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SUMMARY:Indonesia's infrastructure dream and the search for autonomy - Cai
 xia Mao (PhD candidate in Urban Planning at Columbia University)
DTSTART:20250523T143000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Laszlo Cseke
DESCRIPTION:The presentation traces the meaning of infrastructure in Indo
 nesian context since post-independence until Jokowi administration. Partic
 ularly\, it focuses on two aspects. First\, it analyzes how the symbolic m
 eaning of infrastructure changes over time\, from Sukarno's search of nati
 onal identity awakening\, Suharto's governing of fear and economic stabili
 ty\, post-New Order's private-sector led infrastructure development\, and 
 Jokowi's infrastructure ambition to promote economic growth through engagi
 ng state-owned enterprises (SOEs). In parallel\, it analyzes Indonesia's d
 ependence on multilateral and bilateral donors' financial and technologica
 l support in infrastructure development and Indonesia's continuous search 
 for autonomy. It examines how Indonesia mobilizes donor competition especi
 ally between China and Japan as a mechanism to enhance its agency when eng
 aging with foreign capital and technologies. At the end of the presentatio
 n\, I would like to explore how to conceptualize this chapter from the asp
 ects of dependency\, agency and (non)alignment etc.
LOCATION:Small Lecture Theatre\, Department of Geography
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