surabaya, jawa timur, indonesia
media, budaya konsumsi, audiens, politik identitas
dia adalah perempuan tionghoa indonesia yang lahir di jawa timur.
mengenyam pendidikan di netherlands hingga menerima gelar doktor pada tahun 1990 di bidang social and cultural sciences, dari universitas amsterdam.
karya-karyanya lebih fokus pada budaya media dan konsumsi, kajian audiens media, politik identitas, nasionalisme, globalisasi, migrasi, etnisitas, dan berbagai hal terkait representasi dalam institusi-institusi budaya kontemporer.
pada tahun 2001 dia dianugerahi centenary medal untuk service to australian society and the humanities in cultural researchsebuah penghargaan
karya-karyanya mencakup topik asia kontemporer dan perubahan (tak ter-)tata dunia baru, hubungan australia-asia, serta tentang teori-teori dan metodologi.
ien ang adalah seorang public comentator yang terkemuka di australia dan salah seorang anggota dewan australian academy of the humanities
karya-karya inovatif interdisipliner profesor ang meliputi pola-pola arus budaya dan pertukaran dalam dunia yang semakin mengglobal, yang terfokus pada topik-topik berikut:
formasi audiens dan publik
politik identitas dan perbedaan
migrasi, etnisitas dan multikulturalisme di australia dan indonesia
representasi dalam institusi-institusi budaya kontemporer
buku-bukunya yang telah dikenal luas antara lain watching dallas, desperately seeking the audience dan on not speaking chinese, diakui sebagai karya-karya klasik di bidang kajian yang ditekuninya telah diterjemahkan ke dalam berbagai bahasa termasuk tiongkok, jepang, itali, turki, jerman, korea, dan spanyol.
buku terbarunya yang disunting bersama e lally dan k anderson diberi judul the art of engagement: culture, collaboration, innovation (university of western australia press, 2011).
penelitan arc yang dilakukannya saat ini berjudul sydney's chinatown in the asian century: from ethnic enclave to global hub (dengan donald mcneill and kay anderson dalam suatu kerjasama dengan the city of sydney).
sebagai seorang akademisi dunia, ang sering menjadi pembicara utama di australia dan internasional.
sebagai seorang arc professorial fellow, ang senantiasa mengeksplorasi implikasi-implikasi praktis dan teoretis terkait gagasan-gagasan tentang 'kompleksitas budaya' dalam penelitiannya yang berjudul 'cultural research for the 21st century: building cultural intelligence for a complex world'.
dia sangat istimewa dalam penelitan budaya yang bersifat kolaboratif dan telah mengerjakan itu secara ekstensif dengan organisasi-organisasi mitra seperti nsw migration heritage centre, the art gallery of new south wales, the special broadcasting service and the museum of contemporary art. profesor ang dianugerahi gelar distinguished professor oleh western sydney university sebagai suatu bentuk pengakuan terhadap rekam jejak dan keunggulannya yang istimewa penelitiannya.
dia adalah orang pertama yang mendapat penghargaan bergengsi ini dari universitas.
phd, 1990, social and cultural sciences, university of amsterdam, the netherlands
doctorandus/mphil, 1982, mass communication, university of amsterdam, the netherlands
kandidaats/ba, 1977, psychology, university of amsterdam, the netherlands
nama ien ang tidak cukup dikenal di indonesia.
dalam suatu wawancara dengan ignatius haryanto yang diterbitkan di sebuah harian nasional kompas, 12 november 2000 ien ang menceriterakan secara singkat kisah hidupnya
lebih jauh dengan ien ang
tak banyak orang tahu bahwa ien ang, salah satu tokoh pemikir kontemporer dalam bidang cultural studies ini adalah seorang indonesia, di antara puluhan sarjana lain asal amerika, eropa, australia, dan india.
ien ang bisa jadi suatu contoh dari intelektual indonesia yang berdiaspora, yang dikenal dan harum namanya justru di dunia internasional.nama ien ang kerap disebut karena ia merupakan penulis yang produktif dalam berbagai jurnal dan buku-buku internasional yang berkaitan dengan masalah cultural studies, post colonial studies, dan juga media studies.
fokus perhatian ang sangatlah beragam mulai dari masalah politik identitas, masalah audiens yang aktif, masalah gender dalam konsumsi media, serta terakhir ini ia lebih banyak menulis soal hubungan antar komunal di dunia.
prestasinya juga dibuktikan dengan jabatan professor of cultural studies yang ia dapatkan dari university of western sydney, pada usia baru 42 tahun.
namun ketika ignatius haryanto, mahasiswa indonesia yang tengah menuntut ilmu di national university of singapore (nus) menemui ien ang di kantor sementaranya di centre of advance studies, nus, akhir september lalu, tak ada tanda "kesangaran" bahwa wanita berusia 46 tahun ini adalah sosok yang penuh reputasi akademik internasional dan gelar profesor yang disandangnya sejak empat tahun lalu.
sebaliknya, ien ang adalah seorang wanita dengan wajah segar dan penuh senyum, dengan penampilan sederhana, t-shirtberwarna abu-abu dengan strip berwarna biru tua pada ujung lengan, dipadu dengan celana jeans berwarna biru muda.
kesan ramah terpancar dari mata dan senyum yang tak pernah putus, dengan sesekali menyibak rambut sepanjang leher yang kerap menutupi matanya.
dalam wawancara ia pun tak ingin berposisi hanya sekadar seorang nara sumber, kerap kali ia malah balik mengajak penanya untuk juga mendiskusikan pertanyaan yang diajukan.
ia tidak ingin mengesankan wawancara ini menjadi suatu yang formal, dan sesekali ketika mendengar cerita tentang indonesia, ia menerawang mengingat-ingat masa ketika ia masih tinggal di indonesia jauh lebih dari 30 tahun yang lampau.
di antara waktunya selama sebulan tinggal di singapura sebagai fellow pada centre for advance studies, nus, ien ang sempat mempresentasikan paper diskusi yang berjudul "indonesia on my mind: diaspora, internet and the struggle for hybridity".
paper ini merupakan sebagian dari buku keempat yang sedang ditulisnya berjudul on not speaking chinese: living between asia &
artikel ini, yang inspirasi judulnya diambil dari salah satu judul lagu yang pernah dibawakan penyanyi ray charles, georgia on my mind, mungkin menjadi semacam kilas balik bagi ang dalam mengenal indonesia yang pernah ia kenal sebagai tanah lahir dan tempat dimana ia menghabiskan masa kecilnya.
lahir sebagai anak pertama dari lima orang bersaudara dari pasangan ang khoen ie dan oey sioe ing, di surabaya pada tahun 1954, ien ang merasakan hidupnya sebagai bagian dari diaspora manusia indonesia yang meninggalkan indonesia pada tahun 1966-setahun setelah meletuskan peristiwa 30 september 1965.
ang tinggal di belanda selama 25 tahun, hingga ia mendapatkan gelar doktor dari university of amsterdam dan sejak tahun 1991 ia tinggal di australia.
ia lulus doktor pada tahun 1985 dengan dibimbing oleh prof dennis mc quaill, setelah menyelesaikan program doktorandusnya pada tahun 1982.
kedua tesisnya telah dibukukan dengan judul watching dallas (1985), dan desperately seeking audience (1991).
buku ang lainnya adalah living room wars, dan ketiga buku ini diterbitkan oleh penerbit routledge, penerbit buku akademik bergengsi asal inggris.
ia sempat menjadi lecturer pada jurusan ilmu politik di universitas amsterdam, sebelum akhirnya ia pindah ke murdoch university, australia barat pada tahun 1991 menjadi senior lecturer dan ia pun menjadi direktur dari center for research in culture and communication pada universitas yang sama.
dari murdoch, ia pindah ke university of western sydney, dan menjadi direktur institute for cultural research dan menjadi editor untuk sebuah jurnal bernama communal/plural (journal of transnational and crosscultural studies) milik universitas western of sydney.
di luar kesibukannya, ia pun masih sempat menikmati musik yang menjadi hobinya, terutama musik-musik berbagai etnik dunia, seperti musik asal brazil, seperti gilberto gil, atau juga mendengarkan tiupan saxophone dari miles dives.
untuk artis wanita, ia menyukai penyanyi madonna yang menurutnya, "sangat menarik memperhatikan dirinya yang terus menginterpretasikan dirinya".
tak heran jika salah satu judul buku ang pun mengambil inspirasi dari salah satu film yang pernah dibintangi madonna, desperately seeking susan.
ia mengaku hanya sedikit bisa berbahasa indonesia, dan ia berpikir untuk belajar kembali bahasa indonesia.
namun, jika ada seorang asing bertanya tentang identitas diri kepadanya, ang tak akan ragu menyebut "saya orang indonesia, yang mendapatkan pendidikan di belanda dan kini tinggal di australia."
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2006: scholar in residence, scholars program for cultural and communication, annenberg school of communication, university of pennsylvania
2005-2009: australian research council professorial fellowship
2005: visiting professor, advanced cultural studies institute of sweden, linkoping university, sweden
2004: visiting professor, city university of hong kong
2003: recipient, centenary medal, australian commonwealth government
2003: benjamin meaker visiting professor, university of bristol
2001: presenter of the annual history lecture, history council of nsw
2000: fellow, australian academic of the humanities
2001-2003: elected member, council of the australian academy of the humanities
2000: isaac manasseh meyer fellowship, national university of singapore
1998: center for cultural studies resident scholarship, university of california, santa cruz
1998: obermann center research fellowship, university of iowa
1994: cultural studies research fellowship, east west center, hawaii
1992: visiting professor, university of stockholm, sweden
1986: fulbright fellowship, junior scholar category, city university of new york
1986-present: member of the editorial advisory board of the following journals: new formations, cultural studies, continuum: australian journal for the media, cultural studies review, social semiotics, european journal of cultural studies, hecate, feminist media studies, international feminist journal of politics, topia: canadian journal for cultural studies, traces: multilingual journal for cultural theory, ethnicities, comparative american studies, american ethnologist
2003-2004: external advisor, national museum of australia
2002-2004: member, international advisory committee, institute for citizenship and globalization, deakin university
2002: australian reader, humanities and creative arts panel, australian research council
2001: international (non uk) adviser, communications, cultural and media studies assessment panel, research assessment exercise, united kingdom
1999-2003: external examiner, cultural studies program, lingnan university, hong kong, prc
1999-2002: member, reference group for the migration heritage centre, premier's department, state government of new south wales
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