Asri Wijayanti's Publications

My Article in Asia Media

2009-10-19T18:54:00.000-07:00

My article on Facebook Activism that was published in the Jakarta Post was also re-published by Asia Media, the UCLA Asia Institute's website. Here is the link: http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=111084 :)

My Article in the Jakarta Post

2009-08-17T15:54:00.000-07:00

My article on Facebook activism was published in the Jakarta Post, the most prominent English newspaper in Indonesia on August 2, 2009.

http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/08/02/facebook-activism-how-powerful-can-it-be.html

UNDP ERTR Report

2009-07-15T02:26:00.001-07:00

The Annual Report of United Nations Development Programme Emergency Response and Transitional Recovery (UNDP - ERTR) included a section on Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) Unit's activities. On page 52, there is a picture of myself introducing the Stop Disasters Game to the children of Banda Aceh. Here is the link:

Report on DRR Unit's Activity.

Aku menemukan laporan tentang kegiatan unit pengurangan risiko bencana di buku laporan kegiatan badan pembangunan PBB. Di halaman 52 terdapat fotoku yang sedang mengajari anak-anak di Banda Aceh untuk memainkan modul dalam Stop Disasters Game. Laporan tersebut juga memaparkan kegiatan-kegiatan pengurangan risiko bencana yang kami lakukan.

Berikut tautannya:
Report of DRR Unit's Activity

The Fruitful Duties...

2008-10-03T11:26:00.000-07:00

flying with UNHAS, on the way for a mission in Nias

The most fruitful and rewarding work experience has been my works with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Aceh. I worked with a wonderful team led by a very smart girl, Malikah Amril, whom I respect so much, a great mentor, Robin Willison, and wonderful colleagues. These are some publications in UNDP Newsletters on those exciting duties.

Pengalaman kerja yang paling berwarna dan terasa sangat bermakna adalah pekerjaanku di Badan Pembangunan PBB (UNDP) di Aceh. Aku bekerja dalam tim yang luar biasa, yang dipimpin seorang perempuan cerdas, Mbak Malikah Amril, mentor yang hebat, Robin Willison, dan teman-teman yang luar biasa. Berikut adalah publikasi di Newsletter UNDP tentang beberapa pekerjaan yang kulakukan di sana...

March 2007, Turning Up The Volume to Disaster Risk Reduction (page 8)
May 2007, Reaching A Milestone in Disaster Risk Reduction (page 7)
September 2007, Back to School with Disaster Risk Reduction (page 4)
November 2007, Disaster Risk Reduction Begins at School (page 9)

World Vision Documents

2008-10-03T11:08:00.000-07:00

I found my name in the World Vision Asia-Pacific documents. Back some months ago, my colleagues and I in the UNDP DRR Team were interviewed by the Asia-Pacific Disaster Monitor publisher to provide some insights and information for World Vision's report and disaster fact sheet. Those documents are good resources for those who would like to learn more about DRR issues in the region:

Asia - Pacific Disaster Monitor Factsheets

Planet Prepare, Asia - Pacific Disaster Report

Aku menemukan namaku di dokumen World Vision Asia-Pacific, karena Tim Pengurangan Risiko Bencana merupakan salah satu narasumber dalam penyusunan laporan dan lembaran fakta WV. Dokumen yang disusun WV ini sangat menarik karena memberikan gambaran tentang kondisi pengurangan risiko bencana di wilayah Asia-Pasifik.

Asia - Pacific Disaster Monitor Factsheets
Planet Prepare, Asia - Pacific Disaster Report

Disaster Risk Reduction Works

2008-10-03T10:53:00.000-07:00

UNDP DRR Team at Rebuilt Tsunami Ground Zero, Ulee Lheue, Aceh

Working in Post Tsunami Aceh as a Liaison Associate for Disaster Risk Reduction Project involved me into related news by local media. Not all of them are published online, however these are some of the news that I could track online:

Bekerja di Aceh Pasca Tsunami sebagai Liaison Associate untuk Pengurangan Risiko Bencana membuat aku masuk dalam berbagai berita di media lokal. Tidak semuanya bisa terlacak di internet, namun berikut adalah beberapa catatan yang bisa kutemukan online:

Global Voices

2008-10-03T10:26:00.000-07:00

It was an honor to find that Global Voices Online, a non-profit global citizens’ media project founded at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet and Society, aggregated 2 of my blog articles.

"Global Voices seeks to aggregate, curate, and amplify the global conversation online - shining light on places and people other media often ignore..."

And, they picked my writings on 9/11 Tragedy, and my thoughts on Education from my old blog. It motivates me to be a "more responsibleful blogger", to write something meaningful than just a diary in my blog. Because blog is worldwide, and it can be the windows for others to see the other sides of the world.

These are the links:

Adalah satu kehormatan saat aku menemukan bahwa Global Voices Online, sebuah lembaga nirlaba yang didirikan di Harvard Law School's Berkman Center untuk Internet dan Masyarakat, mengambil 2 artikel blogku. (Lihat links di atas)

"Global Voices meng-agregasi, mengumpulkan dan menyuarakan percakapan global secara online - menyebarkan "cahaya" di berbagai tempat, dan di diri banyak orang, yang sering diabaikan oleh media..."

Dan, mereka mengambil tulisanku tentang Tragedi 9/11, dan pemikiranku tentang pendidikan dari blog lamaku. Hal ini memotivasiku untuk menjadi blogger yang lebih bertanggungjawab, yang menulis hal-hal yang lebih berarti dalam blogku. Karena blog dapat diakses dari seluruh dunia, dan bisa menjadi "jendela" bagi orang lain untuk melihat dunia dengan mata yang berbeda.

My Journalist Day

2008-10-03T10:13:00.000-07:00

Simply, this is the link from Internews Indonesia's Gallery. These are the photos from my good old days as a radio journalist, when I joined a training on Election Radio Programs 2004. I met great radio persons there, very inspiring.

Ini adalah link dari Galeri Internews Indonesia. Ada foto-foto dari "masa lalu", saat aku masih bekerja sebagai jurnalis radio yang mengikuti pelatihan program radio untuk Pemilu 2004. Di sana kau bertemu orang-orang radio yang luar biasa, dan inspiratif.

Asia-Europe Young Volunteers Exchange 2004

2008-10-03T09:44:00.000-07:00

The Little AEVE Circle - from me, clockwise:

Asri, Mika, Yuanjing, Ketut, Shao-Li, Bo, Martin, Julia, Eunjeong

(photo by J.F. Bertholy)

This is one of my favorite photographs, ever. I love the smiles, the green grass of Paris in summer time, and the notes written in our papers. It was the moment when I first learned about cross-cultural understanding.

Ini adalah salah satu foto favoritku. Aku suka senyuman di wajah-wajah temanku, hijaunya rumput musim panas di Paris saat itu, dan catatan-catatan yang kami buat di kertas-kertas yang terserak. Saat itu adalah kali pertama akuu benar-benar belajar tentang pemahaman antar budaya.

I was sent to the Asia-Europe Young Volunteer Exchange (AEVE) 2004 by Indonesia International Work Camp (IIWC), an NGO that was established in 1999 within the circle of my volunteer friends.

Aku dikirim ke Asia-Europe Young Volunteer Exchange (AEVE) 2004 / Program Pertukaran Relawan Asia-Eropa 2004 oleh IIWC, sebuah LSM yang didirikan bersama dengan teman-temanku pada tahun 1999.

AEVE is an annual program organized by the Coordinating Committee for International Voluntary Service (CCIVS) - UNESCO, sponsored by Asian - European Foundation (ASEF). It gathered volunteers who work on international work camp projects to improve their cross-cultural understanding and work camp management skills. I felt that AEVE was a surprising gift for my voluntary works. I have never planned to be there, as since 1993 I just feel contented to do nice things for others in my voluntary works. I had never thought that those works could bring me so far away, experiencing even more exciting new lessons, expanding my networks, and nurturing my dreams.

This is the link to the report of AEVE 2004, where you can learn some glimpse of Cross-Cultural Understanding Values and international volunteer networks...

AEVE 2004 Report

AEVE adalah sebuah program tahunan yang diadakan oleh Komite Koordinasi Kegiatan Kerelawanan UNESCO, yang disponsori oleh ASEF. Program ini mengembangkan kemampuan pemahaman antar budaya dan manajemen work camp. Aku selalu merasa bahwa AEVE adalah hadiah kejutan untuk kegiatan kerelawanan yang sudah kujalani di berbagai organisasi sejak tahun 1993. Aku merasa bahagia saat bisa melakukan hal-hal yang baik buat orang lain, namun ngga pernah membayangkan bahwa pada suatu hari, kesenangan ini bisa membawaku pergi jauh, untuk belajar lebih banyak hal, meluaskan jaringan, dan memupuk mimpi-mimpi baru.

Berikut, link laporan dari AEVE 2004, di mana teman-teman bisa belajar sedikit tentang Nilai-Nilai Pemahaman Antar Budaya dan jaringan relawan internasional...

AEVE 2004 Report

Java Jazz, Incognito, and I

2008-10-03T08:45:00.000-07:00

I love jazz, I love many jazz performers, but above all, I love Incognito. I flew 3 hours to the Capital City of Indonesia, to watch their performance in Java Jazz Festival 2008, bought a new digital SLR camera with the intention of shooting the best photos from their shows, and it was paid nicely.

Some days after the festival I googled for Incognito and Java Jazz, and I found, that their official website grabbed my the photos that I published in my old blog!

Aku suka banget Jazz, aku suka banyak musisi jazz, tapi di atas semuanya, aku cinta Incognito. Aku terbang 3 jam dari Aceh ke Jakarta buat nonton penampilan mereka di Java Jazz Festival 2008, dan sebelumnya, aku beli kamera digital SLR dengan harapa agar bisa mengambil foto-foto yang bagus... dan harapan itu terbayar dengan manis. :p

Beberapa hari setelah JJ 2008 aku meng-google nama Incognito dan Java Jazz, dan aku menemukan bahwa ternyata situs resmi Incognito mengambil beberapa foto dari blog lamaku!

Here are the list of links of my photos in Incognito's website:
Ini dia foto-fotoku yang dipasang di situs Incognito:
Photo 1
Photo 2
Photo 3
Photo 4

The Petarangan

2008-10-03T08:16:00.000-07:00

The Petarangan belongs to Wiwien Wintarto, my friend who is a very productive novel writer, and now starting up his career as movie scriptwriter. I knew him since 2002, when he was the senior editor in a teenage tabloid, and my (ex) company was developing that tabloid's website. He is so witty - I always feel that he always have all expressions to tell any stories.

Some characters in his books were inspired by his friends, including me. He gave me 2 of his novels, "Kok Jadi Gini" and "Say No To Love". The last novel touched me, as at the dedication page he wrote only one name: "for Asri". :)

Wiwien always encouraged me to kick my writing skills out. I sent some of my short stories to his tabloid, and they were published. He gave me some inputs to brush up my writing skills, and later, when I became confident enough, I encouraged myself to send my short story to a national teenage mag... and they published it as the featured story for their Christmas 2005 edition. Wow. Thanks to him. A lot!

The Petarangan adalah blog sahabatku, Wiwien Wintarto, penulis novel yang cukup produktif, dan saat ini memulai debutnya sebagai penulis skenario film dan sinetron. Aku kenal Mas Wiwien sejak tahun 2002, saat (bekas) perusahaanku masih mengelola website sebuah tabloid remaja di mana Mas Wien duduk (dan bekerja tentunya.. :D) sebagai Wapimred-nya.

Beberapa karakter dalam buku mas Wien terinspirasi dari karakter teman-temannya, termasuk aku. Sejauh ini, mas Wien sudah "menyumbangkan" 2 bukunya buatku: "Kok Jadi Gini" dan "Say No to Love". Buku yang terakhir ini menyentuh perasaan banget.. karena di salah satu halaman terdepannya beliau menulis.. "for Asri"... Awww...

Mas Wien selalu menyemangati aku buat menulis. Salah satunya dengan memintaku mengirim cerpen ke tabloidnya, dan memberiku banyak saran buat mengembangkan bakat menulisku. Nah, setelah aku cukup PeDe, akhirnya aku mencoba mengirimkan cerpenku ke sebuah majalah remaja nasional... dan dimuat sebagai cerpen utama untuk edisi Natal 2005-nya! :) Waw. Makasih sekali lagi buat Mas Wien. Makasih banyak!

My Blog Rank

2008-10-02T16:16:00.000-07:00

In 2006, my blog, Daysofagirl, ranked 916 in Indonesian blog listed by Technorati.
Here is the link.