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AlterTech

We study how activists across Asia craft resilient infrastructures and reimagine technologies of dissent to resist digital oppression.

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For project inquiries: Y.Sastramidjaja@uva.nl

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We study how activists across Asia craft resilient infrastructures and reimagine technologies of dissent to resist digital oppression.

Crafting Alternate
Infrastructures of
Resistance in Asia

Across Asia, activists face mounting restrictions and technologically-enhanced surveillance, repression, and control. AlterTech examines how activists navigate these constraints by experimenting with new technological practices and reconfiguring their infrastructures from the ground up. By studying everyday acts of resistance - and examining how hemispheric connections, embodied practices, and utopian imaginaries also shape activist trajectories – we aim to uncover emerging forms of technopolitics that often remain invisible in conventional discourses of activism.

Welcome to our living archive: an open space for re-imagining. From critical reflections to fully realised open-source artefacts and research outputs. Explore our latest work and trace our publications here. Dig in, share, and get involved.

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Cheria Hlaing

PhD candidate

Jayed Khan

PhD candidate

Rugun Sirait

PhD candidate

Liang Yu

PostDoc

Léa Shamaa

Research Officer

Yatun Sastramidjaja

Principal Investigator

Supported by

Department of Anthropology, University of Amsterdam
Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
1018 WV Amsterdam

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This project [AlterTech, grant no. 101231230] has received funding from the European Research

Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme.

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AlterTech

We study how activists across Asia craft resilient infrastructures and reimagine technologies of dissent to resist digital oppression.

TEAM

For project inquiries: Y.Sastramidjaja@uva.nl

PROJECT
0.5 CONTACT

We study how activists across Asia craft resilient infrastructures and reimagine technologies of dissent to resist digital oppression.

Crafting Alternate
Infrastructures of
Resistance in Asia

Across Asia, activists face mounting restrictions and technologically-enhanced surveillance, repression, and control. AlterTech examines how activists navigate these constraints by experimenting with new technological practices and reconfiguring their infrastructures from the ground up. By studying everyday acts of resistance - and examining how hemispheric connections, embodied practices, and utopian imaginaries also shape activist trajectories – we aim to uncover emerging forms of technopolitics that often remain invisible in conventional discourses of activism.

Welcome to our living archive: an open space for re-imagining. From critical reflections to fully realised open-source artefacts and research outputs. Explore our latest work and trace our publications here. Dig in, share, and get involved.

CONTACT
MATERIAL TRACES

Cheria Hlaing

PhD candidate

Jayed Khan

PhD candidate

Rugun Sirait

PhD candidate

Liang Yu

PostDoc

Léa Shamaa

Research Officer

Yatun Sastramidjaja

Principal Investigator

Supported by

Department of Anthropology, University of Amsterdam
Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
1018 WV Amsterdam

VIEW RESEARCH PROJECT
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CHECK OUT OUR OUTPUT

This project [AlterTech, grant no. 101231230] has received funding from the European Research

Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme.

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TEAM
MATERIAL TRACES
BLOG & UPDATES
CONTACT
PROJECT
TEAM
BLOG & UPDATES
PROJECT

AlterTech

We study how activists across Asia craft resilient infrastructures and reimagine technologies of dissent to resist digital oppression.

TEAM

For project inquiries: Y.Sastramidjaja@uva.nl

PROJECT
0.5 CONTACT

We study how activists across Asia craft resilient infrastructures and reimagine technologies of dissent to resist digital oppression.

Crafting Alternate
Infrastructures of
Resistance in Asia

Across Asia, activists face mounting restrictions and technologically-enhanced surveillance, repression, and control. AlterTech examines how activists navigate these constraints by experimenting with new technological practices and reconfiguring their infrastructures from the ground up. By studying everyday acts of resistance - and examining how hemispheric connections, embodied practices, and utopian imaginaries also shape activist trajectories – we aim to uncover emerging forms of technopolitics that often remain invisible in conventional discourses of activism.

Welcome to our living archive: an open space for re-imagining. From critical reflections to fully realised open-source artefacts and research outputs. Explore our latest work and trace our publications here. Dig in, share, and get involved.

CONTACT
MATERIAL TRACES

Cheria Hlaing

PhD candidate

Jayed Khan

PhD candidate

Rugun Sirait

PhD candidate

Liang Yu

PostDoc

Léa Shamaa

Research Officer

Yatun Sastramidjaja

Principal Investigator

Supported by

Department of Anthropology, University of Amsterdam
Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
1018 WV Amsterdam

VIEW RESEARCH PROJECT
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MEET THE TEAM
CHECK OUT OUR OUTPUT

This project [AlterTech, grant no. 101231230] has received funding from the European Research

Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme.

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BLOG & UPDATES
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Website designed by Hannah Geraads and Katinka van Berlo

AlterTech

We study how activists across Asia craft resilient infrastructures and reimagine technologies of dissent to resist digital oppression.

PROJECT

Crafting Alternate Infrastructures
of Resistance in Asia

Across Asia, activists face mounting restrictions and technologically-enhanced surveillance, repression, and control. AlterTech examines how activists navigate these constraints by experimenting with new technological practices and reconfiguring their infrastructures from the ground up. By studying everyday acts of resistance - and examining how hemispheric connections, embodied practices, and utopian imaginaries also shape activist trajectories – we aim to uncover emerging forms of technopolitics that often remain invisible in conventional discourses of activism.

VIEW RESEARCH PROJECT

TEAM

Cheria Hlaing

PhD candidate

Jayed Khan

PhD candidate

Rugun Sirait

PhD candidate

Liang Yu

PostDoc

Léa Shamaa

Research Officer

Yatun Sastramidjaja

Principal Investigator

MEET THE TEAM

MATERIAL TRACES

Welcome to our living archive: an open space for re-imagining. From critical reflections to fully realised open-source artefacts and research outputs. Explore our latest work and trace our publications here. Dig in, share, and get involved.

CHECK OUT OUR OUTPUT

CONTACT

Department of Anthropology, University of Amsterdam
Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
1018 WV Amsterdam

For project inquiries: Y.Sastramidjaja@uva.nl

This project [AlterTech, grant no. 101231230] has received funding from the European Research

Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme.

Supported by

AlterTech

We study how activists across Asia craft resilient infrastructures and reimagine technologies of dissent to resist digital oppression.

TEAM

For project inquiries: Y.Sastramidjaja@uva.nl

PROJECT
0.5 CONTACT

We study how activists across Asia craft resilient infrastructures and reimagine technologies of dissent to resist digital oppression.

Crafting Alternate
Infrastructures of
Resistance in Asia

Across Asia, activists face mounting restrictions and technologically-enhanced surveillance, repression, and control. AlterTech examines how activists navigate these constraints by experimenting with new technological practices and reconfiguring their infrastructures from the ground up. By studying everyday acts of resistance - and examining how hemispheric connections, embodied practices, and utopian imaginaries also shape activist trajectories – we aim to uncover emerging forms of technopolitics that often remain invisible in conventional discourses of activism.

Welcome to our living archive: an open space for re-imagining. From critical reflections to fully realised open-source artefacts and research outputs. Explore our latest work and trace our publications here. Dig in, share, and get involved.

CONTACT
MATERIAL TRACES

Cheria Hlaing

PhD candidate

Jayed Khan

PhD candidate

Rugun Sirait

PhD candidate

Liang Yu

PostDoc

Léa Shamaa

Research Officer

Yatun Sastramidjaja

Principal Investigator

Supported by

Department of Anthropology, University of Amsterdam
Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
1018 WV Amsterdam

VIEW RESEARCH PROJECT
VIEW ALL POSTS
MEET THE TEAM
CHECK OUT OUR OUTPUT

This project [AlterTech, grant no. 101231230] has received funding from the European Research

Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme.

04 MATERIAL TRACES

TEAM
MATERIAL TRACES
BLOG & UPDATES
CONTACT
PROJECT
TEAM
BLOG & UPDATES
PROJECT

Website designed by Hannah Geraads and Katinka van Berlo

AlterTech

We study how activists across Asia craft resilient infrastructures and reimagine technologies of dissent to resist digital oppression.

PROJECT

Crafting Alternate Infrastructures
of Resistance in Asia

Across Asia, activists face mounting restrictions and technologically-enhanced surveillance, repression, and control. AlterTech examines how activists navigate these constraints by experimenting with new technological practices and reconfiguring their infrastructures from the ground up. By studying everyday acts of resistance - and examining how hemispheric connections, embodied practices, and utopian imaginaries also shape activist trajectories – we aim to uncover emerging forms of technopolitics that often remain invisible in conventional discourses of activism.

VIEW RESEARCH PROJECT

TEAM

Cheria Hlaing

PhD candidate

Jayed Khan

PhD candidate

Rugun Sirait

PhD candidate

Liang Yu

PostDoc

Léa Shamaa

Research Officer

Yatun Sastramidjaja

Principal Investigator

MEET THE TEAM

MATERIAL TRACES

Welcome to our living archive: an open space for re-imagining. From critical reflections to fully realised open-source artefacts and research outputs. Explore our latest work and trace our publications here. Dig in, share, and get involved.

CHECK OUT OUR OUTPUT

CONTACT

Department of Anthropology, University of Amsterdam
Nieuwe Achtergracht 166
1018 WV Amsterdam

For project inquiries: Y.Sastramidjaja@uva.nl

This project [AlterTech, grant no. 101231230] has received funding from the European Research

Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme.

Supported by