Food System Resilience in Indonesia: A Moral Economy Approach

Imagining a future civilization: a new utopianism founded in the here and now

Thomas Reuter

2022-07-07

Are we able to imagine and create a new civilization, a better world, in a collective act of imagination and will? Active imaginat..

Aktualne ulohy akademii a Akademie

Thomas Reuter, Djurovic Momir, Jüri Engelbrecht

2022-01-01

The present article is written as an issue paper on academies for the GL-211 Project. It traces activities of academies and their ..

Achieving Global Justice, Security and Sustainability: Compassion as a Transformative Method

Thomas Reuter

2021-11-01

This paper first examines the geopolitical trends of the post-Cold War era. The main features of this period are an escalating cri..

Making Sustainability Happen: The Jena Declaration

Thomas Reuter

2021-11-01

The Jena Declaration, introduced below, argues that the SDGs cannot be achieved simply by intensifying the use of established meth..

Can Sustainability Knowledge-Action Platforms Advance Multi-level Sustainability Transitions?

Oliver Bream-Macintosh, Amy Burnett, Ira Feldman, Jenna Lamphere, Thomas Reuter, Emmanuelle Vital

2021-09-01

In an effort to share local knowledge and best practices, online sustainability knowledge-action platforms of various types have p..

The COVID-19 Pandemic as a Systemic Stress Test: Who is most vulnerable to food insecurity and other risks in a crisis and why?

Thomas Reuter

2021-06-01

The COVID-19 pandemic has shown that in a global systemic crisis, differences in impact are not confined to immediate threat, in t..

Transformations to Sustainability: Why integrated social change requires a political process based on inclusive communication

Thomas Reuter

2021-06-01

Climate change as a cultural artifact: Anthropological insights to help avert systemic collapse QUESTION: "What does economic anthropology contribute to the understanding of climate change?"

Thomas A Reuter

2021-01-01

State of the Grain: Grain of the State: The Political - and Moral -Economy of Rice in Indonesia

Graeme Macrae, Thomas Reuter

2021-01-01

In so doing, the volume provides tools not only for understanding states’ responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, but also for judging..

Lumbung nation: metaphors of food security in Indonesia

Graeme MacRae, Thomas Reuter

2020-10-23

Indonesian food security policy suffers from a fundamental internal contradiction–between neoliberal pressures towards more integr..

A Planetary Momentum: Asymmetric Shocks, Global Preparedness for Change and the Rise of a New Paradigm

Thomas Reuter, Ivo Šlaus, Jüri Engelbrecht, Garry Jacobs, Donato Kiniger-Passigli, Alberto Zucconi

2020-01-01

Civil Society and Youth Leadership for Transformation

Thomas Reuter, Michael Marien, David Harries

2020-01-01

This discussion paper looks at the current historical momentum and potential future development of civil society and youth leaders..

Current Tasks of Academies and Academia

Thomas Reuter, Jüri Engelbrecht, Momir Djurovic

2020-01-01

The present article is written as an issue paper on academies for the GL-21 Project. It traces activities of academies and their a..

Land Grab Practices as a Threat to Livelihood and Food Security in India? A Case Study from Aerocity Expansion Project from S.A.S. Nagar, Punjab

Thomas Reuter, Sarbjeet Singh, AK Sinha, Shalina Mehta

2020-01-01

Agricultural dominant societies in India have slowly shifted from traditional agricultural practices to modern infrastructural dev..

Regaining Lost Ground: A Social Movement for Sustainable Food Systems in Java, Indonesia

Thomas Reuter, Graeme Macrae

2020-01-01

Since the 1960s, Indonesia has industrialised agriculture, following the model promoted by the global bio-tech research complex an..

Anthropology and Resurgent Nationalism

Thomas Reuter

2019-12-01

Understanding Food System Resilience in Bali, Indonesia: A Moral Economy Approach

Thomas Reuter

2019-06-01

Food systems in Indonesia and other developing countries have witnessed a rapid change in production, trade, and consumption patte..

German Cultural Diplomacy in Indonesia: Building Cooperation in a Changing World

Thomas Reuter

2019-01-01

This study examines how Germany is engaged in Indonesia through its cultural diplomacy‐oriented institutions in the elds of educat..

Global Hunger on the Rise: Development Professionals Perspectives

Thomas Reuter, Fuad Akra, Service Opare, Krishna Krishnamurthi

2019-01-01

World hunger is likely to increase under the now inevitable conditions of catastrophic climate change. The best strategy to counte..

Indonesia Facing Climate Change: Project Summary and Policy Brief

Thomas Reuter, Siti Nurbaya, Nur Masripatin, Soeryo Aiwibowo, Yulia Sugandi

2019-01-01

A comprehensive guide book on Indonesia’s response to climate change has not been available until now. The idea of producing such ..

Indonesia Menghadapi Perubahan Iklim; Vol 1: Urgensi, Politik & Tata Kelola Perubahan Iklim (Indonesia Facing Climate Change; Vol 1: Urgency, Policy and Climate Change Governance)

2019-01-01

Sebagai anggota United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Indonesia mengikuti Conference of the Parties (COP..

Indonesia Menghadapi Perubahan Iklim; Vol 2: Pembangunan Dan Emisi Gas Rumah Kaca Iklim (Indonesia Facing Climate Change; Vol 2: Development and Greenhouse Gas Emissions)

2019-01-01

Planet bumi yang kita huni sekarang ini merupakan produk evolusi geologi yang membentang selama 4.500 juta tahun. Bumi baru dapat ..

Indonesia Menghadapi Perubahan Iklim; Vol 3: Perubahan Iklim: Krisis Sosial-Ekologis Dan Keadilan Iklim (Indonesia Facing Climate Change; Vol 3: Climate Change: Socio-Ecological Crisis and Climate Justice

2019-01-01

Tampak jelas bahwa perubahan iklim merupakan tantangan global paling besar, paling urgen, multi-dimensi dan kompleks sehingga menu..

Local and Regional Initiatives for Sustainable Food Systems in Indonesia

Thomas Reuter, Graeme Macrae

2019-01-01

Limited supply, increasing demand, environmental change and inequality are major drivers of a looming global food security crisis,..

Pertanian, Ketahanan Pangan dan Perubahan Iklim (Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change)

Thomas Reuter, Ai Dariah

2019-01-01

Climate change poses a serious threat to agricultural production and food security in Indonesia. This threat arrives at a time whe..

Systems of Sustainable Consumption and Production

Thomas Reuter, Magnus Bengtsson, Laurie Cohen, Leonie Dendler, Paul Dewick, Karin Dobernig, Daniel Fischer, Melanie Jaeger-Erben, Joerg Hofstetter, Charlotte Jensen, Ria Lambino, Sylvia Lorek, Hein Mallee, Steven McGreevy, Jaco Quist, Joseph Sarkis, Patrick Schröder, Demitris Stevis, Philip Vergragt, Dan Welch

2019-01-01

With the global population projected to reach 9.6 billion by 2050, and in view of finite resource availability and resilience of t..

World Anthropology and its Institutional Challenges: A history of the transformative impact of democratic internationalization on the discipline of anthropology

Thomas Reuter

2019-01-01

Anthropology reveals a rich diversity of human cultures, while also highlighting our commonalities. The discipline is a distorted ..

World Council of Anthropological Associations (WCAA)

T Reuter

2018-10-05

Since the early twentieth century, countless modern anthropological studies have paid tribute to the richness of cultural diversit..

Bali Mula: An Introduction to Indigenous Highland Balinese History, Ritual and Social Organisation

T Reuter

2018-01-01

More than fifty villages in the central highlands and along the northern coast of the island of Bali, Indonesia, share a common in..

Developing Trust: An Integrated Vision for Social and Environmental Sustainability and Justice

T Reuter

2018-01-01

This paper addresses the question of how the world can move toward a common vision and procedure for achieving socio-ecological su..

Internationalizing Anthropology

T Reuter

2018-01-01

This article presents a brief history of international anthropology, which underwent a major development form 2004 to 2018.

Rumah Leluhur Kami: Kelebihdahuluan dan Dualisme dalam Masyarakat Bali Dataran Tinggi

T Reuter

2018-01-01

The 'Mountain Balinese' (Bali Aga) are an indigenous ethnic group whose principle homeland is the central highland region of Bali,..

The Future of Democracy: Challenges & Prospects

T Reuter, Garry Jacobs, João Caraça, Rodolfo Fiorini, Erich Hoedl, Winston P Nagan, Alberto Zucconi

2018-01-01

Unprecedented speed, interconnectivity, complexity and uncertainty are impacting all spheres of global society today, presenting c..

The Principle of Unity in Diversity as a Measured Response to Resurgent Nationalism: Valuing local diversity as well as global citizenship is not a contradiction

T Reuter

2018-01-01

The ideological war between globalism and resurgent nationalism in recent years is seen as an invitation to take sides by many int..

Unity in Diversity: Why we need to do justice to local characteristics and identities while also cultivating a sense of global citizenship

Thomas Reuter

2018-01-01

We have been witnessing a massive nationalist reaction to globalisation in recent years, the reasons for which can be difficult to..

An anthropological perspective on transformations to sustainability: Meeting the demand for integrated social transformation with a political process of open and inclusive communication

T Reuter

2017-01-01

Contemporary societies and their economies must undergo a transformation to sustainability without further delay if we are to avoi..

Principles of Sustainable Economy: An anthropologist’s perspective

T Reuter

2017-01-01

Contemporary economies must undergo a transformation to sustainability if we are to avoid a descent into ecological and socio-poli..

Seeds of Life, Seeds of Hunger: Corporate Agendas, Seed Sovereignty and Agricultural Development (Indonesia, East Timor)

T Reuter

2017-01-01

In this paper, I briefly look at the equity track record, inherent ecological risks and potential for self-reform of industrial ag..