BKPBM and PSSAT to Hold International Academic Writing Competition

Yogyakarta, MelayuOnline.com- The Center for Research and Development of Malay Culture (BKBM) in cooperation with the Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies of Gadjah Mada University (PSSAT-UGM) will hold International Academic Writing Competition on “Asean Malay World: Globalism and Multiculturalism.” The competition is open for public participation since August 15^th, 2008 and will be closed on January 5^th, 2009.  

The competition is based on the fact that globalism spans multi-continental distances. Along the fast advancement of information and communication technology, globalism has been capable of breaking through the space of time and geographic boundaries.

Such phenomenon, later on, fosters massive movement of humankind to visit other nations hence cultural clashes are the inexorable things anymore. Two consequences appearing as the results of such phenomenon are the emergence of universally cultural identities called pop-culture and the emergence of locally cultural identities, which is a resistance to the globalization era.

Globalism likewise occurs in Southeast Asian, an area wherein multiculturalism develops massively. Though the area is dominated by the Malay people, cultural clashes and different political and economical interests might cause horizontal conflicts.

The competition is aimed at compiling fresh ideas on Malay cultural studies in Southeast Asian in the globalization era from the perspective of multiculturalism. Besides, the competition is also designed to enrich the academic studies on multiculturalism happening in Southeast Asian.

The competition‘s committee provides several topics below:

1. The role of Southeast Asian in establishing multiculturalism
2. The face of pop-Malay
3. Globalism and Malay political mainstream
4. Gender issues in the modern Malay world

The committee provides you a total award of IDR 25.000.000 and trophies for you appearing as the winners. The total award will be given to four winners detailed as follow: IDR 10.000.000 for the first winner, IDR 7.000.000 for the second winner, IDR 5.000.000 for the third winner, and IDR 3.000.000 for the fourth winner.

The International Academic Writing Competition is officially open on August 15^th, 2008. The deadline for submitting papers is on January 5^th, 2009. The complete requirements and the role for the competition are on www.melayuonline.com and www.pssat-ugm.ac.id.

The winners will be announced on February 28^th, 2009 thorugh www.melayuonline.com and www.pssat-ugm.ac.id. The awarding ceremony will be hosted on March 20^th, 2009.

(NI/ter/40/08-08)

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