Book Launch: Nyanyian di Perantauan - Kumpulan Lirik Lagu Pekerja Migran Indonesia & Laporan Skena Musik di Taiwan 2024

2025-11-22 - 2025-11-30

Small Small Bookshop (No. 2-1, Alley 4, Lane 192, Wenhua Road, New Taipei City)

Discussants: Lan Yuchen (editor and co-author), Wu Tingkuan (editor and co-author), Muhammad Irfan (co-author), Fanani Aubrey (co-author)

Moderator: Li Qi (Institute of Social Research and Cultural Studies, NYCU)

Date & Time: 22 November 2025 (Mon) at 19:00-21:20

Venue:Small Small Bookshop (No. 2-1, Alley 4, Lane 192, Wenhua Road, New Taipei City)

Format: In-person only

 

Abstract:
 

This volume, published by Trans/Voices Project, features a collection of 115 original song lyrics (and their translations) by thirty Indonesian musicians or groups who are currently based in Taiwan or have been based here. These songs span a diverse range of genres, including folk, pop, rock, metal, punk, reggae, rap, dangdut, and tarling. The volume also contains nine insightful essays exploring the vibrant Indonesian migrant music scene in Taiwan.

 

Book Launch Agenda:
 

• How to "Hear" Songs from Afar? — Genesis of the Publication and Fieldwork
• Indonesian Migrant Workers’ Music Practice in Taiwan
• ♫ Music Break ♫
• Head Banging Abroad: How Heavy Metal Music Empowers Indonesian Migrant Workers
• It’s Not Just About the Setting: The Public Space in Indonesian Migrant Workers’ Video Clips

 

*The event will be conducted in both Mandarin Chinese and English. Simultaneous interpretation from English to Mandarin Chinese will be provided. 

 

Organizer: International Center for Cultural Studies, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (ICCS-NYCU), Sub-project 3: Migration, Unequal Citizens, and Critical Legal Studies

Co-organizer: Conflict, Justice, Decolonization: Asia in Transition in the 21st Century 

 

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