By Ade Tanesia After a four-hour bus ride from Yogyakarta to Semarang, I alighted at the factory headquarters of Jamu Jago, one of Indonesia’s largest producers of jamu traditional medicines. After passing the security guard’s inspection, I was allowed to proceed in towards a luxurious two-story, glass-walled building housing the Indonesian Museum of Records.
Archive for February 6, 2009
By Ade Tanesia “In 1998, Indonesia was enveloped in an inferno of social tensions so intense that it led to bloodshed for a number of ethnic and religious groups. Since then I have felt like a “londo” [derogatory Javanese term for a white person] in this country.”
By Ade Tanesia My daughter’s third birthday is just a few weeks away. I begin to add up the expenses for everything I’ll have to supply to celebrate her birthday at school—the birthday hats, birthday cake, and balloons; the candy-filled treat bags; all the drinks, cookies and chocolates; and, perhaps most importantly, the nasi [...]
The Jakarta Post, Sunday, December 28, 2008 12:25 AM Ade Tanesia, , Contributor, , Yogyakarta Routine activities are seldom considered significant, yet artist Surya Wirawan sees the higher value of his day-to-day experiences, giving them new life in his artwork. In his work, on display at the Kedai Kebun Forum in Yogyakarta until Dec. [...]
“Kenapa sih harus membedakan ini perempuan dan ini laki-laki.” “Ah, jangan-jangan isu diskriminasi terhadap perempuan hanya persoalan yang dibuat-buat saja oleh perempuan itu sendiri.” Atau….. “perempuan terlalu bawel untuk meminta haknya, dan ingin selalu diistimewakan.” Dstnya……
