Sadia Boonstra. Foto: Maarten Nauw / Framer Framed Sadiah Boonstra
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 the Jakarta-based CultureLab Consultancy, a social-enterprise for museum and exhibition services in Indonesia. CultureLab is involved in the research consortium Colonial Power and Knowledge, investigating the colonial past of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW).
As senior research fellow at Gadjah Mada University, Sadiah is involved in the NWO-funded research project Exploring New Futures for Indonesian Objects: Dismantling Colonial Knowledge Production and Recovering Lost Histories and Memories. Previously, Sadiah has worked at institutions like the Indonesian Heritage Agency, Melbourne University/Art Centre Melbourne, National Gallery Singapore, The British Museum/Royal Holloway University, and Tropenmuseum.
- Over de de/kolonialiteit van Kebun Raya Bogor - door Sadiah Boonstra
- Groene Amsterdammer - ’s Lands Plantentuin
- Metropolis M - On the Nature of Botanical Gardens
- Art and Market - On the Nature of Botanical Gardens' at Framer Framed
- Nu Online - Santri Majenang Collaborative puppet works exhibited in the Netherlands
Links
- Catalogue: On the Nature of Botanical Gardens – EN
- Catalogus: On the Nature of Botanical Gardens – NL
Attachments
Exhibitions
Exhibition: On the Nature of Botanical Gardens
Contemporary indonesian perspectives by nine Indonesian artists
Agenda
Symposium: Shapeshifters
Day-long symposium addressing the ethical and cultural implications of collections built through colonial looting and exploitation
Book launch: Revolusi
A conversation with David Van Reybrouck, Wim Manuhutu, Sadiah Boonstra, Goenawan Mohamad and Amanda Pinatih
Artist Talk: On the Nature of Botanical Gardens
With the participation of: Zico Albaquni, Arahmaiani, Lifepatch members Agung ‘Geger’ Firmanto and Agus 'Timbil' Tri Budiarto, along with the curator Sadiah Boonstra.
Opening: On the Nature of Botanical Gardens
Contemporary Indonesian Perspectives
Memoria Plantae: Perspectives on the Dutch Botanical Network
A conversation with Sadiah Boonstra, Andreas Weber en Jennifer Tosch in the lead-up to our upcoming exhibition
Magazine
Museology / Shared Heritage / The living archive / Colonial history /
Indonesia / Collection development / Ecology / Colonial history / Museology /
On the (de)coloniality of Kebun Raya Bogor, museum objects and contemporary Indonesian art
Ecology / Shared Heritage / Indonesia / Colonial history /
Digital Archive: Decolonise Botanical Gardens
Ecology / Action Research / Shared Heritage / Indonesia / Colonial history /
Report: On the Future of Botanical Gardens
Indonesia / Shared Heritage / Colonial history / Contested Heritage /