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Puncak in Ruins, Part 5: The AnthroLOLogist in Ruins

Posted on October 12, 2011 by kopyor

This post is the fifth of five in a series. The first is: “Puncak in Ruins, Part 1: Arrival Scene” The second is: “Puncak in Ruins, Part 2: Lost Detour” The third is “Puncak in Ruins, Part 3: The Year of Living Dangerously” … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropology, Indonesia, Reflexive, Ruins | Tagged Ann Stoler, anthropology, capitalism, catastrophe, Cianjur, Ciherang, Ciherang River, clockpunk, debris, decay, development, disaster, fieldwork, floods, Gunung Gede, Indonesia, Jawa Barat, landslide, Lost, modernity, mudslide, nostalgia, Pelita, Pikiran Rakyat, postaweek2011, Puncak, Puncak Pass, ruination, ruins, rupture, Shannon Lee Dawdy, social science, structural violence, Sungai Ciherang, Tempo, The Year of Living Dangerously, Villa Kota Gardenia, volcano, Walter Benjamin, waterboom, waterpark, waterslide, West Java | 4 Comments

Puncak in Ruins, Part 4: Return to Villa Kota Gardenia

Posted on October 6, 2011 by kopyor

This post is the fourth of five in a series. The first is: “Puncak in Ruins, Part 1: Arrival Scene” The second is: “Puncak in Ruins, Part 2: Lost Detour” The third is “Puncak in Ruins, Part 3: The Year … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropology, Indonesia, Reflexive, Ruins | Tagged Ann Stoler, catastrophe, Cianjur, Ciherang, Ciherang River, debris, decay, development, disaster, disavowal, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, floods, Gunung Gede, Indonesia, Jakarta, Jawa Barat, landslide, mudslide, nostalgia, Pelita, Pikiran Rakyat, postaweek2011, Puncak, Puncak Pass, ruination, ruins, structural violence, Sungai Ciherang, Villa Kota Gardenia, volcano, West Java | 5 Comments

Puncak in Ruins, Part 3: The Year of Living Dangerously

Posted on July 12, 2011 by kopyor

This post is the third of five in a series. The first is: “Puncak in Ruins, Part 1: Arrival Scene” The second is: “Puncak in Ruins, Part 2: Lost Detour” In the middle of Peter Weir’s 1982 film The Year … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropology, Film Club, Indonesia, Ruins | Tagged 1965, Bembol Roco, colonial architecture, colonialism, dutch east indies, dutch empire, expatriates, Guy Hamilton, Indonesia, Indonesian Communist Party, Jakarta, Java, Kuh Ledesma, Kumar, Mary Douglas, Mel Gibson, old Dutch villa, Old Java, Peter Weir, PKI, postaweek2011, postcolonialism, Puncak, purity and danger, ruins, subaltern studies, sublime, taboo, Tiger Lily, uncanny, verboden, Year of Living Dangerously | 15 Comments

Puncak in Ruins, Part 1: Arrival Scene

Posted on June 22, 2011 by kopyor

“there is no document of civilization which is not at the same time a document of barbarism.” — Walter Benjamin Driving through Puncak Pass in the mountain resort area of Cianjur in West Java, Dezant and I pulled over into … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropology, Indonesia, Reflexive, Ruins | Tagged Cianjur, Dieng, Indonesia, Jawa Barat, nostalgia, Paestum, postaweek2011, Puncak, Puncak Pass, ruins, uncanny, Villa Kota Gardenia, West Java | 3 Comments

Notes on ICG’s Latest Indonesia Report: “GAM vs GAM in the Aceh Elections”

Posted on June 19, 2011 by kopyor

A few days ago the International Crisis Group (ICG) issued their latest Asia Briefing titled “Indonesia: GAM vs GAM in the Aceh Elections.” ICG reports are always excellent and this one is no exception, featuring a clear review and honest assessment … Continue reading →

Posted in Aceh, Conflict, Indonesia | Tagged Aceh, Aceh Party, Aceh Peace Monitoring Update, Aceh Transitional Committee, Adnan Beuransyah, APMU, autonomy, bupati, calon independen, conflict, constitutional court, democracy, elections, executive elections, Free Aceh Movement, freedom, GAM, GAM vs GAM, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka, governor, gubernatorial election, gubernur, harga mati, ICG, independence, independent candidates, Indonesia, International Crisis Group, Irwandi Yusuf, Islamic law, Jakarta, Komite Peralihan Aceh, KPA, Mahkamah Konstitusi, merdeka, MK, Muzakir Manaf, Muzakkir Manaf, NKRI, NKRI harga mati, Partai Aceh, peace process, pemilukada, pilkada, postaweek2011, Qanun Jinayat, Qanun Wali Nanggroe, wali nanggroe, Zaini Abdullah, zikir | 5 Comments

Krakatau Day Trip

Posted on June 14, 2011 by kopyor

This past weekend my friends Chloe, Simon, Rob and I learned that if you’re willing to hit the road at 5am then it is possible to have a complete, unhurried, outstanding day trip to the Kraktau volcano islands! I’ve been … Continue reading →

Posted in Indonesia, Status Updates, Travel | Tagged Anak Krakatau, Banten, biawak, Black sand, caldera, Carita, day trip, Earth Sciences, eruption, Indonesia, islands, Java, Krakatau, Krakatau Adventure, Krakatoa, Lampung, lava, lava rocks, monitor lizard, pine trees, pioneer species, pohon cemara, postaweek2011, Rakata, Selat Sunda, Simon Winchester, sulfur, Sunda Strait, tour, travel, volcano, vulcanology | 3 Comments

Book Club: Kedai 1001 Mimpi by Valiant Budi

Posted on May 30, 2011 by kopyor

I stumbled upon Valiant Budi’s Twitter feed (@vabyo) thanks to a recommendation from another Indonesian writer who mentioned that his stories from Saudi Arabia were the funniest serial tweets she had ever read. Too many Indonesians abuse Twitter to give … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Club, Indonesia | Tagged #kedai1001mimpi, @vabyo, Arabia, Arabia Undercover, Arabia Underkampret, Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, barista, blogging, Book Club, book review, coffeeshop, Dammam, hashtags, Indonesia, Indonesian, Kedai 1001 Mimpi, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Languages, Middle East, postaweek2011, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Sundanese, Tagalog, TKI, TKW, translation, travel, travel memoir, Twitter, Valiant Budi, vignettes, Walter Benjamin | Leave a comment

Confucianism Gets the Short End of the Joss Stick in Hanung Bramantyo’s “?”

Posted on April 19, 2011 by kopyor

In one of the opening scenes in Hanung Bramantyo’s new film “?” (“Tanda Tanya,” or “Question Mark”) we meet one of the main characters, Rika, who is busy cleaning up and organizing the shelves in her bookstore. I don’t remember … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict, Film Club, Indonesia | Tagged "?", #TandaTanya, apostasy, Catholicism, Chinese-Indonesian, cinema, classification, Confucianism, conversion, diversity, ethnic minorities, film, film club, Hanung Bramantyo, haram, Indonesia, intolerance, Islam, Javanese, joss sticks, kafir, modernity, murtad, Muslim, Pasar Baru, persecution, pluralism, postaweek2011, priest, Question Mark, religion, religious conversion, religious discrimination, religious extremism, religious minorities, Semarang, sesat, Tanda Tanya, tempo doeloe, tolerance, ustad | 3 Comments

The Aceh Governor’s Election Heats Up **

Posted on February 13, 2011 by kopyor

After months of speculation the leaders of the GAM conglomerate—here defined simply as the combined leadership of KPA (Komite Peralihan Aceh, or the Aceh Transitional Committee, which lobbies on behalf of GAM ex-combatants) and Partai Aceh (GAM’s local political party, … Continue reading →

Posted in Aceh, Conflict, Indonesia | Tagged Aceh, Aceh Party, Aceh Transitional Committee, Aminullah Usman, Banda Aceh, Boediono, conflict, Darni Daud, Darwis Jeunieb, democracy, democratic transition, elections, executive elections, Free Aceh Movement, GAM, GAM conglomerate, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka, governor, gubernatorial election, gubernur, Hasan Tiro, Hasbi Abdullah, Indonesia, Irwandi Yusuf, Komite Peralihan Aceh, KPA, Linggadinsyah, Meuntroe Malek Mahmud, Muhammad Nazar, Muzakir Manaf, Muzakkir Manaf, nepotism, Otto Syamsuddin Ishak, PA/KPA, Partai Aceh, peace process, pilkada, postaweek2011, SBY, Serambi, Serambi Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Syiah Kuala University, Tarmizi Karim, Taufik Al Mubarak, The Globe Journal, UNSYIAH, wali nanggroe, Zaini Abdullah | 4 Comments

Reflections on the Recent Religious Violence in Indonesia

Posted on February 8, 2011 by kopyor

On Sunday (6 February 2011), a mob attacked the home of a local leader of the minority Islamic sect Ahmadiyah in the remote area of Cikeusik in Banten province. There is terrific coverage in The Jakarta Globe, the New York Times … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict, Indonesia | Tagged @danielziv, Ahmadiyah, Ahmadiyya, atheism, Banten, branding, Central Java, Christianity, Christopher Hitchens, Cikeusik, communal violence, culture, Daniel Ziv, facebook, folklore, FPI, Front Pembela Islam, heritage, history, human social construct, Indonesia, insaf, Islam, Islamic Defender Front, Islamic Defender's Front, Jakarta Globe, Jawa Tengah, kuliah twitter, kultwit, milquetoast, Minister of Religion, minorities, mob violence, myth, New York Times, pasrah, passive government, postaweek2011, power, religion, religious discrimination, religious minorities, sacred, SBY, silent majority, Suryadharma Ali, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Temanggung, Tifatul Sembiring, Tuhan yang menentukan, Twitter, twittersphere, ultimate marketing scam, violence, zealots | 8 Comments

Author Archives: kopyor

Puncak in Ruins, Part 4: Return to Villa Kota Gardenia

Puncak in Ruins, Part 3: The Year of Living Dangerously

Puncak in Ruins, Part 1: Arrival Scene

Notes on ICG’s Latest Indonesia Report: “GAM vs GAM in the Aceh Elections”

Krakatau Day Trip

Book Club: Kedai 1001 Mimpi by Valiant Budi

Confucianism Gets the Short End of the Joss Stick in Hanung Bramantyo’s “?”

The Aceh Governor’s Election Heats Up **

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