Indonesia has a long history of students leading movements for change. After a series of protests in August and the viral sharing of an emergency warning sign on social media, we speak to Satya Azyumar, an activist and leader of a new youth organisation called Social Justice Indonesia. Based in Jakarta, this group hosts meetings where its 17 members get together to critically and openly discuss politics in Indonesia. In Melbourne, we speak to academic Pipin Jamson at a rally outside the Indonesian Consulate calling for an end to Jokowi's political dynasty in Indonesia. And Victoria Winata, a young Chinese-Indonesian woman who wrote and performed a play at a theatre in Melbourne about her experience with intergenerational trauma from the events of May 1998.
Credits:
Produced and hosted by Ashlynn Hannah and Sofia Jayne. Theme music from the album Saudara by Joelistics, Komang and Gamelan DanAnda. Additional gamelan music is of the gamelan Digul from the MAMU archive courtesy of Margaret Kartomi. Some audio excerpts were sourced from community and news broadcasters. The sound used during the interview with Victoria Winata is from her play ‘May 1998’. The cover art for this episode was made by collage artist Ilham Gusti Syahadat. Our main cover art is by Ika Vantiani.
Tetangga podcast is published with Inside Indonesia, a not-for-profit Melbourne-based magazine. Find our list of resources for further reading, listening and watching on the Inside Indonesia website.
