ILHAM @ HOME: Jomo K. Sundaram on Nadi Insan
Channel: ILHAM Gallery
Date: 2020-10-24

SPEAKER: Jomo K. Sundaram

Nadi Insan was a monthly socio-political magazine that featured articles in English and in BM. It was published by Institut Analisa Sosial (INSAN) from 1979 until it was banned by the Mahathir Administration in 1983. Jomo K. Sundaram served as the editor of the magazine. 
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Watch Jomo explain the story behind his photograph that appears on the cover of the first issue of Nadi Insan (May 1979) as well as the genesis behind the magazine’s name. Listen to his thoughts on John Travolta, introspective escapism and Malaysia’s response to imported Western pop culture in the 70s. 
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This magazine which is on loan from the @designarchive, had originally been donated by Eliza Rahman. The digitized copy is available on the resource section for ‘Bayangnya itu Timbul Tenggelam.’
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Prof. Jomo K Sundaram is a prominent Malaysian economist. He is Senior Adviser at the Khazanah Research Institute, Visiting Fellow at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University, and Adjunct Professor at the International Islamic University, Malaysia. 

Recorded on 14 August 2020

This video is made available via a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. 

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