Manuscripts from Sulawesi recount the legendary family relations between Mamuju in West Sulawesi and Badung in South Bali. This relationship is said to have commenced with the marriage between Puatta Mamuju and Mera’ara Puang and the birth of their son Lasalaga. The Lasalaga Project aims to bring this story to new audiences

In 2021, the first Atelier KITLV fellow, Kerstin Winking, conducted archival research at different Dutch institutions in order to collect documents that provide insight into the activities of Indonesian artists in the Netherlands and specifically their connections to Dutch leftists who were then active in Asia, too.

For Atelier KITLV Isabelle Boon, together with KITLV researcher Fridus Steijlen, will make a podcast series on Sutan Sjahrir, one of the founding fathers of Indonesia, who had been exiled to Banda by the Dutch colonial government in 1936. In the podcasts scholars will talk about Sjahrir, as well as people who are delving into his legacy today will explain what Sjahrir means for them. The podcast will explore Sjahrir starting from the Linggadjati conference back into his period in exile and his education, then again back to his contribution for the Indonesian struggle and most important his meaning for today’s youth.