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InterculturAdelaide9 JULY 2015, 8:30am

Adelaide Convention Centre

CULTURAL ADAPTIVITY FOR THE ASIAN

CENTURY

Nazia Ejaz Crash, 2014

150 x 120 cm Oil on linen

InterculturAdelaide is an exciting, once-off public policy and action research summit introducing the concept of interculturality and finding ways to use this idea to help understand and solve some of the problems of our increasingly complex world.

The summit is co-hosted by the University of South Australia’s International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding, and the University of Adelaide’s Department of Asian Studies. It is supported by the South Australian Government’s Department of Premier and Cabinet for.

The University of South Australia’s International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding

is funded by the Australian Government Department of Education and the South

Australian Department of Premier and Cabinet.

Dr Gerry GrootInterculturAdelaide Co-Convener ICAS9 ConvenorHead of Discipline, Department of

Asian Studies, University of Adelaide President, Chinese Studies

Association of Australia

Dr Amrita MalhiInterculturAdelaide ConvenerResearch Fellow, International Centre for

Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding, Hawke Research Institute, University of South Australia

Secretary, Asian Studies Association of Australia

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IntroductionInterculturAdelaide is a major public policy summit and action research project. It aims to bring together scholars, policymakers and other stakeholders to consider the idea of “interculturality” – broadly defined as a set of cultural skills supporting openness and adaptivity. The day’s proceedings will encompass issues related to Australia’s own diverse population, and to Australia’s international relationships across the Asian region.

InterculturAdelaide is embedded within the final day of the Ninth International Convention of Asia Scholars (ICAS9), which has brought nearly one thousand Asia scholars to Adelaide this week.

InterculturAdelaide is supported by the South Australian Government’s Department of Premier and Cabinet.

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Welcome

InterculturAdelaide is an innovative public policy and action research summit set inside the Ninth International Convention of Asia Scholars. It is designed with connections in mind, namely to link this week’s discussion about Asia and Asians to new Australian conversations about our own diversity.

Since the 1970s abolition of the White Australia policy and Australia’s official embrace of multiculturalism, migrant diaspora populations have become integral to the nation. Since the 1990s foreign policy turn to Asia, these same diasporas have joined in the nation’s efforts to improve our engagements with the region around us.

No longer a “white tribe of Asia”, as Indonesian journalist Ratih Hardjono put it in 1994, Australians now find that Asian engagement is firmly a part of the nation’s domestic life — it is not only a feature of international relations. Increasing diversity and enmeshment with Asia call for improved initiatives which build Australians’ capacity for smart, sensitive interaction across and between varied cultural contexts, including those created by politics and faith. It is our contention at InterculturAdelaide that this capacity is best supported by a new policy framework designed not only to manage, but to live and experience, the diversity inherent in our community.

In the interest of improved understanding and a more resilient and cohesive national community, new policy frameworks to support this experience should be brought together under a common rubric. At InterculturAdelaide, we propose that this new rubric is “interculturality” — broadly defined as a set of attitudes and skills that leverage our multiculturalism to raise our levels of cultural adaptivity. To explore this proposition, we have brought together scholars, communities and policy practitioners from a wide range of communities of interest. We encourage you to participate and inform our discussion. Our summit, in turn, will inform a policy paper for the Government of South Australia.

On behalf of our team, including Co-Convener Dr Gerry Groot and Project Coordinator Ms Annie Drahos, I welcome you to InterculturAdelaide.

Dr Amrita Malhi InterculturAdelaide Convener Research Fellow International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding Hawke Research Institute University of South Australia Secretary, Asian Studies Association of Australia

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8:30-10:00am Session oneEducation in a Culturally Diverse SocietyCity Room 1

Ms Panayoula Parha, Principal, Norwood Morialta High School Ms Meredith Edwards, Principal, Woodville High SchoolMs Jackie Thomson, Flinders University, formerly Multicultural and Asian Perspectives Advisor with the Department of Education and Child Development

Intercultural Food and Wine City Room 2

Ms Allison Creed, PhD Candidate, University of Southern QueenslandDr Jean Duruz, Adjunct Researcher, Hawke Research Institute, UniSAMr Andrew Holmes, Managing Director, Hahndorf InnMs Gabriele B. Fitzgerald, PhD Candidate, Zero Waste SA Research Centre for Sustainable Design and Behaviour, UniSA

Cultural Exchange and Engagement with South-East Asia – Coordinated by Flinders University City Room 3

Mr Douglas Gautier, CEO and Artistic Director, Adelaide Festival CentreMr Joseph Mitchell, Director, OzAsia FestivalDr Priyambudi Sulistiyanto, Senior Lecturer, School of International Studies, Flinders University Dr William Peterson, Senior Lecturer, Drama Department, Flinders University

10:00:10:30 Tea Break 10:30-12:00pm Session Two

Premier’s Opening and Keynote Panel Panorama Room 1&2

Professor Anthony Elliott, Director, Hawke Research Institute, University of South Australia will introduce the Honourable Jay Weatherill, Premier of South Australia InterculturAdelaide will be officially opened by the Honourable Jay Weatherill, Premier of South Australia Professor Prasenjit Duara, Raffles Professor of Humanities and Director, Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore How Relevant is the Concept of Secularism to Asia? Questions for a Global Ethics of Diversity Hon. Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad, Selangor State Executive Councillor for Education, Human Capital Development, Science, Technology and Innovation, and State Assembly Member for Seri Setia, Malaysia Challenges of Democracy in a Diverse SocietyProfessor Gary Bouma AM, UNESCO Chair in Intercultural and Interreligious Relations - Asia Pacific, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Monash University, Acting Director of the Global Terrorism Research Centre, and Associate Priest in the Anglican Parish of St John’s East Malvern, Victoria Religious Diversity and Interculturality Dr Amrita Malhi, InterculturAdelaide Convener; Research Fellow, International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding, Hawke Research Institute, University of South Australia; Secretary, Asian Studies Association of Australia Convener’s Welcome and Introduction to InterculturAdelaide

12:00-1:00pm Lunch1:00-2:30pm Session Three

Diverse Communities and Accessing Opportunities Panorama Room 3

Dr Joseph Masika OAM, Member, South Australian Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission; President, Federation of African Communities Councils in AustraliaThe Honourable Houssam Abiad, Deputy Lord Mayor of AdelaideDr David Radford, Senior Research Fellow, Hawke Research Institute, UniSA Ms Kate Muslera, Legal Education Officer, Legal Services Commission of South AustraliaHon. Angela Keneally, Mayor, Charles Sturt Council

International Education City Room 1

Dr Glen Stafford, Manager, Academic and Global Relations, University of Adelaide Professor Greg McCarthy, Professor of Political Science, Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Adelaide Dr Kate Cadman, Senior Adjunct Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, University of Adelaide Dr Imtiaz Ahmad, Asst. Prof., Department of Teacher Education, University of KarachiDr Michelle Kohler, Senior Lecturer, Languages Education and Indonesian, Faculty of Education, Humanities and Law, Flinders University Dr Nina Maadad, Senior Lecturer, School of Education, University of Adelaide

Program

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1:00-2:30pm Session Three (cont.)Health and Services City Room 2

Mr Marco Baccanti, Director, HealthInSA Ms Mahjabeen Ahmad, Consultant, ACH GroupMr Jeff Fiebig, General Manager, Major Initiatives, ACH GroupMs Jeanette Walters, Manager Policy and Programs, Office for the Ageing, SA Health

Cultural and Creative Industries City Room 3

Assoc. Prof. Ming Cheung, Assoc. Prof., Department of Media, University of Adelaide Assoc. Prof. Jo Caust, Director, JoCaustArtsMr Andrew Hunter, General Manager, Community Programs, Port Adelaide Football ClubProfessor Michael Keane, Professor of Chinese Media, School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts, Curtin University Ms Christina Tridente, Director, couture+love+madnessMr Ludgero Rego, Languages Consultant, Catholic Education SA

2:30-3:00pm Afternoon Tea3:00-4:30pm Session Four

Diasporas and Global Hubs – Chaired by Professor Ien Ang, Professor of Cultural Studies, University of Western Sydney Panorama Room 1

Ms Thienny Lee, PhD Candidate, Department of Indonesian Studies, The University of SydneyMs Wesa Chau, Director, Cultural Intelligence, Swinburne University of Technology Ms Christina Lien, Convenor, ASEAN AllianceMs Nur Madihah Akmal Hisham and Ms Annabelle Lee Jia Wen, Malaysian Progressives in AustraliaMr Brian Hayes QC, Murray Chambers, South Australian Bar Association; National Chairman, Australia India Institute Mr Michael Guerin, Director, South East Asia, Investment, Trade & Immigration, Department of State Development

Intercultural Controversies: Property Prices and Halal Groceries Panorama Room 2

Professor Mobo Gao, Professor, Department of Asian Studies, University of Adelaide Mr Chris Preston, Director, Legal and Regulatory Affairs, Australian Food and Grocery Council Mr James Young, State Chief Executive South Australia, Colliers International; Chair of the Property Committee for the Australia China Business Council (SA Chapter) Mr Abdul Ayan, Principal and Managing Director at Aus-Halal Pty Ltd

How can community, industry and governments work in partnership to counter radicalisation and violent extremism in at-risk young people? – Chaired by Assoc. Prof. Anne Aly Panorama Room 3

Assoc. Prof. Anne Aly, School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts, Curtin UniversityMs Sowaibah Hanifie, UniSA StudentMr Ahmed Zreika, President, Islamic Society of South AustraliaInspector Sandy Morey, Strategy, Policy and Programs Section, South Australian PoliceMr Abdulrahim Osman Elmi, Mentor and Program Manager, Roots TV

IDEAS LABORATORY: Education and Youth Engaging schools with Ethnic Communities: Case Study of INDOfest and its Schools Project – Facilitated by Dr Glen Stafford, Manager, Academic and Global Relations City Room 1

Ms Yvette Cole, Coordinator, INDOfest Schools ProjectMr Chris Majewski, Secretary Australia-Indonesia Association, South Australia (AIA-SA)Ms Lyndal Chittleborough, Indonesian Teacher, Crafers Primary School and Hills Montessori Preschool

Communities of Diverse Cultures and FaithsCity Room 2

Mr Rob Macpherson, Minister, Unitarian Church of SADr Karima Moraby, School of Social and Policy Studies, Flinders University Mr Brad Chilcott, Director, Welcome to AustraliaMs Manal Younus, Ambassador, Welcome to Australia; University of Adelaide Student Dr Audrey Fernandes-Satar, Honorary Research Associate, Murdoch University

4:30-5:30pm Session FiveIDEAS LABORATORY: Inclusion, Cohesion, Resilience and Countering Radicalisation Panorama Room 3 – Facilitated by Mr Brad Chilcott, Director of Welcome to Australia

Aims and Structure of InterculturAdelaide InterculturAdelaide’s focus is on the rich and complex connections between Australia and our neighbours in Southeast Asia, India and China. We ask:

• How can interculturality help Australians to view diversity not as a threat, problem or resource to be managed, but simply a feature of what we are?

• How can Australians form new and relevant notions of community to better support our changing needs as a diverse people?

• How can Australians harness our own diversity to find a new, prosperous place for ourselves in a rapidly restructuring global environment?

• How can Australia join with others to help support the growth of interculturality? Could such alliances help to undermine prejudice, racism, even violent extremism?

The key policy areas of InterculturAdelaide that will structure the panels and ideas laboratories are:

• Education and Research• Cultural and Creative Industries• Food and Wine• Health and Services• Inclusion, Cohesion, Resilience and Countering Radicalisation.

What is an ideas laboratory?An ideas lab is essentially a workshop that invites people from all strata of society to discuss some of these questions. There is generally a featured person or panel who starts things off with a talk for between five and ten minutes, and then a facilitator will guide the discussion between participants. People are encouraged to prepare questions or statements beforehand to maximise the opportunity to voice their opinions. The content from ideas labs will inform the drafting of public policy papers after the event. Academic, government, community and business groups are all welcome.

GuidelinesIdeas labs are a chance for everybody to participate, share a space and listen to different voices and opinions. They are open for all registrants to join in on the day and we encourage everybody to get involved. This is a largely experimental format and to keep the discussion flowing smoothly, please take note of the following guidelines:

• Speakers generally speak for 5-10 minutes• Remember that everyone’s input is equally valid• Please respect and encourage the speaker by not

interrupting and listening to the facilitator• Share “air-time”- respect everyone’s right to be heard• Be open to new concepts and ideas!

Nazia Ejaz Red 2, 2013

100 x 100 cm Acrylic on linen

About the MnM Centre at the University of South AustraliaThe International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding (MnM Centre) was officially launched on 14 October 2008 by its Patron, the Honourable Bob Hawke AC. The development of the MnM Centre was publicly endorsed by Nelson Mandela, Honorary Doctor of the University and international patron of UniSA’s Hawke Centre; Kevin Rudd, then Prime Minister of Australia; Imam Umer Ahmed Ilyasi, Secretary General, All India Organization of Imams of Mosques; and Mike Rann, then Premier of South Australia. The Commonwealth Government Department of Education provided funds for the centre’s development, and the South Australian Department of Premier and Cabinet contributed funds for postgraduate scholarships and conferences.

The University of South Australia contains within its Division of Education, Arts and Social Sciences the Hawke Research Institute (HRI), which conducts world-class, cross-disciplinary research in the social sciences, humanities and creative arts. With eight research centres and approximately 120 members, the HRI is Australia’s largest social science and humanities institute. The International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding (MnM Centre) is one of the most prominent of the Hawke Research Institute’s eight research centres. The HRI, led by Director Professor Anthony Elliott, has in recent years rapidly expanded to become the premier Australian research hub in the social sciences and is committed to promoting public understanding of major social issues.

The HRI, with its emphasis on international relations and social justice, provides a crucial global platform for the work of the MnM Centre. It provides assistance through international linkages and opportunities for interdisciplinary research projects, symposia and workshops involving scholars with expertise in areas such as community conflict resolution, international studies and reconciliation.

The vision of the MnM Centre is to be an internationally significant research centre, devoted to understanding and transcending the divide between Muslims and non-Muslims, with a strong socio-cultural focus that fosters informed relationships between cultures and identities. The centre provides a unique forum in which scholars and PhD students develop and disseminate ideas within the framework of a broader social justice agenda.

Intercultural understanding, however, is not simply a matter of gaining better knowledge or developing empathy but also changing the original terms of reference by which misunderstandings are generated: our scholars do this by pioneering critical scholarship and creating opportunities for open dialogue and community engagement. Wherever possible, the research of the centre is made accessible to external stakeholders to provide opportunities to engage in dialogue with the aim of continually building greater understanding and influencing positive change. Mediums through which research is disseminated include publications, the media, public speaking engagements, academic conferences and the MnM Centre’s public fora.

The MnM Centre’s research addresses cross-cultural issues, reflects commitment to reconciliation and develops rational approaches to addressing and overcoming prejudices about diversity. Thus the focus of the MnM Centre’s work – its research, its collaboration with other programs and people at the University of South Australia, and its engagement with local and international partners and communities – is identifying ways in which different communities can, should and do encounter and interact with each other.

The Hawke Building, City West campus, University of South Australia

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About the Department of Asian Studies at the University of Adelaide The Department of Asian Studies at the University of Adelaide, founded in 1975 as a university-wide interdisciplinary unit, is South Australia’s foremost centre for the teaching of Asian Studies, Chinese and Japanese with a special outreach program for Indonesian in conjunction with Flinders University.

The Department boasts world-renowned expertise on Japan and China through its three professors while its language teaching program has been rewarded with national prizes for learning & teaching as well as the top university teaching awards.

InterculturAdelaide is strongly supported by the Department of Asian Studies, which is proud of its record of promoting inter-disciplinary, inter-university and outreach programs, conferences and symposia, most notably the Ninth International Convention of Asia Scholars Conference, the umbrella event incorporating InterculturAdelaide.

The Department of Asian Studies is part of the School of Social Sciences in the Faculty of Arts.

Nazia Ejaz, Here and There, 201490 x 60 cmOil on linen

Premier’s Opening Panel for InterculturAdelaide: Cultural Adaptivity for the Asian Century

10.30am – 12.00pm, Thursday 9 July 2015Panorama Room 1 & 2, Adelaide Convention CentreOpening by the Premier of South Australia, The Honourable Mr. Jay Weatherill

Professor Anthony Elliott, Director, Hawke Research Institute, University of South Australia will introduce the Honourable Jay Weatherill, Premier of South Australia.

InterculturAdelaide will be officially opened by the Premier of South Australia, The Honourable Jay Weatherill.

InterculturAdelaide is presented with the support of the South Australian Government’s Department of Premier and Cabinet and will also be attended by the Hon. Ms Zoe Bettison, Minister for Communities and Social Inclusion and Ms Grace Portolesi, Chair of the South Australian Multicultural and Ethnic Affairs Commission. Following the Premier’s official opening, a panel discussion will be led by the following experts:

Professor Prasenjit DuaraRaffles Professor of Humanities and Director, Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore How Relevant is the Concept of Secularism to Asia? Questions for a Global Ethics of Diversity

Professor Gary Bouma UNESCO Chair in Intercultural and Interreligious Relations - Asia Pacific Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Monash University Acting Director of the Global Terrorism Research Centre Associate Priest in the Anglican Parish of St John’s East Malvern, Victoria Religious Diversity and Interculturality

Hon. Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad Selangor State Executive Councillor for Education, Human Capital Development, Science, Technology and Innovation State Assembly Member for Seri Setia Malaysia Challenges of Democracy in a Diverse Society

Dr Amrita MalhiInterculturAdelaide Convener Research Fellow, International Centre for Muslim and non-Muslim Understanding, Hawke Research Institute, University of South Australia Secretary, Asian Studies Association of Australia Convener’s Welcome and Introduction to InterculturAdelaide

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Keynote Speakers Professor Prasenjit DuaraRaffles Professor of Humanities and Director, Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore

Professor Prasenjit Duara is the Raffles Professor of Humanities and Director, Asia Research Institute at National University of Singapore. He was born and educated in India; received his PhD in Chinese history from Harvard University; and was previously Professor and Chair of the Department of History and Chair of the Committee on Chinese Studies at the University of Chicago. In 1988, he published Culture, Power and the State: Rural North China, 1900-1942 (Stanford Univ Press), which won the Fairbank Prize of the AHA and the Levenson Prize of the AAS, USA.

Among his other books are Rescuing History from the Nation (U Chicago 1995), Sovereignty and Authenticity: Manchukuo and the East Asian Modern (Rowman 2003), an edited volume, Decolonization: Now and Then (Routledge, 2004) and A Companion to Global Historical Thought co-edited with Viren Murthy and Andrew Sartori (John Wiley, 2014). His work has been widely translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean and the European languages.

His new book, The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future was published by Cambridge University Press in 2015

Hon. Nik Nazmi Nik AhmadSelangor State Executive Councillor for Education, Human Capital Development, Science, Technology and Innovation, and State Assembly Member for Seri Setia

Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad is a Malaysian politician who currently serves as the Youth Leader of the People’s Justice Party. He is Selangor State Executive Councillor for Education, Human Capital Development, Science, Technology and Innovation; and Member of the Selangor Legislative Assembly for the state seat of Seri Setia.

He grew up in the Selangor city of Petaling Jaya. He received his education at La Salle in Kuala Lumpur before being admitted into the Malay College Kuala Kangsar. After graduating from MCKK he underwent a preparatory program at Kolej Yayasan UEM where he was the Student Council President and recipient of a Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB) scholarship. Upon completion of his A-levels in KYUEM he was admitted into King’s College London, to read law.

In the United Kingdom, he became active in his college’s Labour Student Society and the Federation of Students Islamic Societies (FOSIS). Among the Malaysian students in the UK he was also secretary of the Malaysian Law Students Union and vice-chairman of the Malaysian Students Executive Council.

In 2009 Marshall Cavendish published his book Moving Forward: Malays for the 21st Century. It was also published in Malay as Mendepani Zaman: Melayu untuk Abad ke-21. In 2011, he published Coming of Age: A Decade of Essays 2001–2011.

Professor Gary Bouma AMUNESCO Chair in Intercultural and Interreligious Relations—Asia Pacific, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Monash University, Acting Director of the Global Terrorism Research Centre, and Associate Priest in the Anglican Parish of St John’s East Malvern, Victoria

Professor Gary D Bouma AM is the UNESCO Chair in Intercultural and Interreligious Relations – Asia Pacific, Emeritus Professor of Sociology at Monash University, Australian node of the Religion and Diversity Project, University of Ottawa, Acting Director of the Global Terrorism Research Centre, and Associate Priest in the Anglican Parish of St John’s East Malvern. He is President of the Australian Association for the Study of Religions. He was Chair, Board of Directors for The Parliament of the World’s Religions 2009.

His research in the sociology of religion examines the management of religious diversity in plural multicultural societies, postmodernity as a context for theology, religion and terror, and religion and public policy. He is the author or co-author of over 25 books. Recent books include: Australian Soul: Religion and Spirituality in the Twenty-First Century (Cambridge University Press); Democracy in Islam (Routledge); Religious Diversity in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands: National Case Studies (Springer); and Freedom of Religion and Belief in 21st Century Australia (Australian Human Rights Commission). His latest book is Being Faithful in Diversity: Religions and Social Policy in Multifaith Societies (ATF). He was invested as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for services to Sociology, to interreligious relations and to the Anglican Church of Australia in 2013.

Art Exhibition: JAALI / SCREEN by Nazia EjazThis exhibition is being held in the Kerry Packer Civic Gallery at the University of South Australia’s City West campus, Hawke Building, 55 North Tce from 3 to 17 July 2015.

This exhibition of paintings, sculpture and installation by the emerging artist, Nazia Ejaz, is an exploration of space and the duality of being either within or without, here and there, both connected and separate.

Jaali is a perforated stone or lattice screen or web like structure that is a feature of Indo-Islamic architecture. These screens are used for separation, for demarcating a space, to form boundaries, to shroud and reveal, depending on the perspective of the viewer.

The artist uses this reference to engage the politics of representation and of participation and exclusion.

Artist Statement‘To be outside something is always to be inside something else. To be outside (something) is to afford oneself the possibility of a perspective to look upon this inside.’ (Elizabeth Grosz, 2001)

I am deeply interested in the binaries that act as filters and permeate multiple levels of our social perceptions and interactions. I am influenced by a complex system of an unconsciously acquired bias, manipulated by historical, cultural and ethnic affiliations, economics and media. In a desire to belong to a group we tend to distance ourselves from the ‘other’ while our response to that which is different defines who we are.In Urdu, the word Jaali has a dual meaning. While it literally means ‘fine web’, it also implies something that is ‘counterfeit’ or ‘fake’. The interconnected and symmetrical structure of the screen creates awareness of a space beyond the gaze but obstructs it at the same time. The interplay of darkness and light de-centres conventional forms of seeing, looking and representing.My work attempts to explore these points of separation.

Nazia Ejaz, Walk with me, 2013 150 x 50 cm

Synthetic polymer paint on linen

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Nazia Ejaz Crash, 2014150 x 120 cmOil on linen

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