publications

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Peer reviewed works

Books/Monographs

Lim, M. (2005), Islamic Radicalism and Anti Americanism in Indonesia: The Role of the Internet, Policy Studies Series #18, Washington DC: East West Center, ISBN: 978-1-932728-35-4, ISSN: 1547-1330. Available at Amazon.com or download a pdf version here

Journal articles and book chapters

Lim, M. and Kann, M. (forth.), "Politics: Deliberation, Mobilization and Networked Practices of Agitation" in K. Varnelis (eds.) Networked Publics, Cambridge: MIT Press.

Lim, M. (forth.), "Bundling Meta-Narratives on the Internet: Conflict in Maluku" in Shyam Tekwani (ed.), Media and Conflict in Asia, Marshall Cavendish Academic.

Lim, M. (2007), "Transient Civic Spaces in Jakarta Indonesia" in Mike Douglass (ed.) Globalization, the City and Civil Society in Pacific Asia, London: Routledge.

Lim, M. (2006), "Lost in Transition: The Internet and Reformasi in Indonesia" in Jodi Dean, Jon Anderson and Geert Lovink (eds.), Reformatting Politics: Networked Communications and Global Civil Society, London: Routledge, p. 85-106.

Lim, M. (2006), "Cyber-Urban Activism and Political Change in Indonesia", Eastbound Journal , 2006/1, pp 1-19.

Lim, M. (2004), "The Polarization of Identity through the Internet and the Struggle for Democracy in Indonesia," (La polarization de l'identite a travers l'internet et la lutte pour la democratie en indonesie) Electronic Journal of Communication/La Revue Electronique de Communication, Vol. 14 (3-4), ISSN: 1183-5656.

Lim, M. (2004), "Informational Terrains of Identity and Political Power: The Internet in Indonesia," Indonesian Journal of Social and Cultural Anthropology, Vol. XXVII No. 73, January-April edition, pp. 1-11, ISSN: 0216-1576.

Lim, M. (2003), "From War-net to Net-War: The Internet and Resistance Identities in Indonesia," The International Information & Library Review, Elsevier Publisher, Vol. 35 / 2-4, pp. 233-248, ISSN: 1057-2317.

Lim, M. (2003), "From Real to Virtual (and back again): Civil Society, Public Sphere, and Internet in Indonesia" in K. C. Ho, R. Kluver, & C. C. Yang. (eds.), Asia.Com: Asia Encounters The Internet, Routledge, pp. 113-128, ISBN: 041-531-503-4.

Lim, M. (2003), "The Internet, Social Network and Reform in Indonesia" in N. Couldry and J. Curran (eds.), Contesting Media Power: Alternative Media in A Networked World, Rowan & Littlefield, pp. 273-288, ISBN: 0-7425-2385-3 (paper), 0-7425-2384-5 (cloth).

Lim, M. (2002), "CyberCivic Space in Indonesia: From Panopticon to Pandemonium"," International Development and Planning Review (Third World Planning Review), Liverpool University Press, Vol. 24 No. 4, pp. 383-400, ISSN: 1474-6743.

Lim, M. (2002), "From Walking City to Telematic Metropolis: Changing Urban Form in Bandung, Indonesia" in Tim Bunnell, Lisa B. W. Drummond & K. C. Ho (eds.), Critical Reflections on Cities in Southeast Asia, Brill Publisher and Times Academic Press, pp. 75-100, ISBN: 981-210-192-6.

Lim, M. (2000), "The Benefit of Virtual Space: Informing the Real World Design (Part Two)," Architecture Journal Tatanan, pp. 141-148, ISSN: 0215-7825.

Lim, M. (1999), "The Benefit of Virtual Space: Informing the Real World Design (Part One)," Architecture Journal Tatanan, pp. 41-48, ISSN: 0215-7825.

Editorial works

Lim, M. (editor) (2000) Information Technology and Transparency: Technology, Rights, and Accountability in the New Indonesia, Jakarta: SCoT Research Group, 19 July 2000 (conference proceeding).

Short articles

Lim, M. (2006) Hybridity in the Architecture of Colonial Presence, in AlamBina: built environment intelligence, June 19 (English version).

Lim, M. (2006) Hibriditas dalam Arsitektur Kolonial, in AlamBina: informasi alam binaan, June 19 (Indonesian version).

Lim, M. (2004) Indonesian Detik_Slemania: Freedom Fighter or Law Breaker, SEAMedia.org: A Southeast Asia Media Source, Southeast Asian Studies Program and the Communication and Development Studies Program at Ohio University.

Lim, M. (2003), The Net-journalism: Its Features and Consequences – an introduction (Net-Jurnalisme: Sifat dan Konsekuensinya - sebuah pengantar, in Indonesian), Relawan.Net: Jaringan Relawan Indonesia, September.

Working Papers, Research Reports, Unpublished Thesis and others

Lim, M (2004) "The Internet and Civil Society Movements in Southeast Asia," final research paper submitted to the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) Information Technology and International Cooperation Program.

T. Argo, J. Barker, M. Lim, A. Rip, S. Yuliar (2001), Social Construction of Technology in the Indonesian Context nr. 95-CS-03 (final research report submitted to KNAW).

Lim, M. (1998) "Cyberspace as a Paradigm in Spatial Conception of Architecture," Graduate School of Architecture, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung, unpublished Master thesis.

Lim, M. (1994) "Waterfront Architecture and Its Implementation in Creating A Recreational Shopping Center," School of Architecture, Institute of Technology Bandung, unpublished undergraduate thesis.

Lim, M. (2004) "Indonesia: The ICT Infrastructure is the Central Issue in E-content Development" in Ozama Manzar and Peter E. Bruck (eds.) e-Content: Voices from the Ground, 1.0. version, DefIndia and WSA, p. 245-254.

Conference/Workshop Presentations ( sole author unless noted)

Invited and funded

Keynote/main speaker

"Democracy, Conspiracy, Pornography: The Internet and Political Activism in Indonesia," at Annual Conference of Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), Brisbane, on 28 September 2006 [sponsored by AoIR & CAPSTRANS University of Wollongong].

"Internet and the Not-so-path Dependent Progress of Democratization in Indonesia," Understanding the Internet in Asia-Pacific Workshop, at University of Wollongong (UoW), Wollongong, on 25 September 2006 [sponsored by the Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies (CAPSTRANS), with the support of the Asia-Pacific Futures Research Network (APFRN)]

Presenter

"Global Muslim Blogosphere: Mosaics of Global-Local Discourses," at Internationalizing Internet Studies Workshop, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, on 27 September 2006 [sponsored by the Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies (CAPSTRANS) of University of Wollongong].

"Political Talk in Indonesian Blogosphere," at Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR), Hilton Brisbane, Brisbane, 28-30 September 2006 [sponsored by AoIR and CAPSTRANS University of Wollongong].

"Democratic Deliberation and Mobilization on the Internet," at Annenberg Networked Publics Conference, Annenberg Center for Communication (ACC), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, 28-29 April 2006 [sponsored by ACC].

"Cyber-Urban Activism and Political Change in Indonesia," in Re:Activism Conference, Central European University, Budapest, 13-15 October 2005, sponsored by Central European University, Open Society and Annenberg School of Communication University of Pennsylvania].

"Disciplining, Privatizing and Malling the Cities: Post Financial Crisis Mega Projects in Southeast Asia," in Path and Change in Urban Space, R21 Conference, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 9-11 December 2004 [sponsored by NUS].

"Bundling Meta-Narratives on the Internet: Conflict in Maluku," in Media dan Conflict Reporting Conference, Colombo, 7-9 December 2004 [sponsored by AMIC].

"Transnational Civil Society and the Internet in Unregulated Capitalist World System: A Utopian Dream"," in Social Science Research Council (SSRC) IT Governance and the Politics of Civil Society Research Network, Geneva, 13-14 December 2003 [sponsored by SSRC].

"Discontent's Slippery Slope: Global Oil and Radical Islam in Indonesia," International Conference on Combating Terrorism: Military and Non-Military Strategies, Grand Hyatt, Singapore, 16-17 October 2003 [sponsored by IACSP Singapore].

"Inspirers and Conspirers on the Internet in Indonesia," International Convention of Asia Scholars 3, Singapore, 19-22 August 2003 [sponsored by IIAS Netherlands].

"From Warung to Warnet: Internet and the Power of Social Network in Indonesia," International Convention of Asia Scholars 3, Singapore, 19-22 August 2003 [sponsored by NUS Singapore].

"The Internet and 1998 Student Movements in Indonesia," Student Seminar, Summer Doctoral Programme, Oxford Internet Institute. Oxford, 22 July-9 August 2003 [sponsored by Open Society Foundation].

"Civil_society@demopolis.disorg.id," Globalization, Regionalization, and Democratization (GRAD) Conference, Toda Institute for Global Peace Research and Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, 13-16 June 2003 [sponsored by Toda].

"The Net-Journalism: Features and Consequences" (Net-Jurnalisme: Sifat dan Konsekuensinya), Businesses and Journalism of Media Online Seminar (Bisnis and Jurnalisme Media Online), keynote speaker, Jakarta, 23 March 2003 [sponsored by Inkomsos Jakarta].

"The Cyber Construction of Identity: Democracy vs. Communal Resistance in Indonesia," International Conference on Globalization and Media in Indonesia, Universiteit Leiden, 13-14 September 2002 [sponsored by Ford Foundation and IIAS Leiden].

"The Cyber Civic Space: From Panopticon to Civil Society or Pandemonium in Indonesia"," International Workshop Civic Spaces in the Cities of the Asia-Pacific, National University of Singapore, 4-5 March 2002 [sponsored by Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) NUS].

"The Rise of Civil Society and the Social (Re)-Construction of Internet in Post Suharto–Indonesia," International Conference on Socio-Technical of ICT: Lesson from Developing Countries, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, 14 June 2001 [sponsored by Royal Dutch Academy of Science and Arts (KNAW)].

"Glocalization: Local Business in a Networked World," paper presented at the National Seminar on Telematics and the Future of Business, Ipkin Jabar, Bandung, 11 October 2000 (with J. Barker) [sponsored by Ipkin Jabar].

Competitively selected and funded

"Cyber-Urban Activism and Political Change in Indonesia," in Re:Activism Conference, Central European University, Budapest, 13-15 October 2005 [sponsored by CEU and OSI].

"Voices Rise: The Internet and State-Civil Society Relations in Southeast Asia," in EUROSEAS conference, Paris, 1-4 September 2004 [sponsored by ASEF].

"Democracy or Jihad: The Internet and Civil Society in Indonesia," Asian Studies in an Internet Connected World: Evolving an Asia-Pacific Community", Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast (ASPAC) 2003 Annual Meeting, Honolulu, 19-22 June 2003.

"Cyberspace to Cyberscythe: Meta-narratives and Conflict in Eastern Indonesia," Sectarian Violence in East Indonesia Conference, Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 16-18 May 2003 [sponsored by CSEAS-UH].

"Orbiting Orba: Internet & Identity Politics in Indonesia," NET/WORK/THEORY, Association of Internet Researcher (AoIR) Conference, Maastricht, 13–16 October 2002 [sponsored by Ford Foundation and University of Twente].

"Un-negotiated Truth: the Polarization of Identity through the Internet and the Struggle for Democracy in Indonesia," Euricom Colloquium Network and Democratic Engagement, Nijmegen, 9-12 October 2002 [sponsored by Ford Foundation].

"From Real to Virtual (and back again): Civil Society, Public Sphere, and Internet in Indonesia," International Conference on Internet Development in Asia. National University of Singapore, Singapore, 14-15 September 2001 [sponsored by Dept. of Sociology NUS].

"Telecommunications and Urban Physical Form of Contemporary Cities in the Developing Countries (Case Study: Bandung, Indonesia)" The South East Asia Urban Futures Workshop, National University of Singapore, 21-22 July 2000 [sponsored by the Center of Advance Studies (CAS) NUS].

"The Emergence of Cyberspace: Changing the Spatial Conception of Architecture"," Spacing Chiliad: An International Symposium on Critical Space and Society, Tunghai University, Taichung-Taiwan, 11-12 November 1999 [sponsored by Dept. of Sociology, Tunghai Univ].

Competitively selected (not funded)

"Warung Internet (Warnet): Commodification of Communication, Information, and Culture," International Seminar on Urbanization at The Information Age: New Perspective on The Transformation of Fast Growing Cities in The Pacific Rim (unattended), University of Indonesia & The University of Melbourne, Jakarta-Indonesia, 22-23 August 2001 (with I. Widiastuti) (unattended).

"A Look as Present Settlements in Indonesia: Traditional "AND" Modernity," International Seminar on Vernacular Settlement, University of Indonesia, Jakarta-Indonesia, 3-4 August 1999.

"The Benefit of Cyberspace: Liberation from Rules and How This Inform the Real World of Architecture," The Fourth International Summer Conference of Applied Aesthetic, International Institute of Applied Aesthetics, Lahti-Finland (with S. Lauf and M. Ormerod), 1998. (unattended)

Invited Public Talks/Lectures

"Democracy and Everyday Forms of the Internet in Indonesia: Radical Change or Bourgeois Pursuits?" at Australian National University (ANU), at Canberra, on 5 October 2006, sponsored by Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies and the Indonesia Studies Group, Australian National University.

"The Internet and Politics: Amplifying Contests in the Indonesian Public Sphere,’ at Sidney Myer Centre, Swanson St Carlton, University of Melbourne, on 3 October 2006, sponsored by Asia Institute, University of Melbourne].

"From “Public Sphere” to Blogosphere: Online Activism in Indonesia,’ at Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe, on 8 April 2006, sponsored by School of Justice and Social Inquiry & School of Human Evolution and Social Change, ASU].

"Activism@Indonesia.Net", Cyberpolitics, First Lecture Series of CyberAsia: Emerging Digital Cultures in Asia, organized by Waag Society, Leiden University, ASiA and IIAS, Amsterdam, 29 March 2006.

"The Illusions and Realities of Cyber-Empowerment in Indonesia," ZemZem Journal & International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS), Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, 23 March 2006.

"WarNet to NetWar: Jihad Troopers in Cyberspace," Department of Sociology and Department of Speech Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 15 February 2005.

"The Internet and Civil Society Movements in Southeast Asia," Department of Political Science and Globalization Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 9 February 2005.

"The Internet and Radical Religious Identity in Indonesia," East-West Center Washington, Washington DC, 4 October 2004.

"Lifeworlds in Internet Café: The Production of Culture and Politics of Identity in Indonesia," Gastvorträge am Institut für Volkerkunde, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, 17 November 2003.

"Globalization, Identity and the Question of Cultural Hegemony; Decentered Refraction through Non-Western Prisms," Symposium Globalisering: krijgen we er ooit genoeg van?, Ideefiks-Monsoon-Spe, Agora-Vrijhof, University of Twente, Enschede, 13 November 2003.

"Science, Technology and Humanities: An Everlasting Struggle," LUDUS Pre-GANEFO Seminar, Physics Student Association (Himafi), Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Bandung, 5 September 2003.

"An Introduction to Science, Technology and Society Studies: Social Constructivism vs. Technological Determinism," Studium Generale, Laboratory of Humanities, Department of Socio-Technology, Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Bandung, 4 September 2003.

"Meta-Narrative Games and Conflict in Maluku," Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, May 2003.

"The Internet, Rise of Civil Society and Democratization in Indonesia," College of Social Sciences, Honolulu, 26 November 2002.

"The Internet as Contested Civic Spaces in Indonesia," Studium Generale, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang, 5 July 2002.

"Cyber-Resistance: The Internet and Identity Politics in Indonesia," Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS), Ohio University at Athens, Ohio, 14 February 2002.

"The Internet and Identity Politics in Indonesia: New Spaces for Democracy?," School of Public Policy and Social Research, University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), 6 February 2002.

"Between Panopticon and Communes: Civil Society and Internet in Indonesia," Seminar on Urban and Planning Theory, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 31 January 2002.

"Cyber Civic Space: Internet and Civil Society in Indonesia," Seminar on Urbanization and Globalization in Pacific Asia, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 30 January 2002.