Mochammad Arief Wicaksono is a researcher and adjunct lecturer at UI Anthropology with research interests in cultural heritage and material culture issues, particularly traditional architecture and traditional textiles. His other research interests also include rituals and social transformation. He is currently pursuing his doctoral studies at the Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland. His doctoral research focuses on the social life of ikat woven cultural materials in East Sumba. Arief is also part of an interdisciplinary research team on gender-based violence in Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and Timor Leste (2018-2024). Arief’s research areas are the East Nusa Tenggara region, especially Sumba Island and Flores Island.
Profile and Research Interests
Education
- Bachelor of Anthropology, University of Indonesia (2018)
- Master of Anthropology, University of Indonesia (2023)
- PhD in Anthropology, University of Zurich (2026 – present)
Selected Publications
- Wicaksono, M. A. (2022). Similar but not the same: The study of weavings cultural materials diversity in Sumba. ETNOSIA: Jurnal Etnografi Indonesia, 7(2), 212 – 230.
- Wicaksono, M. A. (2017). Contemporary Motherhood: An Ethnography of Posyandu and Housewives. Umbara, 1(2).
- Muzaqii, Fachri, M. Arief Wicaksono, and Ridho Kusuma.
“A new history of Tarung: an ethnographic landscape of indigenous village revitalization.” (No Title) (2019). - Nurtjahyo, Lidwina Inge, and Mochammad Arief Wicaksono, eds. Gender-Based Violence in South-East Asia: Policy in Practice. Springer Nature, 2022.
- Wicaksono, M.A., Badriantoro, F. (2020) Traditional Houses and Cultural Expression: An Ethnography of Lio Houses in Nggela, Central Flores. Directorate General of Culture: Jakarta.
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Courses
- Introduction to Anthropology
- Anthropological Research Methods
- Intangible Cultural Heritage
- Tradition, Modernity, and Social Change
- Food, Nutrition, and Health
