About akumassa

Program for Community-based Media Empowerment and Education, namely AKUMASSA, is a program of media empowerment initiated by the Forum Lenteng since 2008, in collaboration with local collectives/communities in several regions in Indonesia, to conduct workshops and to produce a variety of forms of communication media (such as texts, images, audios, and videos). Until 2014, akumassa has been implemented at 11 locations, as follows::

1. Jagakarsa Subdistrict, South Jakarta, DKI Jakarta Province: workshop with Komuntas Mahasiswa Kreatif Audio Visual (UIN Syarif Hidayatullah) and Epicentrum (IISIP Jakarta).
2. Harjamukti Subdistric, Cirebon, West Java Province: workshop with Gardu Unik
3. Rangkasbitung Subdistrict, Lebak, Banten Province: workshop with Saidjah Forum
4. Padangpanjang Timur Subdistrict, Padang Panjang, West Java Province: workshop with Sarueh Open Space
5. Ciputat Subdistrict, Tangerang Selatan, Banten Province: workshop with Djuanda Community
6. Pemenang Subdistrict, North Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara Province: workshop with pasirputih
7. Randublatung Subdistrict, Blora, Central Java: worksho with Anak Seribu Pulau
8. Cipocok Jaya, Serang, Banten Province: workshop with Sebumi
9. Rungkut Subdistrict, Surabaya, East Java Province: workshop with Kinetik
10. Beji Subdistrict, Depok, West Java Province: workshop with Suburbia
11. Jatiwangi Subdistrict, Majalengka, West Java Province: workshop with Ciranggon Community
12. Tanjung Harapan Subdistrict, Solok, West Sumatera Province: workshop with Gubuak Kopi.

akumassa (a combination of two words: “aku” and “massa” [‘I’ and ‘public’]) was launched by the Forum Lenteng as a community-based media that emphasizes citizens’ perspectives in order to respond to social phenomena, in particular the small narratives (the under-current narratives) and mass occurances which are identical to a specific location, as well as the issue about media that are appropriate to the contexts of its historical and contemporary developments. This program uses the framework of media literacy and citizen journalism approaches.