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Edwin Jurriens
Associate Professor in Indonesian Studies - Asia Institute
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Edwin Jurriëns is Deputy Associate Dean International-Indonesia and Associate Professor in Indonesian Studies at the Asia Institute, Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne. Previously, he was Lecturer in Indonesian Studies at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Canberra (2004-2012) and Postdoctoral Fellow at Leiden University, The Netherlands (2001-2003).
He holds a PhD and double Master's and undergraduate degrees in Literature and Indonesian Studies from Leiden University. He also studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Indonesian Institute of the Arts (ISI) in Yogyakarta.
Edwin’s research, teaching and engagement interests are in contemporary art, media, literature, language and society in Asia, particularly Indonesia. His recent publications include the monographs The Art of Environmental Activism in Indonesia: Shifting Horizons (Routledge, 2023) and Visual Media in Indonesia: Video Vanguard (Routledge, 2017) and the edited volume Digital Indonesia: Connectivity and Divergence (ISEAS, 2017). His articles have been published in journals such as Third Text, World Art, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Art, Southeast of Now, Continuum, Art and the Public Sphere, Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia, and Indonesia and the Malay World. He is also co-editor of the Asian Visual Cultures book series of Amsterdam University Press and regional editor of The Newsletter of the International Institute for Asian Studies.
Edwin has had fellowships with the Leiden Institute for Area Studies (LIAS); Monash Art, Design and Architecture (MADA) at Monash University, Melbourne; The Graduate Institute, Geneva; International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Leiden; and UNSW Canberra. He was co-convenor of the 2016 Indonesia Update of the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra. He has been invited speaker, guest lecturer and research supervisor for organisations and events such as the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, National Gallery Singapore, and LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore.
Edwin’s research focuses on theories and manifestations of environmental art and digital art; cultural activism and participatory art and media; media ecology and the creative industry; urban space and the public sphere; and globalisation and local identity. He is interested in the role of creativity in representing cultural values and social causes, providing an alternative to the mainstream media and consumer culture, and addressing the intersections between virtual, material and natural environments.
His undergraduate teaching in Indonesian and Asian Studies includes Asian Arts: Networks and Hubs, Media and Urban Culture in Asia, Indonesian Literature and Film, and Indonesian Visions, Global Partnerships. He has been Principal Supervisor of postgraduate research projects on contemporary art and media in different parts of Asia.