Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0666805

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0666805

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Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Secular modernisers in the Indonesian media: A biography of Mochtar Lubis (1922 - 2004). Democracy in post-Suharto Indonesia is being challenged by radical religious and communal interests. Precisely what form of polity will emerge remains unclear but, as Indonesia responds to such threats, Australia has a direct stake in the outcomes and needs new ways of understanding this dynamic. Media play a vital role in this. One of the most strained aspects of Australian-Indonesian relations has been the vastly differing assumptions on both sides about the relationship, exacerbated by a poor understanding of how the other's media operate. This research, and the biography of Mochtar Lubis, will provide a greater understanding of Indonesia's media, and of the unresolved struggle within it between secular democracy and sectarianism.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2006

End Date: 12-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $65,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Communication And Media Studies | Communication and Media Studies | Indonesian Languages | Postcolonial And Global Cultural Studies |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding other countries | Political science and public policy |

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