Episode 40, 19 MIN 59 SEC , MP3 FORMAT

Politics Meets Pop Culture In Indonesia

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"In the past there was no deliberation, there was no consultation ... there were orders and instructions from the top. Now, you have all this freedom, but everybody screams at the top of their voice, so, nobody listens." - Dr Ariel Heryanto

Dr Ariel Heryanto

Dr Ariel Heryanto is Convenor of the Indonesian Program at Asia Institute.

Ariel's main interest has revolved around issues of cultural signifying practices, especially the everyday politics of identity and representation. He is interested in the study of semantic history (key words), discourse analysis, media, popular culture, ethnicity, nationality, hybridity, and diasporas.

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USEFUL LINKS

Dr Ariel Heryanto

Publications

Books

Popular Culture in Indonesia; Fluid Identities in Post-Authoritarian Politics, ed. A. Heryanto, 2008, Rutledge.
ISBN: 978-0-415-46112-2
Pre-order from Routledge

Heryanto, A., State Terrorism and Political Identity in Indonesia: Fatally Belonging, Routledge, 2007.
ISBN 0415457076
Buy from Amazon

Challenging Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia, eds. Ariel Heryanto, Sumit K. Mandal, Routledge, 2004.
ISBN: 041534705X
Buy from Melbourne University Bookshop
Buy from Amazon

Dr Heryanto's web page

Dr Heryanto's blog

Asian Media and Contemporary Cultures group in Facebook

Asia Institute

Penny Coutas

Penelope Coutas (BEd/BAsianSt Honours) is a high school Indonesian language teacher from Perth, Western Australia. The chapter “Fame, Fortune, Fantasi: Indonesian Idol and the new Celebrity” is a product of her Honours research at the Australian National University, Canberra, during 2005. Penelope is currently studying towards a Doctorate of Education at Murdoch University, Perth, focusing on the use of new media technologies to facilitate the learning and teaching of Languages Other Than English.

 

 

 

CREDITS

Host: Jacky Angus
Producers: Kelvin Param and Eric van Bemmel
Audio Engineer: Craig McArthur
Theme Music performed by Sergio Ercole. Mr Ercole is represented by the Musicians' Agency, Faculty of Music
Voiceover: Paul Richiardi

Series Creators: Eric van Bemmel and Kelvin Param

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