Wisata ke perkampungan kumuh kian populer seiring kesuksesan film “Slumdog Millionaire”. Dari Jakarta hingga Rio, turis mengunjungi bedeng-bedeng reyot dan menyapa kaum miskin yang hidup…
I have left this blog and prevented myself to publish new posts. Now, I am writing again while volcanic ash of Merapi eruption arrived in Bandung city.
This blog, slumtraveller, at first was meant…
Stilt: Politics of Reclamation and Urban Slum Settlement Marginalization -
Stilt typology is an amphibious and vernacular built form, yet ambivalent. The architecture epitomizes the adaptation of coastal community to local climate and morphology to which they transform…
The heart of Baseco. The umbilical cord of children’ dreams. Dark veil of youth impropriety.
Temporal members of this playground organically tell their personal story through the…
Baseco: ‘Nobody’ Dance in Slum -
Any song being continuously played in slum settlement is, most probably, a hit song. I heard this song, ‘Nobody’ performed by the Korean debut band Wonder Girls, played along from dusk till…
Come and celebrate the life of an intellectual giant, Baseco!
Any tool is a weapon if you hold it right.
(Ani DiFranco)

Baseco: Anak-anak Sang Anak Panah Kehidupan -
Mulai pukul 7 pagi, anak-anak tetangga di gang tempat kami tinggal mulai keluar rumah. Kakak-kakaknya yang sudah besar berangkat ke sekolah dan adik-adik kecil berkumpul dengan teman…
Baseco: Ombak, Debu, dan Udara -
Pandangan umum dapat mengatakan bahwa daerah kumuh adalah tempat yang rawan untuk ditinggali – menjijikan, keras, suram, dan berbagai macam stigma yang lain – namun hidup di Baseco…