Karen Strassler

Refracted Visions: Indonesian Appearances in Popular Photography, under contract with Duke University Press, “Objects/Histories” series (edited by Nicholas Thomas).

“‘Reformasi Through Our Eyes’: Children as Witnesses of History in Post-Suharto Indonesia,” in Danilyn Rutherford and Patricia Spyer, eds. Media and the Making of History. In preparation.

“Material Witnesses: Photographs and the Making of Reformasi Memory,” in Mary Zurbuchen, ed. Beginning to Remember: The Past in Indonesia’s Present. University of Washington and Singapore National University Press, 2005.

“Gendered Visibilities and the Dream of Transparency: The Chinese Indonesian Rape Debate in Post-Suharto Indonesia,” in Gender and History, 16(4) 2004, special issue on “Violence, Vulnerability and Embodiment.”

“Currency and Fingerprints: Authentic Reproductions and Political Communication in Indonesia’s ‘Reform Era,’” Indonesia 70 (October 2000).

“Castings for the Colonial: Memory Work in New Order Java,” co-authored with Ann Laura Stoler, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 42, No. 1 (January 2000).

Karen Strassler Assistant Professor Ph.D. Michigan 2003
	Office:	Powdermaker Hall 315H
	Phone:	(718) 997-2859
	Fax:	(718) 997-2885
	E-mail:	Karen.Strassler@QC.CUNY.EDU

Interests:	Courses Taught:
Cultural Anthropology Visual and material culture Photography and new media technologies History and memory Post-colonial literature, film and art Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asian diasporas	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology(101) Essentials of Cultural Anthropology (201) Visual Anthropology (239) Anthropology 201 - Fall 2005 Download pdf version

Selected Publications:
Refracted Visions: Indonesian Appearances in Popular Photography, under contract with Duke University Press, “Objects/Histories” series (edited by Nicholas Thomas). “‘Reformasi Through Our Eyes’: Children as Witnesses of History in Post-Suharto Indonesia,” in Danilyn Rutherford and Patricia Spyer, eds. Media and the Making of History. In preparation. “Material Witnesses: Photographs and the Making of Reformasi Memory,” in Mary Zurbuchen, ed. Beginning to Remember: The Past in Indonesia’s Present. University of Washington and Singapore National University Press, 2005. “Gendered Visibilities and the Dream of Transparency: The Chinese Indonesian Rape Debate in Post-Suharto Indonesia,” in Gender and History, 16(4) 2004, special issue on “Violence, Vulnerability and Embodiment.” “Currency and Fingerprints: Authentic Reproductions and Political Communication in Indonesia’s ‘Reform Era,’” Indonesia 70 (October 2000). “Castings for the Colonial: Memory Work in New Order Java,” co-authored with Ann Laura Stoler, Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 42, No. 1 (January 2000).
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