Dr Hapsari Visits Bath
This week, Assistant Professor at the Department of International Relations at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Dr Maharani Hapsari, visited the University of Bath. Dr Hapsari joined them for their fortnightly meeting for project updates, then gave a talk as part of the ESG Seminar series on the rise of environmental justice movements in Indonesia. This talk covered how the case of palm oil justice movements in Indonesia reveals that struggle is not neutral from contestation, arising within the collective political groups seeking to transform the existing power structure towards a more desirable and just alternative order. Instead, such contestation is a product of contending discourse articulated by activities within the movement, which shapes their identity, approach and strategy in promoting justice as part of the collective action.
After the seminar, Dr Hapsari discussed future collaboration and research in Indonesia with SGAIN.
