BIOGRAPHY
Dr Sadiah Boonstra is a Jakarta-based historian and curator committed to reshaping our understanding of colonial and postcolonial narratives across the Asia Pacific and Europe. She is Founder and Owner of CultureLab Consultancy Indonesia, Senior Research Fellow at Gadjah Mada University and an Honorary Senior Fellow at Melbourne University. Previously Sadiah has worked at institutions like the Indonesian Heritage Agency, National Gallery Singapore, The British Museum, and Tropenmuseum. In 2020, recognizing the lack of expertise in the field of museums and heritage in Indonesia, Dr Boonstra established CultureLab Consultancy or shortly CultureLab. In under three years, CultureLab has rapidly grown to a team of 10 staff members, demonstrating it fills a gap in Indonesia’s cultural landscape and a keen understanding of the evolving needs of museums and their audiences.