How memes promote interfaith, multiculturalism and nationalism Authors: Ambar Sari Dewi, A.S., & Sujibto B.J. Memes have become an important medium for expressing multiple intentions on the internet. Social media has advanced increasingly, making memes a contestation zone, an active hook for delivering information, and an expression of counterradicalism. Memes are a very effective way […]
Andi Misbahul PratiwiPhD Student, University of Leeds, UK On November 28, 2024, the Gender and Religion Working Group of the Netherlands-Indonesia Consortium for Muslim-Christian Relations (NICMCR) hosted a virtual discussion titled Women in Ecological Crisis: Defenders of Nature. This event brought together experts, activists, researchers, and the public to explore the critical role of women […]
Explore the powerful stories of women safeguarding nature. Documentary photographer, National Geographic Explorer, and anthropologist Sanne Derks will present her striking visual project on Amazonian women fighting to defend their lands in Ecuador—the only country where nature is constitutionally granted rights. Uli Arta Siagian (WALHI) will also shed light on the environmental struggles in Sulawesi […]
Open Dialogue on ‘Religion in Political Polarization: Currents in the Netherlands and Indonesia’ June Beckx In recent years, Indonesia and the Netherlands have seen increasing polarization along similar patterns: the populism of controversial figures who later emerged victorious in parliamentary elections in the Netherlands and presidential elections in Indonesia. In the Netherlands, strong (anti-) religious […]
Currents in the Netherlands and Indonesia OPEN DIALOGUE offline and online The years 2023 and 2024 are marked by political turbulence around elections in which two populists played the leading role: Geert Wilders in the general elections in the Netherlands in November 2023 and Prabowo Subianto in the presidential elections in Indonesia in February 2024. […]
