Interviews

Intan paramaditha: THE WANDERING

Sydney Writers Festival Podcast, May 14, 2020

"Even though now we have more women travelers writing their experiences about their travels to different places, it’s still a celebration of individualism within the neoliberal frame. It’s really about the self — discovering the self, and the world is basically your oyster. And you achieve that through consumption. You consume these places, but the places don’t matter. They simply serve as a backdrop.”

Don the Devil's shoes and pick your own path

The Straits Times, May 12, 2020

"The novel lays out parallel realities where you can see different versions of yourself making decisions. It gives the sense of freedom, but you're not really free - all these options have been made for you by the author. It's the same thing when we travel. Our options are already predetermined by certain structures such as class, nationality, passport and whether you are travelling as a woman or a man."

INTAN PARAMADITHA: WE ARE ALWAYS HAUNTED BY THE ROADS NOT TAKEN

The Guardian, March 6, 2020

Paramaditha’s travellers in The Wandering are not just privileged globetrotters, but undocumented migrants living in New York, refugees in Europe, people wandering the spice routes. “It’s a different trajectory from the version of cosmopolitanism that’s dominant in the media, where it’s all about exposure to other cultures through consumption,” she says.

‘The Wandering’: Intan Paramaditha’s magical red shoes

The Jakarta Post, April 12, 2020

 In the global age, Intan says, the world seems small and connected, but for whom?

“Not everyone has the privilege to perceive the world that way,” she says. “For some, even domestic travel is a luxury. For undocumented migrants who have traveled, the world still feels disconnected and their mobility is limited because they cannot go abroad or return home.”

SENSE OF PLACE: INTAN PARAMADITHA

ABC Radio National Blueprint for Living, November 9, 2019

“Looking back at my own traveling experience… This is really not the kind of privileged, glamorous cosmopolitanism. It’s more precarious than glamorous. “

FIve Questions with Intan Paramaditha

Liminal, November 4, 2019

“Decolonising feminism examines the terrain of power relations, questioning whose voice represents the other and whose knowledge is deemed legitimate. It’s important to see this not just as a theory but a practice in everyday life. We need to question our ways of doing things. How do we connect with others, especially women? Are we aware of unequal distribution of power and knowledge?”

The new wave: emerging female writers push the boundaries

Sydney Morning Herald, May 4, 2018

"I feel like, in a way, it is really great we have more women writers and these women writers write feminist stories. But I do think it is important to see all these movements – women's movements – within the long history of feminism and looking at them in relation to the diversity of feminist practices."

Intan Paramaditha | 'I wanted to explore sexuality in a grotesque way' 

The Bookseller, March 13, 2019

“There were a lot of new women writers at that time who wrote about sex and sexuality, because women’s sexuality had been controlled and repressed. When I started writing, I wanted to do something different: to explore bodies and sexuality in a more grotesque way, looking at the horrific and ugly.”

Q&A INTAN PARAMADITHA
WITH ELLIE STEEL

The British Council, February 21, 2019

“Some of us are privileged with platforms to articulate our resistance, through writing, organizing, or even navigating office politics. For some others, resistance can be very different. They might find tactics that are subtle and almost invisible, or they might choose chaos because order fails them. Disobedience is about unruliness and disruption. I am interested in the conditions that cause women to disobey, to make trouble, and become monsters.”

Elaine Chiew Converses with Indonesian Feminist Gothic Writer Intan Paramaditha

Asian Books Blog, 2 February 2019

“When I started publishing my work, feminism was a bad word. People used the label 'women writers' a lot and many writers I know refused being called 'women writers', let alone 'feminist'. Indonesian media and critics framed 'women writers' as writers who focused on ‘women’s issues’ – God knows what. As a result, women’s works were discussed only within specific discourses, such as the body, experience, or autobiography, whereas men’s works were framed as ‘experiments'.”

WORKING WITH WORDS

The Wheeler Centre, May 2018

“‘Do not write short stories because they do not sell well’ – that’s the worst advice I’ve received about writing.

The advice is not wrong at all, it’s just bad. Everything is a market and everyone is a brand in our neoliberal world. Of course we all negotiate with the market logic, but letting the market dictate what you can and can not do in that tiny space called writing is demoralising.”

'A FEMINIST REFRAMING: AN INTERVIEW WITH INTAN PARAMADITHA' BY NORMAN ERIKSON PASARIBU

The Lifted Brow, 24 April 2018

“Horror disrupts our assumptions of reality and what we believe as ‘normal.’ Feminism is a perspective that interrogates the structures of patriarchy and how they are intertwined state politics, capitalism and religion. I do believe that the juxtaposition of both could be really exciting because of their tendencies to challenge and disturb.”

Interviews (English)

“In a year without travel, this Indonesian author lets you choose your own adventure,” ABC News, March 24, 2021.

Bagri Foundation’s “The Bottom Drawer with Intan Paramaditha,” September 30, 2020.

“By the Book: Intan Paramaditha on The Wandering,” BFM Radio, August 11, 2020.

“Women in Translation,” Shut Up She’s Talking podcast, August 10, 2020.

“The Wandering: Intan Paramaditha in conversation with Shameem Black,” Jaipur Literary Festival Brave New World, August 7, 2020.

“Indonesian travel novel a tribute to open borders,” Nikkei Asian Review, July 31, 2020.

“Books that Changed Me: Intan Paramaditha,” Sydney Morning Herald, May 30, 2020.

“Intan Paramaditha: The Wandering” (podcast, in conversation with Shirley Le), Sydney Writers Festival, May 14, 2020.

“Don the Devil’s Shoes and Pick Your Own Path,” The Straits Times, May 12, 2020.

“Author Q&A: Intan Paramaditha explores displacement, feminism and the road not taken in her choose-your-own adventure debut novel,” The Edge, May 12, 2020.

“The Wandering with Author Intan Paramaditha,” Two Book Nerds Talking, April 15, 2020.

“The Wandering: Intan Paramaditha’s Magical Red Shoes,” The Jakarta Post, April 12, 2020.

“Fairy Tales and Fiction Collide,” ABC Radio National (The Book Show), March 30, 2020.

“Intan Paramaditha: ‘We are always Haunted by the Road not Taken,” The Guardian, March 5, 2020.

“Author Q&A: Intan Paramaditha, The Wandering,” Asia House, March 5, 2020.

”Writing about Indonesian Women, Adventures, and Choices: A Conversation with Intan Paramaditha,” Jaipur Bytes, November 14, 2019.

“Sense of Place: Intan Paramaditha,” ABC Radio National, November 9, 2019.

“Five Questions with Intan Paramaditha,” Liminal Magazine, November 4, 2019.

“4 Indonesian Women Writers Talk about Finding Their Voice and Pushing Boundaries,” South China Morning Post, 9 May, 2019.

“Intan Paramaditha: A Bold and Courageous Voice of Indonesian Literature,” Now Jakarta, April 2, 2019.

Interview with Mariella Frostrup, BBC Radio 4 Open Book, March 17, 2019.

“Intan Paramaditha: I wanted to explore sexuality in a grotesque way,” The Bookseller, March 13, 2019.

“Interview: Intan Paramaditha,” Buah Zine, March 8, 2019.

“Indonesia Focus: Q+A Intan Paramaditha,” British Council Literature, February 21, 2019.

“Elaine Chiew Converses with Indonesian Feminist Gothic Writer Intan Paramaditha,” Asian Books Blog, February 2, 2019.

“Rewriting the Female Narrative,” China Daily, November 2, 2018.

“Apple and Knife, Feminism, and Horror.” BFM Radio, October 24, 2018. 

“Coffee Time with Intan Paramaditha, PPI Australia, October 7, 2018.

“Five Questions with Intan Paramaditha,” Peril Magazine, September 9, 2018.

“Backstory.” 3RRRFM. June 13, 2018.

“Intan Paramaditha is the Feminist Author Who Scares Patriarchy Away,” Globetrotter, June 6, 2018.

“Working with Words: Intan Paramaditha,” The Wheeler Centre, May 7, 2018.

“Intan Paramaditha, a scholar, an author who loves horror,” SBS Radio, May 5, 2018.

“The New Wave: Emerging Female Writers Push the Boundaries,” Sydney Morning Herald, May 4, 2018.

“A Feminist Reframing: An Interview with Intan Paramaditha by Norman Erikson Pasaribu,” The Lifted Brow, April 24, 2018.

“Translating the Darkness,” Radio New Zealand, January 7, 2018.

“When Wandering the Globe is a Feminist-Choose-Your Own Adventure.” Vice Indonesia, Oct 25, 2017.

"Women, Gender, and Activism." University of Melbourne Talking Indonesia Podcast, April 27, 2017.

“I am a Slave to Narrative,” The Margins (Asian American Writers Workshop,” December 10, 2015.

“Intan Paramaditha: In Between Two Worlds,” The Jakarta Post, September 15, 2014.

"Bookworm: Intan Paramaditha, Escaping Her Comfort Zone,"The Jakarta Post, November 10, 2014

"Intan Paramaditha, Feminism Through Literature," HighEnd, June 2012.

"The Obsessive Twist Coming Your Way," The Jakarta Post, March 24, 2012.

"Meet Intan Paramaditha: Cinema Studies Doctoral Candidate," American Association of University Women (www.aauw.org), March 31, 2010.

Wawancara (Bahasa Indonesia)

“Intan Paramaditha: Rajutan Petualangan dan Horor Perempuan Kritis,” WARN!NG, 24 Januari 2018.

“New York, Cewek Bandel, dan Dongeng,” Majalah TEMPO, Liputan Khusus, 14-21 Januari 2018.

“Intan Paramaditha: Kadang Perlu Ditampar,” Kompas, 24 Desember 2017.

"Intan Paramaditha Ajak Pembaca 'Gentayangan'",  AntaraNews, 29 Oktober 2017

"Kisah Perempuan Bandel Bergentayangan Keliling Dunia", Vice Indonesia (Indonesian version of "When Wandering the Globe," 25 October 2017.

"Mengolah sudut pandang dan berbicara sastra Indonesia bersama Intan Paramaditha," Rappler, 23 Oktober 2017.

"Hasrat dan Kreasi bersama Intan Paramaditha" Whiteboard Journal, 18 Oktober 2017.

Anak Muda dan Partisipasi Politik (Pamflet Newsletter) 

Wawancara Cinema Poetica tentang ARKIPEL FIlm Festival: "Arkipel, Forum Lenteng, dan Eksperimentasi Sinema,"Cinema Poetica, 3 September 2013.

"Intan Paramaditha: Cerpennya Menggoyang Panggung Teater," Femina no. 30/XL, 28 Juli-3 Agustus, 2012.

"Intan Paramaditha, Dari tulisan hingga Film," Area Magazine, 20 April 2010.

"Angkat Isu Perempuan dalam Sastra," Koran Jakarta, 20 Februari, 2010.

"Abdullah Harahap Memperkaya Diskusi Horor," Koran Tempo, 17 Februari 2010.

"V Film Festival 2010 dan Wawancara dengan Intan Paramaditha," Jurnal Footage, 24 April 2010.

"Sihir Intan Paramaditha," Matabaca vol. 4/no.1, September 2005.