Football Violence in Indonesia
Football Violence in Indonesia: A Case from Yogyakarta On Sunday 12th October, 2014, Muhammad Ikhwanuddin, was killed in a car park near Adi Sucipto airport, Yogyakarta. He had been dragged from the bus, beaten with a baseball bat and stabbed in the chest. The bus had been pursued by around 30 men and boys on […]
Watching FC Union Berlin
*This piece was originally published on Shoot Farken, here. Football is a practice of cultural production. Being a fan is intrinsic to issues of identity – nationalism, parochialism, ideology, gender. The football stadium is, most often, an overwhelmingly male space. Fans claim space within the city; filling up trains and dominating sidewalks. The traces of […]
Playing Cities Making Sport
Andy Fuller, Playing Cities Making Sport, Yogyakarta: Tan Kinira Books, 2014 This book came out of an attempt to archive what I have written over the past two-to-three years. Initially, I wanted to collect all of my shorter writings and essays. They were to be grouped under the headings of: cities; literature; sport. After a […]
Death at Manahan
Joko Riyanto went to the game with a few thousand rupiah in his pocket. He left the game, carried by trembling police, with Rp.3,000 (30 cents, for what it is worth) in his pocket and a bullet hole in the right side of his chest. The day after the game, players and the coach of […]
Swimming Studies
Leanne Shapton, Swimming Studies, London: Penguin Books, 2012. Here is Leanne Shapton’s website: leanneshapton.com I am reading Leanne Shapton’s Swimming Studies, yes I am. Shapton is a Canadian artist and former elite swimmer, who almost made it to the Olympics. Nowadays, it seems that she is equal part author, publisher, illustrator and recreational, but regular […]
Football Nationalism
Football Nationalism Nasionalisme Sepakbola Indonesia Garuda di Dadaku – The Garuda on My Chest – is the title of a series of feature films telling the story of a boy’s desire to play for the Indonesian national football team. The title of the films was also adopted by Prabowo Subianto during the 2014 presidential campaign. […]
Sindhunata
Sindhunata The writings of Sindhunata are further evidence of the often greater-privileged status of global football over that of the national team and the domestic leagues of Indonesia. Sindhunata is the author of three books on football: Bola di Balik Bulan (The Ball Behind the Moon), Air Mata Bola (The Tears of the Ball) and […]
Seno Writes Soccer
Seno Writes Soccer, Seno Menulis Sepakbola Seno Gumira Ajidarma (born 1957, Boston), one of Indonesia’s most prominent authors, has contributed to the discourse on soccer in Indonesia through the means of short stories, journalism and academic writings. These writings reflect his trajectory as a writer and also the professions and jobs that he acquires. […]
Sepak Bola & Eduardo Galeano
Sepak Bola & Eduardo Galeano Ada buku yang ditulis Eduardo Galeano, judulnya, Soccer in Sun and in Shadow – penerbitnya Verso (2013). Ini salah satu buku kesukaanku. Buku ini melintasi beberapa genre. Soccer in Sun and in Shadow tampak jelas sebagai buku olahraga, tepatnya sejarah sepak bola di Amerika Selatan, dan lebih tepat lagi, dua […]
Playing the PS Vita
Playing the PS Vita “Everything I learned about life, I learned from playing FIFA on my PS Vita”. I am trying to justify playing my PS Vita: a machine I use almost exclusively for FIFA – I think I have the 2013 edition. Whatever the case, Suarez is playing for Liverpool – which is a […]