Author: think archipelago

Since 2012, think archipelago has provided concise business management publication of various topics to cater for the stakeholders at Archipelago Strategic & Partners Indonesia (ASPI). As it expands into reaching wider audience, the ASPI media subsidiary now also features insightful articles covering environmental and social issues, art studies, history, accompanied by critical review by ASPI professionals.
Environment

THE COASTAL LINE FACING INDIAN OCEAN

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Somewhere in the coastal line of West Java facing Indian Ocean lays a road built by a private corporation, and was used to serve mining activities many years ago. The place, holding abundant reserves of iron ore, was fought by many since 1980s, and had seen multiple times of changes in ownership as well as exploration permit. This stretch of road marked the once hectic exploitation out of massive investment. Continue reading “THE COASTAL LINE FACING INDIAN OCEAN”

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Social

DREAM A LITTLE BIT OF ME

The Jakarta Post

The article also appeared in the Jakarta Post, 23 January 2015, The Street Painters in Kota Tua.

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Sat facing each other as thoughts were focused on the chess board down the pavement, two street painters killed time in an unlikely corner of Jakarta. Portrait pieces hung on the wall of a rundown building around busy intersection in the old district of Kota Tua, making an impression that the trapped eyes inside the frames were watching the chess game. Sat on a stool close to a frame stand, these marginalized painters had settled around for a long time. Their tools occupied half side of the sidewalk. Continue reading “DREAM A LITTLE BIT OF ME”

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Social

THE AFTERMATH OF THE INFERNO

The Jakarta Post
TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHS  I  ERWIN SUPANDI

16099563296_4dff62bf76_o The traditional trade center Pasar Klewer, Solo, inaugurated in 1971 and had over time gained prominence as both commercial and cultural place of the city, was razed by fire on 27 December, devastating most part of the 2-storey building. It was one of the first textile markets in Indonesia, and later developed into one of the biggest. Over 1500 kiosks were burnt overnight, causing hundreds of million dollars in losses and over 3000 unemployed. Continue reading “THE AFTERMATH OF THE INFERNO”

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History

House of Pitung

TEXT  I  OLIVIA BERNADETTE PHOTOGRAPHS  I  MARIA FITRIA PERTIWI PUTRI North Jakarta, aside from the heavy-loaded traffic to and fro the biggest sea port of Indonesia, there is a hidden cultural heritage. Rumah Si Pitung (House of Pitung) is a big residence that was once owned by the richest fish merchant in Marunda. Pitung is considered as a local hero, the Betawi version of Robin … Continue reading House of Pitung

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