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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><b><i><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>INDONESIA STUDY GROUP</span></i></b><b><i><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p align=center style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Wednesday, 24 October, 12.30 – 2.00 pm<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Seminar Room B (Arndt Room), Coombs Building, Fellows Road, ANU<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Eben Kirksey</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> (UNSW, Sydney)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><h2 style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>From Rhizome to Banyan<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The dominant political party of Suharto's Indonesia, Golkar, used the banyan—a dominant forest tree with a chaotic network of roots and branches—as its symbol. As West Papua’s independence movement transitioned from being underground, to emerging in broad daylight, elite leaders appropriated the banyan as a political form. The banyan serves as a model of subversion, replication, and domination. This mode of subversive engagement is an alternative to another botanical figure, the rhizome, an underground stem. Rhizomes ceaselessly establish connections among organizations of power, social struggles, and other heterogeneous forms. This paper will explore the unexpected collaborations of two Papuan activists with different tactics of struggle. Theys Eluay, who had been a Golkar parliamentarian, a trusted member of the banyan party for years, suddenly emerged in the year 1998 as the leader of West Papua's movement for merdeka (freedom). As Theys Eluay made public statements challenging the status quo, he secretly strengthened his ties to Indonesia’s old guard--including former President Suharto. Antonius Wamang, a guerrilla fighter who was convicted for killing two American teachers, and one Indonesian, was drawn into unexpected collaborations with Indonesian military agents. Wamang's struggle embodied a principle of the rhizome, which "can be connected to anything other, and must be."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Subject to approval from the speakers, ISG presentations (audio and visuals) are generally available soon after the event for <a href="http://crawford.anu.edu.au/acde/ip/seminars/" target="_blank" title="blocked::http://crawford.anu.edu.au/acde/ip/seminars/ blocked::http://crawford.anu.edu.au/acde/ip/seminars.php">download</a>.</span></b><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>The committee welcomes suggestions for seminar speakers and topics. Please contact any of us: Sri Wahyuningroem x 52411; Ronit Ricci x 53180;</span></b><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></b><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Ed Aspinall x 55915; Greg Fealy x 52302, John McCarthy x 50494; Ross Tapsell x 53677;</span></b><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></b><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Marcus Mietzner x 57241; Umbu Reku Raya x 55537; Daniel Suryadarma x 50304; Robert Sparrow x 53885.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-AU style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>If you would like to be added to the ISG mailing list, please send your contact details, including your email address, to <a href="mailto:indonesia.project@anu.edu.au" target="_blank" title="blocked::mailto:indonesia.project@anu.edu.au"><span style='color:red'>indonesia.project@anu.edu.au</span></a>.</span></b><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>ENQUIRIES</span></i></b><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>:</span></b><b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br></span></b><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Nurkemala Muliani</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#888888'><br><i>Indonesia Project<br></i>x 5</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>5954</span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#888888'><br><a href="mailto:nurkemala.muliani@anu.edu.au">nurkemala.muliani@anu.edu.au</a></span><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>