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"...Redirecting the spotlight onto the history of the Indonesian left movement and the pro-democracy movement, especially the role of the PRD, the Reclaiming History programme set out to draw lessons from the struggle against the military regime for today’s movements...", writes Esty Pratiwi Lubarman and Neysia Novaristia of Institute of Indonesian Socialist History
"...In the back of cupboards, wardrobes and under mattresses in homes of the poor there are archives of the oppressed. The mementos of resistance that have been carefully stored, hidden for a later date. In Thailand, despite the mass repression of the Red Shirt Movement, these archives still wait optimistically for another future...", writes Gabriel Kay Young of DinDeng, a Thailand-based collective exploring proletarian and subaltern struggles in the “Land of Smiles.”
How does Ruang Arsip & Sejarah Wanita (RUAS) position its identity as a laboratory of knowledge, a space for reflection, and a field of struggle through its archiving praxis?
Building on the momentum of public-facing initiatives by the Under The Banana Tree (UTBT) Archival Network, there is a strategic need to collectively explore the archival praxis from Southeast Asia.
With the broad themes of strengthening grassroots and civil archives in the region, the three days workshop (26 - 28 February 2026) comprised of presentations, archival showcase, inaugural zine distribution to public seminar which involved almost 40 local and international participants.
