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Feelings at the Margins
Emotion and Marginality in Indonesia
Scientists from Indonesia, the Philippines, England, the USA, Denmark
and Germany spent three days discussing the role of emotions in the
context of marginalized groups in Indonesia. These three days, packed with intercultural and interdisciplinary dialog, made an important contribution to enriching the discourse on marginality and social exclusion related to the “long neglected but extremely important role of emotions”, said conference host Prof. Dr. Birgitt Röttger-Rössler.
Representatives from the fields of anthropology, psychology and
sociology as well as political and historical sciences discussed their
varied fields of research with the goal of gaining clarity about
relationships between emotions and processes of marginalization in
Indonesia. Thomas Stodulka, who designed the programme for the 3-day
conference, said he was especially pleased “that we and our Indonesian
colleagues were able to get such a diverse and high-profile event off
the ground”.
Following two days of intensive lectures, the third day provided time
for more in-depth workshops in which exchange between doctoral
candidates and international senior researchers was a chief goal.
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