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Environment Discourse and the ‘Other’: Implications from a Study in Indonesian Language Education

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 June 2015

Laurence Tamatea
Laurence Tamatea*
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University of New England
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Abstract

In a study of student discourse in Indonesian language education the environment emerged as a significant topic of discussion. Analysis using the Postcolonial theory concepts of orientalism and ambivalence shows that environment discourse can function as a means of Othering. It can reflect the ambivalence and complexities of Orientalism and resist simple categorisation as positive or negative.

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Research Article
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Australian Journal of Environmental Education , Volume 17 , 2001 , pp. 55 - 62
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012

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