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Art & Culture 7 years ago
Exhibition reflects on 20 years since Indonesia's reformation
A photo exhibition at the Antara Journalistic Photography Gallery covering the 20 years since the reformation is running until Jun. 11, featuring photographs from Indonesia's transition to democracy from authoritarian rule.
Politics 8 years ago
Reform ‘not successful’, Soeharto era ‘even better’: Titiek Soeharto
House of Representatives member Siti Hediati Herijadi or Titiek Soeharto, the second daughter of late former president Soeharto, has said the reform movement, which began after the downfall of his father leadership in 1998, has not been running successfully.
Interview 8 years ago
Five questions for 'metal professor' Jeremy Wallach
Ethnomusicologist Jeremy Wallach of Bowling Green University considered himself lucky to be in Indonesia in the late 1990s, when the country was undergoing political transformation following the resignation of president Soeharto in 1998. At the time, Wallach was doing fieldwork for his book Modern Noise, Fluid Genres: Popular Music in Indonesia, 1997-2001, which enabled him to witness a direct relationship between the underground music and the burgeoning opposition movement that sought to challenge Soeharto’s authoritarian regime. Returning home to the United States, Wallach wrote extensively on metal and made a name for himself as one of proponents in the rising academic movement focusing on the genre. Earlier this month, Wallach was in town to promote the Indonesian edition of Modern Noise by having a discussion at the American cultural center @america, where he spent time reminiscing about attending a punk makeshift gig on a banana farm in West Jakarta. He spoke with The Jakar...
