STEFANIE WUSCHITZWith: Ita Fatia Nadia, Annie Pohlman, Astrid Reza, Julia Suryakusuma, Saskia Wieringa
Moderator: Stefanie Wuschitz Concept: Astrid Reza, Stefanie Wuschitz Organized in the context of Stefanie Wuschitz solo exhibition „Coded Feminisms“ at kunstraum pro arte in Hallein, Austria. |
Coded Feminisms in Indonesia
video variable dimensions 2022 |
Introduction
We want to propose to analyse Indonesian citizen labs as networks of care and knowledge production
and these emerging collectives’ struggles as entangled with histories of oppression (Bellacasa,
2017). This paper focuses on three generations of feminist activists in Indonesia who set up DIY
collectives and citizen labs to encourage literacy. They all worked at the grass-roots level to
accelerate knowledge transfer. The first generation encouraged learning how to read and write, the
second fostered media literacy, the third generation promoted digital literacy. All three generations
experienced that women’s* right for education was contested. The first generation we will look at was
active 1950 until 1965, the second one – from 1980 until 1998, and the last generation we discuss here was active from 1998 up until today (Arivia, Subono 2017). The paper raises the question on how
decades of stigmatisation, namely under the New Order Regime, shape today’s collectives. The described collectives align with values and practises termed as “Citizen Labs” in the sense that
the initiators are mainly academically trained, culturally engaged women* with a middle-class
background, who encourage interdisciplinary exchange and enable STEAM literacy on grassroot level.
We want to propose to analyse Indonesian citizen labs as networks of care and knowledge production
and these emerging collectives’ struggles as entangled with histories of oppression (Bellacasa,
2017). This paper focuses on three generations of feminist activists in Indonesia who set up DIY
collectives and citizen labs to encourage literacy. They all worked at the grass-roots level to
accelerate knowledge transfer. The first generation encouraged learning how to read and write, the
second fostered media literacy, the third generation promoted digital literacy. All three generations
experienced that women’s* right for education was contested. The first generation we will look at was
active 1950 until 1965, the second one – from 1980 until 1998, and the last generation we discuss here was active from 1998 up until today (Arivia, Subono 2017). The paper raises the question on how
decades of stigmatisation, namely under the New Order Regime, shape today’s collectives. The described collectives align with values and practises termed as “Citizen Labs” in the sense that
the initiators are mainly academically trained, culturally engaged women* with a middle-class
background, who encourage interdisciplinary exchange and enable STEAM literacy on grassroot level.
Nandur SrawungAnnual visual arts exhibition
Taman Budaya Yogyakarta Sriwedani st. no.1, Yogyakarta, Indonesia |
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