Aryo Danusiri is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Indonesia. An affiliate of the Sensory Ethnography Lab, he holds a Ph.D. in Social Anthropology with Critical Media Practice from Harvard. His research has revolved around political anthropology, mobility, and STS. Various institutions have supported his research, including Social Science Research Council (SSRC), Wenner-Gren, and Fulbright. His artistic works have premiered at multiple international festivals, including Rotterdam, Amnesty-Amsterdam, and Yamagata's "New Asia Current." Playing Between Elephants, his first feature-length documentary, was awarded "Movies That Matters for Best Human Rights Film" at Jakarta International Film Festival 2007 and "Best Documentary" at Brussels Independent IFF. In Fall 2022, he will be a visiting fellow at IIAS, Leiden.
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2021 - Professor Patricia Spyer Project (IHEID Geneva) - IMAGES, (IN)VISIBILITIES, AND WORK ON APPEARANCES - Project Interlocutors
2019 - SENSORY ETHNOGRAPHY TO BE FEATURED AT FFD 2019
2013 - The Jakarta Globe: Aryo Danusiri: Documenting Everyday Life Amid Hardship
2007 - Yamagata International Documenterary Film Festival (Japan) - Playing Between Elephants
2005 - The New York Times - "At Jakarta festival, tales of hardship"
