ASM4230 - Culture and Conflict in Indonesia

Leader: Brett Hough

Offered

Not offered in 2007

Synopsis

Processes of class formation and conflict in the context of the political economy of structural change in Indonesia. The cultural mediation of conflict, the cultural reproduction of group identity, and the dynamics of social movements engendered by modernisation - mass movements which draw on the symbols of Islam, ethnicity, nationalism, and various political ideologies.

Assessment

Seminar participation: 10%
Essay (3000 words): 30%
Major project (6000 words): 60%

Contact hours

3 hours (1 x 1 hour film screening and 2 x 1 hour seminars) per week