These narrativeswillbeframedundertheconceptsof:Hybrid Art (Levinson) The paperexploresexhibitnarrativesoftheMuseumContemporary Art andDesign(MCAD)inManila,PhilippinesundertheDe Identity inPhilippineContemporary Art MuseumofContemporary Art andDesignExhibitions,2012-2016 Viceral Maria Angelica Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2250 India. boundaries. We provideempiricalevidenceofmicrofinanceasasocialinnovation,occurringinhybridorganizationsthecontext organization isbestsuitedtoeffectively implementsocialinnovations.Indeed,innovationislargelyhappeningattheblurred innovation isthatitprioritizesbalancingsocialandfinancialobjectives. dimensions (maingoal,centraltensions,andapproachtodemandcreation).Specifically related constructs.Inundertakingthistask,weconcludethatsocialinnovationisclearlydelineatedfromsimilarformsbasedonfour In thispaper, weexaminethecurrentstateofsocialinnovationliterature,askingwhatdistinguishesfromthese Microfinance asaSocialInnovation:EmpiricalEvidencefromIndia Jarrod Vassallo Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2050 society againstnuclearpower;andthesupportaccordedbyinfluentialpoliticalelites. of nuclearplantsisdeterminedbyacombinationthreeindependentvariables:themovement’s strength;thepoliticisation ofcivil in Haripur, KudankulamandKovvada. The paperdemonstratesthattheabilityofanti-nuclearmovementstoimpedeinception on India’smovements nuclear social movements case studyofthreeanti-nuclear through ahistorical-comparative nuclear policy civil to preventtheinceptionofnuclearplantsintheirmidst.Drawingonsocialmovementtheory, thispaperanalysestheimpactofanti- thermal plants. These initiatives haveledtotheemergenceofsocialmovementsfromperipheryIndia’s civilsocietyseeking policy aimstoincreasetheelectricitygenerationcapacityofnuclearpower, particularlyasasubstitutetotraditionalfossilfuel-based The constructionandcommissioningofnuclearpowerplantsformsthecruxIndianstate’s civilnuclearenergypolicy. The The Impactof Anti-nuclear MovementsonIndia’s CivilNuclearEnergyPolicy Kesava ChandraVarigonda This distinctivefeatureraisesthequestionofwhichtype , wearguethatthedistinctfeatureofsocial Page 166 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:3270 resources (some600yearsago)thanIndiacantoday. centuries, togetherwithrecentfieldworkinPeru,itreflectsonthequestionofwhyIncaswerebetterabletomanagewater Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room: 2240 on collectivestrengthsasthebasis forprogramimprovement. integrate Indonesia’simagining whatispossible,anddrawing education policywithbestpracticebyfocusingonsuccesses, inclusive learning. Itchallengestraditionalproblem-orientedmethods.will explainthemethodologicaltoolsusedandtheirapplicationto Research Cycles. This paperexploreshowtheprojectelicitednarrativesanddevelopedcontextualmapsas thebasisforshared comprise theapproach:(a)CommunityofPractice;(b)Sociocultural Activity Theory; (c) Appreciative Inquiry;and(d) Action community) toworktogetherdevelop,implement,andevaluate theimpactofinclusivestrategies.Fourfoundationalconstructs methodology toadvancecollaborationasbestpracticebydeveloping thecapacityofkeystakeholders(family, educators, Collaboration isthecornerstoneofinclusionandapersistentchallenge forpractitioners. This paperreportsonaninterventionist Quality inclusionforstudentswithdisabilityrequiresproactiveidentification andremovalofbarriersthatcauseinequities. Cross-cultural andInterdisciplinaryCollaborationforInclusive Educationin Yogyakarta Michelle Villeneuve and MichaelMillington Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2050 as Asia’s tigers. Analyzing theimageoftiger, thispaperexaminesthequestion‘Forwhomandwhatdidtheyfight?’ women theyled,formerheadsofstateinIndonesia,SriLankaandthePhilippines–likemany Asia –havebeenframed resulting inclaimsof“westernfeminism”atplay. Yet, despitethelimitedpositiverolesthattheyindividuallyplayinlivesof embedded cultureof“institutionalmasculinity”inmostparliaments,makingitdifficulttointroduceawomen’ woman leaderwillnecessarilypromotetherightsandinterestsoffellowwomen.Moreover, manysuchleadersareplaguedbyan women leaderswillpromotetheinterestsoffellowwomen,itisamisconceptionandarguablyanunreasonableexpectationthat As of August 2015,only18women leadersworldwidehadreachedthehighestlevelofelectedoffice.Contrarytoexpectationsthat Political Personasof Asia’s Women LeadersandtheirFailuretoRepresenttheWomen theyLed Ramona Vijeyarasa agriculture withthewatermanagementstrategiesusedbyIncasinPeru.UsingvariousIncacommentariesof16 poor farmerswiththewaterwealthofrichfarmers. The secondhalfofthispapercomparesthewaterscarcityproblemsIndian funds tootherpurposes. This paperdiscussestheunresolvedwatercrisisinMaharashtra,andcontrastsdeprivationof marginalised farmerstendtoliveinaridorsemi-aridregionswhichsuf One ofthegreatestthreatstoIndianfoodsecurityispersistentwatercrisisexperiencedbyfarmers. The poorestandmost Village India’s UnresolvedWater Crisis:LessonsfromFoodSecurityundertheIncas,c.1200-1400 Marika Antonia Vicziany andJaideepHardikar Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2280 pathways aroundthemaintenanceoflocalsocial,culturalandeconomicpractices. ‘global rural’.Iillustratethisviaanexaminationofthepatchyemergenceacashcrop,vis-à-visnon-locallivelihoodformationand Chin consistofamorediversesetinterconnections,reflectingthemanifoldwaysinwhichhouseholdsareinsertedinto livelihoods inthisregion,andessentialisesalinearprocessofcapitalisttransition.Instead,thedynamicsruraldevelopment change viaanagriculturalcommercialisationnarrativethatover-emphasisesthepotentialofcommercialagricultureinhousehold of ChinState,Myanmar, againstthisconceptualbackdrop.IarguethatinChinitismisplacedtoexplainprocessesofuplandrural crops andagriculturalcommercialisation.Inthispaper, Iproblematisethedynamicsofeconomicandsocialchangeinuplands Analysis ofcontemporaryagrarianchangeintheuplandregionsSoutheast Asia hashithertofocusedprimarilyontheroleofboom Agriculture asaDriverofSocialandEconomicTransformation inSoutheast Asia’s UplandRegions Mark Vicol, BillPritchardand Yu Yu Htay fer frominsufficientrainfallandthediversionofirrigation s rightsfriendlyagenda, th and17 th

Page 167 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room: 2170 traditional genres. analyses maximizethevalueofrecordedmaterialsandsupplement therareopportunitiestointeractwithmasterperformersof pitches, recurrentmelodicmotifs,andelementsofstyleswerealso apparentwithfurtheranalyses. The insightsgenerated bythese programs identifiedexplicitandimplicitelementsofcomposition. biological softwareprogramstoanalyzetranscriptionsofvongco -acornerstonepieceinthecailuongtheatreofVietnam. The analyses ofDNA andproteinsequences canbereadilyrepurposedtostudymusicalsequences. This researchusedfree,online these elementsoftraining,wecanturntocomputeranalysesfor insights.Specifically traditions involveconceptsthatarehardtoarticulateandrequire extensivefeedbackfrominstructorsandpeers. To supplement Many Asian musicaltraditionsinstruct performerstoelaborateonskeletalmelodies.Compositionandimprovisationinthese Musical Analysis withBiologicalSoftware Dang Vu Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2250 norms andinterpersonalrelationsthatfixmenwomenintoanunequalstatusquo. familial spaceiscriticaltounderstandingtherelationshipbetweenpoorwomenandfoodasithingesonsocialstructures,cultural India. The findingsunderscore theimportanceoffamilialfocusinevaluatingFWBwithincontextabsolutepoverty. The the FoodWell-Being (FWB)framework(Blocketal.,2011) asalenstoexaminethenarrativesof25poorwomenfromruralSouth subsequently ignitingcriticalapproachesforsocialchange. Taking atransformativeconsumerresearchapproach,thispaperapplies the paperseekstowidenevaluativescopeofFoodWell-Being frameworkwithintransformativeconsumerresearch, poverty, andconsumption.ByexploringtheeverydayrealitiesofpoorwomeninruralSouthIndiatheirinteractionswithfood, This paperaimstocontrastthedominantdiscoursesofnutrition,calorieintakeandfoodsecurityatintersectionswomen, Women andFood:ExploringFoodWell-being inPovertyIndia Archana Voola Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:3003 to qualifyFacebookingaspoliticalandmakesenseoftheirsignificance. and behaviours.Indevelopingthesearguments,wedrewuponeverydaypoliticsperspectiveswhichprovidethetheoreticalground have inoccasions,giventhemagnitudeandfavourablepoliticalcontext,succeededtriggeringchangesgovernmentdecisions positively toofflinepoliticalparticipationandmoreimportantlythepettyactsofdiscussingsharinginformationonFacebook tools distractactivistsfrommoreeffective meansofpoliticalparticipation,thispaper suggests thatFacebookinghascontributed youth’s, activitiesonFacebookhavespilledoverintoformalpolitics.Contrarytoconcernsthatandothersocialmedia This papertakesthecriticalviewofonlineactivismasitspointdepartureandexploreshowCambodianpeople’s, predominantly Facebooking: Everyday Youth PoliticsinCambodia Mun Vong andKimheanHok Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2070 briefly successful,hisefforts ultimatelybenefitedthecommunistPathetLaoanddestroyeddreamofneutrality. 1950s and1960s,Iobserveasocietyvulnerabletopopulismheroworshipofnaiveyetcharismaticfigure. marginalised by1966.BasedoninterviewswithKongLeinParis2008andresearchutilisingLaonewspapersjournalsofthe soon aftersawKongLeelevatedtoGeneralandDefenceMinisterinthecoalitionGovernment,althoughhehadbecomecompletely a coupin1960whiletheroyalistleaderswereoutofcapital. The NeutralistsonlyheldViengchan forafewmonths,butevents Magazine in1964. Yet historianshavenotgivenhisroleinthatconflictdueweight. A colonelintheparatrooperbattalion,hestaged General KongLe(1932-2014)wasacolourfulcharacterduringtheLaocivilwarin1960s,evenappearingoncoverof Time Unforgiven: NeutralismintheLaoCivilWar asPopulist Adventure Saowapha Viravong The degreesoffreedombetweenobligatenotes,thehierarchy , biologicalsoftwaresuitesdesignedfor Although hewas Page 168 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:2060 challenged commercialpolicies. government officialstolookafter theirinterests,andtheycalledonthegodstovindicateactions whilefarmersincreasingly point inthe1780s:urbancommoners decisivelyturnedtheirwrathagainstmerchantsaccusedof wrong-doinginsteadofexpecting yes, farmerswererational,buttheir rationalityshouldnotbeassumedtomatchwhatistodayconsidered rational.Itpositsaturning his cultspreadingacrosscentralJapan.Itexaminesthelanguage ofpetitionspresentedbyfarmerstotheirrulersarguethat a seventeenthcenturymartyrfromSakuraneartoday’s Naritaairport,whosevengefulspiritcausedhislord’s downfallandledto by themarginalized–womenandoutcaststoseekjusticeinearly modernJapan.IthighlightstheiconicstatusofSakuraSogoro, This papertracesthehistoryoffarmers’ oppositiontogovernmentalpolicies,commoners’ attacksonwealthymerchants,andefforts Mass MovementsinEarlyModernJapan Anne Walthall Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2040 library andculturalcommunities. of librarymaterial. The Library’s fourstaff inJakartanotonlyworktogrow thecollectionbuttheyalsoengagewithIndonesian and ephemeralmaterials.Inasmallbutsignificantway, wearebuildingthecollectiontofulfilourmandateofanational government publications,magazinesandnewspapersaresupplementedbyfull-textarticledatabases,e-books,archivedwebsites Library’s IndonesianCollectioncoversmanysubjects,includinghistory, politics,currentaffairs, societyandculture.Books,journals, decided toinvestheavilyinensuringthat Australians hadaccesstoresearch-levellibrarymaterialin Asian languages. The our culturalengagementwithclosestneighbour. Systematiccollectingbeganinthe1950swhen Australian Government history ofcollectingIndonesianpublicationsanddocumentaryheritagesincethe1950sLibraryremainscommittedtoexpanding The NationalLibrary’s Indonesian Acquisitions Programhelpsresearchersplace Australia initsregionalandglobalcontext.Witha The DevelopmentandOperationoftheIndonesian Acquisitions Program Heather Walsh Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3003 majoritarian privilegethatrecurglobally. by suggestingthatthoughChineseprivilegeispeculiartoSingapore,itmustbeunderstoodasaniterationofthepatterns analysis ofinternetsources,aswellqualitativein-depthinterviewswiththeChineseandMalay-Muslims. This paperconcludes how andwhytheseadvantagescanbeidentifiedattributedspecificallytoChineseprivilege. Ludwig Wittgenstein’s ‘language-games’. The Wittgensteiniannotionof‘familyresemblances’ providestheanalyticaltooltoexplain Chinese associally, politically, culturally, andeconomicallysuperiortootherraces.Conceptually, thispaperisunderpinnedby Chinese privilegeisamanifestationofparticularhistoricalandcontemporaryconditionsSingaporesocietythatrendersbeing as thematerialandimmaterialadvantagesSingaporeanChineseindividualsacquirebyvirtueoftheirrace. This paperarguesthat This paperprovidesananalysisoftheeverydayworkingsChineseprivilegeinSingapore.canbeunderstood Maintaining RacialDomination: Analysing theLanguage-GameofChinesePrivilegeinSingapore Prashant Waikar andNursheilaMuez Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:3310 tool tolegitimisetheGovernment’s actsanddecisions. them withthecreationofGovernment-supportedNGOorGONGOatnationalandregionallevel.GONGGOhasbeenusedasa society isfragmentedintermofpositions,ideologies,approaches,andfocuses,more ASEAN MemberStatescontradict regional levelbeforetheyarepresentedto ASEAN. Italsocallstoperceivecivilsocietynotassingleentity. Despitethefactthatcivil society onnormdiffusion, itshowsthatthecontestingglobalnormsinvolveexpandedconstituenciesatlocal,nationaland and engagingdifferent processofcontestinghumanrightsnormsfrom2009to2014.Inexploringtheinternalprocessescivil theory ofnormlocalisationthatwasdevelopedby Amitav experiencesinparticipating Acharya (2004),itwillalsobringtheauthor’s This paperexaminestheprocessofhumanrightsnormcontestationin ASEAN amongcivilsocietyorganisations.Inapplyingthe The DynamicsofDissentin ASEAN’s HumanRightsNormativeFramework Yuyun Wahyuningrum This paperdrawsondiscourse Page 169 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:2190 processes theunforcedaestheticstatementwithdirectsimplicity inregisteringthecontradictionsofdailylife. massive constructiondebrisandtoolsfromsites),the paperaimstocontextualize‘everyday’ asakindofrealism,which studies: SongDong’s Waste Not(displayingthelifetimepossessionofartist’s mother)andXuBing’s The Phoenix(consistingof everydayobjectswithafocuson thepracticesofcontemporaryChineseartists.Mainlyinvestigatingthroughtwocase ‘leftover’ of everydayobjects. This paperexploresartisticexperimentationofwhatitisliketobeintherealworld,through anappropriationof One ofthemostimportantdevelopmentsincontemporaryartover thepasttwentyyearshasbeenarchaeologicalappropriation The EverydayLeftoverinContemporaryChinese Art Ruobing Wang Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2190 illness. Reform eras,andbyextension,reevaluatesthroughascientificlenstheclichédnotionofartistic“genius”beingyokedtomental schizophrenia, affected theworkofanofficialcommunistartistwhoselegacyilluminatestransitionbetween theMaoistand paper, groundedinarthistory, drawsfromneuropsychologytounderstandtheextentwhichmentalillness,specifically paintings’ gesturalqualitycapturedtheimaginationofartcritics,whoquickly namedShiLu“China’s Van Gogh.” This interdisciplinary paintings werehiddenfromviewuntilaftertheartist’s deathin1982, aneraofglobalreengagementfortheChineseartworld. The schizophrenia, andscribbledontopofpaintingshecreated15yearsearlierduringhistripsabroad. These irrevocably“defaced” In 1970,thepersecutedChineseartistShiLu(1919-1982)returnedhomefromamentalinstitutionwherehewastreatedfor Examining the‘MadGenius’:Schizophrenia,CulturalRevolution,and Yang Wang Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2110 findings willhelptobuildanunderstandingofhowstudentmigrationisimplicatedwithcontemporarycities’ decades. Itwillrevealtheunderlyingforcesandfactorsbehindthistransformationprocesspeople’s perceptionsofit. The This paperexaminestheroleofChinesestudentmigrantsasplace-makersintransformationHurstvilleduringpasttwo entertainment options,HurstvillehasattractedmanynewlyarrivedChinesestudentstochooseitastheirfirststopinSydney student housing;andnewresidentialbuildingstargetinginvestors.Withconvenienttransportdiverseshopping in educationalservicessuchastutoringclassesandlanguageschools;newfood,serviceentertainmentbusinesses; Sydney. The increasingnumberofinternationalstudentshashadapowerfulinfluenceonHurstville.Changesincludegrowth This paperexplorestheconnectionsbetweeninternationalstudentmobilityandurbantransformationinHurstville,southern Student MigrantsandtheTransformation ofHurstville inthe21 Yingfei Wang Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3020 adopted. experiences toldthroughinterviewsalsobecomeworks-in-progress,asadopteesmakesenseofwhatitmeanstobetransnationally calls a‘socialencounter–aneventthatisinevitablybothemplacedandproductiveofplace’.Bydrawingattentiontoplace,the place areworks-in-progress. To deepenthisunderstandingofdis/connectionstoplace,IapproachtheinterviewaswhatPink understood asalreadyconnected.Instead,whatitmeanstobe‘from’ aplaceandwhatitmeansto‘feel’ aconnectiontoparticular Australian adoptees,Iarguethattheideaofconnectiontoaplacebirth,suchasSouthKorea,isnotautomaticallygivenor Korean Studiesaboutmigrantsin Australia andNewZealand.Drawingonsemi-structuredinterviewswith15 to 20Korean This paperfocusesontheexperiencesofadultKoreanadopteesin Australia, aspartofalargerstudyfundedbythe Academy of Korean Australian Adoptees’ ExperiencesofDis/connection Jessica Walton st Century Art ofShiLu transformation. . Page 170 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room: 3003 China. appropriates provocativeartworks intoastatespectacle(Debord1967),composingmasquerade offreeartisticexpressionin are tobecompletedbythecomplicitimaginationofaudience. Third, compromises:howthegovernmentpropagandaartfully censorship: howartistsemployimplicitexpressionandemblematical metaphorstopenetratesensitivemessageswhosemeanings artists createmediaeventstoengagethepublicandperformonline spectatorshipoversocialissues.Second,strategicself- uncovers threeperspectivesofChineseartists’ battleagainstsocialamnesia:First,media logic(Altheide1979/2004):howChinese nude push-upperformance.Foroveradecade,thecontroversial photographshavecircumventedChina’s censorship. This paper based onacasestudyofChinesephotographerandformerjournalist OuZhihangwhorecordssensitivesocialissuesinconsistent The paperrevealscontemporaryChinesepoliticalartists’ strategiesandcompromisesastheyseeksocialengagement inChina.Itis Contemporary ChinesePolitical Art intheDomesticMedia Environment Lili Wang reflect thelivesandstrugglesofChinesegrassrootshowtheysurvivedthrivedin family historybasedonanewlyavailablebodyoffirst-handmaterials: Cantonese. This research aimstoinvestigatethementalworldofmostdominantgroup,Teochew Chinese,andexploretheir Thailand ishometotheworld’s largestOverseasChinesecommunitiesconsistingof Teochew, Hakka,Hainanese,Hokkienand Teochew Lettersfrom Thailand:BuildingaTransnational NetworkbetweenChinaandThailand Yujiao Wang Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2003 sexual boundaries. managed toconstructnewtopicsandsentimentswithaself-assertivevoiceenlargedthelyricalworldbycrossinggeneric as anaestheticqualityandagenerictrait,muchsocialculturalconstruct. The paperwillexplorehowLiQingzhao society. OfparticularrelevancetothisdiscussionisMikhailBakhtin’s heteroglossiaanddialogism.Inthispapergenderisperceived narrative aswellthroughintertextualdiscoursesthatinvolvetheexpressionorrepressionofdialogicvoicesinpatriarchal to investigatehowLiQingzhaousedthemasculinizedliterarymodeexpressgenderedviewsandemotionsthroughherown of thetextualandculturalartefacttostriveforherownidentitythroughdialoguewithinamaleworld. This paperattempts Li Qingzhao(1084-1155?), arguablythegreatestpoetessknowntoChinesehistory, managedtoexertherinfluenceandcontrol Rivaling BeardandEyebrows:LiQingzhao’s DialoguewithaMaleWorld Ping Wang Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2003 not onlybyafemaleactor, butalsobyamaleactorofthe Tang emperorroleinKunquperformance. reshaped through Tang Minghuang’s voice. This paperwillalsoplaceanemphasisonhow Yang Guifei’s loveanddeathisdisplayed voice. OnlyintheQingplayisfemalevoiceof Yang Guifeifullyrepresented,andevenafterherdeath,shewasmemorized narrative perspective. The mainsingerof Yuan dramaisthemalecharacter Tang Minghuang, soweseeamale-leadnarrative Tang poetBaiJuyiwasthefirstauthortoportraythishistoricaleventwithalyricaltoneandsymbolicimagery, fromanomnipotent dramatic adaptations,the Yuan play‘RainonthePaulownia Tree in Autumn Night’ andtheQingplay‘ThePalaceofEternalLife’. This paperbeginswithadiscussionof Yang Guifeiasaliteraryfigureinthe‘SongofEverlastingRegret’ beforeexaminingtwolater Literary Adaptations andKunquPerformanceof Yang Guifei Shih-Pe Wang the 20 Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2040 they usedtoliveandwrite. To apprehendthelettersthatarebynatureinexact,ellipticalandsituational,itisalsonecessarytoreconstructcontextinwhich emigrants andtheirfamilieshometownsaswelloverseascommunitieswithanemphasisonthespiritualculturalaspect. th century, whichtheofficialdocumentsfailtorecord.Furthermore,itintendsunderstandinteractionbetweenChinese Teochew letters. These lettersarevaluableartifacts that Thailand fromthe19 th centuryto Page 171 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2130 ‘sustainable’ futurefortheireconomyand culture. alternative incomegeneratingoption isalreadyprovingamirage,leavingvillagerswithfewoptions thatsuggestthepossibilityofa challenges haveinteractedincomplicatedwayswithnascentprospects fortourismdevelopment. The promiseofeco-tourismasan environmental challengesduetooverfishing,coastalerosion,mangrove destructionandtheendangeredspeciestrade. This paperfocusesonacasestudyofcoastalfishingcommunity inJembrana,westBali,whichfacesanumberofserious parts oftheislandthathaveyettoseesupposedbenefits thetransitionawayfromrelianceonprimaryindustryeconomies. tourism andalliedindustriessuchasrealestate. At thesametimethiscrisisiscompoundedbynaturalresourcedeclinesaffecting Bali facesacrisisof‘overdevelopment’ primarilyresultingfromthedirectandindirectimpacts oftheunregulatedexpansion Between theSeaandaHardPlace:FisheriesLivelihood DeclineinaWest BaliCoastalCommunity Carol Warren Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:3180 Indonesia inRembang,CentralJava;reclamationofNorthJakartaSea;andresortdevelopmentBenoaBay, Bali. environmental justiceinIndonesia.Indoingso,Iwillcloselylookatthreemajorcasesconcerningjustice:Semen to putforwarddevelopmentprojects.InthispaperIexaminetheuseofstatelegalregimeanditslimitationsinpursuing Although somecourtdecisionshavebeeninfavourtotheirinterests,manyaredenied,adjustedorinterpretedbythegovernment procedures. or civil either throughadministrative to thelegalmechanisms justice for environmental resorted theirstruggles frequently environmental NGOsandtheclassactions.Inpost-authoritarianIndonesia,affected communitiesand concernedgroupshavemore Two maininnovativedevelopmentsbroughtbythemovementincountryhavebeenadoptionoflegalstandingfor The historicaldevelopmentofenvironmentallawinIndonesiahasbeeninformedbythedynamicsmovement. Law andEnvironmentalJusticeinthePost-AuthoritarianIndonesia Agung Wardana Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2010 nationalism itreliantonandalienatesreligiousminoritiesthuscreatesreluctantyetvisibleadversariestoitsdomination. of religiousoppositionalsorevealsthattheseeminglyunstoppableChineseunitedfrontworkhasanultimateweakness: confrontation, butanimaginedantagonismgiventoitthattriggershostilityandrepressionfromthestateitsapparatus. The rise and inspirationofoppositiontostate-sponsorednationalism.Itisnottheinherited‘foreignness’ orcombativenessofreligiondriving development ofChristianactivisminHongKongdemonstratesanoppositeversionthisrelationship:religioncanbethesource latter especiallyhasmobilizeditsunitedfrontapparatustoconstrainreligiouscommunities.However, thehistoryandrecent current rulers,theBritishcolonialgovernmentandChineseCommunistParty, donotoverlookthisimportantlessonandthe Religion hasbeenusedbystatebuildersastheoriginandinspirationofnationalistmovements.HongKong’s formerand Christian Activism inHongKongandOppositiontoState-SponsoredNationalismUnitedFrontWork Yun Wang Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2050 strategic nuclearcapability. The answermaylieinaddressingNorthKorea’s ontologicalsecurity. Korea inaconstructivistanalysis. The analysisleadstotheconclusionthatNorthKoreaisunlikelyabandonitsacquisitionof The paperinvestigatesideationalfactors,suchasnationalidentity, political-militaryculture,andsocialnormsofuseforce,inNorth nuclear weapons”supersedes“technicalcapabilitytodevelopasanunshakeableimperative,informsthepaper. shapes NorthKorea’s nuclearisationbehaviour. ScottSagan’s constructivistunderstandingthat“government’s motivationtodevelop state inthecontextofnewuncertaintiesregionalsecurityarchitecture. This dynamicisseeninthispapertobethecorefactorthat of acceleratednuclearisationbyinternationalsanctions.Itsbehaviorthrowslightontheontologicalinsecurityregimeand North KoreaisframedinWestern mediaasanopaquedynasticcommunistdictatorship. Yet itrefusestoallowdeflectionofitspolicy North Korea:UnveiledThroughitsNuclear Ambitions Chenjun Wang These Page 172 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room: 3003 Singapore’s liberalisationthroughthemediain‘internetelection’, eventspost-LKY hasdemonstrated otherwise. family/public office,father/politician,home/nationalheritage,and son/PrimeMinisterhavebeenchallenged.Despitepredictionsof controversial desirestodemolishthehousepreventthissacralisation, andexplorehowbinariesofprivate/publicdividebetween (Lynch, 2012;Couldry, 2007),thatwasaffirmedthroughamediatisednationalmourningforhim(Weng, 2016). ItwilllookatLKY’s national heritage. This paperextendsearlierthoughtsonLKY andhislegacyasthesacredcentreofSingapore’s nationalidentity on howcurrentPrimeMinisterLeeHsienLoong,andtheireldest brother, weremanagingtheissueoftheirfamilyhomeand sphere throughsocialmedia.LKY’s younger childrenjointlyreleasedapublicstatementstatingtheirconcernsasprivatecitizens The familydisputeover38OxleyRoad,houseofSingapore’s foundingfather, LeeKuan Yew (LKY),spilledintothepublic The LeeMediaDispute:Kuan Yew’s Legacyand#38oxleyroad Enqi Weng Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2010 to theconceptoflove. attention andthecomparisonbetweentwowillrevealculturaldifferences betweentheEastandWest, especiallypertaining after generation. This paperarguesthatthesimilaritiesbetween‘RomeoandJuliet’ and‘TheReflectionsinthe meritspecial Water’ a closeresemblanceinnotonlythethemeandplot,butalsoprofoundinfluencethattheybothhaduponreaders,generation Romeo andJulietLi Yu’s shortstory The Reflectionsinthe Water (Ho-yinglou)haveneverbeennoticed. Thetwoplaysbear Most oftheexistingworkson‘RomeoandJuliet’ tendtocompareitwith‘TheButterflyLovers’.However, thesimilaritiesbetween Love intheEastandWest: ComparingReflectionsinthe Water andRomeoJuliet Chenlin Wei Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2200 elderly physicallyandmentallyhealthy. recognition andgratitude. The processoflearningtogetheriscarried outthroughculturalandtraditionalactivities. This hasmadethe care ofbytheirfamiliesandthishasculturallybeenpasseddowntotheyoungergenerationsacceptelderlyasdeserving capital influencingtheelderly:familyrelationships;traditionsandbeliefs;communitysocialnetworks. volunteers. The studyfoundthatthecommunityhadatotalofeightyfourelderlypeople. The communityhadthreetypesofsocial discussions withtwenty-oneinformantsconsistingofelderlypeople,communityleaders,healthofficers,and Bueng SanCommunityinSub-district,OngkharakDistrict,NakhonNayokProvince, Thailand andthroughfocusgroup Data forthisqualitativestudywascollectedthroughin-depthinterviewswithhealthyandunhealthyelderlypeopleintheBanPak Social CapitalandHealthoftheElderly Prapada Watcharanat Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:3003 Thailand to‘semi-democracy’. under the2017Constitution,hasapowersimilartothatofSenate1978showinganattemptreturn choosing twoprimeministersandprovidingthemainsupportforgovernmentinparliament.IfurtherarguethatSenate, democratic’ government(1979-1983)andarguesthattheSenatewasapoliticalstrongholdformilitarybureaucracy, during thefirstfouryears. Thispaperanalysestheroleofmilitary-dominatedSenateduringfirstfouryears‘semi- the Senatewithpowertojointlyelectprimeministerandholdavoteofno-confidenceHouseRepresentatives bureaucracy couldstilldominatepoliticsthroughtheappointedSenate. The transitoryprovisionofthe1978Constitutionprovided Thailand duringthe1980swasdescribedasa‘semi-democracy’ inwhichelectionswereregularlyheldbutthemilitaryand The SenateofThailandasaPoliticalStronghold,1979-1983 Purawich Watanasukh All theelderlyaretaken Page 173 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room: 3180 community, nationalandvirtual space. Anglo-Australian descentnegotiate hyphenationsoftheselfinsocietywithininterrelatedspatial scalesoffamily/home,ethnic of media,communicationandideas. The paperseeks tounderstandhowfamilymembersofmixedIndonesian/Philippine and the thirdlargest,andsteadilygrowing,Southeast Asian migrantpopulation. They areactiveparticipantsintheinternationalflows drawn fromtheIndonesianandPhilippinecommunitiesinMelbourne, Australia. In Australia thesegroupsofwomenarepart together withparticipantobservationofintergenerationalfamilyrelationships amongstmothersanddaughtersofmixedracedescent 2003, Matthews2002,Handajani2008). Through anthropologicalresearch,thispaperfocusesonmultimedia hyphened-identities, mobile classthatcanbeconsumedbywhite,coloured,andmixed-race societies,includingin Australia and Asia (GoonandCraven Cultural studiesscholarshaveanalysedEurasiansasamultimedia commoditythatismulticultural,global,andpartofanupwardly Multimedia expressionofIndonesianandPhilippinemixed descentfamiliesinMelbourne Australia Monika Winarnita Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2060 anxiety thatprisonersmightbeconsumingmorethantheirfairshareofscarceresources. prisoners inavarietyofways.Different accountshighlightprideinJapanesedominanceoverEuropeans;pityfortheprisoners;or Japanese staff movedinandoutofthecamps,somelivedtownratherthanatcamp.Localpeoplereactedto Allied were plainlyvisibletolocals,astheirguards.Manywentoutduringthedayworkinshipyardsormineswithotherlabourers. Many camps,however, weresituatedinornearurbanareas.Prisonerscamps neartownsinJapanorelsewheretheempire prisoners performedarduousworkindangerousconditions,farfromtheviewofanyoneexcepttheirguardsandfellowworkers. Worldin theSecond military run by the Japanese of POWcamps The usualimage Warwhere settlement, of aremotejungle is Allied Town andCampin theJapaneseEmpire Sandra Wilson Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2280 processes. take researchtoscale. This hasimplicationsforhowresearchersconceptualiseandundertaketheirroleinagriculturalchange and areunabletoaccountforthecomplexarrayofactors,motivationsongoinglearningprocessesthatunderpinefforts to narratives andexpectationsaroundscalingareover-simplified,reinforcingafocusonbinaryadoptionofresearch-driventechnology the processandimpactsof‘takingresearchtoscale’ throughthreecasestudiesinSoutheast Asia. The caseshighlighthow the and developmentactorsmorebroadlytodemonstratetheimpactoftheiractivitiesatscale. expansion ofbenefitsbeyondtheprojectsthemselves—scalingoutandup. development goalssuchaspovertyreduction,foodsecurityandruraldevelopment. The successoftheseprojectsistiedtothe Agricultural researchprojectsindevelopingcountriesfocusonmodifyingfarmingsystemsordertocontributehigher-level Critical Reflectionson‘GoingtoScale’ in AgriculturalResearchforDevelopment Liana WilliamsandRobCramb Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2170 University ofHawai’iteaching,rehearsal,andperformanceprocess. in performancestranslatedanddirectedbyWichmann-Walczak, whoherecomparestheoldandnewversionsexamines master artistsfromtheJiangsuProvinceJingjuCompanytrainedUniversityofHawai’istudentstoperformplay, culminating errors withherbrotherandmotherthatendsbetrothalto Yue. Duringthe2017-18academicyear, threeretiredJingju general Yue Fei,issavedfrompursuersbyLiu Yulian, whohideshiminherfamily’s wardrobechest,thuscausingacomedyof the 1950s,jingjuone-actcomedy Treasure intheChestrelateshow Yue Lei,thesonofpersecutedSongDynastypatriotic a casestudyofonesuch“suggestive”play. Basedonapingju(“pingopera”ofnortheasternChina)playthatwas“cleanedup”in In “GuiZhong Yuan (Treasure intheChest)-TheCleaned-UpVersion of A ‘Yellow’ Play,” ElizabethWichmann-Walczak provides Gui Zhong Yuan (Treasure intheChest):TheCleaned-UpVersion of A ‘Yellow’ Play Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak There issignificantpressureonresearchorganisations This paperwillcriticallyreflecton , Page 174 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2003 feminine idealswhenWest metEast. American Victorian womanhoodintoconsideration,thispaperattemptstoreconstructthecomplexinterplayofdifferent setsof ignorance ofChinesewomen,whilethoseinJapanweremoreconcernedwiththeimmoralityJapanesewomen. Also taking approach ofmissionaryeducationforJapanesegirls,thisstudyshowsthatwomeninChinawereconcernedwiththe study ofLauraM.White,an American femalemissionarywhoworkedinChinaforfortyyears,withacomparisonofthegeneral Chinese andJapaneseideasofwomanhoodthroughtheresponses American womenmissionaries.Presenting a detailedcase Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:3180 China. interpret theGQC,whichledto separationoftheChinesecustomarylawsandpracticesfrom thelegaldevelopmentinMainland t’sip indifferent cases. The judgeswhowerealientotheChinesetraditionallegal culturewereobligedtousetheirownways application oftheGQCincourtswasvariedfromoneandanother. Different approacheshavebeentakenbythecourtstointerpret the Chinesecommunities.Duetocomplexitiesofformation oftheChinesecommunitiesinEast Asian jurisdictions,the were requiredtoadopttheGreatQingCode(“GQC”),andgive effect totheinterpretationsoft’sip forpreservingfamilyorderin laws? This articlearguesthat,becauseofthepracticalneedtoresolveChinesefamilydisputes,courtsin different jurisdictions Why didthecourtsinsomeEast Asian jurisdictionsgivedifferent interpretationsoft’sip (concubinage)intheChinese customary Judicial ConstructionofT’sip inChineseFamilyLawEast Asia: A ComparativePerspective Wai LunMaxWong who arrivedinChinaandJapanthelate19 Discussion ofthehistoryChineseandJapanesewomanhoodwouldnotbecompleteifworkWestern femalemissionaries Chinese andJapaneseWomanhood: ThroughtheEyesof American Women Missionaries Tin KeiWong Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2290 nutritional benefitsofstrategicanimal-sourcefoodconsumptionaspartadiverseandhealthydiet. together withinvillages,collectingresearchdataanddisseminatingaunitedmessagefromthe Timor-Leste ministriesaboutthe from the Timor-Leste MinistryofHealth, Agriculture andFisheries,eachresearchvillage. These teamsworked An associatedresearchproject,supportedbythe Australian GovernmentandtheUniversityofSydney, involvesrepresentatives training forandimplementationbymembersofthecommunity, andconsiderationofthelong-termsustainabilityprogramactivities. district andlocallevels,investmentincoldchaininfrastructuretraining,useofparticipatoryruralappraisalswithinvillages, Timor-Leste. Importantfeaturesofthisprogrammeincludeprogramleadershiproleswithinthe Timor-Leste governmentatnational, Australian and Timor-Leste governments,isanexampleofinternationalgovernmentalcooperationbenefitingruralpopulationsin The Village PoultryHealthandBiosecurityProgramme,fundedbythe Australian Governmentandimplementedjointlybythe Multi-sectoral CollaborationinSupportofFoodandNutritionSecurityTimor-Leste Johanna Wong, BrigitteBagnol,MuLiandRobyn Alders Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2020 in doingthis,howtocomelocally-contextualisedmethodsofaddressingthese. spiritual landscape–andtherolethatfaithtakesinthiscanhelpusbetterunderstandpeople’s securityneedsandconcerns fieldwork conductedinDiliand Viqueque across2015-17,thispaperdemonstrateshowfocusingonpeople’s relationshipwiththe this, notionsofwhatconstitutessecuritycontinuetobedefinedatthelevelglobal(oftenwestern-centric)discourse.Drawingon an abstractsentiment,butconsideredactualenergy-sourcewhichcanpowertheprotectivecapabilitiesofactant.Despite or misfortunetheymaybeexperiencingor, whatcan bedonetoimproveconditionsoftheirsecurityandwellbeing.Faithisnotonly relationship withactantsofthespirituallandscape(ancestors,naturespiritsandChristianGod)toidentifysourcesinsecurity In Timor-Leste, thespirituallandscapehasimportantramificationsformanyaspectsofdailylife.Peopleoftenlooktotheir Locating PowerintheSpiritualLandscape:UnderstandingSecurityNeedsandConcernsT Bronwyn Winch th centuryisoverlooked. This paperaimstoexplorethesimilaritiesanddifferences of imor-Leste Page 175 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2170 modern JapanespeciallyinrelationtoKoreaandChina. the extantJapanesecommentariesonJinsiluinordertofurther theunderstandingofreceptionneo-Confucianisminearly East Asia, andthereweremanycommentariesdevotedtoitwritteninChina,Korea,Japan. The aimofthispaperistoexamine edited bythegreatsynthesiserandinnovatorofneo-Confucianism ZhuXi(1 (Chn. Jinsilu),asouthernSong(1127-1279) introductiontoneo-Confucianphilosophy, isone suchtext. The Jinsilu,compiledand on them. There stillremainnumerousimportantConfuciantextsthat arerelativelyunder-studied. The Reflectionson ThingsatHand research hashowevermostlybeenfocusedontheFourBooksand FiveClassicsalongwiththecommentariesandglossesbased There hasbeenmuchresearchinrecentyearsonthereception history oftheConfuciancanoninearlymodernJapan. This The JinsiluinJapan Jeremy Wood Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2190 lectures inCuratingContemporary Art atRMIT University. urban communitiesthroughsocialengagementtoaddressissuesofmigration,belongingandencouraginganinclusivecity. She of exhibitionpracticestothetraditionalmuseology. Stemmingfromthisresearch,herprojectsarefocusedonworking with various Australia. ShecompletedherPhDon The CityasaCuratedSpace(2011) offering analternative,moreaccessibleyetparallelmodel investigates themulti-layeredandfragmentedspacebetweencultures,influencedbyherfamily’ She willreflectonhervoiceasanartistandcuratorfocusedbridgingconnectingcommunities.Herartcuratorialpractice Dr Tammy Wong Hulbertisanartist,curatorandacademicinMelbourne, Australia, borninSydney toCantoneseChineseparents. Navigating theInterculturalCity Tammy Wong Hulbert Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2050 strategy fordemocraticcounter-movements—skilfulredefinition,ratherthanoutrightrejection,ofdemocracy tasks (i.e.,diagnostic,prognostic,andmotivational)framealignmentstrategies. The analysissuggestsaneffective framing bystanders. Itfocusesonhowmovementorganizationsofthetwocampscompetedoverideademocracyintermsframing counter-movements (antagonists)drawonframesandideologiesfromprotagoniststopersuademobilizeauthorities appeared tohaveutilizedtheideaofdemocracyintheirmobilizationstrategies. This paperexploresthemechanismsunderwhich supporting thegovernment’s proposalofuniversal suffrage. Despitebeinglabelledasanti-democraticbytheyellows,blues pro-democracy ‘yellowribbons’. The blueshavebeencampaigningagainsttheyellowsbyopposingOccupyMovementand Hong Kong’s OccupyMovementin2014dividedthecityintotwocampsofpoliticalforces—pro-establishment‘blueribbons’ and Disputing ‘Democracy’:FramingContestsBetweenHongKong’s Blueand Yellow Ribbons James K.Wong and Anissa H. Yu Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2110 texts reflectthechangeofenlightenmenteducationinlateimperialChina. these oldertextstoshowhowchildren’s literaturehasdeveloped. Inaddition,thispaperalsodiscusseshowchildren’s educational regulated andthecontentsaretoocomplexforyoungchildren. This papercomparescontemporaryChinesenurseryrhymeswith period oftime,andwhychildrenhavetorecitethefulltextsduringtheirlearningprocess. The literaryformsinthesetextsarestrictly wen), ‘The Trimetric Classic’ (Sanzijing),‘TheCodesofConductforStudentsandChildren’ (Dizigui)remainpopularforalong childhood. This helpsexplainwhyavastamountofchildren’s educationaltextssuchas‘The Thousand CharacterClassic’ (Qianzi Emphasizing intelligence,attitudesandethics,traditionalChineseliteratibelieverelevanteducationshouldbeinstilledduringearly Children LiteratureandEnlightenmentEducationinLateImperialChina:ThePoemsofHuangZunxian Wai-ho Wong 130-1200) becameahighlyinfluentialtextthroughout s intergenerationalconnectionto . Page 176 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2240 Chinese economy. eastern China,focusingonthewaysurbansecondaryvocational schoolsareproducingnewworking-classsubjectsforthechanging into) thevocationalsector? This paperwill present researchfindingsfrom12monthsoffieldworkinNanjing,aprovincialcapital structures? Howdoesvocationaleducationpolicytransformthe experience andlifechancesofthosewhochoose(orareforced in-depth, long-termimmersivestudyoflifeinavocationalschool. Howdoesvocationaleducationfitinto–andreproduceclass the issueofvocationaleducationfromperspectivespolitical economyandanthropology, askingwhatwecanlearnfroman Development Studies,withafocusonpolicyand,tolesserextent, pedagogy. MyresearchincontemporaryChinaapproaches The studyofvocationaleducationgloballyhaslargelybeengrounded inresearchquestionsandmethodsfromEducation The PoliticalEconomyofVocational Education:LessonsfromChina Terry Woronov Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2130 continue andsomethinkthespiritownersaretakingtheirlandback. but theylieandselltimberforprofit.Now, therains shift fromdroughttofloodandbackagain,illnessstrikes,theliesofpoliticians primary forest,somebelievethespirithasnopower. Homesteaderscomeboldlytoclearsaying, “wearepoor, thespiritwillhelpus”, commit thiscrimeagain.But,crimesaredifficulttodecipher. Ascompaniescuttheoldesttreesandplantationsclearhugeswathsof swears anoathoftruthtothespirit,andwhencaughtloggingillegallyinPreyLangforest,onesamespiritnot well asinthemicro-politicsofresourceaccessthatdeterminesbusinesssuccess,goodhealth,andharvests.Inacourtlaw, one Known acrossmonsoon Asia byavarietyofnames,territorialspiritsareinextricablyembroiledinBuddhismandstatepolitics,as When theForestFalls:LordingitoverWater andtheLandinPreyLangCambodia Courtney Work Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2070 looking beyond1965tounderstandtheparty’s history, aswellthehistoryofIndonesiain1960s. at thesametimeasitwasdrawnintoincreasinglybitterconflictswithsomestateactors.Indoingsohighlightsimportance of documents. ItarguesthatduringtheperiodofGuidedDemocracy(1957-65)partybecameevermoreentangledwithstate the partyinpreceding8years,focusingoncaseofWest Javaanddrawingonoralhistoryinterviewsrecentlyreleased has tendedtofocusontheeventsoflate1965andensuingdestructionparty. This papershiftsthefocustoroleof The historyoftheIndonesianCommunistPartycontinuestobevigorouslydebatedwithinandoutsideIndonesia.However, attention Confronting EnemiesoftheRevolution,ConsultingFriendsRevolution Matthew Woolgar Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2250 trade unionsandemployerassociations. local environmentofMyanmar. MinistryofLabour, ItreliesonqualitativedatadrawnfrominterviewswithILOemployees,Myanmar’s democracy since2011. This researchaimstoinvestigatewhether(andifso,whatextent)theILOshapesandisshapedby many successesengagingtheGovernmentofMyanmar, inastatethathasbeentransitioningfrommilitarydictatorshiptowards context andadynamicinstitutionalenvironmenttopromote,monitorenforcelabourstandardsinMyanmar. The ILOhashad ILO itself. This researchusesaneo-institutionalistlenstoanalysetheILOasaninstitutionalactor, andhowitworksthroughlocal is debatewithinemploymentrelationsliteraturearounditseffectiveness, moststudiesfocusonlabourstandardsratherthanthe The ILOplaysavitalroleinternationallyinsettinglabourstandardsanddevelopingpoliciesthatpromotedecentwork.Whilethere International LabourStandardsandInstitutionalContext:TheILOMyanmar Nicole Woolf Page 177 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:3270 of environmentalgovernance(reform)insometheMekongregion countriessuchasVietnam. structural constraints. spite ofpolitical someoftherecenttrends The paper extendsthefindingsfromabovetwocasestodiscuss up environmentalgovernance.Inaddition,italsoexplainswhysome non-democraticcountriescanachieveenvironmentalgoalsin Mongolia, thispaperintendstospecifytheparticularchallenges faced bystatesthatgothroughdemocraticconsolidationtobuild of politicalregimechangeinmostdevelopingcountrieswithvery fewexceptions.WithrecentevidencefromKazakhstanand natural resourceextraction,wildlifelossandpollutionareprevalent problemsaccompanyingtheoftenturbulent,non-linearprocess mixed, ifnotdisappointing,effects ontheenvironmentinpost-ColdWar era.Deforestation,excessivelandreclamationand Counter tohopesofmany, theprocessesofpoliticaltransitionfromvariousforms ofilliberalruletodemocracyhaveproduced Beyond RegimeCharacteristics:EnvironmentalGovernance inTransitional States Fengshi Wu Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2110 nationalist belongingsintoday’s China. China. Itwillshowhowvolunteeringiscomplexlyconstitutivetoemergingpublicculturalvalues,genderandclasssubjectivities, and of communityvolunteersinBeijing,thispaperisbasedonabroaderprojectIamconductingandurbanidentities party butvolunteersthemselvesspeakoftheirserviceintermssocialcontributionandhonor. Basedoninterviewswithagroup and womenwhoperformstreetpatrollsinresidentialneighborhoods.Manywouldcallthemneighborhood-levelagentsforthestate drug addictsorexposedundergroundbrothelsforthepoliceinBeijing,China.Communityvolunteersarecomposedofretiredmen Known as“ChaoyangMasses”(chaoyangqunzhong)inpopularmedia,communityvolunteersarewidelyreportedtohavecaught The ChaoyangMasses:CommunityVolunteers andUrbanCultureinBeijing Ka-Ming Wu Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2130 resources. anthropogenic driverstoenvironmentaldegradationisimportantworktowardsthesustainablemanagementofBali’s freshwater the consequencesofashiftfromagriculturetotourismforwatermanagementpractices.Understandingpracticesand of Bali’smismanagement the over growing concern is purposes. for tourism water resources to outline is presentation of this The aim rice farmingusedtobethemainindustryandwater-consumingactivityonisland,tourismhasnowtakenthispositionthere drying. This maybeattributedpartiallytoasignificantshiftintheuseofBali’s naturalenvironmentandfreshwaterresources. While shows thatthewatertablehasdroppedover50metresinsomeareaslessthan10yearsand60percentofwatershedsare Bali appearstobeawater-richisland,dottedwithfloodedriceterraces,mountainsprings,lakesandhighannualrainfall.Research Freshwater ManagementPracticesandTourism inBali Thomas Wright Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2070 feelings inthisperiod.Particularattentionispaidtotheroleofphilologyregard. configuration ofpaintingsfromthisperiodandhistoriographicalissuesconcerningthereceptiontheseideas,imaginings and feelingsinnarrativepaintings.ItiswiththismindthatIdiscussaspectsofhowonemightgoaboutidentifyingtherhetorical and feltabouttheworldinwhichtheylivedvisualrepresentationcommunicationoftheseideas,imaginings widespread inBali. The paintersandtheirworksspeaktousbothabouthowtheBalineseinthisperiodthoughtabout,imagined and responsetoatimewhentheinsistent,intensifyingtransforminginfluenceofDutchcolonialsocietyitsculturebecame Balinese paintingsintheperiodbetween1800and1940potentiallyhavemuchtotellusabouthistoryofexperience The RhetoricofPaintings:RitualsandBalinesePaintingintheLate19thEarly20thCenturies Peter Worsley Page 178 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 08:00-09:20Room:3020 these questionsdrawingondata collectedduringfieldwork. experience workin Australia andhowdotheseexperiences affect theirdecisionswhethertoreturn? This paperseekstoanswer in sendingvillages,andhowdocommunitiesaccountformanage theirabsence?Howdotheseasonalworkersthemselves During theabsenceofmigrantsfromcommunities,whatopportunity costsandsocialexistforthe‘left-behind’ households (just 327bytheendofJune2017),nearlyhalfreturneeskeep workingforapprovedemployerswithinthesix-monthsvisa. nations and Timor-Leste sincethecommencementof its pilotschemein2008.DespitethescantnumberofworkersfromEast Timor This paperexaminesthe Australian SeasonalWorker Programme,whichhasbeenrunningbetween Australia andPacificIsland Social CostsofRemittances:EastTimorese MigrantWorkers in Australia’s SeasonalWorker Programme Annie Yuan CihWu Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2200 support thethen-populardiscourseoftropicalneurasthenia. weather. IanalysehowGermanpsychiatricinsights,asinterpretedbyJapanesephysicians,wereappliedincolonial Taiwan to argued thatthesymptomsof Taiwanese peoplewereassociatedwithalteredautonomicnervoussystems,influencedbythetropical as EmotionaleLähmung,atypeofpsychogenicacutepsychosis.NakacomparedLähmungwithshellshock,and than psychogenicdisorder. Their symptoms resembledwhattheGermananthropologistandphysicianErwinBaelzhaddefined neurological symptomsof389 Taiwanese patientsafteranearthquakeandconcludedthattheysuffered fromaneurologicalrather the survivorsofasevereearthquake.In1935,NakaSyuzo,psychiatrist Taihoku ImperialUniversity, examinedthepsycho- In thispaper, IdiscusshowcolonialJapanesephysiciansdevelopedtheoriesoftraumain1930s Taiwan when investigating Tropical Stupor?:Patients Affected byEarthquakeandTropical Weather inColonialTaiwan Harry Yi-JuiWu Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2070 together butalsogeneratedvariousresponsestowardit. commemorations. This paperexamineshowthismemorialcreatedanewcivicspacethatheldtheforeignand Chinesecommunities foreign communitiesandalsodiscusstheobservationsofChinesespectatorswhohadsomewhatdifferent attitudestowardthese ceremonies andspeechesthatwereheldon Armistice Dayandothercommemorations heldinfrontofthismemorialbyShanghai’s I revealthepowerstrugglesbetweendifferent groupsinShanghaisincetheestablishmentofthismemorial.Ianalyzeannual preserved intheShanghaiMunicipal Archives, theBibliothecaZi-ka-wei,andInstituteofModernHistoryin Academia Sinica, Shanghai’s foreigncommunitieswhowerekilledduringtheFirstWorld War. Relyingonthearchivaldocumentsandnewspapers This paperstudiesthehistoryofawarmemorialbuiltinShanghaiBund1924,whichwascreatedtohonorsoldiers The ExpatriateMemoryoftheGreatWar: TheWar MemorialinShanghai1924-1947 Hsin-Fang Wu Wu Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2003 patrol ofmaleandfemalerealms. rubrics ofgender, seniority, andwhatIamprovisionallynaming“institutionalintegrity”asadiscursiveextensionofpatriarchythe in thestructureoflewdnuntalesastheyoperatewithinandbetweentexts.InparticularIwillconsiderhowthisleitmotifrelatesto men coulddotomatchthem. The arrivalofextraordinarymenleadsinexorablytothenuns’ demise. This paperexaminesvariations rarely escapewiththeirlives.Possessingpreternaturallust,superiortechnique,andgreaterstamina,therewaslittlethatordinary families, nunsemployedtheirinfluenceoverlaywomentosetupillicitaf nuns tofeatureintheroleofsexualguruwantonwomen.Skilledatmanipulatingweaknessesandcorruptingwomenfromgood In MingandQingerotic/pornographicstories/novels(suchasSanyan,EnemiesEnamouredorGuwangyan)itisnotunusualfor Lewd NunsandDangerousSex Cuncun Wu fairs andindulgetheirdesire.Laymenluredtoconvents Page 179 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 13:30-14:50Room:2020 best effortslocations andsocio-culturalstrata likecontaminantsdespitethestate’s atcontainment. ornarrator’s popular andelitist,mutableabletobere-purposed,bothallophone (other/sounding)andnationalisticastheymovethrough narrated as‘nationalsuccess’ andreflectuponthequalitiesthathaveenabledstorysongtotravelsowell: simultaneously as ameansofinterrogatingtheproduction,circulationandremediation ofthesecontestedculturalartefacts.Iexamine‘failure’ repatriation, Iinterjectanautobiographicaltravelnarrativewhile researching therootsofsonganddescendantsSultan War of1876.Intothesecontestednarrativesnationalprideandanti-colonialresistance, offailure/exileandrecuperation/ travelled toMalaysiaviatheSeychelles),andofSultan Abdullah ofPerak,whomtheBritishexiledtoSeychellesafterPerak This paperfocusesontheintertwiningnarrativesofMalaysian National Anthem (whichreputedlyoriginatedinFranceand The SultanandtheSong Beth Yahp Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2290 development asanalternativediscoursetoINGO-leddevelopment. actors addresstheroleofsocioculturalandpoliticalenvironmentand;thus,viewculturallyrelevant‘home-grown’ approachesto dependency andbredcorruption,contributedtofaileddevelopmentinNepal.Finally, Iconcludewithhowlocaldevelopment their importedvisionbyexploringinteraliawhetherandhowtheyhaveenforcedaneo-colonialdevelopmentparadigm,created critical analysisofINGOs,IexamineepistemologicalunderpinningsINGO-leddevelopmentdiscourseinNepal.thendemystify promotion ofneoliberalstructuraladjustmenthasbeenwidelycondemned.Hence,inthispaper engagements inNepal.Ontheonehand,theircentralitymainstreamdevelopmenthasreceivedpraise,while,onother, their Their metanarrativebentonawesternviewoftechnologicaldevelopmenthasearnedbothappreciationandscornaroundtheir International non-governmentorganisations(INGOs)havetreatedNepalasanexoticspaceinwhichto‘dancewithdevelopment’. The INGO-ledDevelopmentDiscourseanditsImpactinNepal: A DecolonisingPerspective Kumar YadavRaj At the19 The ChineseMaritimeSecurityStrategyintheXiJinping’s NewEra Ke Xu Tomb No.4ofWukuifen, Ji’an,isatombwithmuralsofhighrankKogury?noblemanfromthe7 Chinese LegendsinKogury?Tomb ChamberMurals: A StudyoftheMuralsfromTomb No.4ofWukuifen Li Xiaoxuan Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:3200 issues. its greatvisionandnationalinterestinmind,Chinaiswillingtoadoptmoreflexibletacticsnegotiatewithneighborsonmaritime argues thatChina’s maritimesecuritystrategyinXi’s NewErahasbeenintegratedintoChina’s “BeltandRoadInitiative”.Bearing piracy operationsintheIndianOceanandChina’s strategyindealingwiththemaritimedisputestroubledwaters. The paper Maritime SecurityStrategyintheXi’s administration(2012-2022),i.e.theNewEra. The paperexaminestheon-goingChineseanti- re-elected foranotherfive-yearterm.PresidentXideclaredthatChinahasenteredaNewEra. Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2190 the developmentofKogury?religion. These imagessupportedthe culturaltraditionandmetnewneedstherein. Wukuifen, thedivinityofuniversebornoutChinesereligionwasparticularlyemphasized. This phenomenonmayresonatewith into themythofKogury?. This paperalsopresentsaninvestigationintoKogury?muralsthroughtime.InthetimeoftombNo.4 murals. Bydeificationoftheancestorshumanbeingsandheroescivilization,Chinesehistoricallegendswerere-pictured Tomb No.4ofWukuifen withrelevantCentralPlainpaintingstounderstandtheprocessoflocalizingimmigrantcultureinKogury? of deitieshavebeenpaintedtodisplaystoriesaboutthebirthhumanbeingsandcivilization. This papercomparesthemuralfrom th NationalCongressofCommunistPartyChina(CPC),PresidentXiJinpingwhobecameCPCleaderin2012,was The paperlooksintotheChinese , embracingacontext-specific, th century. Inthemurals,agroup

Page 180 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:3200 the fieldofgenderedlabourmigrationin Asia. as recruitmentagents.ByexploringtheexperiencesofChinese female workersinSingapore,itattemptstobringnewinsightsinto conducted withfemalemigrantworkersinmanufacturingandservice sectors,andwiththeirmalecounterparts,supervisorsaswell how varioussocialandculturalinstitutionsinteractwithgenderto initiateandmediatewomen’s migration.Interviewshavebeen this researchsituatestheirmigrationwithintheinteractionbetween structureandagency, andgivesagreaterconsiderationto service sectorshavereceivedlittleattention.Byexaminingthetrajectories oflow-wagefemaleworkersfromChinatoSingapore, Philippines andIndonesia. The experiences ofChinesefemalemigrantworkerswhoaremainlyconcentratedinmanufacturingand Asian migrationstudieshavefocusedonmigrantwomenasdomestic workersandonwomen’s migrationfromcountriessuchasthe Gendered LaborMigrationin Asia: Low-Wage ChineseFemaleMigrantWorkers inSingapore Wei Yang geographical accountsandmythologiesthatexistedsincethe4 and strategiesofspeciealdifferentiation. I focus onfilmsadaptedfrom‘TheClassicofMountainsandSeas’,aclassiccompilation human andhumaneisunderstoodintraditionaltalesaswellthesefantasyfilms,examiningtheconceptsofplurality fantasy filmsreemploytraditionalmythologicaltalestovisualizetheotherworldlyinamodernworld.Mystudycompareshow and collaboratewithHollywood.Ratherthanseethesefantasyfilmsaspurelyescapist,thispaperanalyzeshowcontemporary digital cinemaandcomputer-generatedimagery, atrendinglobalcinema,hasprovidedwaysforChinesecinematobothcompete In the2010s,fantasyfilmswithspectacularvisualeffects dominatefilmmarketsinChinaand Asia. Thesefilmsdemonstratethat Between PluralityandOtherness:FantasyFilmsin2010sChina Mei Yang Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2250 play amoreimportantrole. based onthetextof TPP, andevenaneworganization,i.e.,World Investmentand Trade Organization.Inthisaspect,Chinamay example ofthiselevationandunification.It’s timeforWTO memberstoconsideraconvergenceoftradeandinvestmentrules, rules andunificationofinvestmenthavebecomeurgentintheeraglobalization,text round ofnegotiationswhichhavecometoastandstill,leavingemergingissuesininternationaltradeunaddressed.Elevation Great achievementshavebeenmadebytheWTO initsfirsttwentyyears,whilechallengesalsoemerge,especiallythenew On theConstructionofWorld Trade andInvestmentOrganization Guohua Yang Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2250 can provideusefulinformationforbothpolicymakersandinvestors. Meanwhile, thesystemiccreditriskincreaseswithinChina’s creditbondmarketafterinterestrateliberalization. The empiricalresults the systemiccreditriskislowandrelativelystableformiddletermwhilehighrelativevariantshortlongterms. Moreover, thedynamiccopulaperformsbetterthanstaticcopula,andStudent’s-t copulaperformsbest.Further, wefindthat credit bondmarketaresymmetricbasedonboththestaticanddynamiccopulas,regardlessoftermstructurestimescales. approach tocalculatethesystemicriskinChina’s creditbondmarket.EvidenceshowsthatthedependencestructuresinChina’s In thisstudy, weemploythewavelet-copulaapproachtoinvestigatedependencestructuresandconditionalvalue-at-risk Dependence StructuresandSystemicRiskinChina’s CreditBondMarket: A Wavelet-copula Approach Lu Yang Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2170 film deviatesfromorreconnectswiththeimaginativeworldofearlyChina. th century BC. At various andspecificpoints,acontemporarymonster TPP hasprovidedaperfect , otherness Page 181 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 13:30-14:50Room:2110 was graduallyintegratedintoasystem ofglobalexchangeinpeople,goods,andideas. pioneers circumventedtheproblems thatundermineditspredecessorsintheregion.Second,this paperwillexaminehowSandakan paper hastwoobjectives.First,itwilluncoverthefactorsthatenabled thesuccessfulfoundingofSandakan,investigatinghowits previous attemptstofoundfootholdsaroundnorthernBorneosince themid-eighteenthcenturyhadfallenshortofexpectations. This the StraitsSettlements,Sulu Archipelago, andnorthern Australia. The questionhereiswhySandakansurvivedandthrivedwhen export oftobacco,timber, andexoticcommodities. As atransregionalport,itdevelopedstrongcommercial linkswithsouthernChina, economic risksduetoitsperipherallocation,Sandakanbecame a bustlingporttownafteritsfoundingin1878,specializedthe This paperwillpresentasocioeconomichistoryofSandakan,the capitalofBritishNorthBorneo.Despitesignificantsecurityand A PeripheralPortinaGlobal Age: TheFoundingofSandakan,1878-1915 YeoMichael Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3270 will formthefoundationofthisresearch. the cannibalismofnewChina. The theoriesofscholarssuchasJacquesDerrida, Timothy Morton,CaryWolfe and Stacy Alaimo between humansandanimals.Byusinganimalmetaphorsforhumanactionsgivinganimalsattributes,MoJiamock animals, and‘Pow!’(2003)dealswithhumans’ carnivorouscravings,consumptionandproduction.Bothtextsblurthedistinction fiction ‘LifeandDeath Are Wearing MeOut’ (2006)presentsthedevelopmentofmodernChinesesocietyfromperspective (2013), animalsareconstantlyjuxtaposedwiththeChinesepeople,intermsofdesire,instinctandemotion.Mo Yan’s historical discussed. In‘TheConditionofDogs’ (2001),dogsaremetaphorsfor theentrapmentofhumanbeings,andin‘A Touch ofSin’ Although JiaZhangke’s filmshavebeenwidelyanalyzedfortheirstylisticexperimentation,hisuseofanimalshasyettobe Animalscapes andtheConditionofExistenceinPost-SocialistChineseLiteratureCinema Winnie L M Yee Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:2060 unquestionably entitledto“Japanese”butnottheseformerJapanesesubjects. insights intohowtheprocessofotheringwasintertwinedwithissuescapitalandmigrationbycontrollingthesebasicrights Japanese peopletoprotestagainstthisnewgovernmentpolicyandprotecttheirrightslivelihoods. This examplewilloffer the Minshushugi Yogo Domei(Leagueforthe DefenceofDemocracy),anorganizationformedbyChinese,ZainichiKoreans,and and ownpropertyassets,particularlyafterthe1949ChineseCommunistrevolution. This paperwillfocusontheactivitiesof people whocontinuedtoliveinJapanafterthewarwereredefinedas“foreigners”. of formerJapanesecolonialsubjects,namely Taiwanese, Korean,andChinesebothinJapanitsformerterritories.Such The surrenderoftheJapaneseEmpireresultednotonlyinremovalcolonialterritorialboundaries,butalsoredefinition Ownership and“Foreigner”inOccupiedJapan Kenichi Yasuoka Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2020 textual, foregroundingandaudienceanalysis. elements ofstorytelling,foregroundingandculturearetransformedwithinfourdifferent texts. The theoreticalframeworkutilises was firstperformedinKobeatthe Takarazuka Theatrein2012. Thispaperexploreshowthroughtheprocessofadaptation,core adaptation wasreleasedin2012;while,almostconcurrently, afilmversionwasproducedin2010;whileanadaptationfortheatre formats. The mangawasadaptedandremadeintoa TV drama‘Jin’,broadcastby TBS in2009andagain2011; aKoreanMBC format, issignificantinbringingJapanesehistoryintoacontemporaryalloyedfantasyandrealitycontextacrosspluralityofmedia period from1641-1853inJapanandparticularlytheDutchinfluenceonJapanesemedicine. The manga‘Jin’ isoneoftheraregenresIryoManga(MedicalSFManga)basedontumultuouspoliticaltimeswithinEdo Transformation of‘Jin’ fromEdoPoliticstoPopCulture Seiko Yasumoto This redefinitionremovedtheirrightstopurchase The studyarguesthat‘Jin’,inmanga Page 182 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2280 important, sheddinglightonhow hydropowerdevelopmentontheMekongRiverhasbeenimplemented, contested,andunderstood. transparency, accountability, andparticipationinenvironmentalgovernance. The limitsofthese knowledgeflowsareequally the dynamicsthroughwhichtheyshiftbetweenstakeholdersare infusedwithtension,reflectingtheuneasyrelationshipbetween not onlystateandnon-stateactors,butalsomultiplewaysofunderstanding theMekongRiver the politicisationofknowledgeflowsconstitutingtheseconsultation meetingspacesin 2017. As partofthePNPCA processes,publicconsultationswereheld in Thailand, Cambodia,andVietnam. This paperwillexamine been puttothetestforthreeLaodamsdate—theXayaburidam in2011, theDonSahongdamin2014,andPakBeng The heavilyscrutinisedMekongRiverCommission’s ProceduresforNotification,Prior Consultationand Agreement(PNPCA)have Knowledge FlowsalongtheMekong:Participationand Accountability inHydropowerGovernance Li YongMing Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room:2290 agents. state’. Itcreatesaspacefororganizationstointerweavetruthclaimswithmoralityandactivistsbemoralethical by examining‘ordinaryethics’ intheeverydaylivesofactivists. Thus, activismisnotmerelyadvocacyora‘struggleagainstthe in theFoucauldiansense,possessingcapacityforself-formation.Idosobyextendingethicsasananalyticalframeworkand to definewhatisgoodandtrueforthetribalcommunities.Moreover region of Telangana. Iarguethattribalactivismbybothgroupsformtwocompetingprojectsof the‘ethical’,thatis,consciousefforts I examinetwosuchorganizations,Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram and Thudum Debba,andtheiractivismforthetribalcommunitiesin In India,themarginalizationoftribalcommunities,oradivasis,haspropagatedrisewelfareorganizations.thispaper Activism asEthicalSpace Elvin Yifu Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:3270 and/or subvertstaterestrictiveness. resistance fromthesenetworksisrevealedtoaidinthecreationofinnovativeaccountabilitymechanismsthatcanservebypass activist networkshaveplayedacriticalroleinoverseeinggovernmentdecision-makingandfosteringinvestorcompliance.Sustained projects. Intheabsenceofaccountableinstitutionsandtransparentenforcementregulatorysafeguards,paperarguesthat Southeast Asia. FocusingonCambodia,Laosand(pre-2016)Myanmar, itexaminesfourmajorChineseandVietnamese resource countries, canbeheldtoaccountfortheadversesocialandenvironmentalrepercussionsoflarge-scaleresourceinvestmentin This paperinterrogatestheconditionsunderwhichauthoritarianregimes,togetherwithforeigninvestorsoriginatingfromilliberal Activist NetworksandResourceGovernancein Authoritarian Southeast Asia Pichamon Yeophantong Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2070 especially inthecontextof“Revolution”andColdWar. archives andnewspapers,thispaperattemptstoinvestigatetheintertwinedrelationshipbetweensportspoliticsinIndonesia, Revolution againstimperialistpowersandoftheheightenedstatusIndonesiaininternationalpolitics.Byutilizinggovernment Emerging Forces”in1963,whichwasinventedasanalternativetotheOlympics. This eventsoonbecameasymbolofthe “revolutionary” spiritforfightingtogetheracommongoal.Inaddition,Sukarnoinitiatedthebirthof“GamesNew accomplishing thesegoals,sportsweremanipulated.Groupsuchasfootballpropagandizedatoolforenhancing The maingoalsoftheRevolutionwereintegrationcountryandstruggleagainstimperialistpowers. As awayof In thelate1950s,ashostilitybetweenIndonesiaandUnitedStatesintensified,Sukarnopromotedideaof“Revolution.” Years ofLivingCompetitively:‘Revolution’ andthePoliticsofSports inIndonesiathe1960s Woonkyung Yeo , Iarguethatactivistsinbothorganizationsareethicalagents Thailand andCambodia,whichbringtogether . These flowsofknowledge and , Page 183 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2110 sentiment towardtheWest which resulted fromthesemi-colonialconditionofSiam. desire ofSiameseelitewhowant tobothemulatetheWest andresistitatthesametime. This wascausedbyananxiety-and-desire a civilizationthatcanbelinkedback totheancientIndiccivilization. This paperarguesthatthetranslationembodies thecomplex However, Vajiravudh triedtooutwit Western orientalistintranslationbydeployingmanytechniquestoassertthatSiamalsohad orientalist-translated Englishversions. This actoftranslationcanbeseenastheappropriationwesternOrientalistdiscourse. translation. These fourtexts,whichare The storyofNala,Shakuntala,Savitri,andPriyadasika,weretranslated to Thai fromthe This paperexaminesthetranslationoffourSanskritliteraturesby KingVajiravudh ofSiamusingthetheoriespost-colonial Orientalist Translation ofKingVajiravudh asthePost-colonialMovementsofSemi-colonialSiam Faris Yothasamuth Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:3270 underlying Azuma’s ideaofanimalityinrelationtothesocio-political conditionsofcontemporaryJapan. the trans-disciplinaryfieldsofenvironmentalhumanitiesandecocriticism.Iwillthenexploreunconsciouscriticalagendas given tothedifferences betweenhisconceptualizationofpostmodernanimalsandtheproblematizationanimalitycarriedoutin idea thatcanbediscussedwithoutreferenceto“postmodern”Japananditshistoricalspecificity the actofconsumption. Through thispaperIwillreexamine Azuma’s argumentonanimalitybyfirsttreatingitasaphilosophical the ageofanimals,inwhichhumansarereplacedbypost-historicalanimalswhoseprimarygoalistosatisfytheirdesiresthrough Otaku: Japan’s Database Animals; GeneralWill2.0:Rousseau,Freud,Google). Azuma claimsthatpostmodernJapanbelongsto Animality hasbeenakeyconceptinJapanesepostmoderntheory, aboveallintheworkofitsleadingadvocate Azuma Hiroki(cf. Anthropocentrism ofJapan’s Postmodern Animals Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2070 beyond thetraditionalinterdisciplinarityin Asian Studies. philosophy ofspeciationandanimalconservation,thispaperexploresthechallenges,benefits,viability selectively protectinganimals,tocreatenationalsymbolsandconsequentiallydisturbingEarth’s biodiversity. Through historyand to establishimaginaryterritorialbordersanddistincthierarchieswithinamongnations. The processincludedcategorizingand at anunprecedentedpace.Japan’s modernnationandempirebuilding,forexample, mobilized humansandnon-humananimals collaboration withhardscientistsseemscrucialasoursocial,political,andeconomicactivitiesirreversiblytransformenvironment encourages thenaturalsciencestojoinourfield.Scienceand Technology Studiesscholarshaveledthiseffort, althoughawider Recent framingofthecurrenteraas Anthropocene, ageologicalepochinwhichhumansarealteringtheplanetpermanently, Traditionally, Asian Studieshasflourishedbasedonindividualandcollaborativeresearchinthehumanities andsocialsciences. What’s ScienceGottoDowithIt?: Asian Studiesinthe Anthropocene Lisa Yoshikawa Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2070 Indonesia. of difference, between“medicine”and“superstition”forexample,cametobemanifestedinearlymodernunderstandingsabout modern MalaytextualsourcesalongsideearlyDutchmateriamedica,thispaperattemptstohistoricizehowcategories of localmedicinalknowledgeandhowwasthisactivelyre-constitutedthroughtheprocessdocumentation?Byreading cross-cultural interactionbetweenaEuropeannaturalistandlocalpractitionersofmedicine.Whoexactlyweretheseintermediaries Amboinsch Kruydboek’ (‘The Ambonese Herbal’). This paperattemptstoexplorehowonemightreadRumphius’ textsasasiteof India Company. Hisknowledgeofthefloraandfaunaislandswasbestencapsulatedinhisnowbest-knownwork,‘Het and wroteaboutthenaturalworldofseventeenth-centuryIndonesiawhileworkingasanadministratorforUnitedDutchEast Living ontheislandof Ambon fromtheageof25untilhisdeath,GeorgEverhardRumphius(1627-1702)explored,experimented, Rereading theTexts ofaBlindBotanist:GeorgEverhardRumphiusandhisIntermediaries Jin Yoo . Particularlycloseattentionwillbe , andnecessityofmoving Page 184 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 15:30-16:50Room: 2110 common people. This studycalls for anintegrativeapproachtothemanagementofurbannatural system. lakefront urbanenvironmentinWuhan isalsosignificantlyaffected bytheintentionality, everydaypractices,andcollectiveactionsof specifically examined. Althoughtheimpactofcapital accumulationandstatepoliciesappeartobeoverwhelming,themakingof infrastructural andenvironmentalperspectives. The disputes,conflictsandpowerrelationsbehindtheirdisappearanceare case studies. The morphologicalchangesof threedisappearinglakesinWuhan arecarefullyanalyzedfromsocial-economic, 127 lakes,butthatnumberhasdecreasedtothirtyorsoafterthree decades’ rapidurbanization. The researchfocusesonthree mechanisms andpoliticsoflakefrontlandusechangesinWuhan. Knownas“thecityofonehundredlakes”,Wuhan usedtohave This paperexploreshownature-humanrelationshavebeenshaped andreshapedinanurbanenvironment,viatheprocesses, The DisappearanceofLakesasUrbanProcesses: CaseofWuhan Yiwen Yuan Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2010 nobleness andcrueltyofthehumansoul,finally, providesanunusualimaginativeconsolationforthisgraveethnictrauma. historical event,thisnovelsubvertsthemale-centreddiscoursetraditionofChinese Anti-Japanese War literature,exploresboththe perspective ofatwelve-year-oldgirl,andthuspointoutthatinfocusingverymuchonthewomen’s storiesinsteadofthegrandeur Meanwhile, drawingonthetheoriesofPostcolonialFeminism,thispaperwilldiscusssignificancenarratingstoryfrom the examine itsbreakthroughasaworkofboth“MassacreLiterature”andWorld War IILiteratureinthecontemporaryChinesecontext. New Historicism,thispaperwillanalyzethespecificmetaphors(eg.church,rapeandfemalebody ‘The FlowersofWar’ (2011) byprominentChinesewriter Yan Geling,isanovelwithstrongmetaphoricalsignificance.Inlight of Massacre, War andWomen: A MetaphoricalReadingofTheFlowersWar Luyao Yu Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2240 trends, andvolatilityin Australia’s engagementwithChina. education, andtrade. in generatingnewculturalforms,discursive This paperpointstotheimportanceofChineseeverydaymobilities of ChinesemobilitybetweenChinaand Australia pointstoanewinterzonethatblursthedistinctionbetweenmigration,tourism, The daigou-ershavecausedamediapanicin Australia aboutChineseinvadinganddisrupting Australia. The complexintertwining services. DaigouhasenabledmanyChineselivingin Australian tobecomemicro-entrepreneurs throughsocialmediamarketing. shoppers), buy Australian localproductsatdiscountpharmacyoutletsandsellthemtocustomersbackinChinathroughkuaidi formula, nutritionsupplements,skincareandsheepskinproducts.Shoppers,knownasdaigou(proxypurchaseorintermediate entrepreneurial Chinesemigrants,students,visitors,andtouristshavecreatedanintensiveshoppingcrazefor Australian baby Chinese mailcourier(kuaidi)serviceshaveproliferatedinparallelwithdiscountpharmacyoutlets Australian majorcities,as Daigou, ChineseMobilityandMicro-entrepreneurshipin Australia Haiqing Yu Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:3310 which appeartobesupportedbythelatter, accusingthemofinterferingindomesticpolitics,ontheother. whose identitiesandautonomyappearnottobedrivenbyNGOsorforeigndonors,ontheonehand,oftenrepressesthose identities, autonomyandresources.Influencedbythecurrentpoliticalcontext,statetendstoconcedethosemovements state responsestosocialmovements. The paperarguesthatthesestateresponsesaremediatedbysocialmovementactors’ on popularcases,includingconflictoverlandandnaturalresourcesinurbanruralareas,thispaperexaminestheimpactof The ultimateaimsoftheseactionsaregenerallytoseekrestitutionandremediationtheadverseimpactsdevelopment.Drawing As Cambodia’s economyhasgrownanditspoliticalsystemevolved,bottom-upcountermovementshavebeguntargetingthestate. Social MovementsandtheStateinCambodia Sokphea Young , thetitle)intextand Page 185 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2040 and impactsofthesetwocommunity-drivenprojects. and Australian IndigenousmusiciansDjakapurraMunyarryunandKevin Yunupingu. This paperanalysesthemodelofpartnerships in SouthSulawesiandamusicalcollaborationcalled‘TheVoyage toMarege’ byrenownedIndonesiancomposer Ananda Sukarlan this paperare:Budjung,anexhibitionfeaturedworksbyartistsfrom Yirrkala, Australia, onearthenpotsmadebyartistsfrom Takalar Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:3310 political identityincontemporary Indonesia. the internationalisationofLGBT rights,and thelocalLGBT resistance. These elementsmutuallyreinforceandconstituteLGBT asa paper aimstounpackfourmultipleyetinterconnectedelements: Indonesia’s democratisation,theemergentreligiousconservatisms, activisms andtheirinterplaywithgloballocallandscapesare stillunder-examined.Drawingonanassemblageapproach,this Indonesian LGBT culturalsubjectivities.However, asLGBT rightsbecomenormativeinglobalhumanarena,thelocalLGBT discourse. ScholarshiponsexualityinIndonesiahasattendedto thedynamicsbetweenlocalandglobaldiscoursesinshaping legal pathstooutlawhomosexuality, localLGBT activistsresistsuchhostilitiesbyaligningtheirstrategieswithglobalsexualrights same-sex marriage,Western intervention,andabnormality. Whilegovernmentofficialsandconservativegroupsincreasingly pursue Since 2016LGBT issues havebecomeamajorpoliticalcontestationinIndonesia.LGBT activismsandidentitiesareconflated with What ConstitutesLGBTasaPoliticalIdentityinIndonesia Hendri Yulius Yulius relationship betweenIndigenouspeopleofnorthern Australia andMacassanseafarersinthe17 This paperexaminestheartandculturallinkagesbetween Australia andIndonesiainspiredbytheearlycontact historical History, Contemporary Art &CulturalProjects:Indonesianand Australian Artists’ Collaboration Lily Yulianti-Farid Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:3020 understand itspositionwithincircuitsofqueermobilityincontemporaryJapan. border crossing.With Tokyo’s increasingeagernessinpursuingthegayindexaheadof2020 Tokyo Olympics,itisimportantto with Female-to-Maletransgenderrural-urbanmigrantstoexaminetheintersectionofbordercrossinggender do theyfaceaftermovingintothecityandhowcopewiththesedisappointments?Inthispaper, Idraw onmyinterviews transition, communitysupport,andhigherwagesthatcanbettercoverthecostofgendertransition.However rural-urban transgendermigrants, Tokyo isfrequentlyimaginedasa‘queercapital’ withthenecessarymedicalfacilitiesforgender support groupsinbigcitieslike Tokyo havedrawn manyyoungruraltranspeopleintothemetropolitanareas.Forthese The decriminalisationofsexreassignmentsurgeryinJapan1996,andthesubsequentrisegenderclinicstransgender Imagining andNavigatingQueerCapitalTokyo: GenderTransition andRural-UrbanMigrationinJapan Min YuenShu Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:3200 China inthelargercontextofchanginggeo-economicsandgeopoliticsatalllevels. transfers ofdual-usetechnologyisafunctionitsoverallstrategicassessmentboththebenefitsandrisksengagingrising the desiretotapintoagrowingandprofitablemarketforEuropeanmanufacturers.HowEUcoordinatespoliciesregardingexports/ East Asian internationalorder, andBrussels’ dilemmainbalancingbetweenthetransatlanticpartnershipwithUnitedStatesand trade, investmentsandtechnologycooperationmemberstates’ compliancewiththeban,riseofChinaanditschallengesto technology transferstoChinaareconcerned. This discussionisplacedwithinthebroadercontextsofgrowingEU-Chinarelationsin China. Itseekstoanalysetheeffectiveness ofthebanonChina’s militarymodernizationprogrammes,inparticularwheredual-use This paperexaminesthecurrentstateandfuturerelevanceof1989EuropeanUnionarmsbandual-useexportcontrolson Beyond Arms Embargo:China’s RiseandtheEU’s ChallengeofMaintainingEconomic-SecurityBalance Jingdong Yuan th century. Two projectsassessed in , whatdifficulties Page 186 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Wednesday 4 July, 09:30-10:50Room:3310 of localandinternationalNGOs. youth inBurmadevelopedresponsetolocalsocialneeds,itwas relatedtogrowingBuddhistsocialengagementandthesupport (social consciousnesslinkedtoaltruismforthewelfareofothers) ofyouthinBurma.ItarguesthatwhilstparahitaceitBuddhist people’s activitiesbetween2009and2011 in Yangon, this paperdiscussesthefactorscontributingtoheightenedparahitaceit from localandinternationalNGOs.Drawingondatacollectedthrough interviewswithmonksandyouthobservationofyoung new heights. There wasanoutpouringofinvolvement inreliefandrehabilitationworkfundingfor‘democratisationfrombelow’ charity groupsmushroomedonlineandoffline.CycloneNargisin May2008carriedthesocialwelfareworkofyoungBuddhiststo The twodecadesbeforethepoliticalturningpointinBurma2011 sawgrowingBuddhistsocialengagement.Small-scale youth The RiseofSocialConsciousnessamong Young BuddhistsinBurma Mee Zaw Wednesday 4July, 08:00-09:20Room:2240 relationship betweentheviewerandworkarereintroducedenhancedinthisnewform. interactively influencingtheprojection. TeamLab’s philosophyarguesthatJapanesetraditionalvisualsensibilitiesregardingthe fixed vanishingpoint. Viewers canexperiencemultipleperspectivesfromindividualpositionswithoutprioritystandpoints,whilealso situated withintheartwork.UnliketraditionalWestern fixed-focal-pointperspective,thisUltraSubjectiveSpaceisnotboundbya art, utilisingnewsoft-screentechnologies,thatcanbeprojectedinthreedimensionsandusedinteractivelywiththeaudience interdisciplinary creativegroupofultra-technologists. TeamLab arguesinitscreativephilosophyfortheemergenceofanewdigital space representation.Murakami’s theoryhasbeenfurtherdevelopedandexpandedbythemediaartcollective TeamLab, an spaces basedonatwo-dimensionalaesthetic,utilisingplanarsurfaces,brilliantcolours,withoutanillusionisticthree-dimensional Artist andtheorist Takashi Murakamiarguedinhis‘Superflat Theory’ thatJapanesevisualformstendtofavourautonomous Ultra SubjectiveSpace: A ChangingRelationshipbetween Audience andMedia Art in Japan Zilia Zara-Papp Thursday 5July, 13:30-14:50Room:2050 leaders. of allstateswithConfuciantraditionshaveanaimtoinvolvemorewomenineconomicactivity, butnotpermitwomentobenational modern nation-state.Meanwhile,authoritiesinSouthandNorthKoreaareattemptingtoraisewomen’s socialstatus. The authorities Japan leavemuchtobedesired.China’s authoritiestrytoovercomenegativetraditionsinfamilylifeastheyfocusonbuildingthe Confucian societyandhighlightscurrentchangesregardingwomen’s socialstatus. This paperproposesthatgenderrelations on Japan, ChinaandKorea,uncoverstrendsintheirinternalpolicies.Itpresentsthehistoricalrootsofwomen’s lowpositionin identity isconstructedbysocialandpoliticalforces. This paperpresentscomparativestudiesofgenderpolicyincontemporary Women’s statusandsocialpositionincountrieswithConfuciantraditionsisanurgentproblem. This paperanalysishowgender Women’s RoleinContemporaryConfucianSociety:LeadersorWorking Class Larisa Zabrovskaia Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2070 and alsotoupendourstereotypicalnation-statebasedapproach,enableusimaginehistorydifferently. colonial era. A historywrittenfromKiku’s experiencebegsustounderstand apersonalhistorybeyondthenation-stateframework century intheSui-sanregionofKeelung.HercuriousliferevealsoverlappingOkinawa, Taiwan andJapanduringafterthe Yongsuk Chong,whowasbornincolonialKoreanPeninsula. After WWII,Kikuand Yongsok stayedin Taiwan andspentnearlyhalfa Kiku wasborninOkinawa1922andsoldbyacolonialashousemaid Taiwan in1936topayoff debt.In Taiwan, Kikumet This presentationwilldiscussthelifeofKikuMIYAGI andherlifeexperience,whichchallengestheframeworkofnationalhistory. From PersonalHistorytoNon-nationalHistory:ataleofKikuMiyagiand Yongsuk Chong Tominaga Yusuke Page 187 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 10:30-11:50 Room:2290 informal institutionofkinship,and ultimatelyalteredaccesstoandthepracticeofpowerinvillage community. part ofthecountygovernment,havedisruptedmutualdependence amongvillagers. Thus theschemehasseriouslydamaged West China,arguesthatthestate-fundeddevelopment projects,whichhavebeenimplementedinpursuitoffastoutcomesfromthe large scaleofthestate’s fiscalinput. To makesenseofthisobservation,paper, drawingonfieldworkinamountainousvillage effort toimprovevillagegovernance, especiallyinremoteruralChina.However, villagegovernancehasbecomeworsedespitethe Involving largeamountsofstatefiscalsupportforbothdirectsubsidies anddevelopmentprojects,thisschemesignifiedthestate’ The party-stateinthePeople’s RepublicChinapromulgatedthe‘BuildingaNewSocialistCountrysideScheme’ nationwidein2006. State-funded DevelopmentProjectsandVillage GovernanceinRemoteRuralChina Kai Zhang Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2280 developments inagriculturalareasofCentral Tibet thatarerarelyreportedoninternationally. detailed householdsurveys,cross-verifiedwithprimaryandsecondarydatacollectedatlocaltoregionallevels. township ofDuopozhanginShannanPrefecturebetween2010and2015. Analysis isbasedonahouseholdmodelpopulatedby income, thevastmajorityofwhichisstillsourcedoff-farm. This paperdocumentshowtheseforcesplayedoutinthecasestudy favourable agriculturalpolicies. This hasincreasedthehouseholdstockofwealth,butwithlowsurplusesalimitedeffect oncash and caterpillarfunguscollection.Livelihoodshavebeengivenafurtherboostinrecentyearsthroughbuoyantfoodprices resilient. Farmersretainabaseinsemi-subsistenceagriculturefromwhichtopursuemorelucrativeopportunitiesoff-farm work With smalllandsizes,precariousfoodbalancesandachanginginstitutionallandscape,farmersinCentral Tibet arehighly Agricultural DevelopmentinaTibetan Township Jing Zhang,ScottWaldron, Pubuzhuoma,ColinBrownandWujincuomu Tuesday 3July, 13:30-14:50Room:2110 terms ofinfrastructureintegrationbetweenGuangzhouandFoshan. in policyimplementation. This paperrevealstheuniquelogicanddistinctivepatternofinstitutions,planningimplementationin Foshan; unifiedspatialplanningconductedbyplannersbetweenGuangzhouandachievementproblem-solving mechanism areidentified:institutionaldesignanditseffects ongovernancecollaborationsbetweenpolicymakersinGuangzhouand implementation. BasedoninterviewswithgovernmentauthoritiesandplannersinGuangzhouFoshan,threeaspectsofthis in Chinabyexamining“Guangzhou-FoshanIntegration”(guangfotongcheng)infrastructureplanningpoliciesandtheir groups ofadjacentjurisdictionsinChina. This paperexploresthemechanismsofregionalgovernance,planningandimplementation Urban IntegrationPolicy, asarecentresponsetotheneedcoordinateregionaldevelopment,hasbeenestablishedindifferent Infrastructure IntegrationunderGuangzhou-FoshanUrbanPolicies Zhe Zhang Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2110 governance ofcitizenpractices,claims,andurbanparticipation. Third, casino-as-developmentconsolidatesthedifferentiated treatmentofcitizensubjectsandgiveslegitimacytothebiopolitical gambling economy. Second,Southeast Asia’s newmega-casinosareemblematicofspeculativeurbanismanditsexperiments. focuses onthreemainthemes.First,mega-IRprojectsshowthehistoricalandcomplicatedrelationsbetweenstatepower development, drivingthespeculativeprocessesofplace-makingforaccumulation,socialcontrol,andglobalcompetition. This paper of economicrejuvenation,evenasitconstitutesaspacemoralcorruption.Integratedmega-casinosareambiguousprojects across diversedestinationsin Asia. Withitsemphasisonlarge-scaleintegratedresorts,thecasinoandleisureindustryisasite In theaftermathof2008globalfinancialcrisis,luxuriousmega-casinoresortshavebecomespectacleseconomicgrowth Integrated Mega-CasinosandSpeculativeUrbanisminSoutheast Asia Juan Zhang This shedslighton s Page 188 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2170 performances oftheaforementionedextractedscenesPeony Pavilionbymodernandcontemporarymasteractors. (Bright Heart-mindMirror)andtheShenyinjiangulu(RecordofExamining theSoundsandScrutinising Ancients) andstage Xuetang (‘SchoolRoom’),andMingpan(‘InfernalJudgment’). The examinationcoverschoreographiesrecorded intheMingxinjia jingmeng (‘Wandering inaGarden,Waking fromaDream’),Shihuajiaohua(‘Picking UpaPortrait,CallingOutthePortrait’), classical extractedscenesofKunqu,basedonacasestudythe greatMingplay—thePeonyPavilion,focusingon Youyuan produce itinitsentirety, whichwouldtaketwoorthreedays. This paperexaminestheinheritedperformancetraditionsinstaging For centuries,theperformancepracticeofKunquhasbeentopresent extractedscenes(zhezixi)ofaKunquplayratherthan On theInheritanceofKunqu:withSpecialReferenceto ScenesfromthePeonyPavilion Tianwei Zhao Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:2170 Virtue’, whichisafull-lengthplayin100actsbyZhengZhizhen(1518-1595). Ullamabana Sutraandenactedin‘MulianRescuesHisMother: A NewPlayscriptComposedintheSouthernStyletoEncourage Daoism. The argument is builtprimarilyonclosetextualanalysisoftheMulianmythcreatedinChineseapocryphalscripture that farfrombeingdevotedexclusivelytoBuddhism,theMulianxiisactuallyasyncreticproductofConfucianism,Buddhismand Sutra datingfromthefourthcentury, theMulianxihaslongbeenregardedasa Buddhist ritualdrama. This paperargues,however, centuries inavarietyofformsthathavecometobecollectivelyknownasMulianxiorMulianopera.WithitsorigintheUllambana The mythofMulian(Sanskrit:Maudgalyāyana)adventuringintothePretarealmtorescuehismotherhasbeenstagedinChinafor Harmony inDiversity:Buddhism,ConfucianismandDaoismtheMulianxi Xiaohuan Zhao Wednesday 4July, 09:30-10:50Room:2240 the emerginggigeconomyandchangingnatureofwork. demand ride-hailingservicesandtheirimpactontheapp-enabledmobileworkforceinChina.Itcontributestowiderdebate everyday experiencesonparticipating‘independentcontractors’,however, remainsunder-researched. This paperexamineson- the platforms’ self-congratulatorynarratives,commodificationandexploitationofthemobileworkforcepersists. Therealimpactof consolidation withinashortspanofyears.Whilethemeritscreatingjobopportunitieswithflexibleworkingschedulespermeates scale despiteregulatoryhurdles.InChina,thisrecentgenerationofinformalurbanmarketplayershasundergonelegalisationand Situated attheintersectionofmoderntechnologiesmobilities,on-demandride-hailingserviceshaveexpandedrapidlyonaglobal The On-demandMobileWorkforce andRide-hailingPlatformsinChina: A RealityCheck Jing Zhao Wednesday 4July, 13:30-14:50Room:3270 political, economic,socialandenvironmentalimplicationsforGMScountries. trends thatareemerginginregardtoChinesefoodsecuritystrategyandthepreferencesathouseholdlevel,aswellits Initiative, isalsolacking. Against thisbackground, paperhasaverymodestaim:tooffer apreliminaryoverviewofthemacro strategy andconsumptionpatternsontheSoutheast Asian countries,particularlyundertheChina’s highprofileBeltandRoad in discussionsuntilveryrecently. The analysisofthepotentialimplicationsrecentchangesinChina’s overallfoodsecurity five countriesoftheGreaterMekongSubregion,Cambodia,LaoPDR,Myanmar from academicsandresearchorganisationsduringthepastfewyears,closebutcomplicatedfoodtiesbetweenChina While Chineseagriculturalpresenceinwith African andLatin American countrieshavereceivedasignificantamountofattention Changing FoodDynamicsinChinaandImplicationsfortheGreaterMekongSubregion Hongzhou Zhang , Thailand, andVietnam, appearedinfrequently Page 189 22nd Biennial Conference of the Asian Studies Association of Australia Abstracts Thursday 5July, 09:00-10:20Room:2240 contributing tointer-civilizationaldialogue. cultural experimentwouldenableChineseuniversitiestobringbacktheirtraditionsintegratewithWestern values,thus explore analternativetoWestern modelsthathavedominatedglobal highereducationsinceWestern industrialization.Such have thepotentialtointegratebothtraditionsintheirday-to-dayoperation. This wouldopenspacesforChineseuniversitiesto been placedincreasinglyhighlyontheagenda.WithanunderstandingofChineseandWestern knowledges, China’s universities with theirculturalidentity. Inrecentdecades,China’s highereducationhasmadeimpressiveprogress,andculturalexperiment and North American experiencesandoperatinginConfuciansocio-culturalcontexts,Chineseuniversitieshavelongbeenstruggling was establishedin1895toservesuchapurpose,withlittlelinkageitsrichindigenousculturaltraditions.ModelledonEuropean Tuesday 3July, 10:40-12:00Room:2110 the paperoffers newinsightsintoChina’s earlyencounterswiththeWest. concession environments,whereglobalisationwasintroducedthroughforeignnormsandprocesses. Through anarchitecturalstudy, cross-cultural interactionsinthecolonialworld.ItcontextualisesthesebuildingsurbanevolutionofChina’s treatyportand architects asthebasisforanalysis,thispaperpresentsShamiana‘’contactzone’’, atermusedtodescribedynamicandcomplex the significanceofShamian’s colonialarchitectureislargelymisinterpreted.Usingarchival researchonthebuildingsofforeign constitutes animportantpartofGuangzhou’s architecturalheritage. Although culturallyrecognisedandapopulartouristdestination, Established asaBritishandFrenchconcessioninthe1860s,ShamianIslandisnownationalheritagezoneChina Contact UrbanSpaces: A CaseStudyofShamianIsland,Guangzhou,China Lian Zhou Since thelate-19 Hybridity intheOriginsandDevelopmentofHigherEducationModernChina Gang ZhengandRui Yang Entering the20 Narrations aboutProsperityinaKoreanNewspaperpublishedManchuriabefore1949 Xiaoliang Zhao Wednesday 4July, 15:30-16:50Room:3003 political partyanditsnationalgovernment. impressed thereaders,whichcontributedtooverallstrategyofCCP age wasconstructed;stylistically, theshortnominalclausesrenderedexpressionsvigorously. Second,thecontrastinglanguage narrate theprosperityinManchuria.Semantically, themilitaryvocabularycreatedarevolutionarycontextinwhichnewlyflourishing Communist Party(CCP).Basedoncollectednewspaperdata,thearticlefirstdiscusseshowCCP newspaper, publishedinthelasttwoyearsofRepublicChina(1919-1949)ManchuriaundergovernanceChinese Manchuria aftertheManchukuo(1932-1945). This paperpinpointsthelinguisticdistinctionsandpoliticalroleofKorean th century, Koreanimmigrationhadclimbedtoahighlevel,up1,658,572by1944innortheastChina,knownas th century, China,asalatecomertomodernization,hasprioritizedWestern learning.China’s firstmodernuniversity andfinallywonanideologicaladvantageoverthemajor utiliseditstypicallanguageto