2011 Indonesian Arts And Culture Scholarship Programme
Short Term Programme
The Indonesian Arts and Culture Scholarship
25 April – 29 July 2011
A. BACKGROUND
The
Indonesian Arts and Culture Scholarship has been conducted since 2003
and was initially offered to and participated by member countries of the
South West Pacific Dialogue (SwPD); Australia, New Zealand, Papua New
Guinea, the Philippines, Timor-Leste, and the host Indonesia.
Bearing
in mind the significance and advantages obtained from the program, the
offer was expanded over the years to include member countries of ASEAN,
ASEAN+3, and PIF, as well as India and South Africa. In 2008, Indonesia
welcomed the participation of Azerbaijan, the Netherlands, the United
Kingdom, and the United States. Since 2009, Austria has joined the
program and in 2010 the Government of Indonesia has given the
opportunity for participants from France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain
and Suriname. This year, Indonesia will invite participant from Hungary,
Poland, the Czech Republic and Turkey to join the program.
Due
to the limited space and the vast amount of interest in the program,
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia in
cooperation with Indonesian embassies and consulates overseas, hold a
series of selection process. Taken into considerations are, among
others, the participants’ background, gender and regional
representation.
In
order to deepen the participants’ understanding of Indonesian arts and
culture, and to enhance their skills for the final performance,
participants will be divided and assigned by the organising committee to
different arts centers for the duration of approximately two and a half
month. The arts centers are located in Bandung, West Java; Denpasar,
Bali; Solo, Central Java; Surabaya, East Java; and Bandar Lampung,
Lampung.
Participants
will live within or around the arts centers, allowing for the chance to
experience the local heritage and interact with the local community.
Synergy between theory and practices shared inside and outside the art
centers would undoubtedly become the driving force for shaping
international cultures and norms, and will eventually strengthen
regional as well as global understanding and cooperation at a
people-to-people level.
