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False Hope and Broken Promises: Jokowi’s Human Rights Agenda – A Commentary
Get PDFUsman Hamid is the Chairperson of the Public Virtue Institute and Director of Amnesty International Indonesia. He is also a lecturer at the Indonesia Jentera School of Law, a human rights lawyer, and a member of the expert council at the Indonesian Bar Association (PERADI-RBA). In 1998, as a student activist at Trisakti University, he became involved in protests that contributed to the fall of the Suharto regime. He subsequently became the coordinator of KontraS, the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence. In 2004, he was appointed to the Presidential Fact-Finding Team that investigated the murder of prominent human rights defender Munir Said Thalib. In 2011, he was appointed to the Presidential Unit for the Supervision of Development, where he reviewed Indonesia’s National Human Rights Action Plan for 2011–2014. This commentary reflects on the unmet expectations of human rights improvements during President Jokowi's two terms in Indonesia. Written from his perspective of a long-time human rights activist, Usman Hamid critiques Jokowi's failure to address key human rights issues, including past violations, minority protections, and civil liberties, despite Jokowis early promises. The author combines personal experiences with an analysis of Jokowi's political compromises and their impact on Indonesia's declining human rights landscape
Who is holding the keys? Authorship and the role of the reader in Itō Seikō’s Sonzai shinai shōsetsu and Back 2 Back
Get PDFThis article examines the relationship between intertextuality and authorship in the creative oeuvre of contemporary Japanese writer Itō Seikō (born 1961), focusing on two short stories collections: Back 2 Back (2012), written collaboratively with philosopher Sasaki Ataru (born 1973), and Sonzai shinai shōsetsu (Stories that Do Not Exist, 2013). It provides a close overview of one particular story that appears in both collections under different titles – as story “Number Six” in Back 2 Back and “Atashi” in Sonzai shinai shōsetsu. The article argues that comparing the stories might shed some light on how they employ the concept of the death of the author. Both versions question the roles of the author and reader in interpreting a text but approach this theoretical issue differently. Story “Number Six” from Back 2 Back uses the images of a fictional author and reader as adults, highlighting the power inequality between them and portraying the reader as more powerful than the author. In contrast, “Atashi” employs a similar motif but inverts it humorously, making both the author and the reader appear equally clueless about their supposed roles. It accomplishes this by depicting them as children who mimic the same debate from a different angle and thus showcase its inherent fluidity. The article compares the interactions between fictional authors and readers in both stories through the lens of Roland Barthes’ concept of the death of the author. In this comparison, “Atashi” is perceived as a rewrite of story “Number Six.”This article examines the relationship between intertextuality and authorship in the creative oeuvre of contemporary Japanese writer Itō Seikō (born 1961), focusing on two short stories collections: Back 2 Back (2012), written collaboratively with philosopher Sasaki Ataru (born 1973), and Sonzai shinai shōsetsu (Stories that Do Not Exist, 2013). It provides a close overview of one particular story that appears in both collections under different titles – as story “Number Six” in Back 2 Back and “Atashi” in Sonzai shinai shōsetsu. The article argues that comparing the stories might shed some light on how they employ the concept of the death of the author. Both versions question the roles of the author and reader in interpreting a text but approach this theoretical issue differently. Story “Number Six” from Back 2 Back uses the images of a fictional author and reader as adults, highlighting the power inequality between them and portraying the reader as more powerful than the author. In contrast, “Atashi” employs a similar motif but inverts it humorously, making both the author and the reader appear equally clueless about their supposed roles. It accomplishes this by depicting them as children who mimic the same debate from a different angle and thus showcase its inherent fluidity. The article compares the interactions between fictional authors and readers in both stories through the lens of Roland Barthes’ concept of the death of the author. In this comparison, “Atashi” is perceived as a rewrite of story “Number Six.”This article examines the relationship between intertextuality and authorship in the creative oeuvre of contemporary Japanese writer Itō Seikō (born 1961), focusing on two short stories collections: Back 2 Back (2012), written collaboratively with philosopher Sasaki Ataru (born 1973), and Sonzai shinai shōsetsu (Stories that Do Not Exist, 2013). It provides a close overview of one particular story that appears in both collections under different titles – as story “Number Six” in Back 2 Back and “Atashi” in Sonzai shinai shōsetsu. The article argues that comparing the stories might shed some light on how they employ the concept of the death of the author. Both versions question the roles of the author and reader in interpreting a text but approach this theoretical issue differently. Story “Number Six” from Back 2 Back uses the images of a fictional author and reader as adults, highlighting the power inequality between them and portraying the reader as more powerful than the author. In contrast, “Atashi” employs a similar motif but inverts it humorously, making both the author and the reader appear equally clueless about their supposed roles. It accomplishes this by depicting them as children who mimic the same debate from a different angle and thus showcase its inherent fluidity. The article compares the interactions between fictional authors and readers in both stories through the lens of Roland Barthes’ concept of the death of the author. In this comparison, “Atashi” is perceived as a rewrite of story “Number Six.”This article examines the relationship between intertextuality and authorship in the creative oeuvre of contemporary Japanese writer Itō Seikō (born 1961), focusing on two short stories collections: Back 2 Back (2012), written collaboratively with philosopher Sasaki Ataru (born 1973), and Sonzai shinai shōsetsu (Stories that Do Not Exist, 2013). It provides a close overview of one particular story that appears in both collections under different titles – as story “Number Six” in Back 2 Back and “Atashi” in Sonzai shinai shōsetsu. The article argues that comparing the stories might shed some light on how they employ the concept of the death of the author. Both versions question the roles of the author and reader in interpreting a text but approach this theoretical issue differently. Story “Number Six” from Back 2 Back uses the images of a fictional author and reader as adults, highlighting the power inequality between them and portraying the reader as more powerful than the author. In contrast, “Atashi” employs a similar motif but inverts it humorously, making both the author and the reader appear equally clueless about their supposed roles. It accomplishes this by depicting them as children who mimic the same debate from a different angle and thus showcase its inherent fluidity. The article compares the interactions between fictional authors and readers in both stories through the lens of Roland Barthes’ concept of the death of the author. In this comparison, “Atashi” is perceived as a rewrite of story “Number Six.