This seminar will be held via Zoom.

Use the following link:

https://anu.zoom.us/j/92678435105?pwd=VjNneGhsbEJlM1o4bTNXaFErVlZmQT09

Too often, girls from the Global South countries, like Indonesia, are seen as victims of their own communities and societies’ inability to allow them access to education and to become successful. In this project, we review previous analyses about girls in the Global South and the trajectory of international NGOs in Indonesia. We examine the reports published by the NGOs on early/child marriage and girls in Asia generally and in Indonesia specifically to demonstrate the persistent visual stereotypes of Asian/brown girls; the consistent depiction of how the girls are exceptionally problematic because of the oppressive community and social norms they live in; and the instrumentalization of the girls’ imagined oppressed and backward lives for calls for investment. We will discuss our initial findings from this project as it is part of a larger study which aims to propose a new framework of girls' citizenship based on efforts to decolonize knowledge production of girls. We invite participants to actively contribute their ideas to this ongoing research project.

About the presenters:

Annisa R. Beta is a Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the School of Culture and Communication, the University of Melbourne. Her research is broadly concerned with youth, new media, and political subjectivity in Southeast Asia.

Ryan Febrianto is a researcher at the Center of Child Protection and Wellbeing (PUSKAPA), University of Indonesia. Ryan received his master's degree from the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in the Netherlands, specializing in Children and Youth Studies.