Dr Edwin Jurriens
Lecturer
Indonesian Program
Phone: +61 2 6268 8766
Fax: +61 2 6268 8879
Email: e.jurriens@adfa.edu.au
Professional Background
I have worked as a lecturer in Indonesian Studies at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, UNSW@ADFA, since 2004. I hold PhD and MA degrees in Indonesian Studies and Literature from Leiden University, the Netherlands. At Leiden University, I was involved as a postgraduate researcher and postdoctoral fellow in the research programs Verbal Art in the Audio-Visual Media of Indonesia (1996-2000) and Indonesian Mediations (2001-2003). I have several years of fieldwork experience in Java, Bali and Sumatra. I also studied at the Indonesian Institute of Arts (ISI) in Yogyakarta (1994-1995) and Andalas University in Padang (1992).
Courses Taught at UNSW@ADFA
- First-year, upper-level and advanced-level Indonesian language courses
- Popular Culture in Indonesia
- Women, Class, Society in Indonesia
- Media and Democracy in South East Asia (postgraduate)
Research Interests / Projects
The central theme of my present and past research projects has been cultural and artistic strategies and media initiatives that constitute alternatives to hegemonic political or commercial discourses and practices.
In my current research, I use the notion of ?media ecology? to explore the ever more complex relationship between people and their information and communication environments. I specifically focus on forms of tele-visual culture, including grassroots media and digital art, which attempt to break through the dominant paradigm of Indonesian national television, promote media literacy, and provide new ethical and aesthetic frameworks for media presentation and representation.
My latest book, From Monologue to Dialogue: Radio and Reform in Indonesia (KITLV Press, 2009), analyses how radio journalism has contributed to the democratization of contemporary Indonesian society by giving a space to civil society to express its thoughts and feelings in the public sphere.
I am also author of Cultural Travel and Migrancy: The Artistic Representation of Globalization in the Electronic Media of West Java (KITLV Press, 2004; KITLV-LP3ES, 2006 [Ind. transl.]), which analyses how artists in West Java use local media, language and culture as strategic tools to re-negotiate the impact of national and global socio-political forces.
I have co-edited a book Cosmopatriots: On Distant Belongings and Close Encounters (Rodopi, 2007), which focuses on the way in which Asian artists and communities in various parts of the world use sexuality, space, the body and race to mediate alternative notions of cosmopolitanism and patriotism.
Other Selected Publications
On media ecology:
"A Call for Media Ecology: The Study of Indonesian Popular Culture Revisited". Indonesia and the Malay World 39(114) (July 2011).
"Video Spa: Krisna Murti's Treatment of the Senses". Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (BKI) 166(1):1-24 (2010).
On media literacy:
"Radio Active": The Creation of Media-Literate audiences in Post-Soeharto Indonesia". In: Krishna Sen and David T. Hill (eds), Politics and the Media in Twenty-First Century Indonesia: Decade of Democracy. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 141-158 (2011).
"Hidupkan TV Anda! Sebuah Perbandingan Televisi Komunitas di Australia Belanda Indonesia. In: Muzayin Nazaruddin and Budhi Hermanto (eds.), Televisi Komunitas: Pemberdayaan dan Media Literasi. Jakarta: Ford Foundation, Combine Resource Institution, Program Studi Ilmu Komunikasi FPSB UII, Fakultas Film dan Televisi IKJ, pp. 90?9 (2009).
On interactivity:
"Motion and Distortion: The Media in the Art of Jompet and Tintin". Indonesia and the Malay World 37(109):277-297 (2009).
"Indonesian Radio Culture: Modes of address, Fields of Action". Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs 41(1):33-71 (2007).
On space:
"Indonesian Video Art: Discourse, Display and Development. Review of Indonesian and Malaysian Affairs 43(2):165?89 (2009).
"Television Dreams: Simulation, For a New Reality of Indonesia". In: Ariel Heryanto (ed.), Popular Culture in Indonesia: Fluid identities in Post-Authoritarian Politics. London and New York: Routledge, pp. 143-163 (2008).
On dialogue:
"Radio Awards and the Dialogic Contestation of Indonesian Journalism". Indonesia and the Malay World 34(99):119-149 (2006).
Consulting / Professional Activities
Consulting for Ergo Advisors, New York (2007) and various media organisations (non-commercial)