Research

  • The Asian Performance Research Cluster
    The Asian Performance Research Cluster is a cross-disciplinary forum for Monash University’s postgraduates, academics and research staff engaged in the study of performance in/of Asian cultures, contexts, and issues. We derive our creative and critical tools from various disciplines, ranging from Performance Studies, Theatre, Anthropology, Sociology, Music, Film, Media and Communication, Literature, and Asian Studies. ... Read more
  • Cultural Typhoon Melbourne
     (See Monash Memo http://www.monash.edu.au/news/show/cultural-typhoon-kicks-off) Cultural Typhoon Melbourne is a group of Melbourne-based scholars, students and activists, initiated by Koichi Iwabuchi, interested in exploring media and cultural studies in Asian contexts. In solidarity with the Association for Cultural Typhoon based in Japan, Cultural Typhoon Melbourne will hold monthly seminars intended to create a space for the free ... Read more
  • Post-Tsunami Resettlement Project
    Led by Judith Shaw of the MAI, Martin Mulligan and Dave Mercer of RMIT University and Matthew Clarke of Deakin University and supported by industry partners AusAID and the Foundation for Development Cooperation, this comparative study investigates housing resettlement projects in three countries affected by the 2004 tsunami. Read more
  • The Revival of Afghan Music (ROAM) Action Research Project
    The revival of Afghan music and music education in Afghanistan should be viewed as one of the most important measures that can be taken to rebuild this traumatised nation. The healing powers of music are too well known to rehearse here. In addition, the rejuvenation of music contributes directly to the building of a viable ... Read more
  • Kashgar Project
    This project brings together teams from the Monash Asia Institute, Urumqi Normal University in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China in an international research collaboration to document, measure, and define the most significant cultural monuments and spaces of Kashgar. Read more
  • The Architecture of Regional Economic Institutions: What does the Asia Pacific Need?
    Papers are invited for an afternoon of discussions about the architecture of Asia-Pacific relations from different perspectives: economic, political, legal, strategic and social. Read more
  • Towards Sustainable Living: The Sukunan program in Java, Indonesia
    The Sukunan Program helps the residents of Sukunan village engage with a waste management and sustainable living program. Read more
  • Remittances and Financial Services Project
    Arc Linkage Project Leveraging remittances with microfinance: a cross-country study Over the last twenty years the volume of funds sent home by migrant workers has expanded to become a key input to national and household economies in Asia, Latin America, Africa and the Pacific region. In many developing countries migrant remittances exceed international aid and investment ... Read more
  • Research Project – Collective Action Amongst Pashtun Communities
    Are you Pashtun and living in Melbourne? If you are, you might be interested in participating in this research project. Read more