Book Review: The Last Wild Men of Borneo

Book Review: The Last Wild Men of Borneo

Home Featured publications Recent posts Who is Irfan? Book Review: The Last Wild Men of Borneo Carl Hoffman’s The Last Wild Men of Borneo consists of the stories of two very different men who had practically nothing in common except their common obsession with the...
Community Theater for People with Disabilities

Community Theater for People with Disabilities

Home Featured publications Recent posts Who is Irfan? Community Theater for People with Disabilities Theatre is the art of looking at ourselves – Augusto Boal, Founder of the Theatre of the Oppressed Ekawati Liu invited me to come out to Sleman, where she was doing...
Coffee farmers in harmony with the forest

Coffee farmers in harmony with the forest

Home Featured publications Recent posts Who is Irfan? Coffee farmers in harmony with the forest A few years ago, I traveled to the districts of Tapanuli Utara, Tapanuli Selatan, and Mandhailing Natal on an assignment for Conservation International, to look at how the...
Tribal Ink: Writing stories on human skin

Tribal Ink: Writing stories on human skin

Home Featured publications Recent posts Who is Irfan? Tribal Ink: Writing stories on human skin  Prev 1 of 1 Next Mentawai Tattoo Revival (FULL) - the 2nd video Mentawai Tattoo Revival (FULL) - the 2nd video This is the International version with English subtittle...
Merdeka! Climbing the greasy pole in Sentiong

Merdeka! Climbing the greasy pole in Sentiong

Home Featured publications Recent posts Who is Irfan? Merdeka! Climbing the greasy pole in Sentiong This is the second time I’ve shot the guys in my kampung celebrating Indonesia’s Independence day. In case it’s not obvious from the photos, this...
The case of Gregorius Rato

The case of Gregorius Rato

Home Featured publications Recent posts Who is Irfan? The case of Gregorius Rato Top of page “In 2011, Gregorius Rato, a PNPM district-level technical facilitator with more than ten years’ experience, moved to South Amanuban in West Timor to take up a post...