Summer Course Program “(Re)constructing Southeast Asia: The Narrative of ASEAN Identity”

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Southeast Asia is not a mere geographical space with a passive role in the international arena. Instead, the region has continued to be an active agent to engage in the international discourse that covers the political, economic, social, and cultural dynamics, as well as security issues. However, the level of interest and number of studies conducted by academics regarding Southeast Asia are mostly developed outside the region. Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies (CESASS) Universitas Gadjah Mada has initiated organising yearly workshops on “Teaching & Researching Southeast Asia” (MMAT) since 2014. Starting in 2021, it is held as a Summer Course, allowing not only the participation of students, but also researchers and lecturers, enabling them to broaden their perspective on Southeast Asia region. This year, MMAT Summer Course 2022 is focused on the “Narrative of ASEAN identity”. read more

“In this era where digital use has become undeniably massive, easy access to the internet appears to be central for everyone including children. As a result, it is necessary for parents to safeguard their children from the internet’s double-edged sword, which, despite so many benefits it offers, also exposes them to some detrimental exposure”, said Nobertus R. Santoso, a lecturer of communication science in Universitas Atma Jaya Yogyakarta at the 45^th South East Asia Talk (SEA TALK) webinar series, organized by the Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies (CESASS), Universitas Gadjah Mada. read more

Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies (CESASS UGM) atau Pusat Studi Sosial Asia Tenggara UGM telah menyelenggarakan Acara MMAT 2021 Summer Course Program yang dimulai pada tanggal 11 Oktober 2021 dan berakhir pada 10 November 2021. MMAT atau ‘Mengajar dan Meneliti Asia Tenggara’ tahun ini diselenggarakan dengan format virtual summer course yang mengusung tema “(Re)constructing Southeast Asia”.

Acara pembukaan MMAT 2021 Summer Course Program diadakan pada hari Senin, 11 Oktober 2021 yang dibuka secara resmi oleh Bapak Drs. Muhadi Sugiono dari Hubungan Internasional Universitas Gadjah Mada sebagai Ketua penyelenggara program. Dalam sambutannya, Bapak Muhadi menyatakan bahwa MMAT 2021 Summer Course Program menjadi pionir yang menginisiasi kegiatan akademik Indonesia untuk diperluas sampai pada komunitas akademik internasional. Tujuan dari diadakannya MMAT 2021 Summer Course Program ini adalah untuk memahami Asia Tenggara dari berbagai perspektif dengan mengundang orang-orang yang berasal dari beragam latar belakang. “Program ini adalah kesempatan yang sangat baik untuk mengundang para pelajar sebagai akademisi di masa depan untuk membawa intensi dalam perkembangan Asia Tenggara” ungkap Bapak Muhadi dalam sambutannya. read more

Dosen Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Prof. Dr. Phil Hermin Indah Wahyuni, M.Si., dikukuhkan sebagai Guru Besar dalam bidang Ilmu Komunikasi. Dalam pidato yang berlangsung pada Selasa (9/11) di Balai Senat Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Prof. Hermin menyampaikan pidato yang berjudul Komunikasi Autopoiesis Sebagai Energi Adaptasi Sistem Sosial: Respon, Resonansi,  (R)evolusi. 

Dalam pidato pengukuhan, Prof. Hermin menyampaikan kompleksnya problem komunikasi dalam masyarakat modern. Menurut pandangan Prof. Hermin, komunikasi sebagai sebuah sistem yang komprehensif dan inti dari sistem sosial (masyarakat modern). Tradisi autopoiesis memiliki potensi sebagai jalan masa depan untuk memahami dan menjelaskan komunikasi dengan segala kompleksitas, baik sebagai ilmu maupun fenomena sosial. Sistem sosial (masyarakat modern) akan terhenti saat tidak ada komunikasi. Produksi dan reproduksi masyarakat ditentukan oleh komunikasi. Sehingga, sistem sosial merupakan sistem komunikasi itu sendiri.  read more

Introduction

With a population of 260 million people, Indonesia is the fourth largest country globally and one of the most dynamic economies in the global market. According to the World Bank, Indonesia is now included in the status of a middle-income country. The economy in the country is running smoothly, especially during the last decade following the economic contraction caused by the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1998. Due to its fairly rapid economic development, Indonesia has become a developing country and the first economic power in Southeast Asia. Its role in ASEAN continues to be important. Indonesia’s political and economic structure has changed over the years since its independence. In 1950, after the end of Dutch colonialism, economic and political development focused on the agricultural sector to realize a self-sufficient agricultural system by 1960. In the middle of 1970-1980, after the crude oil price fell, the Indonesian economy rapidly developed with urbanization and industrialization programs, for This Indonesia occurred as a consequence of the political change from crude oil exports to manufactured exports.  read more

Jokowi’s first development plan: infrastructure

Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi, is in his second period of the presidency in Indonesia, which had, during his first period, he concentrated policy on the development of the Indonesian economy, especially through investment in the development of the development infrastructure (Hill and Negara 2019). Jokowi knows that infrastructure has been the “Achilles Heel” for developing countries like Indonesia, yet he focused on investment, health systems, and education during his second term. The last law on labour, the Omnibus law, was confirmed by the Jokowi administration last October during the COVID-19 pandemic. The new law will administer labour, environmental and investment regulation (Arifin 2021, Mahy 2021) read more

Summer Course Program : (Re)constructing Southeast Asia 

Southeast Asia is not a mere geographical space with a passive role in the international arena. The region instead has been becoming an active agent to engage in the international political discourse that covers the political, economic, social and cultural dynamics, as well as, security issues. The image of Southeast Asia as an actor that is capable of becoming an agent, is reflected in the political decision taken by the leaders of Southeast Asian countries to define and to present themselves as one single community, which is the ASEAN Community, and it has entered into force since 2016.  Ironically, the level of interest and the number of studies conducted by academics regarding Southeast Asia are less developed inside  the region.  read more

The Indonesian Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (IKAT) just published the new article written by Myrna A Safitri from the Faculty of Law Pancasila University Jakarta. This journal brings on The Prevention of Peatland Fires in Indonesia: ‘Law in Action’ to Implement the ASEAN Haze Treaty as its title. 

This journal calls attention to Indonesia that carries a vital role in the implementation of the ASEAN Haze Treaty, signed in 2002. The ASEAN Haze Treaty is expected to reduce transboundary haze pollution and improve regional environmental governance. The Indonesian government has improved its regulation and strengthened institutional aspects of peatland protection. However, few studies appointed that these policy changes have impacted fire prevention in degraded peatland ecosystems. Based on the issues, this article would examine the political factors behind the legal and institutional changes in Indonesia’s peatland governance during 2016-2020. It is known that there are six predominant factors in peatland law improvement: strong leadership, improved coordination at the national and sub-national levels, making operational directives, establishing a specialized Government institution dealing with peatland restoration, law enforcement, and the strength of civil society in doing public oversight. read more

As the global waste is expected to grow to 3.40 billion tonnes by the same year, the waste management system becomes the most concerning issue especially in Indonesia that is already struggling to deal with the current waste levels. The Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CESASS) of Gadjah Mada University (UGM) on Monday (06-09-2021) held SEA CHAT #27 with the topic of “Swimming in Plastic: An Examination into Indonesia’s Waste Management System”. The discussion was conducted by Mingming Alice Sun, 2nd year BA: Political Science and International Relations & Anthropology and Sociology from the University of Western Australia. read more

Southeast Asia Conference on Media, Cinema, and Art

(SEA-MCA 2021): SEA-MCA 2021 : Rediscovering Southeast Asia Amidst Its Multi-layered Burdens

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Southeast Asian studies have been matured in Western centres and have evolved considerably in the scholarly literature on international relations which continue seeing Southeast Asia as an un(differentiated) object of study. In response, even given the fact that no other region on the globe is more diverse than Southeast Asia, against external forces, Southeast Asian member countries have agreed to establish ASEAN — the Association of Southeast-East Asian Nations — community in 1967. Hence, it encounters rough roads in realizing a greater regional integration with its own considerable staggering problems and domestic fluctuations. To name a few, Asian Economic Community (AEC) is at its critical crossroads, ASEAN also has limited success due to its own non-interference norm and has its institutional nadir in political and security environment towards Myanmar coup and Thailand Junta shaping and slipping democracy into crisis. read more