2022 Symposium
2022 SYMPOSIUM
(Dis)locating Coloniality: Lived Digital Religious Flows
across the Indian and Pacific Oceans
9-10 June 2022
Deakin Downtown and Online
With seed funding from the Alfred Deakin Institute, Deakin University Australia
Publications arising from this project include:
Weng, E., & Shorter, R. (2024). Decolonial perspectives on dominant constructions of “religion”. In J. Ravulo et al. Handbook of Critical Whiteness, pp. 939-953.
Halafoff, A., et al. (2024) Decolonising studies of religion in so-called Australia: Truth-Telling, collective reflections and future trajectories, Journal of Intercultural Studies, 1-19.
Panel 1 Acknowledgement of Country & Project Introduction
Acknowledgement of Country: Yin Paradies, Deakin University
Project introduction: Enqi Weng, William Abur and Rosie Shorter, Deakin University
Panel 2 Decoloniality in the study of religion: history, challenges, critiques and centring Indigenous perspectives
Decoloniality in the study of religion: history, challenges, critiques and centring Indigenous perspectives
Presenters: Cullan Joyce, University of Melbourne Yin Paradies, Deakin University Victoria Grieve-Williams, RMIT University Chair Joanna Cruickshank, Deakin University
Panel 3 Indigenous and Inclusive Theologies
Indigenous and Inclusive Theologies
Presenters: Anne Pattel-Gray, World Vision Australia Mary Graham, University of Queensland Chair Enqi Weng, Deakin University
Panel 4 Coloniality and Religion in Arts, Trade and Education
Presenters: Tyson Yunkaporta, Deakin University Richard Frankland, Deakin University Chair William Abur, University of Melbourne
Panel 5 Transational religious flows in the Pacific Ocean
Presenters: Quito Swan, Indiana University Bloomington Rod Mitchell, Linguarama Italia Srl Duncan Wright, Australian National University Chair Monika Winarnita, Deakin University
Panel 6 Discussions on the short film ‘The World of Cocos Malay Music and Dance’
Presenters: David Irving, ICEA & IMF, CSIC, Barcelona, and Jenny McCallum, La Trobe University
Panel 7 Transnational Religious Flows in the Indian Ocean
Presenters: Micahel Okyerefo, University of Ghana (Canada), and Dicky Sofjan, University of Gadjah Mada (Indonesia)
Research Team
Dr Enqi Weng, Deakin University
Dr William Abur, University of Melbourne
Dr Monika Winarnita, Deakin University, now University of Melbourne
Professor Anna Halafoff, Deakin University