Listening to the Voices of Women, Others and Nature
Speakers
Dewi Candraningrum
Researcher Specialising in Postcolonial Fiction, Literature Pedagogy, and Gender Studies
Haryani Saptaningtyas
Lecturer at the Postgraduate School of Sebelas Maret University.
Zaimatus Sa’diyah
Lecturer at UIN Sunan Kudus, Central Java, PhD candidate at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Teguh Wijaya Mulya
Professor of Psychology at Universitas Surabaya
Dr Tamara Soukotta
Visiting Researcher, Civic Innovation Research Programme International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of Erasmus University Rotterdam
Event Details
This session brings together researchers from the NICMCR consortium to share their work on decolonising research methodologies in the fields of ecology, education, and gender. By foregrounding local knowledge systems, community participation, and critical feminist perspectives, these projects challenge Western epistemic dominance and explore how Indonesian contexts can generate new ways of thinking and acting in response to ecological, social, and cultural challenges
The panel then features four presentations:
Decolonising Climate Education: Building Stamina for Climate Resilience through Reconnections: Teguh Wijaya Mulya, Professor of Psychology at Universitas Surabaya
A critique of dominant Western models of climate education and a proposal for reconnecting with ancestral wisdom, nature, and communal life to build stamina for sustainability in Indonesia.
Decolonialisation through Methodology: Community Mapping for Research and Advocacy in Climate Change-Related Human Mobility: Haryani Saptaningtyas, lecturer at the postgraduate school of Sebelas Maret University.
A participatory project showing how community mapping can restructure power relations between researchers and communities, while empowering local voices in climate change advocacy.
Alam yang Bertasbih: Decolonising Materialism in the Ritual of Temon Banyu Beras in the Northern Kendeng Mountains: Zaimatus Sa’diyah is a lecturer at UIN Sunan Kudus, Central Java, PhD candidate at Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands
An ecofeminist and eco-Islamic analysis of a local ritual as a form of resistance against extractive materialism and as a reminder of the sacred interconnectedness of water, rice, and life.
Mothering from the Margins: Reading Dorothea Rosa Herliany’s ISINGA as Decolonial Pedagogy: Dewi Candraningrum, Universitas Muhammadiyah Surakarta
A feminist literary analysis of maternal storytelling in Papuan literature as a form of cultural preservation, ethical guidance, and resistance to marginalisation, highlighting literature as a decolonial pedagogical tool.