Venda Pratama

An anthropology postgraduate with 10 years of experience in developmental work, journalism, research, data analysis, translation, training, program management, stakeholder engagement, SEO and report writing. 

Data Analysis - Danantara Media Monitoring

In recent weeks, news emerged related to Danantara, Indonesia wealth fund. Lack of analysis towards these news intrigued me to dive deeper, to better understand how media frames their narration about Danantara. Hence, I attempt to make a sentiment analysis towards Danatara-related news on its launching day, 24 February 2025. I am limiting my observation to the two most widely accessed online media in Indonesia, Detik.com and Kompas.com (Katadata, 2024).

Jaringan Kekuasaan dan Transformasi Hutan Siberut | Balairungpress

Di Indonesia, daerah terluar seperti Pulau Siberut jarang muncul di perbincangan nasional akibat keruwetan politik di pusat pemerintahan. Kita lupa bahwa ada masyarakat lokal yang dirugikan dari praktik ekploitasi  maupun konservasi hutan di daerah penghasil pundi-pundi rupiah untuk negara ini. 
Judul Buku Berebut Hutan Siberut
Penulis Darmanto dan Abidah B. Setyowati
Penerbit Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia
Tebal xxxvi+ 459 halaman
Cetakan Oktober, 2012
Dalam konteks keindonesiaan yang dipenuhi de...

Football, Collective Memory, and Nationalism in Southeast Asia – Pusat Studi Sosial Asia Tenggara Universitas Gadjah Mada

Nationalism is an endless thing. It must be inherited continuously through education, slogans, and of course the existence of ‘others’. In the context of inter-state relations the existence of ‘others’ will become more complicated if the national identity of other nations has come into contact in open conflict. In other words, ‘others’ would be considered an antagonist if history presents a collective memory of inter-state conflicts.
In Southeast Asia, conflicts between nations are not new. The...

Chaos in the Middle of Hope: Seeing Frontier Areas in Southeast Asia – Pusat Studi Sosial Asia Tenggara Universitas Gadjah Mada

“As a region with a wide territory, relations between the periphery and the center of power in ASEAN are often colored by negative stereotypes due to cultural differences. Surprisingly in the midst of a negative stereotype that developed, the outer areas or often referred to as frontier are still continuously built endlessly for the future hopefuls that unfortunately often cause social and environmental problems ”
The term frontier in the social science universe was originally used by Jackson Tu...

[SEA Movie 2017] Borderless on Screen – Pusat Studi Sosial Asia Tenggara Universitas Gadjah Mada

Center for Southeast Asian Social Studies Universitas Gadjah Mada successfully held SEA Movie 2017 program titled Borderless On Screen on 8-9 August 2017 in the audio room of Institut Français Indonesia (IFI-LIP), Yogyakarta. The event lasted from 09:00 to 16:00 pm which began with a welcome from Ade Nuriadin, M.A as the program manager of SEA Movie. Furthermore, the program was officially opened by Director of CESASS, Dr.phil. Hermin Indah Wahyuni who hoped that the short films played in the SE...

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