Story by A. Ruwidrijarto If you want to understand resilience, meet Ester. In her 20 years of age, Ester has been through difficult life events more than her fair share. When she was a very little child, she and her parents and 3 brothers and sister were evicted from the land, losing their house in...
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Frequency of Love: Reloaded
Story by A. Ruwidrijarto In case you’re wondering, the frequency is 96.80 MHz FM, RRI Pro 2 Merauke. That’s the frequency your radio should be tuned into so that you can listen, interact and participate with Mari Cerita tentang Papua, let’s share stories about Papua, the Mace Papua. For Merauke area, it’s Susan and Brigita...
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Frequency of Love
Story by A. Ruwidrijarto I was asked by Susan of Mace Papua during that radio program: what feelings that got to you while nokening in those communities? I replied, “It was great to noken with Monique, Adriana, Yune, Ayub, Spikdion, Frengki, Urbanus, Celsius, Anton, Kanisya, and also Roki, Naomi, Neni, and Andre.” I then shared...
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Mbok Denik: Soleh Itu Tidak Salah!
Mbok Denik atau Ni Made Puriati, hidupnya didedikasikan untuk pemberdayaan dan kesejahteraan masyarakat, khususnya pemetaan partisipatif, advokasi dan gerakan perempuan. Ia memandu karirnya sejak awal berdirinya Yayasan Wisnu, kini ia direktur yayasan.(SAMDHANA/Anggit Saranta) Cerita oleh Yessi Agustina “Denik, adalah singkatan dari Made Cenik, Made yang paling kecil, jadi lah Denik!” begitu cerita Mbok Denik, atau...
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The Story of a Coffee Pot that Travelled from Jakarta to Batang to Sorong to Jayapura
Cintani (left) and Nova (right) look on while Bupati Mathius (center) ground the coffee. The mystique coffee pot is concealed behind the round black thing. Story by A. Ruwidrijarto During the Noken Yeu Amah, homecoming, end of November through to early December 2020, nokenners Andry Wijaya and Dwi Yoga, Soter, Nova, Cintani, and Mathias, and...