[Workshop] Recording the future: the importance of audio-visual sources for researching everyday life in Indonesia
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
14:00 – 16:30 (GMT+7)
Location: Kampung Tambak Bayan
Shuttle bus info (For those who registered for this workshop) We would like to inform you that the ICAS 13 Organising Committee has prepared a shuttle bus from the Campus B, Universitas Airlangga to the Workshop venue, Kampung Tambak Bayan. (Please note: Only for those who registered for the workshop).
If you want to make use of the shuttle service, please ensure to be at UNAIR shuttle bus pick-up/drop-off point by 13:40. Please note that the bus will leave to the workshop venue on time. An ICAS 13 Badge is required to board the shuttle bus.
*Shuttle bus only brings participants to the workshop location, after the session, participant can explore Surabaya at their leisure. Find more information about Surabaya transportation here.
Activity or Workshop Details:Recording the Future (RtF) is a long-term (since 2003) audio-visual project by KITLV and PRMB-BRIN, recording everyday life in Indonesia at 8 set locations every four years: Jakarta, Delanggu, Payakumbuh, Bintan, Bittuang, Sintang, Ternate and Surabaya. It is creating an archive of people and (how they shape) their environment: work, housing, leisure, education, health, politics, government, infrastructure, mobility, culture, religion etc. The project is about the ordinary and the subaltern but also about agency of people. In this workshop Ireen Hoogenboom (project coordinator, KITLV) will explain how to make use of the RtF collection for different kinds of research, enhanced publications, documentaries etc. Ratih Prebatasari (independent videographer) will explain about her role in the project and her experience in the field. By using the footage of Surabaya from the Rtf collection, but also sources from Youtube and Instagram, Lita Masnun (researcher BRIN) will demonstrate the importance of audio-visual sources for several research themes connected to urban life, for instance women's agency in urban waste management in Surabaya kampungs.
The audience will be invited to discuss the possibilities of the project (themes, output, future) and the use of the collection for their own work.