International Urban Studies Workshop

Introduction
This project is a socially engaged international urban studies workshop in which students, researchers, and artists from Japan and Indonesia collaborate in the river city of Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, as the central field site. Under the theme “Re-Governing / Opening the City,” the workshop reconsiders the city not only as an administrative system, yet it seeks to read the cities of Banjarmasin and Banjarbaru through people’s everyday practices, local knowledge, faith, environmental adaptation, and networks of care and mutual support. These processes will be visualized and shared through public forms of expression such as video, art-making, and bodily performance, created collaboratively by students and local participants.

This socially engaged international urban studies workshop is conducted in collaboration with the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Lambung Mangkurat University (ULM-FISIP), Akita University of Art (AUA), relevant departments of Banjarmasin City and Banjarbaru City.

FACILITATORS
Kenta Kishi
Professor at Akita University of Art, Graduate School of Transdiciplinary Arts
Dr. Sri Hidayah S.Pd., M.Sc.
Lecturer at Sociology Department, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Lambung Mangkurat University
Ade Asria B.Sc., S.E., M.M.
Governing board of STIE Pancasetia | Founder of nOlkecil Creative Space
Bintang Putra
Director of OHS, Surabaya
Anugrah Yulianto
Anthropologist at OHS, Surabaya
Lutfiah Setyo
Community Engagement Specialist at OHS, Surabaya

SITE
Banjarmasin City / Banjarbaru City, South Kalimantan, Indonesia

PERIOD
Thu 17 – Sat 27 September 2026 (10 Days)

TUITION FEE
International : 165 USD
ASEAN : 100 USD (or equivalent)
Indonesian : 1.000.000,- IDR

APPLICATION DEADLINE
Saturday, 5th September 2026

REGISTRATION LINK
bit.ly/regovt

*the terms and conditions can be read at the registration link.
*selected participants will be notified after the registration period closes.

Who governs a city?