Foreword
Bunyan Saptomo (Indonesian Consul General)

The Fall of Suharto and the Rise of Culture (?): An Overview of the Seminar
Michael Leaf (UBC, CSEAR)

1

Viewing the Nation from the City in Contemporary Indonesian Women’s Urban Writing
Manneke Budiman (UBC, Asian Studies; University of Indonesia)

13

Indonesian Textiles from Dress to Art
Michael Howard (Simon Fraser University, Anthropology)

33

“Back to the City”: A Note on Urban Architecture in the New Indonesia
Abidin Kusno (UBC, Insitute for Asian Research)

61

Watching the Logic through an Upside-down Mind
Heri Dono (Artist, Yogyakarta)

97

Nostalgia in Yogyakarta: The Film Biola Tak Berdawai (Stringless Violin)
Tineke Hellwig (UBC, Asian Studies)

103

Languages of Traumas, Bodies and Myths: Learning to Speak Again in Post-1998 Indonesian Theatre
Michael Bodden (University of Victoria, Pacific and Asian Studies)

121

Notes, Concerns and Hopes about Javanese Gamelan
Sutrisno Hartana (Simon Fraser University, School for the Contemporary Arts)

155

The Dynamics of Contemporary Music in the Post-Suharto Era: A Report from the Field
Franki Raden (University of Toronto, Humanities)

163