

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.
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
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

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.
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
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

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.
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
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
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.
TEAM
Cheria Hlaing
PhD candidate
Jayed Khan
PhD candidate
Rugun Sirait
PhD candidate
Liang Yu
PostDoc
Léa Shamaa
Research Officer
Yatun Sastramidjaja
Principal Investigator
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.
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.
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
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
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.
TEAM
Cheria Hlaing
PhD candidate
Jayed Khan
PhD candidate
Rugun Sirait
PhD candidate
Liang Yu
PostDoc
Léa Shamaa
Research Officer
Yatun Sastramidjaja
Principal Investigator
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.
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


