Photos

Yes, we have photos.  About 334 as of this moment.  Not of Indonesianists or indonesianis.  I bet Tempo's word gladiators even use this awful, awkward, ridiculous-sounding word.  It might be nice to have some such people.  But IMHO, there aren't any.  Indonesia is too complex.  Even great Indonesian scholars, pri, non-pri, whatever, can't be this awesome thing, indonesianis.  Just too many fields to go around.  Fields of knowledge, academic and non, practical and non.  So what we have are 334 pictures (so far) of knowledge workers on Indonesia.  There, if you weren't sure what you were doing all these years, you now have a splendid identity -- knowledge worker. 

Where are these photos?  And how can you get to see them?  Pretty easy.  Easy, that is, so long as you are a formal member of indonesian-studies list.  Most of you reading this message already belong.   But if you just read the i-s postings on the web and never ever joined, or just get them via RSS feed, you're in big trouble.  If you want to see the 334 photos, that is.  Yahoo only allows formal list members to see them.  Nothing I can do about that.  Now, if you are a formal i-s member, you're on easy street.  Just go to the i-s homepage .  Look in the left column.  Find Photos among the listed offerings.  Click.  Then click on the album label, Researchers on Indonesia.  Then peer at the screen, and you'll see Yahoo will let you look at what's there in picture or namelist form.  In both formats, you can also choose just the page displayed, or find a 'show all' link and click on it.  That's a bit easier.  It's convenient to bring up the list/showall screen, then print it for reference.  If you use the list/showall trick, Yahoo will let you view everyone in a slideshow (you control the speed).  If you look at everyone in one sitting, it's a feature-length movie.  No kidding.  The photo collection is, of course, incomplete.  I just build it a little at a time.  But it remains useful for seeing the faces of people whose names you know but have never seen (even a few deceased persons, and, unfortunately, a few in jail).  It also shows the international diversity of Indonesian studies.  And its generational depth.  That's impressive.  The field isn't dying on a worldwide basis.  It's growing.  Give thanks.  Now, enjoy the show.

Comments

[syafa]

wow, you took me there. with my best poses (it was at roof of "kelotok", one kind of boat in pasar terapung banjarmasin). inserted among the prominent figures for the last listed (but not least, hopefully). some of them look younger n cute (we called "foto jadul" --jaman dulu--). btw, thanks for being my promotion ;-)

[Jeremy]

I'm on the same page as Anne Booth! Success at last! Thank you John, for uniting this sprawling web of nowoniks (a little yiddishkite never hurts in branding).

[Arief]

I like the word you coined, Indonesia's knowledge worker. Nice and safe. Agree, I perceive "indonesianist" is merely putting Indonesia as the instrument, not the subject.