Ariel Heryanto, Valuing popular culture

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“Ariel Heryanto, Valuing popular culture” interview with Aimee Dawis, The Jakarta Post, 25/06/2009, http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/06/25/ariel-heryanto-valuing-popular-culture.html

keywords: Asia, Ayat-Ayat Cinta, Australian National University, Chineseness, popular culture, SEASREP

The rich only see the poor when they start to riot

It would be easier for those in the buses to see the expensive cards. The rich are trained not to see the poor, until stability breaks down. Then they call the poor “rioters” or “looters”.

“The rich only see the poor when they start to riot”, interview with Christianto, The Jakarta Post, 16/09/2000, http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2000/09/16/the-rich-only-see-poor-when-they-start-riot.html

keywords: ersatz capitalism, injustice, lifestyle, rioters, status, workers

The Manipulation of Indonesia’s Ethnic Chinese

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“The Manipulation of Indonesia’s Ethnic Chinese”, interview, Kasarinlan, 13(3), 1998, http://journals.upd.edu.ph/index.php/kasarinlan/article/viewArticle/355

keywords: anti-Chinese, economic crisis, May riots, military, Suharto’s downfall, terror

The Intimacies of Cultural and Area Studies

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Heryanto, Ariel (2013) “The Intimacies of Cultural and Area Studies”, International Journal of Cultural Studies, 16 (3): 303–316.

keywords: Area Studies, Cold War, Cultural Studies, knowledge, International Journal of Cultural Studies, Inter-Asia, internationalisation, post-Marxian

Great and Misplaced Expectations

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Despite the great expectations of many (including this author soon after the film’s release), TAOK has not caused a major public controversy in Indonesia. Even as the film becomes more widely available to broader segments of the population, I doubt it will radically alter political life in Indonesia or radically shift perspectives on Indonesia’s violent past.

Heryanto, Ariel (2014) “Great and Misplaced Expectations”, Critical Asian Studies, 46 (1): 162-166.

keywords: Critical Asian Studies, criticism, impacts, justice, The Act of Killing, truth

New Tradition in a Modernity-Deficit Postcolony

Even with a general consensus on the constructedness of tradition, the tradition/modernity dichotomy persists among people of various backgrounds, not least in academic circles. It finds expression under different phrases and dominant frames of thought, such as ‘West/ern/ers’ versus ‘East/ern/ers’, whites versus coloured, coloniser versus colonised races.

Heryanto, Ariel (2012) “New Tradition in a Modernity-Deficit Postcolony“, ACCESS Critical Perspectives on Communication, Cultural and Policy Studies, 31(2): 15-26.

keywords: ACCESS, crony capitalism, modernity, Nano Riantiarno, New Theatre, postcolony, Putu Wijaya, Rendra, tradition

Challenges and Opportunities for Freedom of Expression: An exploration of the Networked Communications Environment in Asia

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Heryanto, Ariel (2007) “Challenges and Opportunities for Freedom of Expression: An exploration of the Networked Communications Environment in Asia”, international workshop, co-hosted by Global Partners and Associates (United Kingdom) and COMBINE Resource Institution (Indonesia), Yogyakarta, 4-7 November.

keywords: identity, impacts, new media, social relations, technology

Cultural Studies’ Significant Others; the Case of Indonesia

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Heryanto, Ariel (2005) “Cultural Studies’ Significant Others; the Case of Indonesia”, Antropologi Indonesia, 92 (1): 1-15.

keywords: cultural studies, humanities, political violence, Marxism, New Left, pop cultures, religious politics, social sciences