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Siapa Tahu Kamu Mau Baca, Ep. 39
i play hours of mindless game to get by.sing nggawe game e nggapleki. procrastinating, a weapon of the not-so-weak. my work is waiting, it surely can wait. i dance to my love’s whistle. “my baby girl cute! cute! lalalalala mirai e”i kiss my bestfriend because she is. crying for cried too much. longing the past… Read more
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Siapa Tahu Kamu Mau Baca, Ep. 38
The week is getting colder. It’s time to put more blanket, hugging heated radiator. The readings keep exciting and interesting. The more we read, the more we curse ourselves, either out of animated thought or hopelessness of not knowing shits or unbearable frustration of knowing shits but forget them in a snap. The limits of… Read more
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Siapa Tahu Kamu Mau Baca, Ep. 37
The fruit of procrastination is writing Siapa Tahu but less bacot. Will write more regularly again, and hopefully have the mood to write longer shit during the quarter break (sometimes i need to release things in my head into something readable so i don’t forget). Hope it’s useful. Web Article Andrea Long Chu, “On Liking… Read more
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Bibliografi Beranotasi: Sejarah Global Tiongkok
Yaaaay, masuk ke episod terakhir seri Bibliografi Beranotasi (karena musim akademik baru sudah memulai jadi biar tuntas aja gitu wqwq). Saya memutuskan mengambil kelas ini biar belajar uga sejarah Asia yang lain. Dan yang saya suka dari kelas ini, dosen pengampunya Prof. Melissa Macauley juga memiliki ketertarikan di koneksi dan jalur dagang China di Asia… Read more
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Bibliografi Beranotasi: Sejarah dan Historiografi Asia Tenggara
Bibliografi (sedikit) beranotasi ini adalah edisi kedua setelah beberapa waktu lalu saya membagikan daftar bacaan musim gugur. Di kwartal musim dingin, saya mengambil kelas sejarah dan historiografi Asia Tenggara yang diampu oleh pak bos pembimbing saya, Prof. Haydon Cherry. Kelas seminar ini memang sengaja dibuat supaya nak-nak grad baca karya-karya “klasik” studi Asia Tenggara (building… Read more
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On Reading History: An Attempt
Disclaimer: A bit sotoy. A couple of years ago, I found X, an emerging Indonesian historian, citing a small part of Quentin Skinner’s Vision of Politics, Volume 1: Regarding Method. X cites Skinner’s book (specifically page 57) to say something about the importance of historians to study and interprets canon classical texts. He also includes… Read more