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UWRF21 Podcast | Indonesian Women Storytellers
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 16, 2022 01:54 - 1 hourMuna Masyari, Ramayda Akmal, and Tias Yuliana present the dark reality of women in traditional customs and modern utopias. Their novels show the multiple layers of female characters as well as their efforts to address the local socio-cultural situation. Listen to these three Indonesian female wri...
UWRF21 Podcast | Sustainable Design
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 16, 2022 01:51 - 59 minutesPopo Danes is a Balinese architect, who creates distinctive tropical resorts harmonious with nature and reflect Balinese aesthetics. Anneke van Waesberghe creates sustainable luxury tented villas that reflect her philosophy of sustainability. Kristine H. Harper lectures on resilient design soluti...
UWRF21 Podcast | Can the Komodo Dragon Survive?
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 16, 2022 01:47 - 53 minutesIndonesia’s Komodo dragon, the world’s largest lizard, is facing extinction. Global warming, rising sea levels and human activity have shrunk their habitat on the island of Flores, making them genetically weaker and more vulnerable. Established in 2007, the Komodo Survival Programme has developed...
UWRF21 Podcast | What It Means to Be a Refugee
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 16, 2022 01:42 - 51 minutesThe Committed is Viet Thanh Nguyen’s much-anticipated follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize-winning, The Sympathizer. It shows the United States of America and France through the eyes of a Vietnamese refugee. He is joined by an award-winning Vietnamese author, Nguyen Phan Que Mai, to discuss the Vietna...
UWRF21 Podcast | Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 16, 2022 01:37 - 45 minutesIn Islam, Authoritarianism, and Underdevelopment, Ahmet T. Kuru argues that Muslims were philosophically and socioeconomically more developed than Western Europeans between the 9th to twelfth centuries. So, why do Muslim-majority countries now exhibit high levels of authoritarianism and low level...
UWRF21 Podcast | Back to Ubud
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 16, 2022 01:34 - 59 minutesSince the pre-colonial era, Ubud has been an oasis of rich artistic expression and creativity. The Covid-19 pandemic continues to bring changes to various aspects of local life. At a time when Ubud is quiet and most businesses are closed, we reflect on what has happened and how do we rise to the ...
UWRF21 Podcast | Bringing History to Today
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 16, 2022 01:30 - 59 minutesHistory often becomes the inspiration for multiple literary works. Interpretation of events, along with mixing facts and fiction to compose new stories, become a challenging playroom for writers. Listen to Vanni Puccioni’s incredible story of South Nias in the past. Joining him are Lala Bohan and...
UWRF21 Podcast | It's Alright to Not Be Alright
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 16, 2022 01:26 - 1 hourMental health issues do not get the same attention and understanding as other health issues. They are often considered as individual problems, and not a cultural and social effect. Those who struggle with mental health issues also face various negative stigmas. Hear how creators and writers attem...
UWRF21 Podcast | Writing in a Time of Conflict
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 16, 2022 01:22 - 49 minutes“Life here is poetry blown into pieces and scattered all over the place.” Join Mohammed Moussa as he speaks about life in Gaza, his motivation for founding the Gaza Poets Society and his debut poetry collection, Flamingo. Why is poetry so important and what can be gained from creating a spoken wo...
UWRF21 Podcast | The Carrying
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 16, 2022 01:19 - 44 minutesIn The Carrying, Ada Limón “does not ignore the world’s cruelties but tries not to be held hostage by them,” according to the Guardian. The collection of poems captures ambiguous moments between the rapture of youth and the grace of acceptance. Join her in conversation with Cynthia Dewi Oka as sh...
UWRF21 Podcast | The Silent Singing from Toili
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 16, 2022 01:16 - 44 minutesFrom Toili, an area in Banggai Regency, Central Sulawesi, Eva Bande echoed the call for environmental concern and welfare of farmers as they were increasingly being eroded by the exploitative interests of palm oil companies. Listen to her story, the reason she started this path of struggle and ho...
UWRF21 Podcast | A Portrait of Islam in Java
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 16, 2022 01:13 - 43 minutesGeorge Quinn’s Wali Berandal Tanah Jawa presents a stunning portrait of Islam in Java; a phenomenon that often gone unnoticed by journalists, scientists, and tourists. Join him as he dives deep beneath the surface of modern Indonesia, exploring the personalities and stories of the magical world o...
UWRF21 Podcast | Islands of Abandonment
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 16, 2022 01:10 - 45 minutesWhat happens to wildlife when humans have retreated to certain places because of conflict or disaster? Cal Flyn’s Islands on Abandonment brings together some of the most desolate ghost towns and exclusion zones around the world and shows how, against all odds, they offer our best opportunities fo...
UWRF21 Podcast | Mulat Sarira: Self Reflection
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 16, 2022 01:06 - 57 minutesMulat Sarira is a Balinese philosophy that invites us to reflect on various aspects of ourselves and broader humanity, such as our relationship with the environment, society and the spiritual. It becomes a symbol of knowledge and philosophy. This panel will share more about this year’s theme, fra...
UWRF21 Podcast | Chiribiquete of the Colombian Amazon. A world in one world
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 16, 2022 01:02 - 1 hourIn his recent book “Chiribiquete: The Cosmic Maloka of the Jaguar Men”, Carlos Castano-Uribe shares his research of more than 30 years of the Chiribiquete National Park, a biodiversity hotspot and site of major cave paintings in the Colombian Amazon. Considered an important part of Colombian cult...
UWRF21 Podcast | The Many Faces of Gender in Literature
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 16, 2022 00:59 - 1 hourThe freedom of gender expression and fluidity continues to face challenges throughout times. Art and literature is widely considered as moderate fluid spaces that create spaces for openness to the issue of gender flexibility. Two authors, Stebby Julionatan and Hendri Yulius will dissect the journ...
UWRF21 Podcast | Bamboo Visionaries
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 16, 2022 00:55 - 1 hourElora Hardy is the creative genius behind IBUKU, an architectural company that constructs breath-taking bamboo structures. Arief Rabik is the force behind Indonesia’s Environmental Bamboo Foundation and the founder of the 1000 Bamboo Villages project. Meet these young changemakers who are paving ...
UWRF21 Podcast | The Animals in That Country
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 15, 2022 11:55 - 44 minutesDescribed as a unique, brave piece of work that speaks to our world at this time, Laura Jean Mackay’s award-winning novel, The Animals in That Country, takes us on an extraordinary journey of speculative fiction, where victims of a flu-like pandemic develop the ability to communicate with animals...
UWRF21 Podcast | Our Final Warning
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 15, 2022 11:17 - 45 minutesIn Our Final Warning, Mark Lynas explores the course we have set for Earth over the next century and beyond. He delivers a vital account of the likely consequences of global heating and the ensuing climate catastrophe. Is time is running out and what will happen if we fail to save our planet? Lis...
UWRF21 Podcast | Ethical Tourism Post Pandemic
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 14, 2022 14:23 - 1 hourAs one of the most fearless defenders of Balinese culture and people, designer Niluh Djelantik is on a mission to build better tourism in the island post-pandemic. She has been actively supporting small and medium enterprises across Bali. Join her with Janet DeNeefe as she speaks about the potent...
UWRF21 Podcast | New Spaces
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 14, 2022 14:19 - 59 minutesThe COVID-19 pandemic has shaken the creative behaviour of artists, including writers and readers. Digital-based writing media are increasingly emerging, as is the presence of literacy appreciation activities in cyberspace. Everything can be an opportunity as well as a challenge. Raisa Kamila, Ka...
UWRF21 Podcast | Homo Irrealis
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 14, 2022 14:16 - 45 minutesIrrealis moods are not about the present, past, or future, they are about what might and could have been but never was. In his latest work, Homo Irrealis, André Aciman explores what time means to artists who cannot grasp life in the present. Join his conversation with Michael Vatikiotis to talk a...
UWRF21 Podcast | Generational Poems
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 14, 2022 14:13 - 1 hourThe literary ecosystem changes over tie, especially during the pandemic, where literary pages were reduced in the media. Listen to three poets across generations: Joko Pinurbo, Ni Wayan Idayati, and Gody Usnaat share their diverse creative processes. Join them as they show how poetry is able to l...
UWRF21 Podcast | Beyond the Barriers
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 14, 2022 14:06 - 53 minutesIn the midst of accelerating the flow of information, there are still barriers that hinder our understanding of humanity. In the patriarchal socio-cultural system, women are one of the groups affected by this intertwining of issues. Hear the stories of women writers, Kalis Mardiasih, R. Valentina...
UWRF21 Podcast | Joseph Conrad's Eastern Voyages
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 14, 2022 14:03 - 53 minutesIn his latest book, Joseph Conrad’s Eastern Voyages, Ian Burnet shares his account of Joseph Conrad’s adventure in Singapore and East Borneo River where his first books are all set. Ian speaks to Virania Munaf about Conrad’s life as a sailor, his stories on the high seas and his legacy to literat...
UWRF21 Podcast | Stone Sky Gold Mountain
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 14, 2022 09:14 - 49 minutesSet during the gold-rush era in Australia, Stone Sky Gold Mountain is a poignant novel full of unforgettable characters that deal with issues of identity, belonging, racism, and sexual violence. Join Mirandi Riwoe as she shares a heart-breaking and universal story about the exiled and displaced, ...
UWRF21 Podcast | Gods of the Upper Air
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 14, 2022 09:09 - 45 minutesFrom the outspoken Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict to Ella Deloria, the Dakota Sioux activist who preserved the traditions of Native Americans on the Great Plains, their revolutionary findings gave birth to cultural anthropology. Join Charles King, author of Gods of the Upper Air, to learn more a...
UWRF21 Podcast | Lives Between the Lines
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 14, 2022 09:02 - 44 minutesLives Between the Lines is a family story of Michael Vatikiotis’s grandparents and parents in the Levant, spanning from the mid-1800s to the end of the Second World War in 1945. Once a place of ethnic harmony and pluralistic tradition their lives eventually became caught up in the conflict betwee...
UWRF21 Podcast | The Book of Form and Emptiness
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 14, 2022 08:58 - 51 minutesHow do we endure loss and find meaning in our lives? Ruth Ozeki’s The Book of Form and Emptiness is a heart-breaking and humane tale, considered as a powerful meditation that contains the chaos of the world, while giving it meaning. Ruth speaks to Desi Anwar about her poignant novel that blends j...
UWRF21 Podcast | Autobiography of Death
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival Podcast - February 14, 2022 08:55 - 29 minutesGreatly affected by the tragic Sewol Ferry incident of 2014, when more than 300 Koreans, mainly schoolchildren, lost their lives, Kim Hyesoon composed Autobiography of Death, a cycle of forty-nine poems – one for each day the dead must await reincarnation – to produce a deeply moving work for the...
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