A conversation with Arvind Lakshmisha, a PhD Candidate at the Department of International Agricultural Policy and Environmental Governance, University of Kassel.

Opening music:

Solidas by Marjinal. The music was created during the solidarity action in Berlin, which was organized by the vocalist of the band on 18 February 2022. The solidarity evening was especially dedicated for the farming community in Wadas, a village that was destroyed by stone mining. The mining supplies the material to build a new large dam that had been long planned by the national government, to supply water and energy for the new international airport in Java.

Closing music and song:

Selamat Pagi by Sanggar Ciliwung Merdeka. The song was recorded by Prathiwi in Jakarta during their rehearsal on 18 March 2017. The children were still actively singing after their riverside workshop had been demolished in 2016, during a forced eviction. In 2016 alone, there were 193 cases of forced evictions with direct victims of 5.726 households and 5.379 informal business units in the kampungs of Jakarta, or the so-called slums, in the name of the Ciliwung river normalization program.

A conversation with Nora Schütze, a PhD Candidate at the Department of International Agricultural Policy and Environmental Governance, University of Kassel.

Opening music:

Solidas by Marjinal. The music was created during the solidarity action in Berlin, which was organized by the vocalist of the band on 18 February 2022. The solidarity evening was especially dedicated for the farming community in Wadas, a village that was destroyed by stone mining. The mining supplies the material to build a new large dam that had been long planned by the national government, to supply water and energy for the new international airport in Java.

Closing music and song:

Selamat Pagi by Sanggar Ciliwung Merdeka. The song was recorded by Prathiwi in Jakarta during their rehearsal on 18 March 2017. The children were still actively singing after their riverside workshop had been demolished in 2016, during a forced eviction. In 2016 alone, there were 193 cases of forced evictions with direct victims of 5.726 households and 5.379 informal business units in the kampungs of Jakarta, or the so-called slums, in the name of the Ciliwung river normalization program.

In this first episode, I present a conversation with my research mentor, Prof. Andreas Thiel at the University of Kassel.

Opening music:

Solidas by Marjinal. The music was created during the solidarity action in Berlin, which was organized by the vocalist of the band on 18 February 2022. The solidarity evening was especially dedicated for the farming community in Wadas, a village that was destroyed by stone mining. The mining supplies the material to build a new large dam that had been long planned by the national government, to supply water and energy for the new international airport in Java.

Closing music and song:

Selamat Pagi by Sanggar Ciliwung Merdeka. The song was recorded by Prathiwi in Jakarta during their rehearsal on 18 March 2017. The children were still actively singing after their riverside workshop had been demolished in 2016, during a forced eviction. In 2016 alone, there were 193 cases of forced evictions with direct victims of 5.726 households and 5.379 informal business units in the kampungs of Jakarta, or the so-called slums, in the name of the Ciliwung river normalization program.