Cheria, Jayed, and Rugun actively participated in the two-day workshop 'Can Interlocutors Lead Our Research? Co-Animation as Collaborative Practice in Colonial Alterlives' (UvA, 22-23 September), organised by Sokola Institute's Saur Marlina (Butet) Manurung, Fadilla (Dilla) Mutiarawati, Alberta (Berta) Prabirini, and Aditya Dipta Anindita (Indit), together with Yatun. This workshop explored how colonial legacies continue to shape education, research practices, and knowledge production, while inviting participants to experiment with co-creation and interlocutor-led approaches in ethnographic research. What happens when interlocutors are not only research participants, but also active collaborators in creating and interpreting knowledge?

On Day 1, we held passionate discussions on how to faciltate truly collaborative research practices that can break away from the colonial legacy of extractive knowledge production. While sharing experiences working with various marginalised communities, we also learned from the co-animation methods developed by Butet and friends from Sokola. On Day 2, we all got hands-on experience in one such co-animation method: creating our own stop-motion films. The results were impressive and deeply moving. Thanks, Butet and friends, for this amazing workshop!