Matatahun Seed Bank, Bengkulu, Sumatra, Indonesia

Our ‘Forum Partner’ Zenzi Suhadi is the Executive Director of the National Office at Wahana Lingkungan Hidup Indonesia (WALHI, or “The Indonesian Forum for the Environment”). For many years, Zenzi has worked to support communities in his home province of Bengkulu, Sumatra, in their struggle against corruption, illegally granted mining and plantation concessions, land grabbing, […]

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Documenting traditional medicinal plants & collective gardening as a way to preserve local knowledge, Rangan, Paser, East Kalimantan

Yurni Sadariah is an “Adat” (indigenous) activist and member of PEREMPUAN AMAN (the Women’s Association of the ‘Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago’), a wing of AMAN founded in 2012, focusing on the situation of indigenous women. Yurni is a mother of three and part of the indigenous community in Rangan, Paser (East Kalimantan).  Traditionally […]

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Festival Molaolita by Institut Mosintuwu, Poso, Sulawesi

Our ‘Forum Partner’, Lian Gogali, is the founder and chair of Institut Mosintuwu, a grassroots community organization based in Poso District, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. For several years, Institut Mosintuwu has been actively initiating and organising festivals, such as Festival Mosintuwu which started in 2015. They believe that the rural area needs a space to meet […]

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Forum Programme: Day 5

The fifth and last day of ‘The World is Our Household!’ FORUM began with the ‘Daily Retelling’ by Putri Permata Sari, one of the contributors to our ‘Writing’ Program (coming soon!). This was followed by a three hour collective roundtable entitled ‘Expanding Circles of Solidarity’, an informal conversation that included most of the contributors to […]

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Forum Programme: Day 4

The fourth day of ‘The World is Our Household!’ FORUM started off with a ‘Daily Retelling’ by Ika Yuliana, researcher and contributor to our ‘Writing’ Program, sharing her interpretation of the previous day’s program. In the event that followed, the participants of our ‘Fellowship’ program presented two “Dialogues”, the first with Sulton Mochammad Kadhafi (Cianjur, […]

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Forum Programme: Day 3

The third day of ‘The World is Our Household!’ FORUM began with a ‘Daily Retelling’ by ‘Artist Partner’ Rifki Akbar Pratama. This was followed by the second day organised in collaboration with our four ‘Forum Partners’: Lian Gogali & Institut Mosintuwu (Poso, Central Sulawesi, ID); Sakiya – Art | Science | Agriculture (Ein Qiniya, Ramallah, […]

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Forum Programme: Day 2

The second day of ‘The World is Our Household!’ FORUM began with a ‘Daily Retelling’ by ‘Artist Partner’ Maryanto, in which he shared his reflections and responses form the first day’s discussions. The first session of the day was a virtual tour of Purba Asri Urban Farmers Group in Yogyakarta, organised by ‘Artist Partner’ Anang […]

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Forum Programme: Day 1

The very first day of ‘The World is Our Household!’ FORUM began with an introduction by members of SFS, followed by the first two sessions with our ‘Forum Partners’: Lian Gogali & Institut Mosintuwu (Poso, Central Sulawesi, ID); Sakiya – Art | Science | Agriculture (Ein Qiniya, Ramallah, Palestine); Yurni Sadariah & AMAN PEREMPUAN (Rangan, […]

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