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Melbourne Asia Review is an initiative of the Asia Institute. Any inquiries about Melbourne Asia Review should be directed to the Managing Editor, Cathy Harper.

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INTERVIEW: You are what you eat—Representing the politics and privilege of palm oil production and consumption

  • Elia Nurvista,

“My main goal is for people to see the complexity of consumption and globalisation and not take their privilege for granted.”

INTRODUCTION: How creative art helps us understand & represent nature & climate change

  • A/Prof. Edwin Jurriëns,

Southeast Asian visual art, film, literature, photography and design help us grapple with the slow unfolding of crises such as rising sea levels, pollution and drought.

Global environmental problems: Reflections on selected Malaysian contemporary artworks

  • Prof. Gaik Cheng Khoo,

Malaysian art is gaining international recognition for its focus on climate change and as a tool for social change.

Politicising the natural environment through Indonesian art

  • Dr Edwin Jurriëns,

Many Indonesian artists discuss natural disasters not in isolation, but in relation to broader social, political and historical processes and injustices.