KSIxChange#41: Mendobrak Bias dan Mewujudkan Kesetaraan Gender

Tahun 2022 ini, Hari Perempuan Internasional mengkampanyekan #BreakTheBias dengan tema “kesetaraan gender hari ini untuk masa depan yang berkelanjutan” (“gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”). Mengikuti tema IWD 2022, KSIxChange kali ini mengajak berbagai pihak untuk berdiskusi tentang kesetaraan gender dan bagaimana mendobrak bias serta stigma yang sering melekat ke perempuan dan kelompok rentan. […]
Economic Corridor in East Kalimantan: A Tragedy Among Extreme Social-Ecological Crises

Explicitly, Kalimantan will be reorganized and reshaped again by “the planners” from the extractive industries (upstream industry) to be the centre of downstream industry. Soon or later, Kalimantan will not be a home for its local people and its endemic animals. Kalimantan is not space for living anymore. But space for “the planners” to create […]
Economic Corridors in North Sumatra: The Sei Mangkei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and Its Economic Corridors

The Sei Mangkei was established as special economic zone (SEZ) under Indonesian Government Regulation Number 29/2012. Surrounded by vast areas of oil palm and rubber plantations, it was designed for developing industrial clusters of downstream palm oil and rubber manufacturing factories. Without considering social-ecological crises around the project, its design mainly focuses on sustaining economic […]
Capital Expansion in Infrastructure Project Track: North Coast West Java

Infrastructure projects in West Java are manifestation of the state and market’s desire to expand new industrial zones. The old industrial zones around Bekasi, Jakarta and Karawang (west side of West Java) are now considered as too dense areas and it demands much higher production costs. Therefore, Subang, Majalengka, Cirebon, and Kuningan is becoming a […]
Mendaras Das Capital di Killing Zone

Sejak masa pandemik, banyak aktivitas offline yang terpaksa hilang atau berpindah ke dunia maya. Begitu pula di Malabar 22, kantor Sajogyo Institute. Kantor yang bukan hanya tempat bekerja, namun juga menjadi rumah bagi para penggiat yang ingin belajar bersama tentang berbagai hal. Sebelum pandemik, kantor selalu ramai dengan berbagai macam kegiatan. Namun, keheningan malam yang […]
A Reflection on a Peripheral Movement: The “Save Aru” Social Movement 2013-2015 from a Historical perspective

This article examines the struggle of the Aru Islands community to preserve their forests and their natural environment in the shape of the “Save Aru” social movement from 2013 to 2015. Today this social movement is still alive and kicking. In 2010, the Aru Islands community was taken by surprise by the plan of a […]