Linking people

The Australia–Indonesia bilateral relationship has faced significant ruptures in recent times as a result of a string of high profile incidents related to border control, spying and trade restrictions. The volatility in the relationship is at the same time at odds with their stated aims for a strong neighbourly partnership."Linking people" brings together specialists from a range of disciplines in a timely discussion to examine the breadth and sophistication of people-to-people links between these two countries. The contributors look behind the headlines and hot button issues to better understand the multitude of connections. These include language studies, education, bilateral mobility, crime links, marriage migration, diasporic interactions, as well as collaboration in the arts, trade, and the law."Linking people" asks in what ways are these people-to-people links significant and how have they changed over time? As Indonesia progresses further towards rapid modernisation, it can also be assumed that the previous dynamic within the relationship will give way to new interpretations.This book highlights those interactions between Indonesians and Australians that take place outside of the formal bilateral relationship and can potentially contribute to shaping a more stable, vigorous and balanced bilateral relationship.Contributors:Richard Chauvel, Howard Dick, Lily Yulianti Farid, Bob Hadiwinata, Antje Missbach, Helen Pausacker, Donny Pasaribu, Jemma Purdey, Budy P. Resosudarmo, Danau Tanu, Ross Tapsell, Kiki Verico, Alistair Welch, Ian Wilson, Monika Winarnita.

Table of contentsAcknowledgementsAustralia–Indonesia relations: How to stop the roller coaster?Jemma Purdey and Antje MissbachI. Mapping current interactionsThe mind gap: Australia–Indonesia relationsHoward DickEvaluating the importance of Australia–Indonesia economic relationsBudy P. Resosudarmo, Kiki Verico and Donny PasaribuII. Challenges in the people-to-people relationshipGrandstanding on Papua: Where people-to-people engagement is not encouragedRichard ChauvelAustralia’s international broadcasters and Indonesia: Fourth Estate versus ‘soft power’Ross TapsellIII. Education and cultural exchangeInvesting in good will: Australia’s scholarships programs for Indonesian tertiary students, 1950s–2010Jemma PurdeyReciprocity and relationship building through education: The ACICIS Field Study Program in West JavaBob Sugeng HadiwinataTransforming Australian students’ intercultural understandingAlistair WelshIV. Cross-cultural connectionsThe missing link: Cultural performance and intercultural hyphenated identities of Australian-Indonesian youthMonika Winarnita and Danau TanuCreating connections between Indonesians and Australians through community-driven arts projectsLily Yulianti Farid‘Women united will never be defeated!’: An Australian puppeteer’s experiences in IndonesiaHelen Pausacker with Antje MissbachAustralia–Indonesia intimate relationships: Intercultural couples, masculinity and cultural fluencyMonika WinarnitaV. Law and crime connections‘Outlaw’s paradise’: Australian outlaw bikers, pre-crime regimes and the appeal of BaliIan WilsonAustralian extradition requests for people smugglers from Indonesia: Few successes, many difficultiesAntje MissbachEpilogue: The fate of Australia’s Bali 9 duoJemma Purdey and Antje MissbachContributors