“INDONESIAN URBAN CULTURES AND SOCIETIES”
CONFERENCE BACKGROUND SYNOPSIS
Since the adoption of neo-liberal economic policies in the recent decade, in
addition to the change of the Indonesian political regime to a more democratic
and open one, Indonesia has witnessed the more dynamic role of market forces
as well as the impacts of modernization and globalization on its urban cultures
and societies. There has been a fast development and transformation of the
urban areas that have greatly influenced the Indonesian people in most aspects
of their lives, and in particular, their sense of self and environment. The
urbanization and the urbanism processes have driven people to consider the
urban cultures and societies as the primary point of reference in their daily
lives, wherever they live. The developments of the transportation system and
the information technology, the innovation of sciences, the rise of the urban
middle classes, and also the freedom of media and expression in arts and literatures
have created different definitions about the urban cultures and societies:
who they are, what they do, what they like and what they plan in building their
environment, how is their mobility going on, how they deal with their counterparts
on the other parts of the globe, what are their cultural and other social products,
and many other related critical questions have arisen.
In considering the above questions and their main emerging (sub) themes, this
3rd International Graduate Student Conference on Indonesia invites graduate
students who are doing research and likewise interested in these topic areas
from different disciplines (mono or multidiscipline) to present their papers
by examining these issues from the perspective of contemporary Indonesia. The
presenters are encouraged to come from different disciplines of knowledge,
such as media and cultural studies, literature, religious studies, sociology,
anthropology, literature, engineering, geography, political science, law, psychology,
and other related disciplines.
THE KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
This conference will invite 3 experts on these related issues. These tentative
Keynote Speakers are:
- Prof. Goh Beng Lan (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
- Prof. Dr. Danang Parikesit (Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia)
- Assoc. Prof. Freek Columbijn (Amsterdam University, The Netherlands)
DATE AND VENUE
The conference will be held in the Graduate School of Gadjah Mada University
(Sekolah Pascasarjana UGM), Jalan Teknika Utara Pogung Yogyakarta 55281,
on the 8th and 9th of November 2011.
The conference will be followed by an excursion to Jumoyo and Merapi sites
on the 10th of 2011 for the interested participants. They have to register
for this activity and should book in advance or otherwise will not be possible
to join the excursion.
The Graduate School of Gadjah Mada University invites all of the participants
to attend the cultural night that will be held on the 8th of November 2011.
This activity is free of charge.
LANGUAGES
English and Indonesian
INSCRIPTION
Please submit your abstract with a maximum of 250 words to the organizer. The
deadline of the submission is on August 30, 2011. A full paper is required
and has to be sent to the organizer on October 15th, 2011. The articles will
be published in the conference proceedings. High quality research articles
selected by the conference committee will be published in The Postgraduate
School Journal Kawistara (with permission from the presenters).
IMPORTANT DATES
Abstract submission deadline : August 30th, 2011
Abstract Review : September 1st-14th, 2011
Announcement : September 16th, 2011
Paper submission deadline : October 15th, 2011
Registration deadline for presenter : October 15th, 2011
Registration deadline for participant : November 2nd, 2011
REGISTRATION
This conference includes a registration fee. The fees are as follow:
Presenters : IDR 250.000
Participants (non-presenters) : IDR 200.000
The participants who wish to join the excursion have to pay an additional
cost of IDR 150.000 on the 8th of November 2011 during the registration.
The presenters and participants should make their payments and registration
by sending the Registration Form and payment receipt before the 15th
of October 2011.
The schedule arrangement will be based on the complete registration, including
the bank payment. Please send your payment through:
Account Name : Direktur Sekolah Pascasarjana UGM
Bank : BNI Branch UGM
Swift code : BNINIDJA
Account number : 0039227315
FACILITIES
The organizers will provide the seminar kits, certificates, coffee breaks and
lunch for the 2 conference days and one dinner on the 8th of November 2011
during the cultural night.
The participants are required to pay their own transport and accommodation
of any mobilization they make except for the excursion. Yogyakarta is one of
the cheapest cities in Indonesia and you could easily find the cheap hotels
and accommodation for your stay here. For more detail information about the
hotels, the organizers would recommend the guest houses of the universities
and the hotels close to the university. We recommend the guest houses below
since they are cheap and located close to the conference venue:
- Wisma ICRS-Yogya ( www.icrsguesthouse.ugm.id, icrs@ugm.ac.id Telp: +62
274 565 425 or +62 (0) 85215334393) - Wisma MM UGM (http://housing.mmugm.ac.id Telp (+62) 274 557 988)
- Wisma UC UGM Telp: +62 274 563 461 or +62 274 557 216
- Wisma Kagama http://kagama.ugm.ac.id/wisma/ Telp: 0274-560142 Fax. 0274-560186
– email: pphkagama@ugm.ac.id - Indraloka homestay (http://www.yogyes.com/id/yogyakarta-hotel/budget/indraloka-homestay/
Telp (+62) 274 544428)
For more detail information please contact:
Nina Mariani Noor
E-mail : figcindonesia@gmail.com
Telp / Fax : +62 274 564239
Mobile Phone : +62 87838656575
Website : igsci.pasca.ugm.ac.id
FORM OF REGISTRATION
Applicant Information
Name : …………………………………………………………………………
Destination Master/ Ph.D : ………………………………………….
Institution/ University : ……………………………………………….
Address : ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
Phone number : …………………………………………………………..
Email : …………………………………………………………………………
Role in the conference (choose one) : Presenter /
Participant
Language during presentation (choose one) : English /
Indonesia
Participation in the Excursion (choose one) : Yes /
No
Title of Paper :
Abstract (no more than 250 words):
