Dr. Dave Lumenta is an anthropologist, musician, and photographer who actively teaches in the UI Anthropology Department. He previously served as Chief Editor of the Jurnal Antropologi Indonesia (2017–2024) and has received various fellowships from prestigious institutions such as ALMI and Kyoto University. His research highlights the dynamics of highland and lowland relations in Kalimantan, mobility and social circulation in Southeast Asia, colonial history and state formation, and the anthropology of art. He focuses on how cultural expressions, spatial changes, and power relations shape community life. Through research and creative practice, Dave enriches anthropological understanding with an approach that combines art, history, and ethnography.
Profile and Research Interests
Education
- Bachelor of Anthropology, University of Indonesia (1997)
- PhD in Anthropology, Kyoto University (2008)
Selected Publications
- Lumenta, D. (2020). “Social Minoritization within the Framework of the State: A Case Study of Border Communities in North Kalimantan.” In Z. Muttaqien (Ed.), Dilema Minoritas di Indonesia: Ragam, Dinamika, dan Kontroversi (p. 14). Jakarta: PT. Gramedia Pustaka Utama.
- Lumenta, D. & Hudayana, B. (Eds.). (2020). Proceedings of the 7th International Symposium of Journal Antropologi Indonesia: The Use and Abuse of Diversity: Anthropological Responses to the Threat of Disintegration. Depok: Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, University of Indonesia.
- Tanu, D., Missbach, A., & Lumenta, D. (2017). Introduction: Forced Migration and Protracted Transit in Indonesia and Southeast Asia. Jurnal Antropologi Indonesia, 38(1): 1–5.
- Lumenta, D. (2017). The political economy of ending headhunting in central borneo: Inter-colonial and kenyah perspectives on the 1924 kapit peacemaking agreement and its aftermath. Modern Asian Studies, 51(4), 1070-1098.
Courses
- Anthropology and World Systems
- Mobility, Spatiality, and Circulation
- Archival Data Processing Practicum
- Materiality & Technology of Art
- Sociocultural Transformation in Asia
- Transnational Migration & Mobility
- Ethnography of the Working Class
