Tragedi Kanjuruhan dalam Konteks Sepakbola Indonesia
Oleh: Andy Fuller. Diterjemahkan oleh Fiky Daulay. Sepakbola dimotori oleh persaingan. Persaingan-persaingan ini berada di dalam dan luar lapangan: di antara penggemar dan para pesepakbola. Semangat para penggemar melejitkan nilai hak-hak tayang pertandingan besar di televisi. Stadion-stadion diperjualbelikan untuk memenuhi kapasitas dan sports bar termasuk pubs penuh ketika penggemar fanatik terpaku pada pertandingan sepakbola. Antar-kota, atau […]
Pembantaian or Tragedi
*by Andy Fuller, Utrecht University Ikhwan, a teenage fan of Arema, told his mother and sister that he was going off to a Qur’anic study group on the night of 1st October 2022. Of course, he was given permission by his mother to do so. He hadn’t returned the following morning though. He wasn’t always under […]
Contextualising the Kanjuruhan Tragedy
by Andy Fuller, Utrecht University Football is propelled by rivalries. These rivalries exist on and off the field: between fans and players. The passion of the fans boosts the value tv rights for covering the big games. Stadiums are sold to capacity and sports bars and pubs are filled while partisan fans are glued to […]
PERSIS Solo: Official Statement on the Kanjuruhan Tragedy
*translated by Andy Fuller The recovery from this tragedy will be a slow and complicated process. There are many stakeholders. Lots of listening needs to be done. For the moment, I’m not interested in listening to officials, bureaucrats and politicians. I’m not convinced by Mahfud MD: I saw him on Mata Najwa and he was […]
The disposable lives of Indonesian football fans
by Andy Fuller* This tragedy was entirely avoidable. And as usual, those who are culpable are likely to escape without appropriate punishment. This tragedy has long been on the cards. But, even its likelihood of eventuating wasn’t enough for the authorities to act. In this case the relevant authorities are: the Indonesian police (Polri), the […]
Statement from the Bonek Writers Forum on the Kanjuruhan Tragedy
This article was first published at Sejarah Persebaya. Translated by Andy Fuller* The Kanjuruhan Tragedy which happened during the Arema FC vs Persebaya game which has resulted in the death of 127 people (at the time of writing) is deeply concerning. The event was triggered when the police fired tear gas into the grandstands when […]
Bonek dan Semangat Perjuangan
oleh: Andy Fuller Memang agak sulit menjadi seorang ‘pengamat sepakbola Indonesia’, kalau tinggal di luar Indonesia itu sendiri. Tetapi, derasnya berita dan posting di sosmed menjembatani jarak di antara ‘di luar’ dan ‘di dalam’ Indonesia. Aktivitas para Bonek dari Surabaya (dan di kota lain) sering mengingatkan saya betapa ramainya wacana sepakbola di Indonesia. Sepakbola memang […]
Sepak Bola dalam Hibrida Komik
Komik sepak bola, apakah itu suatu genre? Dalam istilah ini terjanjikan kesamaan formulaik yang repetitif, tetapi sebagai konsep yang dihasilkan oleh pengamatan, dalam suatu genre ternyata berlangsung proses hibrida dengan berbagai elemen, sehingga pada prakteknya selalu bervariasi (Grant, 2007: 23). Maka berikut ini, meski ketiga komik mengandalkan sepak bola sebagai wacana dominan, faktor momen sosial […]