Van der Ploeg and Long (1994) argue that locality has the potential strength to play in the development sector that can contribute to sustainability rather than threaten global development. Even local development is seen to fit the needs of the local community rather than adopting Western or outsider approaches to develop the local community. Such
Every 10th November, Indonesian people commemorate Remembrance Day. Contemporarily, we are not only celebrating heroes and heroines who sacrificed themselves to realise the country’s independence but also acknowledging everyone who has contributed to the development of the nation. Interestingly, this includes female migrant workers due to their economic contribution when they remit their income to
Millions of Palestinians have been affected by the occupation of Israel in Palestine for more than seven decades. Civilians have been killed, violently displaced and forced to live under fear and uncertainty by this colonisation. This is indeed a greedy political war involving many countries that have political interest towards this tragedy. This needs to
Reksa. Kita telanjang lagi. Aku memungut sisa-sisa hari ini tanpa kamu yang menemani pangkal pahaku yang kering. Kita senang mengalir bersama shower ringkih asam berbau besi berkarat. Tapi sekarang aku rebah di padang pasir. Haus, Tidak ada air yang melegakan kerongkonganku yang mentok dicekik picing pidana. Aku berharap semalam kita mimpi basah. Karena kekasihku mati
At first, a nation and nationalism give an impression of being a genderless concept that affects and is influenced by all community members equally. It comes from the theory discussed by Anderson (2006) about the imagined community in which a nation is a social construction where a community imagines their commonality with its members and
Homeland. In Bahasa Indonesia, we call it kampung halaman. No matter how far we go, it is a place we shall return home. “I come from a small village, Borong, in East Manggarai, and this Sasando has guided me to travel around the world. The farther I go, the deeper my feelings toward my homeland.
Is local tradition backward? Is preserving traditional clothes – off-shoulder kemben, wearing traditional hair buns (konde), and tight fitting kebaya – a sin? Is ‘adat’ / culture something in the past and no longer relevant? Is it wrong to hold on to our own roots? . Does wearing a veil represent spiritual consciousness? Everything is
Menstrual health has defined as a situation of complete physical, mental and social health and not simply the absence of physical weaknesses regarding the menstrual cycle (Hennegan et al., 2021). This definition aligns with the WHO definition of health, which also emphasises access to accurate education on menstruation, personal care and hygiene, timely diagnosis and
The interchangeability of being a woman and having the ability to do it all should be normalised, Why isn’t normalised now? I wonder. Why are people still amazed when one of us is able to shine and still have it all under control? Why is there an expectation of us to do this and that
I love doing artwork. But an artwork will be just a piece of artwork if it only stops at my brain or my desk. I am thinking of contributing to a change. So here I am, recreating an artwork, using Angelina Yusridar’s quote to support her during menstrual hygiene day 2023. For me, a meaningful
