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Assistant Professor, Universitas Indonesia

Aryo Danusiri is a technopolitical anthropologist. He holds a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology with Secondary Field in Critical Media Practice from Harvard University. Danusiri teaches at the University of Indonesia, where he conducts courses on Anthropological Theories, Technology and the Public, and Political Anthropology, among others. His research projects revolve around activism and its technologies that interrogate the subjectivities of conservative and progressive actors. His projects have been supported by various international institutions, including Social Science Research Council (SSRC), Fulbright, and Wenner-Gren Foundation.

In 2023, DFAT Australia granted the "KONEKSI Award" to his co-authoring proposal "Fire Play: Understanding and Documenting Indigenous Fire Governance in Indonesia," which aims to approach climate crisis through a multimodal anthropology approach.

https://koneksi-kpp.id/ozoordee/2023/07/38-Knowledge-Partnerships-Profile-ENG-3.pdf

Experience

  • 2016–present
    Assistant Professor, University of Indonesia (Anthropology Department)
  • 2022–2023
    Postdoctoral fellow, International Institute for Asian Studies Leiden the Netherlands
  • 2022–2022
    Research fellow, Stockholm University Global Asia Center
  • 2021–2022
    Postdoctoral fellow, Wenner-Gren Foundation Fejos Postdoctoral Fellowshio
  • 2014–2017
    Fellow, Harvard University Weatherhead Center for International Affairs

Education

  • 2021 
    Harvard University, Ph.D Social Anthropology and Critical Media Practice
  • 2005 
    Tromsø University Norway, M.Phil Visual Cultural Studies/Visual Anthropology
  • 1997 
    University of Indonesia, BA Sociocultural Anthropology