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SUMMARY:Southeast Asia’s “Creative Turn”: Reconfiguring Power and Partnership
LOCATION:Room 1.406
DESCRIPTION:From shadow puppetry to contemporary dance, film to fine art, S
 outheast Asian culture is loved and lauded the world over. But cultural pro
 duction is never easily disentangled from the political context which it ge
 nerates and shapes and vice versa. From colonial representations of the oth
 er to the security-driven cultural agenda of ASEAN, culture has long been a
 n instrument of Southeast Asian nation-building, deployed as a way of ‘inte
 grating social, political, artistic, and cosmic order’ (Roxas-Lim, 2005: 1)
 . When creative methods and cultural production appear at the forefront of 
 new modes of marketing, opinion-shaping, collaborative research, and develo
 pment outreach driven by interests in the global North, it is time to inter
 rogate what this emphasis on creativity may mean.\n\nIn the current era of 
 economic boom, rising inequality, and tightening authoritarianism, what the
  ‘creative turn’ means for Southeast Asia raises a series of pressing quest
 ions. While Southeast Asia’ current cultural effluence is lauded, there may
  be a ‘dark side’ to it and the creativity that sustains it (Cropley et al.
 , 2010: 1) for those living in the region. Do creative approaches to art, d
 ance, theatre, film, sculpture, music and digital production play a role in
  processes that fuel inequality or justify authoritarian regimes? Who can h
 arness ‘creative power’? Do the processes and products of creativity in Sou
 theast Asia drive some people apart and pull others together? How are creat
 ive methods being called upon to interpret the current situation in Southea
 st Asian nations?\n\nQuestions of creativity and collaborative partnership 
 are increasingly coming to the fore with shifting expectations of research 
 funders and development agencies. Southeast Asianists thus need to think ca
 refully about the role of creativity - broadly understood - plays in their 
 research collaborations. What does it mean, in practice, to co-create resea
 rch? Southeast Asian academics, governments, and colleagues in the third an
 d creative sector find themselves increasingly asked to engage research des
 ign focussed on creative processes and outcomes intended to deliver social 
 impact. Does this new emphasis on creativity work to decolonise research re
 lationships? Or is the creative turn generating new risks, expectations, ob
 ligations, and forms of bureaucracy that have the effect of undermining equ
 itable partnerships?\n\nWe invite papers that reflect on how creative metho
 ds structure relationships and narratives in research and governance. This 
 reflection could encompass co-created projects using innovative approaches 
 to film, theatre, art, digital media, dance, photography and exhibitions. W
 e especially encourage perspectives from scholars who have experience as re
 search partners in Southeast Asian institutions and charities.
URL:https://euroseas2019.org/program/panels/southeast-asias-creative-turn-reconfiguring-power-and-partnership
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