VideoChronic
Video Activism and Video Distribution in Indonesia
by: KUNCI Cultural Studies Center and EngageMedia
Date Of Publication: Nov 2009
ISBN: 978-0-646-52000-1
This 140 page book presents both English and Indonesian versions of the research as well as colour illustrations including a visualisation of the development of Video activism and online video.
The past decade in Indonesia has seen a dramatic increase in the use of video as a social change tool by community, campaign and activist organisations. Access to the tools for producing video have become increasingly democratised over this period, and rapidly adopted. Since the fall of Suharto’s New Order regime, space has been opened up for a host of new media projects to emerge. Individuals and organisations dealing with issues such as the environment, human rights, queer and gender issues, cultural pluralism, militarism, poverty, labour rights, globalisation and more have embraced video as a tool to communicate with both their bases and new audiences.
What groups are currently active in producing social and environmental video in the archipelago? What are the histories of that work? How is it currently being distributed? How are activists thinking they might approach distribution in the future?
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