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Jakarta Globe, Bramantyo Prijosusilo | November 22, 2011

Transparency and accountability are universally accepted as the cornerstones of good governance. With neither present in Papua, we can be sure that the natural riches of the region will never come to benefit local communities, but will rather bring about the so-called “resource curse” in the form of economic, cultural, social and political strife and ecological disaster.

Artist’s mockery of violence gets real
Bambang Muryanto, The Jakarta Post, Yogyakarta | Thu, 02/16/2012 8:51 AM

Artist Bramantyo Prijosusilo’s planned street performance that criticizes rampant violence was forcefully aborted after he himself experienced it for real.

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Kenali|Rangkai|Pakai (recognize I Bundle I Use) or abbreviated KRP is an independent community that was formed with purpose of conducting various project to development types of instrument or media-based art. Media in this condition, its not only from music development, but also include visual, lighting, and artistic. KRP concern of applied technology on variety of arts, this can be made independently from artist.

Text by Alia Swastika (Curator of Biennale Jogja XI) post from Biennale Jogja XI

Philosophy is questions that may never be answered. Religion is answers that may never be questioned. ~Author Unknown

The Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (KITLV) / Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies KITLV

Three Old Sundanese Poems-Bibliotheca Indonesica

J. Noorduyn (Editor), A. Teeuw (Editor)

This book is the first major contribution in English to the study of Old Sundanese literature. Old Sundanese texts have generally been preserved in undated palm-leaf manuscripts, often in a bad condition. Most of them contain prose texts of a historical, religious or didactic nature. Reliable editions are still largely lacking.

With "Hacking Angkringan" we want to achieve a unique interaction between the kitchen, the lab, MobileKitchenLab and the street. Kitchens are privileged spaces, where our research into what is the world made of and how matter relates to our stomach and body not only originated but also from where it developed into present day labs.