{"podcast":{"title":"Talking Indonesia","slug":"talking-indonesia-768046","podcast_index_feed_id":768046,"rss_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/users/soundcloud:users:165729885/sounds.rss","website_url":"http://indonesiaatmelbourne.unimelb.edu.au/","image_url":"https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-iXi6zWC04tT7faCj-2JySPQ-original.jpg","author":"Talking Indonesia","episode_count":292,"summary":"In the Talking Indonesia podcast, Dr Jemma Purdey…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-16T12:19:56.216281+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-indonesia-768046"},"episode":{"title":"Wengki Ariando: Sea Nomads and the Future of Our Ocean","slug":"wengki-ariando-sea-nomads-and-the-future-of-our-ocean","published_at":"2026-05-21T03:14:17+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-indonesia-768046/wengki-ariando-sea-nomads-and-the-future-of-our-ocean","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-indonesia-768046","url":"https://soundcloud.com/talking-indonesia/sea-nomads-people-with-wengki","audio_url":"https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2324606309-talking-indonesia-sea-nomads-people-with-wengki.mp3","summary":"Every year on the 8th of June, World Ocean Day calls us to reflect on the vital role our seas and waterways play in sustaining life on Earth. Yet for most of us, the ocean remains something we observe from a distance, and more recently, a source of anxiety as sea levels rise, waters warm, and marine ecosystems collapse under the pressures of the Anthropocene. For Indonesia, a nation that defines itself as a maritime and archipelagic country, this distancing carries a particular irony. Despite the political rhetoric of \"returning to the sea\" that depicts the ocean as the future of our civilisation especially during Jokowi’s administration, Indonesia's relationship with its waters has been largely shaped by an impulse to conquer, control, and extract. It is within this tension that the stories of Indonesia's Sea Nomad peoples become both urgent and instructive. Communities such as the Orang Suku Laut and the Sama-Bajau have maintained deep cultural, social, and economic ties to the ocean across generations. For them, the sea is home, identity, and livelihood, not something to be managed or tamed. Yet these communities are increasingly marginalised, their connection to the sea is systematically eroded for economic development, conservation, and paternalistic policies enacted in the name of their own welfare. In this episode, Dr Clara Siagian speaks with Dr. Wengki Ariando, a scholar-activist from the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV). He is also a part of Sea Nomads Contact Group, a collective of researchers and community representatives with a mission to translate research into advocacy and activisms for the political recognition of Sea Nomads in Southeast Asia. Drawing from more than a decade working with and learning from Sea…","meta_description":"Every year on the 8th of June, World Ocean Day calls us to reflect on the vital role our seas and waterways play in sustaining life on Earth. Yet for most…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2761,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/talking-indonesia-768046/episodes/wengki-ariando-sea-nomads-and-the-future-of-our-ocean/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/talking-indonesia-768046/wengki-ariando-sea-nomads-and-the-future-of-our-ocean.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}