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This article discusses the need to re-imagine multiculturalism and feminism in order to better accommodate women in minority cultures who are religious. It begins and ends with comments about multiculturalism and ‘difference feminism’ in Australia. In the body of the paper I use anthropological field-work in Indonesia, first to show that culture and religion are not separate and immutable, and secondly to show how Muslim women in the women's movement in Indonesia are using Islam to build a multicultural discourse. Finally I apply my findings about Muslim women activists in multicultural discourse in Indonesia to multiculturalism in Australia. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Scholarly predictions of the secularization of the world have proven premature. We see a heterogeneous world in which religion remains a significant and vital social and political force. This paper reflects critically upon secularization theory in order to see how scholars can productively respond to the, at least partly, religious condition of the world at the beginning of the twenty first century. We note that conventional multiculturalism theory and policy neglects religion, and argue the need for a reconceptualization of understanding of religion and secularity, particularly in a context of multicultural citizenship -- such as in Australia and Indonesia. We consider the possibilities for religious pluralism in citizenship and for "religious citizenship". Finally, we propose that religious citizenship education might be a site for fostering a tolerant and enquiring attitude towards religious diversity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Australia's geographic positioning as the closest ‘western’ country to Indonesia and its immediate neighbour has been a unique influence on and frame for Indonesian and Indonesian-inflected music and music-related performance in Australia. Proximity to Indonesia has fostered direct person-to-person contact and other forms of cultural interaction, including diverse Australian–Indonesian creative encounters and endeavours mediated by music. Cultural interaction has been further facilitated by migration from Indonesia, easier travel, the advent of Australian multiculturalism and the transnational cultural flows of the present-day global environment. This article uses case studies to show how contemporary music and other performance create meaningful connections between Australians and Indonesians, or inform existing connections. The case studies, drawn from a much wider array of Australian-based, Indonesia-related performance activity, comprise gamelan performance in Australia; three Indonesian-flavoured intercultural music-theatre or world music projects led by Australians of Indonesian descent or Indonesians resident in Australia; and the vibrant Indonesian student pop culture scene in Melbourne. These music and performance activities are expressive of the various communities that generate them and of the identities that are constructed or affirmed in the process of music-making and performance-making. The musicians and performers discussed in the article have variously projected their Indonesianness (their cultural roots), explored their Indonesian ancestral or other ties, or identified with Indonesia (as an adopted culture) through performance activity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]