Common views of Asia and the Pacific, from the outside, often confer undue prominence to such things as typhoons, tsunami, earthquakes, malaria or even magic. While these can be confronting realities in the Asia-Pacific region beyond such differences even more remains unseen and misunderstood. Frequently unacknowledged are the influences Asian and Pacific cultures exert far beyond their borders. … Continue reading The author on “Seen and Unseen: a century of stories from #Asia and the #Pacific”
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My First Visit to #Bali Since the October 2002 #Bombing
A Prologue Violence and extremism are no more a recent phenomenon in Indonesia than in countries like the UK and the USA. Both Indonesia and the USA fought wars of national liberation against colonial powers. Both have constitutions and a sense of nationhood, grounded in such violent struggles. Many countries have their own uniquely violent … Continue reading My First Visit to #Bali Since the October 2002 #Bombing
Some blatant errors in Australia’s ‘Howard Era’ Foreign Policy towards Indonesia
In the last decade of the 20th and the first few years of the 21st centuries there were unseen and unspoken realities that formed part of daily political life in Australia. This unseen domain was not necessarily the etheric world of spirit but a world driven by triumphalism and the politics of fear in which … Continue reading Some blatant errors in Australia’s ‘Howard Era’ Foreign Policy towards Indonesia
Pancasila and Religious Tolerance in Contemporary #Indonesia
Today is the Feast of the Nativity in the old Orthodox Christian calendar and last night I attended an Orthodox Liturgy celebrating Christmas at the Holy Trinity Orthodox church in Solo, Central Java. For me this has been a very special journey because I’ve returned to Indonesia, for the first time since the Bali Bombings … Continue reading Pancasila and Religious Tolerance in Contemporary #Indonesia
Follow-up to GTA Conference
On the 11th June I presented a keynote address at the Global Education - Geography Teachers Association conference 'Engaging Students in Geography Years 7-10', held at the Nan Tien Temple, Wollongong. The subject was terrorism, specifically the Impact of the 2002 Bali Bombings. In the address I attempted to show the impact of the bombings … Continue reading Follow-up to GTA Conference
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