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Indonesia Council Open Conference 2025
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Session 5: Australia-Indonesia in Conversation - Directions in Indigenous Knowledge Research Between Indonesia and Australia

Roundtable

Roundtable

2:00 pm

09 July 2025

Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room 106 (Sidney Myer Asia Centre)

Session Description

Note this event is not located at Melbourne Connect.
Location: Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room level 1 of the Sidney Myer Asia Centre.

Indigenous knowledge research is an emerging field with immense potential to address domestic and regional challenges across Indonesia. Indigenous knowledge research typically addresses issues of environmental sustainability and cultural diversity through localised knowledge traditions practiced across generations. Yet Indigenous knowledge research is also thoroughly interdisciplinary and builds global connections between diverse peoples and places. This is exemplified by collaborative research projects connecting academics and Indigenous communities in Australia and Indonesia. By profiling several research projects that sustain relationships between Australia and Indonesia, the roundtable will explore the significance of Indigenous knowledge research within various cultural, social and political settings. We ask how Indigenous knowledge research might inform local and regional challenges, and explore applied methodologies that can enhance research across a range of disciplines and contexts. 


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