Visiting Scholar Seminar

Capturing Kartini's Legacy: The Geopolitics of Fertility Control and Women's Citizenship in Indonesia

Date: December 5, 2018 (Wed) 17:00-18:30

Location:  Osaka University Graduate School of Human Sciences
                 North Building, 2F Learning Commons

Speaker: Dr. Denise M. Horn (Simmons University, Boston, USA)

Abstract:

Indonesian constructs of women citizens are a product of tradition and history, but also of Cold War geopolitics, which, I argue here, was expressed through the biopolitics of global`reproductive policies. This paper examines the effects of Cold War geopolitics, gendered expectations of the state, the symbolism surrounding female citizenship, and the roles that nationalism play in maintaining the state’s patriarchal position. This paper explores the effects of geo/biopolitics, and the role these have played in shaping women as citizens in post-colonial and post-authoritarian Indonesia.

No registration is required
This event will be held in English

For more information: contact Dr. Philip Streich ( philstreich@gmail.com ),
                                                    Fuyuko Nagarekawa ( nagare@hus.osaka-u.ac.jp )