Rihanna Subianto
Professor of communication studies and author focused on Indonesian left politics and anti-capitalist media; serves as an academic commentator on colonialism and nationalist movements in the episode.
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Mar 20, 2026 • 2h 21min
Nusantara Ep. 1 – The Long Arc of Dutch Colonialism
Made Supriyatma, a researcher on Indonesian politics and civil-military relations, and Rihanna Subianto, a communication professor who studies Indonesian left politics, trace centuries of Dutch corporate and territorial rule. They map VOC mercantilism, contract-based control, cultivation regimes, commodity extraction, racialized legal orders, and how colonial infrastructures and bureaucrats reshaped society.
Mar 23, 2026 • 2h 21min
The Dig: Nusantara Ep. 1 — The Long Arc of Dutch Colonialism
Made Supriyatma, researcher on Indonesian politics and civil-military relations, and Rihanna Subianto, communication scholar of Indonesian left history, trace centuries of Dutch corporate and state domination. They discuss VOC brutality, monopoly spice wars, cultivation systems, plantation and oil expansion, racial legal hierarchies, and the bureaucratic roots of Indonesian nationalism.
