Author: Siti Ariani Safarina
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Challenging The Challenge: Generational Anxiety
If fear have a face, it will be visualised as mine. Imagine a painting of “The Scream” by Edvard Munch, a century-ish later, it depicted on my face. I grow up in a very protective family knowing that I was born when my late parents have reached their end of 30s and all my siblings…
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Discovering The What
Spring has sprung, and a warm breeze now dances through the alley of London. For a someone like me, a girl who raised in a tropical country where seasons mean only rain or shine—spring feels like stepping into a dream I’ve only seen in movies, I never had it my entire life. Blossoms blooming, sunlight…
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The Change I Want To See, Creativity as A New Renewable Energy.
What if the future is not only contributed by the tech-bros and the policy makers. What if they are designed by the artists, the designers, the runners, the cyclist and many other creative communities that might have exciting ideas to shaped the world. That’s the change I want to see—a realistic utopia powered by creative…
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I Asked Chat*PT about Brighton Alternatives…
And it answered me with this; “If you love Brighton and you’re looking for other cities with a similar vibe, here are a few cities—both in the UK and internationally—that share elements like creativity, beachside culture, inclusive communities, indie spirit, and a strong arts or subculture scene: In the UK International Cities Why It Matters?…
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A Story from Türk Kahvesi
Sultan Abdul Hamid II, an Ottoman ruler who reigned from 1876 to 1909, was famously known for his love of coffee. In a corner of the antique furniture display at Dolmabahçe Palace’s museum, there is a story engraved about his daily habit of drinking seven cups of Yemeni coffee. His passion underscored the mark of…
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The Discovery Continuation — The Stakeholder
Struggles has been an universal language for most of the people around the world, not to mention for the people who living the title of a middle class. The discovery of this realization emerged when I watched a video of two Indonesian academicians and economists; Chatib Basri and Gita Wirjawan, talking about the middle class…
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The First Step to What is The Change I Want to See
Welcome (back) to Unit 1, after a month of diving into our collaborative project in Unit 2. In this phase of Unit 1, our cohort begin paving the way toward our future independent research project through Project 3: “The Change I Want to See.” At this point, we’ve started to narrow down our uncertainties and…
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Learning Compromise in Collaboration Project
In this story, I will take you on the journey of how we redefine the word compromise while collaborating together as a team to reimagine the organization we are choosing. The rollercoaster experiences can only be explored in every scene of this story while finding out the impossibility of having every imagination narrowed down into…