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Robbie Peters is a senior lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Sydney. His book, Surabaya, 1945-2010 was shortlisted for the EuroSEAS humanities book prize and he has written journal articles on urban renewal and the political economy of violence in the Indonesian city and on gender and work in Saigon, Jakarta and Surabaya. His current research focuses on a number of issues including those of death, commemoration and the politics of place in the Indonesian city; the effects of conditional cash transfer programs on the urban poor in Indonesia; and the work-life of the increasing number of Indonesian urban poor who work as motorbike taxi drivers for app-based ride hailing companies like GoJek and Uber. He is most interested, however, in the post-colonial city in Indonesia, with a particular emphasis on revolutionary violence.
Anthropology, School of Social and Political Sciences (SSPS)
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The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 3195