EDGS--Communication against Capital: Red Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia

Join us for a book talk with Rianne Subijanto on her book, "Communication against Capital: Red Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia."

Join the Roberta Buffett Institute's Equality Development and Globalization Studies (EDGS) Program for a book talk with Rianne Subijanto, Associate Professor in the Department of Communications Studies at Baruch College (CUNY), and author of Communication against Capital: Red Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia, which explores the revolutionary communication strategies of the pergerakan merah, the anticolonial "red movement" in 1920s Indonesia. Subijanto tells the story of ordinary lower-class women and children and people of diverse races and ethnicities who waged their battles against Dutch colonialism within multiple arenas of communication, including political associations, assemblies, printed matter, schools, and shipping lines. Existing communication technologies were repurposed into mechanisms of struggle and used as weapons in anticolonial and anticapitalist resistance. In this process, communist ideas merged with ideals drawn from the Enlightenment to shape the emancipatory spirit of Indonesians. This red enlightenment motivated the production of revolutionary communication strategies of mobilization..

Doors will open at 12:00 p.m., and lunch will be served at 12:15 p.m.

This event is hosted by the Roberta Buffett Institute for Global Affairs. We from the Geopolitical Forum can continue the conversation and hang out after the program wraps up, perhaps over a coffee.

Please register for free at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/edgs-book-talk-communication-against-capital-with-rianne-subijanto-tickets-1985737395003?aff=PlanitPurple. Act sooner rather than later, while there are still seats left.

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