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Collective Energies

s we discuss social movements and civic solidarity during periods of emergency in countries around the world, we should recognize that Indonesians are among strongest to react in order to support each other. Indonesian society closely adheres to the tradition of , a term that means to share and to build together with the community’s resources. According to the research done by the Charities Aid Foundation’s World Giving Index 2021, Indonesia is ranked as the world’s most generous society, with high rates of donation and volunteerism. As the government announced another semi-lockdown in July and applied more limitations

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Christine Han is a Singapore-based art writer. She was previously a contributing editor at World Sculpture News and Asian Art News, and her writing has appeared in Artforum, ArtAsiaPacific, Artlink, e-flux, Frieze, Flash Art, Mousse, Ocula, and Sculp

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