Hartmantyo Pradigto Utomo

About Me

I am a  master student in the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Political Science, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta. I have finished my thesis under the supervision of Dr. Oki Rahadianto Sutopo. I currently work as staff of Academics Engagement and a Researcher in Social Research Center (Sorec) in the same department. 

I do research and published on journal, book, book chapter, and essay.  I am also actively participating in research and creating for theatre, performance, and art installations as a member of Studio Malya. 

Education Backgrounds

M.A in Sociology, Gadjah Mada University 2018-2021, Master thesis about Decolonization of Indonesian Sociological Canon

S.Sos in Sociology, Gadjah Mada University 2011-2017, Bachelor thesis about Alternative Discourse in Indonesian Social Science

Selected Publications and Works

Journal Articles

1. Logika Nonexistence: Eksplorasi Dialektis Pemikiran Boaventura de Sousa Santos tentang  Totalitas Nalar Hierarkis dan Dikotomis (Co-Author:  Oki Rahadianto Sutopo, Jurnal Filsafat Indonesia, October 2022)

2. Pemaknaan Simbolis Tradisi Kupat Syawalan di Desa Jimbung Kabupaten Klaten (Co-Author: Ovy Novakarti, 2021). Title on english: The Symbolic Meaning of the Kupat Syawalan Tradition in Jimbung Vilage, Klaten. [DOI]

3. Kritik Southern Theory terhadap Hegemoni 'Sosiologi Modern' Amerika di Indonesia (Co-Author: Oki Rahadianto Sutopo, Jurnal Filsafat, 2020). Title on english: Critic of Southern Theory to American Modern Sociology Hegemonic in Indonesia. [DOI]

4. Kritik Kekuasaan Mpu Tantular sebagai Ulayatisasi Ilmu Sosial Indonesia (Co-Author: Purwanto. Jurnal Pemikiran Sosiologi, 2019). Title on english: Mpu Tantular's Criticism of Power as Indigenization on Indonesian Social Science. [DOI]

Book

1. Kritik Kuasa Mpu Tantular dalam Diskursus Ilmu Sosial Indonesia (Kendi, 2020). Title on english: Mpu Tantular's Criticism of Power on Indonesian Social Science Discourse. [ISBN]

Book Chapters

1. "Can the Youth Speak?": Biennale Jogja Equator, Educational Turn, dan Kerentanan Penulis Muda (Yayasan Biennale Yogya, 2022)

2. "Kalabuku: Gerak-Kata". Dalam Teater/Intimasi  (Kalabuku, 2022).

3. "Equator as Method: Telaah Kerangka Kerja Biennale Jogja Equator". Dalam Khatulistiwa sebagai Metode: Merefleksikan Pengalaman 10 Tahun Biennale Jogja Khatulistiwa. (Yayasan Biennale Yogya, 2020).

4. "Kedewasaan Beragama dan Rongga yang Menganga dalam Masyarakat Plural". Dalam Menyemai Kedewasaan Beragama di Indonesia (FKUB Jawa Tengah, 2019).

Books Editor

1. Biennale Jogja, Seni, dan Residensi (Yayasan Biennale Yogya, Forthcoming 2024).

2. Manifesto Metodologi Penciptaan (Garasi Performance Institute, Forthcoming 2024)

3. Mapping Indonesia: Artist and Social Works in Indonesia (Studio Malya, Forthcoming, 2024)

4. Titen: Embodied Knowledges-Shifting Grounds (Yayasan Biennale Yogya, December 2023).

5. Sepuluh Tahun Biennale Jogja Equator  (Yayasan Biennale Yogya, December 2022).

6. Partisipasi Mahasiswa dalam Pilkada Serentak 2020 (Matakata, 2022).

Selected Essays

1. Bagaimana Cara Mengkritik Wacana Kolonial melalui Karya Penciptaan? (Tanda Baca, 2022)

2. Rumbia:  From Cultural Sensory  to Ecological Intimacy (Gudskul, Failed Architecture, and The Research Center of Material Culture, 2022).

3. Dekolonisasi Mitos Kemalasan (LSF Cogito, 2021).

4. Mencatat Peristiwa, Memproyeksikan Catatan (Mata Jendela, 2020).

5. Epistemologi Selatan bagi Ilmu Sosial Indonesia: Prawacana (Berdikaribook.red, 2019).

6. Performativitas Warga Negara dalam Aksi Protes Hasil Pemilu (Detik.com, 2019).

7. Hantu Politik Warisan (Ilmu Sosial) Orde Baru (Detik.com, 2019).

8. Refleksi Melancholic Masculinity dan Kerja Industri dalam Film In The Mood for Love (LSF Cogito, 2019).

9. Cermin dari Dunia yang Berlari dalam Chungking Express (Basabasi.co, 2019).

Conferences

1. AAS-in-Asia 2024: Global Asias: Latent Histories, Manifest Impacts. 
   Presentation Material: "If I Die, Just Pray for Me”: Low-Income Indonesian Women and the Dilemmas of the COVID-19 Pandemic (Co-Author: Rachel Rinaldo, Fina Itriyati, Dinda Kamilia)

2. The American Institute for Indonesian Studies-Michigan State University (AIFIS-MSU) Conference on Indonesian Studies 2024 "Indonesia Ascendants?"
   Presentation Material: Unresponsive Masculinity: How Low Income Women in Yogyakarta Reflect on Their Husbands in The COVID-19 Era (Co-Author: Rachel Rinaldo, Fina Itriyati, Dinda Kamilia)

3. Populism, Digital Technology, and the 2024 Election. Deakin University 2024.
   Presentation Material: Performing Populism: Joget Gemoy as Political Strategy (co-author: Dian Puspita, Odam Asdi Artosa, Irawati, and Raisya Insyira)

4. Indonesian Council Open Conference 2023, University of Sydney, "Indonesia 25 Years On"
   Presentation Material: Exploring Interculturality at the Biennale Jogja XVI (Co-Author: Mega Nur Simanjuntak & Yesandia Utomo)

5. The American Institute for Indonesian Studies-Michigan State University (AIFIS-MSU) Conference on Indonesian Studies 2023 "The Promises and Dilemmas of Indonesia"
   Presentation Material: "If I Die, Just Pray for Me”: Low-Income Indonesian Women and the Dilemmas of the COVID-19 Pandemic (Co-Author: Rachel Rinaldo, Fina Itriyati, Dinda Kamilia)

Research Projects

1. Mapping Indonesia: The Artists and Social Works in Contemporary Art Scene (Head of Research, Asia Art Archive, 2023-2024)

2. Women Grass Roots Leadership (Researcher, Fisipol UGM, 2024)

3. Understanding Social Participation and Inclusion in Jurisdictional Approaches to Sustainable Environmental Management (Research Assistant, University of Melbourne and UGM, KONEKSI, 2023-2024)

4. Dam and Displacement in Central Java (Fisipol UGM, 2023)

5. Women, Work, and Pandemic in Indonesia (Research Assistant, Dr. Rachel Rinaldo, Fullbright, 2022-2024)

6. Social Assistance and Empowerment in Rural Area in Java (Researcher, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Indonesia and UGM, 2023-2024)

7. Civil Society Organization and National Development Paradigm in Indonesia (Researcher, INFID and UGM, 2023)

8. 1965 Tragedy, collective memory, and cultural reconciliation in Indonesia (Researcher, Studio Malya for Biennale Jogja, 2019)

9. Women survivor, 1965 Tragedy, and visual archive in Indonesia (Researcher, Studio Malya for Selamatan Anak Cucu Sumilah, 2018)