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Yogyakarta, 13 March 2020 – Institute of International Studies that belongs to the Department of International Relations, held the Suryakanta event again this year. Suryakanta is a bookclub that supported by IIS to understand the international relations issues through books. The first meeting of Suryakanta in this year was cooperated with International Relations Student Corps (KOMAHI) and discussed about the ‘Clash of Civilizations and Remaking of World Order’ thesis by Samuel P. Huntington. This meeting took place in the room BA-503, in the IIS meeting room to be exact, and was started at 01.15 p.m.
Yogyakarta, 13 March 2020 – Department of Politics and Government supported by Innovation and Academic Research Center Universitas Gadjah Mada held a public lecture Social Entrepreneurship called “Inspirative Class: Financial Tips, Business, and Industry for Millenials”. The public lecture took place in Mandiri Auditorium 4th floor Fisipol UGM, the event was supposed to bring in two presidential expert staffs, Putri Tanjung and Gracia Billy Mambrasar. But, on the D-day, Putri Tanjung unable to attend the event because of illness and replaced by Adityo Hidayat, President Director of PT Gamatechno Indonesia.
Yogyakarta, March 12, 2020 – Omnibus Bill on Job Creation that reaps public controversy, examined in depth by Faculty of Social and Political Science UGM (Fisipol UGM) with the Coordinating Ministry for the Economy through public discussion occurred in the Auditorium BB Building 4th floor. Arif Budimanta, Special Staff of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, conveyed the urgency of the Job Creation Bill based on the demographic structure. “There is a demographic bonus which we must take because the short limit of time, comparable to South Korea and Japan,” said Arif.
Yogyakarta, March 12th, 2020— Taking place in the East Seminar Room (Ruang Seminar Timur), a discussion and launch of Prisma Journal entitled “Reducing Religion and State Tensions” (“Meredam Ketegangan Agama dan Negara”). The event handled by a collaboration of three parties, specifically: Center for Religious and Cross-cultural Studies (CRCS) UGM Postgraduate, Prisma Journal, and Faculty of Social and Political Sciences UGM. Besides the discussion and the journal launching, there was also a film screening “Beta Mau Jumpa” by Watchdoc Documentary. Panellists of this event include Robert W. Hefner, Boston University; Samsul Maarif, CRCS UGM; Elga Sarapung, Director for Interfaith Dialogue in Indonesia; and Frans Agustinus Jalong, Center for Security and Peace Studies (Pusat Studi Keamanan dan Perdamaian/PSKP) UGM.
Yogyakarta, 12 March—Center for Digital Society (CfDS) cooperated with Gojek, Commission I of House of People’s Representatives of Republic Indonesia, and Ministry of Communication and Information Technology Indonesia in the event called Digitalk #38 on Thursday (12/3). This time, DigiTalk’s topic talked about the prevention of psychological manipulation and other crimes in digital world that arose along with the rise of digital services in Indonesia.
Aditya Hidayat as the Adjunct Researcher of CfDS explained that psychological manipulation (Magis) is a fraud with social engineering technique in digital era which exploited the psychological side of their service users. The main key of Magis itself is to accomplish certain emotional condition so that users are encouraged to do something or get fooled. One of Magis’s forms is personal identity theft by irresponsible people.
Literature is going through rough times. Some might say that it is inching closer towards its doom. Mario Vargas Llosa, a Peruvian literature aficionado, said in its compilation of essay called “The Death of a Great Writer”, that literature in the modern era have lost its magical touch. This is ironic seeing how decades ago, literature was on par with religion; philosophers and literati from all across the world grows rapidly like wild seeds on earth. We know them as the giants of civilization; Sartre, his wife Simone, Zola, Borges, Chekov, Tolstoy, and many more. Meanwhile, now, finding writers on their level is close to impossible.
Yogyakarta, March 11th 2020 – Last Wednesday, The Student Board of Gadjah Mada University’s Faculty of Social and Political science held a public discussion. This forum used the “Perempuan Punya Cerita” movie (eng: Women Have Stories) to start a discussion about the problems in Indonesian female life. This movie is a compilation of four short stories – Island Story, Yogyakarta Story, Cibinong Story, and Jakarta Story – which narrates different issues related to women’s life.
Due to a time limitation, the movie screening only showed the Yogyakarta Story segment. The movie screening was then followed by a discussion held in the BRI Work Amphitheatre from 16.00 to 18.00 pm. The speaker in this event were Mrs. Pola Setiahati from Yogyakarta UPT P2TP2A, Mr. Ramadhani Thareq Kemal Pasha from Planned Parenthood, and Ms. Anggun from Women’s March.
Yogyakarta, March 10th 2020 – Dema Fisipol UGM Kabinet Basudara (Fisipol UGM Student Council Basudara’s Cabinet) held Dipcool #1 or the first series of Dema Fisipol School with discussing over Adam Smith’s Social-Political and Economic Philosophy on March 10, 2020, at 15.30. Discussion with the speaker Drs Muhadi Sugiono, M.A., as a lecturer in International Relations and Fadhil Haidar as the moderator, was held in the room 203 of BA building in Faculty of Social and Political Science UGM. The discussion attended by approximately 15 people from various departments in Fisipol UGM. Despite the little amount of audience, the forum took place smoothly and lively.
Since the beginning of the year, fears have been spreading like wildfire. The virus known to originate from an animal and fish market in Hubei Province, China spread and claimed victims all over the world. Novel Coronavirus (later referred to as Corona), the name of the virus, presented itself as a new year surprise and soon became calamity to the world. According to Kompas.com, up until the March 1st, 86.986 cases worldwide have been confirmed, with 2.979 deaths and 42.294 successfully treated. The number might or might not continue to escalate in near future. Whether the numbers rise or not, the fact that worries have haunted not only Wuhan but also other cities in the world should not be called into doubt.