The Australia–Indonesia bilateral relationship has faced significant ruptures in recent times as a result of a string of high profile incidents related to border control, spying and trade restrictions. The volatility in the relationship is at the same time at odds with their stated aims for a strong neighbourly partnership.
‘Linking people’ brings together specialists from a range of disciplines in a timely discussion to examine the breadth and sophistication of people-to-people links between these two countries. The contributors look behind the headlines and hot button issues to better understand the multitude of connections. These include language studies, education, bilateral mobility, crime links, marriage migration, diasporic interactions, as well as collaboration in the arts, trade, and the law.
‘Linking people’ asks in what ways are these people-to-people links significant and how have they changed over time? As Indonesia progresses further towards rapid modernisation, it can also be assumed that the previous dynamic within the relationship will give way to new interpretations.
This book highlights those interactions between Indonesians and Australians that take place outside of the formal bilateral relationship and can potentially contribute to shaping a more stable, vigorous and balanced bilateral relationship.
Contributors:
Richard Chauvel, Howard Dick, Lily Yulianti Farid, Bob Hadiwinata, Antje Missbach, Helen Pausacker, Donny Pasaribu, Jemma Purdey, Budy P. Resosudarmo, Danau Tanu, Ross Tapsell, Kiki Verico, Alistair Welch, Ian Wilson, Monika Winarnita.
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Acknowledgements
Australia–Indonesia relations: How to stop the roller coaster?
Jemma Purdey and Antje Missbach
I. Mapping current interactions
The mind gap: Australia–Indonesia relations
Howard Dick
Evaluating the importance of Australia–Indonesia economic relations
Budy P. Resosudarmo, Kiki Verico and Donny Pasaribu
II. Challenges in the people-to-people relationship
Grandstanding on Papua: Where people-to-people engagement is not encouraged
Richard Chauvel
Australia’s international broadcasters and Indonesia: Fourth Estate versus ‘soft power’
Ross Tapsell
III. Education and cultural exchange
Investing in good will: Australia’s scholarships programs for Indonesian tertiary students, 1950s–2010
Jemma Purdey
Reciprocity and relationship building through education: The ACICIS Field Study Program in West Java
Bob Sugeng Hadiwinata
Transforming Australian students’ intercultural understanding
Alistair Welsh
IV. Cross-cultural connections
The missing link: Cultural performance and intercultural hyphenated identities of Australian-Indonesian youth
Monika Winarnita and Danau Tanu
Creating connections between Indonesians and Australians through community-driven arts projects
Lily Yulianti Farid
‘Women united will never be defeated!’: An Australian puppeteer’s experiences in Indonesia
Helen Pausacker with Antje Missbach
Australia–Indonesia intimate relationships: Intercultural couples, masculinity and cultural fluency
Monika Winarnita
V. Law and crime connections
‘Outlaw’s paradise’: Australian outlaw bikers, pre-crime regimes and the appeal of Bali
Ian Wilson
Australian extradition requests for people smugglers from Indonesia: Few successes, many difficulties
Antje Missbach
Epilogue: The fate of Australia’s Bali 9 duo
Jemma Purdey and Antje Missbach
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