Indonesia Council Open Conference 2025

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Arts & Culture

Arts and culture

Theme Organisers

Meet our Theme Organisers

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Dr Ken Setiawan

Senior Lecturer in Indonesian Studies

Asia Institute at University of Melbourne, Australia

Dr Ken Setiawan (Gmail)

Lauren Munari

The Arinex Group

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A/Prof Nicole Tse

Associate Professor

University of Melbourne

PM Wong

The Arinex Group

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Dr Wulan Dirgantoro

Lecturer in Contemporary Art

University of Melbourne

Sessions

Check out our schedule of sessions

Session 1: Art and Music: Post-Regional Narrations, Non-Theatrical Film, Dangdut and Toraja Music

08 July 2025 11:30 am

M13 + M14 (Melbourne Connect)

Session 2: Art, Engagement, and Solidarity: Toward Community-Centered Responses to Social and Environmental Challenges in Indonesia

08 July 2025 2:00 pm

M13 + M14 (Melbourne Connect)

Session 3: Beyond Borders: Cultural Material Conservation as a Pathway for Australia-Indonesia Dialogue

09 July 2025 9:00 am

M13 + M14 (Melbourne Connect)

Session 4: Gender, Aging Piety and Systemic Change: Theatre, Film, Literature and Textile Practices

09 July 2025 11:00 am

M13 + M14 (Melbourne Connect)

Session 6: Linguistic Landscapes: Sundanese Grammar, Korean in Indonesia, and Semiotic Analysis

10 July 2025 9:00 am

M13 + M14 (Melbourne Connect)

Session 6: Histories Hidden in Plain Sight

10 July 2025 9:00 am

Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room 106 (Sidney Myer Asia Centre)

Session 7: Preserving Cultures: Community Collaborations, Festivals, Heritage Politics and Museums

10 July 2025 11:00 am

M13 + M14 (Melbourne Connect)

Session 8: Weaving Threads: Politics of Representation, Knowledge Production, Colonial Agency, and Post-1965 Art in Indonesia

10 July 2025 1:30 pm

M13 + M14 (Melbourne Connect)

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Submissions

Incredible talks just a click away

Example Talk 3

10:00 am 07 July 2025

Management and Dynamics of Solidarity with Refugees in Indonesia: Insights from Muslim Indonesian Volunteers and Social Workers

2:00 pm 08 July 2025

M13 + M14 (Melbourne Connect)

Ms Fikha Adelia

A Touch of Art in The Dark: Access of Inclusion for the Visually Impaired in Art Spaces

2:00 pm 08 July 2025

M13 + M14 (Melbourne Connect)

Ms Karen Clahilda Gabriela

Art and Everyday Life: Trotoart's Decades of Community Engagement in Penjaringan

2:00 pm 08 July 2025

M13 + M14 (Melbourne Connect)

Ms Shafira Amaradani Riswan

Hydro-Socially Engaged Art: Reimagining Human-Water Relationships through Artistic Practice on the Cikapundung River

2:00 pm 08 July 2025

M13 + M14 (Melbourne Connect)

Mr Aulia Ibrahim Yeru

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Presenters

Our handpicked speaker lineup

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Dr Wulan Dirgantoro

Lecturer in Contemporary Art

University of Melbourne

Featured

A/Prof Nicole Tse

Associate Professor

University of Melbourne

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Committee

Arts & Culture

Arts & Culture

Theme Organisers

Sessions

Submissions

Presenters