MONASH ARTS MONASH INDIGENOUS STUDIES CENTRE, CABAH AND GLOBAL ENCOUNTERS LAUREATE PROGRAM SEMINAR SERIES Trading Culture - A closer look into Macassan - Yolgnu Artists' Interactions in Celebrating the Shared History ABSTRACT Trade between the Makassan people and the the Indigenous people in northern part of Australia that took place in 1700s or earlier as suggested by new evidence has inspired considerable artistic collaborations between Australian and Indonesian artists. For instance, Andrish Saint-Clare’s Indigenous Opera, Trepang (1997) and Julie Janson’s play The Crocodile Hotel (2003) which brought the little-known history to light and presented fascinating cultural experiences to the contemporary public. In 2018, another project entitled Trading Culture was also launched to strengthen the cultural relationship. It was a creative practice research project that was inspired by the shared history of Makassan and Yolgnu people consisting of four key elements: artist exchange; international symposium; exhibition and documentary film. In this seminar, Dr Lily Yulianti Farid will discuss the close interactions of six Makassan and Yolgnu artists who participating in the project and how they engaged with themes of identity, culture and DATE traditions in contemporary settings. Friday 28 August, 2020 PRESENTER TIME 2.00pm-3.30pm (AEST) Dr Lily Yulianti Farid is a post-doctoral research fellow at the Global Encounters & First Nation People: 1000 Year of Australia History research project, Monash ZOOM LINK Indigenous Studies Centre. She hails from Makassar, Indonesia and has been go to https://monash.zoom.us/join and enter actively promoting Australia – Indonesia’s people to people connections though meeting ID: 970 0233 3099 and password: art and culture in the last 15 years. She holds a PhD in gender studies from the 24140479 University of Melbourne (2015). Before joining the MISC Global Encounters project she was a co-project leader of Trading Culture, a creative practice research project to celebrate the trade and cultural ties between Makassan and Yolgnu people funded by Australia – Indonesia Centre and organised by the Wilin Centre, VCA The University of Melbourne. CONTACT US Monash Indigenous Studies Centre e: [email protected] CRICOS provider: Monash University 00008C Global Encounters website Produced by: Monash Arts,.