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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 12:14:33
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From: Helen McMartin <helen.mcmartin@anu.edu.au><br>
Subject: Transmission of academic values in Asian Studies workshop, June
2009<br>
To: Jennifer Drysdale <jennifer.drysdale@anu.edu.au><br>
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Dear Jennifer<br><br>
wondering if you would be able to post the following msg to the
Timor-Leste Studies Association list? regards, Helen<br><br>
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Online REGISTRATION is now open for the TRANSMISSION OF ACADEMIC VALUES
IN ASIAN STUDIES workshop being held on 25 & 26 June 2009, in
Canberra.<br>
Please go to
<a href="http://www.aust-neth.net/workshop.php" eudora="autourl">
http://www.aust-neth.net/workshop.php</a><br>
Registration is FREE (although there is a charge for the workshop
dinner).<br>
The registration deadline is FRIDAY, 12 JUNE 2009.</blockquote><br><br>
<b>Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided.</b> <br>
The workshop dinner is optional at a cost of $35.00 per person. It will
be held on the Thursday evening. <br>
Location: APCD Lecture Theatre, Hedley Bull Building no.130 (cnr
Liversidge Street and Garran Road) The Australian National University,
Canberra <br><br>
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This workshop examines issues surrounding the transmission of scholarly
values in Asian Studies. It will draw upon the views of scholars from a
range of life-stages in order to seek a clearer picture of the values
that scholars see as important to preserve and of the techniques for
achieving transmission between the generations. A feature of the workshop
will be attention to differences in values and practice between Australia
and other countries.<br><br>
The traditional practice of academic work has changed greatly over the
last few decades. The measurement of performance has become increasingly
fine-grained, academic procedures are increasingly regulated and
monitored by institutions which do not themselves engage in academic
work, the expectation that academics will be entrepreneurial has grown
apace and there is a relentless drive for innovation and
‘border-crossing’ in research and teaching.<br><br>
In this process of change, much of it driven by good intentions,
relatively little public attention has been given to the question of what
is lost in turning academia into a bureaucracy and a business. The
speakers at this workshop have been asked to reflect in one way or
another on those qualities of academic life which are insufficiently
nurtured in the present managerialist environment. Discussion will focus
on how a recognition of these values might be fed into the current
processes so that the core elements that drive scholarly life can be
sustained.<br><br>
The values to be discussed include markers of scholarly excellence such
as rigorous attention to empirical detail (including language
competence), interpretative bravura, and theoretical sophistication, as
well as markers of social significance such as policy relevance and the
accessibility of writing to a broader public, and the vulnerability of
research excellence to political pressures. They also include values
related to ethical behaviour in research (both in relation to other
researchers and in relation to informants and others who contribute to
research). A particularly important issue is that of inter-generational
relations: how do younger scholars balance the need for loyalty to their
mentors with the need for creating a reputation of their own by
overthrowing previous generations? How do senior scholars respond to
being debunked? An important topic of the workshop will be the issue of
engagement with Asia and with Asian scholarly communities. <br><br>
Presentations will take the form of brief, ‘trigger’-style statements as
a starting point for discussion. We expect that the workshop will make a
valuable contribution to developing a sense of the wide variety of
possible best practice in this field. To our knowledge there has been no
previous workshop in Asian Studies focussing on the transmission of the
distinctive scholarly values of the field in a cross-national comparative
perspective. This workshop will contribute to developing research
methodology for understanding the internal dynamics of academic life in
Asian Studies.<br><br>
<br>
<font face="Felix Titling"> </font>Speakers:<br>
<font face="Papyrus">Dr Michael Barr, Flinders University<br>
</font>Mr Lowell Bautista, University of Wollongong<br>
Dr Alison Broinowski, University of Wollongong<br>
Dr Matthew Ciolek, The Australian National University<br>
Dr Freek Colombijn, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam<br>
Assoc Prof Helen Creese, University of Queensland<br>
Dr Rommel Curaming, National University of Singapore<br>
Ms Thushara Dibley, University of Sydney<br>
Professor Howard Dick, University of Melbourne<br>
Dr Mary Ditton, University of New England<br>
Ms Anna Doukakis, Universityof New South Wales<br>
Professor Catherine Falk, University of Melbourne<br>
Dr Nicholas Farrelly, The Australian National University<br>
Dr Michele Ford, University of Sydney<br>
Dr Laura Hales, University of South Australia <br>
Dr Niv Horesh, University of New South Wales<br>
Ms Catherine Ingram, University of Melbourne<br>
Professor Toshio Iyotani, Hitotsubashi University<br>
Mr Julius Mollet, Flinders University <br>
Professor Otto van den Muijzenberg, University of Amsterdam<br>
Ms Shyamala Nataraj, Monash University <br>
Dr Nuno Vasco Oliveira, government of Timor-Leste<br>
Dr Jemma Purdey, Monash University<br>
Ms Maloti Ray, University of Melbourne<br>
Professor Anthony Reid, National University of Singapore<br>
Professor Shamsul AB, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia<br>
Dr Andrew Walker, The Australian National University<br>
Dr Mark Winchester, Hitotsubashi University<br><br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Helen McMartin<br>
The Australia-Netherlands Research Collaboration<br>
Building 9, Room 4138<br>
The Australian National University<br>
tel 61 2 6125 0693<br>
fax 61 2 6125 5525<br>
email Helen.McMartin@anu.edu.au<br>
<a href="http://www.aust-neth.net/" eudora="autourl">www.aust-neth.net</a>
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Dr Jennifer Drysdale<br>
Pacific Economic Post-Doctoral Fellow, Crawford School of Economics and
Government<br>
Moderator, Timor-Leste Studies Association List
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Email Jennifer.Drysdale@anu.edu.au<br>
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<b>Institutional adaptation to volatile oil prices<br>
</b>This research will examine the way Vanuatu has responded to changes
in world energy prices through policy and institutional means.<br>
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