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Violence at the Intersections of Globalism, Nationalism and Tribalism Sponsor: Australian Research Council (Discovery Grant) 2003–5 Chief Investigators: Paul James and Tom Nairn Project Manager: Damian Grenfell Project Description: This study investigates recent arenas of violence, from the genocide in Rwanda to ethnic cleansing in the Balkans, militia activities in East Timor and West Papua, and the ‘War on Terrorism’ in Afghanistan. First, it examines Western public representations of these arenas. Secondly, drawing upon comparative political and anthropological analyses, the study tests its hypothesis that neo-tribalism and neotraditionalism are best understood in the globalizing context of insecure nation states. This study thus critically examines the commonplace claim that assertions of primordial tribalism and traditionalism are the well-spring of contemporary violence. Book Publications: Global Matrix: Nationalism, Globalization and State-Terrorism, Pluto Press, London, 2005 Forming East Timor Chief Investigators: Damian Grenfell, Paul James Project Description: Conducted within the larger 'Violence at the Intersections of Globalism, Nationalism and Tribalism' project, this study focuses on East Timor in particular. We are primarily interested in questions of identity, meaning, interchange, and the foundations of violence in the transformations of an emerging nation-state. What did the Indonesians think they were doing in East Timor? What was the basis of the militia violence? How did the East Timorese think of themselves as a nation? In what ways did a history of guerrilla resistance inform East Timorese nation formation? Sources of Insecurity: Localism, Nationalism and Globalism Sponsor: RMIT University (Research Infrastructure Funding) Chief Investigator: Paul James Partner Investigators: Damian Grenfell, Hariz Halilovich, John Handmer, Jeff Lewis, Tom Nairn Project Description: Over the past decade a number of destabilizing developments have occurred which pose serious practical and conceptual challenges to conventional policy frameworks and responses. These security challenges have all been of a complex and unconventional nature—they do not accord with conventional models of statebased military threats from the deployment or use of conventional military force. They involve non-state or multiple actors, or complex processes such as social, environmental and economic feedbacks. They challenge the relevance and efficacy of conventional militarized, state-based security responses conducted as standalone actions. Australian Responses to Refugees, 1901-2005 Chief Investigators: Paul James, Mary Kalantzis Researchers: Douglas McQueen-Thomson, Leanne Reinke, Christopher Scanlon Funding Body: Australian Research Council Timeline: January 2003 – December 2005 Description: Determining appropriate responses to refugees is a definitive political concern in contemporary Australia. However, conceptual and historical analysis is lacking of the global context and genealogy of Australia's current policy. This project will analyse Australian reactions to refugees from Federation to the present. It is hypothesised that positions on refugees have been integral to the constitution of Australian national identity. Using an innovative combination of theory (relating to nationhood), cultural reading and archival research, this project will explore the complex interaction between government policy, humanitarian concerns, and the culture of security considerations. The project will inform public and policy debate. Current Projects outside the Globalism Institute All of our participants are active researchers—whether funded or unfunded—engaged in research projects associated with the aims of the network. Many have lengthy track records of attracting research grants and the following list is just a selection of grants currently held by participants in the Sources of Insecurity network. The Globalism Insitute is currently researching three major projects in the area: Violence at the Intersections of Globalism, Nationalism and Tribalism, Forming East Timor and Sources of Insecurity: Global, National, Local. ARC funded projects associated with the Network Themes New Concepts of Human Security and Aids Discovery Grant Chief Investigator: Dennis Altman Asia/Pacific HIV/AIDS Database: Support for Regional Policy Research Linkage Infrastructure Grant Chief Investigators: Dennis Altman. Sue Kippax, Margaret Jolly and Anthony Zwi Islam, Nationalism and Secession in Aceh, Indonesia Discovery Grant Chief Investigator: Edward Aspinall At the Border: Health, Immigration restriction and the imagining of Australia, 1901-2001 Discovery Grant Chief Investigator: Alison Bashford The Indonesian Killings of 1965-1966 Discovery Grant Chief Investigator: Robert Cribb Central Asia between Islam and the Great Powers: The Implications of September 11 Discovery Grant Chief Investigators: Joe Camilleri and Shahram Akbarzadeh Biotechnology Across the Borders of Life: Stem Cell Technology and Global Medical Exchange Discovery Grant/Post-Doctoral Fellowship Chief Investigator: Kate Cregan Communities Across Borders: The Transnational Dynamics of Emerging and Stateless Refugee Groups in Australia Discovery Grant/Post-Doctoral Fellowship Chief Investigator: Greg Gow Professions, Human Rights and the State: the Role of Law and Medicine in the Transition from Repression to Democracy Discovery Grant Chief Investigator: Michael Humphrey The New Services Industry Model: Implications for Audio-Visual Media Discovery Grant Chief Investigator: Liz Jacka Violence at the Intersections of Globalism, Nationalism and Tribalism Discovery Grant Chief Investigators: Paul James and Tom Nairn Australian Responses to Refugees, 1901–2005 Discovery Grant Chief Investigators: Paul James and Mary Kalantzis Asia-Pacific Cosmopolitanisms: Managing Diversity and Identity Politics in a Changing Region Discovery Grant Chief Investigator: Joel Kahn Multiliteracies in Curriculum Practice Discovery Grant Chief Investigators: Mary Kalantzis, Bill Cope and Allan Luke Comparative Dimensions of Active Citizenship: An Analysis of Indicators of Inclusivity and Exclusivity in Civil Society Discovery Grant Chief Investigators: Sue Kenny, K Brown, J Onyx, and T Burke. The Political Economy of Military Reform in Indonesia: Opportunities and Challenges for Civilian Control of the TNI Discovery Grant/Post-doctoral Fellowship Chief Investigator: Damien Kingsbury and Lesley McCulloch From Mass to Public: Discourses and Representations or Popular Sovereignty in Indonesia Discovery Grant Chief Investigator: Philip Kitley Face to Face with Asia: Australia, the Colombo Plan and the Asian Engagement Debate Discovery Grant Chief Investigator: David Lowe, David Walker and Chris Waters Science, Politics and Diplomacy in Australia’s Engagement with Chemical and Biological Weapons Discovery Grant Chief Investigators: Roy McLeod and Henry Albinski The Empowerment of Australia: Industrial Museums in the Modern Age Discovery Grant Chief Investigator: Roy MacLeod Theory and Action for Opposing Political Oppression Discovery Grant Chief Investigator: Brian Martin Border Controls and the Movement of People in a Globalising Asia-Pacific Region: A Cross-National Study of Four Evolving Control Regimes Discovery Grant Chief Investigators: Teresa Morris-Suzuki and A Kaur Culture and Commerce in the Indian Ocean Discovery Grant/Professorial Fellowship Chief Investigators: Stephen Muecke, Devleena Ghosh and M Pearson Junction Zones: Multiethnic Spaces in Australasia and the Pacific Discovery Grant Chief Investigator: Suvendrini Perera Asian Women, Migration and Transnational Governance from Below Discovery Grant Chief Investigator: Nicola Piper Human Rights and the Transformation of World Politics Discovery Grant Chief Investigator: Chris Reus-Smit Hindu Revivalism and Religious Conflict in Javanese Society: An Ethnographic Investigation of Changing Identities and Political Aspirations in contemporary Indonesia QE II Research Fellowship Chief Investigator: Thomas Reuter English as a Global Language Discovery Grant Chief Investigators: Michael Singh, Peter Kell and Ambigapathy Pandian International Student Mobility and Educational Innovation Discovery Grant Chief Investigators: Michael Singh and Fazal Rizvi Trade Unions, Globalisation and Networked Computers Linkage Grant (with an APIA) Chief Investigators: Geoff Stokes and Andrew Vandenberg Risk, Media and Identity in Kosovo: Local/Global Trends in Democratization Discovery Grant Chief Investigator: John Tulloch Debating the Impact of International Trade Agreements on Transnational Higher Education Discovery Grant Chief Investigators: Chris Ziguras and Grant McBurnie Women at Risk: Refugees, Health Services, and Migration to Australia Linkage Grant Chief Investigators: Anthony Zwi, Pittaway, and Whelan Other projects associated with the Network Themes Muslim Response to ‘Clash of Civilizations’ Monash University, Faculty of Arts Research Grant Chief Investigator: Shahram Akbarzadeh The Bond of Community UNSW Goldstar Award Chief Investigator: Rosalyn Diprose Off to a Healthy Start: A Longitudinal Ethnography of the Social Contexts and Determinants of Health and Wellbeing Among Newly Arrived Refugee Youth Victorian Health Promotion Foundation Grant Chief Investigators: S Gifford, I Kaplan, P Allotey, C Bakopanos, R Cummins and D Reidpath Discrimination or Discretion? Factors Contributing to Discrimination of People with HCV in Health Care Settings NH&MRC Grant Chief Investigators: S Gifford, M O’Brien and J Browne Exchange program between 3 EU universities, UQ, Griffith and University of Melbourne European Union/DEST Grant Chief Investigators: Marianne Hanson et al Negotiating Local/Global Tensions: Building Sustainable Communities RMIT VRII Grant Chief Investigators: Paul James, John Martin, Kim Humphery, Kate Cregan, Yaso Nadarajah, and Chris Scanlon Research in Bishop Museum and University of Hawai’i library during summer workshop on Pacific National Endowment for the Humanities Grant Chief Investigator: Margaret Jolly Effects of Gender and Sex Hormones on Recovery from Anaesthesia AACP Grant Chief Investigators: Paul Komesaroff and Paul Myles WISDOM (Women’s Study of Long Duration Hormone Therapy in Menopause) MRC (UK)/ NH&MRC Grant Chief Investigators: Paul Komesaroff et al Effects of a Chinese Herbal Compound on Markers of Cardiac Function and Risk Tasly Pharmaceutical Co, China Chief Investigators: Paul Komesaroff et al Establishment of an Australian Research Centre into Complementary and Alternative Medicines Victorian Government Grant Chief Investigators: Paul Komesaroff et al Establishment of Global Reconciliation Network Various International NGOs and government agencies Convenor: Paul Komesaroff NHMRC Industry Fellowship NH&MRC Grant Chief Investigators: Paul Komesaroff and Shanhong Ling Networks and Netwars in the Asia-Pacific Monash University Research Grant Partner Investigator: Pete Lentini within a large team John Walker Lindh, David Hicks and the Struggles Over National Identity and Islam Monash University, Faculty of Arts Research Grant Chief Investigator: Pete Lentini Suppressing the Financing of Terrorism: An Effective Response or a Dangerous and Unwarranted Expansion of State Power? Monash University, Faculty of Arts Research Grant Chief Investigator: Jude McCulloch (with others) An Analysis of National Sovereignty in Australian Human Rights Policy Discourse UNSW Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Research Grant Chief Investigators: Matt McDonald and Kath Gelber Sources of Insecurity: Local, National and Global RMIT VRII Grant Chief Investigators: Tom Nairn, Paul James, John Handmer, Jeff Lewis and Damian Grenfell Indigenous Communication and Knowledge Systems and Modern Technology Australia-Canada Faculty Research Award, Canadian High Commission Chief Investigator: Leanne Reinke Border Knowledges: Learning Across Boundaries of Difference RMIT VRII Grant Chief Investigators: Leanne Reinke and Christopher Ziguras Sidney Sax Post-doctoral Fellow NH&MRC Grant Chief Investigator: Wendy Rogers Posttraumatic Mental Health: Enhancing Resilience and Recovery NH&MRC Grant Chief Investigators: D Silove, R Bryant, and A McFarlane Globalisation in Australian Political Thought Deakin University Central Research Grant Scheme Chief Investigator: Geoff Stokes, P Haeusler and M Leach Cosmopolitan Discourse and its Critics in Australian Political Thought: An Evaluation Deakin University Central Research Grant Scheme Chief Investigator: Geoff Stokes, G Smith, L Hancock, R Pitty, P Haeusler, and M Leach Securitising Islamic Terrorism: Policy Responses, Perceptions and Blowback ESRC Research Grant Chief Investigators: Bryan Turner, Frederic Volpi and Jutta Weldes The Future of Feminist Science Studies ESRC Research Grant Chief Investigators: Catherine Waldby and N. Wakeford Never Too Late to Learn – Lessons from Re-establishing Health Systems in Countries Emerging from Conflict Nuffield Trust Chief Investigator: Anthony Zwi Ethics of Research in Conflict Situations World Health Organization Chief Investigator: Anthony Zwi Conflict and Infectious Disease World Health Organization Chief Investigators: Anthony Zwi, Pavignani and Kalinga Silva HERON – Using Routine Data for Policy and Service Development Population Health Capacity Building Grant Chief Investigators: Anthony Zwi, Armstrong et al Australia-Canada Research Consortium on Health and Conflict: Preventing Violence, Recovery and Building the Peace AusAID Chief Investigators: Anthony Zwi, Derrick Silove, Michael Humphrey Never Too Late to Learn—Lessons from Re-establishing Health Systems in Countries Emerging from Conflict Conference AusAID Chief Investigators: Anthony Zwi and Bolger Sources of Insecurity ©Copyright 2004