The Face of Money: Currency, Crisis, and Remediation in Post-Suharto Indonesia: Supplemental Material

This post builds on the research article “The Face of Money: Currency, Crisis, and Remediation in Post-Suharto Indonesia,” which was published in the February 2009 issue of the Society’s peer-reviewed journal, Cultural Anthropology.

Karen Strassler, "Barack Obama Poster." November 1, 2012.
Jason Paris, "50,000 Rupiah Notes." November 1, 2012

Questions for Classroom Discussion

1. How was money "remediated" by protesters during the anti-Suharto uprisings in Indonesia? What role did these remediations play in the uprisings?

2. Can you think of any examples from your experience of the remediation of currency? What was the purpose of these remediations? How did they affect you, and how do you think others understood them?

3. We live in an age of increasingly digital currency, where many transactions are performed without the physical medium of exchange but rather through credit cards, online transactions, bank transfers etc. How might this affect the way that currency is remediated? What role might such digitally remediated currency play in future activist endeavors?