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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 4 days 5 hours 24 minutes
Ear To Asia - Teaser
Ear to Asia is a new podcast series produced by Asia Institute, the Asian research specialists, from the University of Melbourne, Australia. We take you from Japan to Turkey, from China to Indonesia, and to many places in between, talking to researchers who focus on Asia -- in all its diversity of peoples, societies and histories. Hosted by Sen Lam.
More information about this podcast series is found here.
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episode 1: Modernity's Broken Promise And The Rise Of A New Islamic Populism
Veteran researcher of Indonesian politics Prof Vedi Hadiz examines the phenomenon of contemporary Islamic populism in Indonesia, Turkey and Egypt, how it fares at the ballot box and how it fits into western notions of democracy. Presented by Sen Lam.
More information about this and other episodes of this podcast series is found here.
An Asia Institute podcast, produced by Profactual.com.
episode 2: Lost In Translation? Foreigners On Trial In Japan And The Language Divide
Linguistics expert Dr Ikuko Nakane joins Ear to Asia host Sen Lam to discuss language and interpretation in criminal trials in Japan, and in particular how defendants who aren't native speakers of Japanese may be aided or disadvantaged by the language divide.
More information about this and other episodes of this podcast series is found here.
An Asia Institute podcast, produced by Profactual.com.
episode 3: Memories Of '65: Young Indonesians Go Digital To Shine A Light On A Massacre Denied
Dr Ken Setiawan, Indonesian civil rights specialist, explains how a new generation of Indonesians are using digital and social media platforms to keep the memory of the genocide of 1965-1966 alive as successive government administrations stall on uncovering the truth. Presented by Sen Lam.
More information about this and other episodes of this podcast series is found here.
An Asia Institute podcast, produced by Profactual.com.
episode 4: Sexual Citizenship And Same-sex Relationships In Japan
Queer studies researcher Dr Claire Maree joins Ear to Asia host Sen Lam to discuss the plight of people in same-sex relationships in Japan. Despite Japan having a reputation for tolerance of sexual minorities, rigid legal and social barriers are leading same-sex couples to seek creative workarounds to obtain a degree of recognition and rights.
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episode 5: A Tale Of Two Diasporas: Indians In The Global Workforce
Economist and demographer Professor Binod Khadria joins Ear to Asia host Sen Lam to discuss the huge global movement of skilled and unskilled Indian workers in its surprising diversity, the conditions they work under in destination countries and their persistent ties to Mother India.
Transcript available here. More information about this and other episodes of this podcast series is found here.
An Asia Institute podcast, produced by Profactual.com.
episode 6: All Under Heaven: China's Often Misunderstood Approach To Sovereignty
Political scientist Dr Sow Keat Tok discusses China's unique view of territorial sovereignty, its creative approaches to sovereignty issues in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the South China Sea, and how it can come into conflict with conventional models of sovereignty originating in the West. Presented by Sen Lam.
Transcript available here. More information about this and other episodes of this podcast series is found here.
An Asia Institute podcast, produced by Profactual.com.
episode 7: Saving The Songs Of China's Yangtze Delta
Chinese literature expert Anne McLaren joins Ear to Asia host Clement Paligaru to discuss her research into the folk ecology of the lower Yangtze delta, including the folksongs of this fascinating region. And she explains how these vanishing oral traditions shed light into how people of a bygone era lived.
Transcript available here. More information about this and other episodes of this podcast series is found here.
An Asia Institute podcast, produced by Profactual.com.
episode 8: Is It Back To The Drawing Board For Indonesia's Education System?
Despite having more than 3 million teachers, manageable class sizes, and spending on education that amounts to a whopping 20% of national and local budgets, Indonesia continues to seriously lag behind in educational outcomes on a range of international measures...
episode 9: Kuwait: Walking The Sunni-Shia Tightrope
In 2015, a lone terrorist from an affiliate of Daesh or Islamic State (often referred to as ISIS) bombed a mosque in Kuwait City where the majority of where the majority of worshippers were from the Shia sect. While the overt motive for this act of terrorism was payback for Kuwait's opposition to Daesh, the attack introduced sectarian violence to a country where the Sunni majority and the rather large Shia minority co-existed in relative harmony...