Photo by Imelda T. Mandala
About Me
I am a researcher and educator whose lifework is situated at the intersections of theory and praxis, focusing on queer worldmaking processes and affective entanglements in everyday life.
I am currently a Senior Lecturer in the Elite Graduate Program Standards of Decision-making Across Cultures at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg, where I teach psychological anthropology and gender and sexuality studies, with a regional focus on Indonesia and broader Southeast Asia. I earned my doctorate from Freie Universität Berlin in 2020 and, afterwards, joined Leipzig University for a year as a postdoctoral fellow with the Children and Nature Working Group.
Alongside my work as an academic, I am also an artist, curator, and community educator focusing on the transformative potential of self-organisation through studying together. These interests are closely tied to my involvement with KUNCI Study Forum & Collective, a transdisciplinary research initiative in Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
My Upcoming Book
Enduring Otherwise: Muslim Queer and Trans Worldmaking in Indonesia is an ethnographic inquiry into the affective experiences of sexual and gender minorities in the predominantly Muslim country as they navigate violence and normative pressures, zooming in into their complex engagement with issues of religiosity and their perseverance through struggles while holding onto the hope of transforming their marginalized conditions
This book, which is expected to be published by the end of January 2026, is part of NYU Press's Hauntings: Queer/Trans Studies in Religion series, edited by Ashton T. Crawley (University of Virginia), Tamara C. Ho (University of California, Riverside), and Melissa M. Wilcox (University of California, Riverside).
Drawing by Cecilia Maharani
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