Luke Bacon and Alexandra Crosby presented at the Australian Asian Studies Association conference yesterday. Really great to be on a panel with Heather Walsh who spoke about the amazing Indonesia collection at the National Library of Australia. Ian Campbell chaired the panel, which was titled Australia and Indonesia’s Cultural, Literary and Artistic Linkages. OUR PAPER: ‘Hacking’ and … More Asian Studies Association of Australia
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When Benjamin took a look at the Kunci collection he noticed these books that Frontyard also has.
Last year I interviewed Andriew Budiman about Design Collaboration in Surabaya for Garland Magazine. He spoke eloquently about the Surabaya Design Summit. Design is also empathy, context appropriation, make sense, collaborative-interdisciplinary work, progressive and accessible archiving, redrawing ecosystems, inclusive participation, questioning tyranny, building the net that works, and balancing local-global relations. The date of the … More Andrew Budiman talks about design in Surabaya
We will be at the Surabaya Design Summit May 10-12. Some of the speakers include Grace Samboh, Ezrena Marwan from Malaysia Design Archive, Pak Andreas Harsono, Ellena Ekarahendy from the Serikat Pekerja Media dan Industri Kreatif untuk Demokrasi, WAFT-LAB, and COMBINE.
I went to see The Last Jedi yesterday, and was surprised that libraries and archives are such a strong theme. Director Rian Johnson may have been thinking about some of the same things as us, maybe he should come and do a residency at the Frontyard library. The surprise is obviously because I haven’t kept … More Star Wars Library
We didn’t get a chance to visit yet, but we are keenly watching a new library take shape near Yogyakarta, the ‘Indonesia Community and Activist Library (ICAL)’. I know about this library from Max Lane, who did a fabulous job raising money to get it started. Dr Lane is a well-known writer on Indonesian and … More Indonesia Community and Activist Library (ICAL)
In the last few days of our trip, as we walked all over Surabaya, I was thinking about the all libraries we had visited over those two weeks. I realised I was intuitively drawn to some of the collections more than others. Reflecting on this, I came to think about the collections in two categories: … More Institutional and emergent collections
Luke and I joined IVAA. Lifetime membership=USD15 Thank you for registering as KawanIVAA member. By registering you have helped us in improving IVAA public service quality. KawanIVAA membership is without expiration period. The facilities you receive from being a member is assistances in finding library or archive collection. By becoming a KawanIVAA (friend of IVAA) … More Hello KawanIVAA
Indonesian Australian Design Futures 