SDAC Lecture Series
Standards of Decision-Making Across Cultures (SDAC) is an interdisciplinary study programme in cultural studies with an emphasis on East Asian societies. It allows the students to acquire profound academic and methodological knowledge, as well as additional key skills regarding decision-making processes in East Asia.
Thursday, 04.06.2020, 10:00-12:00
Gunnar Stange will address the social, political and economic implications of internal forced displacements on affected communities in their endeavor to rebuild their livelihoods after displacement. Starting with some results form a scientific literature review on forced migration research in Southeast Asia that will highlight the immense research gap that exists regarding social science research on internal displacement in Southeast Asian countries, Gunnar Stange will present two case studies from Jakarta and Sidoarjo (both Indonesia). The case of Jakarta look at livelihood recovery strategies of informal settlers that were evicted and relocated to houses of blocks in the name of flood mitigation by the provincial government of Jakarta. The case of Sidoarjo in eastern Java compares different relocation strategies of communities that were displaces after the eruption of the worlds's largest mud volcano.
