From The Jakarta Post, 4 October 2008
By Nury Vittachi
Today, boys and girls, we will learn about an extremely dangerous weapon of mass destruction which is frequently used by Western governments to cause massive damage to Asian countries. It is small, portable, and cannot be detected by any security scanner. It is called The Travel […]
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The secret weapon the West uses against Asia
October 5, 2008 – 6:01 am
Stanley in Melbourne
September 28, 2008 – 7:55 pm
Yosep Stanley Adi Prasetyo, a Commissioner for the Indonesian Human Rights Commission responsible for the sub-commission for Education and Public Awareness will be visiting Melbourne, and a few other capital cities of Australia.
While in Melbourne Stanley will be making a number of presentations from Tuesday, 21 October to Thursday, 23 October 2008. For further details, […]
When poetry meets jazz
September 28, 2008 – 7:46 pm
INDONESIAN PROGRAM, Asia Institute
presents a free public performance
Singing Srengenge
“When fine poetry meets fine jazz, a new music is born.”
Australian writer/singer Jan Cornall and Indonesian poet, Sitok Srengenge perform
and discuss a selection of works from their jazz poetry CD, Jan Cornall - Singing Srengenge
Tuesday 30 September 2008, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Yasuko Hiraoka Myer Room (YHM), […]
Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia
September 17, 2008 – 9:56 pm
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Home to approximately one-fifth of the world¹s Muslim population, Indonesia and Malaysia are often overlooked or misrepresented in media discourses about Islam. Ideas, sounds, images, gestures, and meanings about Islam abound in contemporary popular cultural forms including film, music, television, radio, comics, fashion, magazines, and cyberculture. By focusing on popular […]
Launch of Popular Culture in Indonesia
July 8, 2008 – 12:09 pm
On Wednesday 2 July Professor Krishna Sen, FAHA (Executive Director, Humanities and Creative Arts, Australian Research Council) launched a new book Popular Culture in Indonesia; Fluid Identities in Post-Authoritarian Politics (London: Routledge, 2008) that I edit.
The event began at 6:00pm (refreshment) in the University Professional Bookshop (The University of Melbourne), for 6:30pm (presentations) in Theatre […]
Politics of Islamization in Indonesia (1)
June 7, 2008 – 6:45 pm
previously published in The Jakarta Post, 6 June 2008
note: parts of the original manuscript have been cut; for a copy of the original, click here
When governments try to look more Islamic
Ariel Heryanto
The use and abuse of Islamic politics by the Soeharto government (1966-1998) and his immediate successor in transition, BJ Habibie (1998-1999), have […]
Politics of Islamization in Indonesia (2)
June 7, 2008 – 6:44 pm
previously published in The Jakarta Post, 7 June 2008
see also translations in Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, Dutch, Korea, Italian, French, German, Spanish, Russian, and Portuguese
notes: (1) the original title as submitted to the publisher reads “Islamist Parties try to look less Islamist”; (2) parts of the original manuscript have been cut; for a copy […]
Berita tentang FPI
June 4, 2008 – 9:59 pm
from The Jakarta Post
•FPI members roam freely despite long record of attacks, brutality >
•Commentary: FPI acts are a blessing in disguise for SBY, police >
•Government slammed for inaction against FPI >
•Mounting pressure to ‘freeze’ FPI
from Tempointeraktif
•Koran Tempo Akan Diserbu >
•51 Anggota FPI Ditangkap Polisi >
•Habib Rizieq Ditangkap >
•Polisi Jemput Anggota FPI Pembawa Senjata Tajam […]
Politics Meets Pop Culture In Indonesia
June 1, 2008 – 11:40 am
“Politics Meets Pop Culture In Indonesia” a podcast conversation with two of several authors of a newly published book Popular Culture in Indonesia; Fluid Identities in Post-Authoritarian Politics (A. Heryanto, ed., Routledge 2008). The podcast is available for playback online, or download and save in your computer or mp3 player. A transcript in pdf and […]
Julia Suryakusuma on May 1998
May 29, 2008 – 11:58 am
from Tempo No. 39/VIII/May 27-June 02, 2008
Too Much, Too Little, Too Late
Julia Suryakusuma
Julia Suryakusuma is the author of Sex, Power and Nation. She can be contacted at jsuryakusuma@gmail.com
A FEW days ago, I relived the past in celluloid form: 10 films from Proyek […]