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Politics Meets Pop Culture In Indonesia

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"In the past there was no deliberation, there was no consultation ... there were orders and instructions from the top. Now, you have all this freedom, but everybody screams at the top of their voice, so, nobody listens." - Dr Ariel Heryanto

Dr Ariel Heryanto

Dr Ariel Heryanto is Convenor of the Indonesian Program at Asia Institute.

Ariel's main interest has revolved around issues of cultural signifying practices, especially the everyday politics of identity and representation. He is interested in the study of semantic history (key words), discourse analysis, media, popular culture, ethnicity, nationality, hybridity, and diasporas.


CREDITS

Host: Jacky Angus
Producers: Kelvin Param and Eric van Bemmel
Audio Engineer: Craig McArthur
Theme Music performed by Sergio Ercole. Mr Ercole is represented by the Musicians' Agency, Faculty of Music
Voiceover: Paul Richiardi

Series Creators: Eric van Bemmel and Kelvin Param

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Those interested in Dr. Heryanto's work might also be interested in Videochronic, a collaborative research project charting how activists are engaging with video technologies in Indonesia, addressing some of the issues of technology-mediated social movements, and exploring the potential and limitations of online video distribution.

http://www.engagemedia.org/videochronic