COVID-19: Sebuah musibah ditengah program akademik.

Cerita pendek tentang COVID-19: sebuah musibah  ditengah program studi di fakultas FISIP-UGM, Jogyakarta. Virus Corona atau dengan istilah nama resminya COVID-19 memang membuat masyarakat dunia panik. Jika kita melihat semua bentuk informasi dari media cetak dan elektronik, media sosial dan informasi laporan pemerintah, dan organisasi internasional semuanya didominasi dengan laporan perkembangan virus yang mematikan yakniContinue reading “COVID-19: Sebuah musibah ditengah program akademik.”

My journey with the Mamout team on the Cilengkrang-Mountain

Around February 29th, at 5.30 pm, I joined the Mamout team, trekking-up the Cilengkrang-Bandung mountain. It is near the Ciliunye area, West Java, Indonesia. The journey started from the Grapiks office to Cilengkrang mountain took one hour. The team consists of five people; three staff from the Grapiks foundation and two other guests (me andContinue reading “My journey with the Mamout team on the Cilengkrang-Mountain”

Information and technology in the 21st century: How does it form a new dependency?

One of the great social revolutions in the 21 century is information and technology (IT). Back in my village, in my childhood, around the 1980s, life was in a challenging situation to access information and technology compare with the 2000 era. The Millennium era, which started around 20 years ago, it has changed a lotContinue reading “Information and technology in the 21st century: How does it form a new dependency?”

Access to Education: From Philosophical Approach to Global Agenda

What is education means for us?             Everyone must have different opinions about the term of education, and some people might say education is freedom; others may say education is a ‘transformation’, or fundamental key for every social change. The numerous opinion shapes many different approaches of what education means forContinue reading “Access to Education: From Philosophical Approach to Global Agenda”