The discussion topic aims to frame multiple perspectives to obtain a better understanding of activities that research the interplay between contemporary cultures growing in the Archipelago and Pacific Islands. This discussion emphasized on how contemporary culture and local culture are interconnected in various global exhibitions.This explanation is supposed to offer a critical assessment of the state system, non-governmental social and cultural institutions’ strategies and society’s response to this cultural encounter: especially the way in which power relations have transformed historically over time.

Speakers:

Cosmin Costinas (Curator; Executive Director/Curator of Para Site, Hong Kong)

Daud Tanudirdjo (Scholar; Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia)

Discussant:

MeLê Yamomo (Researcher and a theatre-maker/ composer; Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at the University of Amsterdam).