ROEM TOPATIMASANG

Place, date of birth: Masamba, South Sulawesi, 20 May 1958
Sex, marital status: Male, single
Nationality: Indonesia (Passport No. K-859780)
Languages: Indonesia, English (active), Arabic (passive)

Contact Address

Kampus PERDIKAN
Jalan Kaliurang Km 18. Dusun Sambirejo RT 05/RW 12 Padukuhan Sempu Pakem
Sleman, Yogyakarta
Phone (0274) 7115473
E-mail: beta@insist.or.id; beta@remdec.co.id

Formal Education

• 1976-1980 Bandung, Indonesia; The Institute of Educational Sciences and Teacher College (IKIP); School of Education, major course in Philosophy of Education, minor in Educational Planning and Administration.

Non-formal Education

• Bandung, Indonesia; Distant Learning Methodology; IKIP and the Center of Communication Technology for Education and Cultural Affairs (TKPK), Ministry of Education and Cultural Affairs.
• 1978 Bandung, Indonesia; Participatory Research Methodology; Center for Community Services (PPM) IKIP in cooperation with the Non-formal Education Team of the University of Massachusetts.
• 1979 Bandung, Indonesia; Creative Writing and Investigative Journalism; Indonesia Student Press Association (IPMI), West Jawa Branch.
• 1980 Jakarta, Indonesia; Training of Trainers; The Institute for Development Studies (LSP).
• 1982 Jakarta, Indonesia; Educational Counseling Methodology and Techniques; Dewantara Academy of Entrepreneurship (AWD) and the Institute for Applied Psychology of the University of Indonesia (LPT-UI).
• 1983 Incheon, South Korea; Participatory Training Methodology; Asia and South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education (ASPBAE).
• 1985 Solo, Indonesia; Management for Non-profit Organizations; Consortium of Indonesian NGOs and the Manitoba Institute of Management (MIM).
• 1987 Ancona, Italy; Community-based and Participatory Development in Natural Resources Management; University of Ancona and the Italian Institute of Development Studies (IIS).
• 1988 Feldafing, Germany; Cooperatives Movement and Self-help Groups Management Training; The German Institute for International Rural and Agricultural Development Cooperation (DSE).
• 1990 Phillipines, Thailand, Nepal, India and Bangladesh; Regional Exchange of Popular Educators and Community Organizers; International Network of South Initiatives (INSI).

Employment Record

• 1977-1980 Bandung, Indonesia; IKIP Bandung’s Educational Radio Broadcasting System; audio-script writer, narrator, producer, and programmer.
  Bandung, Indonesia; IKIP’s Center of Communication Technology for Education; audio-visual media designer and programmer.
  Bandung, Indonesia; IKIP’s Center for Community Services; rural media designer and field researcher.
• 1981-1983 Jakarta, Indonesia; The Institute for Development Studies (LSP); training manual writer, media designer and master of training.
• 1984-1986 Jakarta, Indonesia; Pan Asia Research & Communication Services; master of training, field researcher, and managing director.
  Jakarta, Indonesia; Sinar Harapan Group; Scientiae, popular magazine on science and technology; managing editor.
• 1990-1993 Bandung, Indonesia; Integrated Development Consultant (INDECO); senior consultant for community-based education and development, specialized for Eastern Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara, Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku and Papua).
• 1998-now Jogyakarta, Indonesia; Indonesian Society for Social Transformation (INSIST); co-founder and chairman of the board, senior consultant, and program director for community education and training, community organizing and community-based natural resources management, specialized for Eastern Indonesia & Timor Lorosa'e.
• Jakarta, Indonesia; Resources & Management Development Consultant (REMDEC); senior consultant for community education and training, community organizing, and community-based natural resources management, specialized for Eastern Indonesia and Timor Lorosa'e.
• 2003-now Langgur, Kei Islands, Indonesia; Maluku’s Institutional Capacities & Resources Consultants (MICROS); co-founder, chairman of the Board of Directors, and senior consultant on community organizing and education, strategic planning, policy studies and advocacy.

Publication & Documentary Works

• 1983 Co-translator and editor of Indonesian edition of Paulo Freire, Pendidikan Kaum Tertindas (Pedagogy of the Opressed); Jakarta: LP3ES.
• 1985 Co-writer and editor, Belajar dari Pengalaman: Panduan Pelatihan Partisipatif untuk Pengembangan Masyarakat (Learn from Experiences: Manual of Participatory Training for Community Development); Jakarta: P3M.
• 1986 Co-writer and editor, Biarkan Kami Bicara: Panduan Pelatihan Komunikasi
  Kerakyatan untuk Pengembangan dan Pengorganisasian Masyarakat (Let Us Speak: Manual of Popular Communication for Community Development and Organizing); Jakarta: P3M.
• 1988 Co-translator and editor of Indonesian version of Wayne Elwood, Membangun Kekuatan (Empowering the People); Jakarta: YLKI.
  Co-writer and editor, Menggeser Neraca Kekuatan: Panduan Pelatihan & Pengorganisasian Masyarakat Konsumen (Shifting the Balance: Manual of Training and Organizing the Consumers Action Groups); Jakarta: YLKI.
• 1994 Editor of J.P.Rahail, Larwul Ngabal: Hukum Adat Kepulauan Kei Menghadapi Arus Perubahan (Larwul Ngabal: Traditional Customary Law of Kei Islands in A Time of Changes); Jakarta: Sejati.
• Editor of Eliza Kissya, Sasi Aman Haru-ukui: Tradisi Pengelolaan Sumberdaya Alam Lestari di Pulau Haruku (Sasi Aman Haru-ukui: Traditional Sustainable Natural Resources Management of Haruku Island); Jakarta: Sejati.
• 1995 Editor of J.P.Rahail, Bat Batang Fitroa Fitnangan: Sistem Tata-guna Lahan dan Laut Tradisional Kepulauan Kei (Bat Batang Fitora Fitnangan: Traditional Seas and Land-use System of Kei Islands); Jakarta: Sejati.
• 1999 Writer, Sekolah itu Candu (School is Opium); Jogyakarta: INSIST Press & Pustaka Pelajar.
• Translator and editor of the Indonesian version of Michael Lowy, Teologi Pembebasan: Kritik Marxisme dan Marxisme Kritis (Marxism & the Theology of Liberation); Jogyakarta: INSIST Press & Pustaka Pelajar.
• Translator and contributor of the Indonesian version of Ton Dietz, Pengakuan Hak atas Sumberdaya Alam: Kontur Geografi Politik Lingkungan Hidup (Entitlement to the Natural Resources: Contours of the Environmental Political Geography); Jogyakarta: INSIST Press & REMDEC.
• Co-writer and editor, Pendidikan Politik untuk Rakyat: Panduan Pelatihan (Political Education for Ordinary People: A Manual); Jogyakarta: INSIST Press and PACT.
• 2000  Editor, Hutang itu Hutang: Pamflet Kampanye Anti Hutang Luar Negeri (Debt is Debt: An Anti-Debt Campaign Pamphlet); Jogyakarta: INSIST Press and the Indonesian NGOs Network for Anti-Debt Campaign (GANTI).
• Co-writer and editor, Pendidikan Popular: Membangun Kesadaran Kritis (Popular Education: Raising Critical Awareness), Jogyakarta: REaD Books.
• Co-writer and editor, Kuka Vie Kalat Verkosta?: Paikallisyhteisojen Oikeudet Luonnonvaroihin Indonesiassa (Who is Fishing Inside the Net?: Environment, Indigenous Peoples Rights, and Land Issues in Indonesia); Helsinki: Visio.
• 2001 Co-writer and editor, Mengubah Kebijakan Publik: Panduan Pelatihan Advokasi (Changing Public Policy: Manual for Advocacy Training); Jogyakarta: INSIST Press & PACT.
• Co-editor, Perjalanan Pengorganisasian Masyarakat (The Processes of Community Organizing); Denpasar: Simpul KEHATI.
• 2003 Co-writer, Get Organized: Stories & Reflections on Community Organising in South East Asia; Kuala Lumpur: SEAPCP (Indonesian edition by READBook, Jogyakarta: 2003).
• Co-editor, Tryng to Disarm the Explosives: Experiences in Dealing with the Causes, Effects, and Impacts of Social Conflicts in Indonesia; Jakarta-Mumbai: PPSW & ASPBAE (Indonesian edition by PPSW, Jakarta: 2003).
• 2004 Co-writer and editor, Ken Sa Faak: Benih-benih Perdamaian dari Kepulauan Kei (Ken Sa Faak: Seeds of Peace from Kei Islands); Jogyakarta: INSISTPress & Nen Mas Il.
• Co-writer and editor, Orang-orang Kalah: Kasus Penyingkiran Masyarakat Adat Kepulauan Maluku (The Defeated: Cases of Marginalization of the Indigenous Peoples of Moluccas); Jogyakarta: INSISTPress & HUMANUM.
• Editor of Effendi Syarief, Melawan Ketergantungan pada Minyak Bumi: Minyak Nabati dan Bio-Diesel sebagai Alternatif & Gerakan (Against the Dependency on Fossil Fuels: Vegetative Oils and Bio-Diesel as An Alternative and A Movement); Jogyakarta: INSISTPress & LPTP.
• Contributor in Brosius, P., Zerner, R., and Tsing, A.L., (eds), Representing Communities: History and Politics of Community-based Natural Resources Management; Walnut Creek, California: Altamira Press.
• 1994-now Script writer, editor, and director of more than 20 documentary and ethnographic videos on various issues of local communities and people-based organizations of Moluccas, Indonesia; Audio-visual Unit of Baileo Maluku Network and Nen Mas Il Foundation, Kei Islands, Southeast Moluccas.

Others

• 1978-1980 President, Students Council, IKIP Bandung, Indonesia.
• 1985-1989 Volunteer and associate member, The Indonesian Society for Pesantren and Community Development (P3M); Jakarta, Indonesia
• Co-founder, master of training and volunteer for program development, Community Development Institute (IPM); Pondok Pesantren Pabelan, Central Jawa, Indonesia.
• Volunteer and board member, Indonesian Consumers Organization (YLKI); Jakarta, Indonesia.
• 1989-1994 Volunteer and associate facilitator, Indonesian NGOs Network for Forest Conservation (SKEPHI); Jakarta, Indonesia.
• Co-founder and volunteer, Indonesian Front for the Defense of Human Rights (INFIGHT), Jakarta, Indonesia.
• 1993-1996 Co-founder, Member of the Council of Elders, and volunteer for external networking, The Network of Community-based and Indigenous Peoples Organizations of Moluccas (Baileo Maluku), Ambon, Indonesia.
• 1996 One of the “Figures for New Society”, Republika Daily News, Jakarta, Indonesia.
• 1996-now Member of Program Committee, South East Asia Popular Communication Programmes (SEA-PCP), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
• Honorary member and advisor, Customary Council of Haruku Traditional Territory, Haruku Island, Central Moluccas, Indonesia.
• Co-founder and member of advisory board, Community-based Housing Cooperative “Rahan Fatnim”, Kei Kecil Island, Southeast Moluccas, Indonesia.
• Honorary member and special advisor, North Sumatra Peasants Union (SPSU), Medan, Indonesia.
• 1998 One of the international award laureates for “Outstanding Performance in Community-based Resources Management and Conservation”, World Rainforest Alliance, New York, USA.
• 1998-now Co-founder and volunteer, Research, Education and Dialogue (REaD), Jogyakarta, Indonesia.
• Co-founder and facilitator, Indonesian Volunteers for Social Movement (INVOLVEMENT), Jogyakarta, Indonesia.
• Editorial board member of Wacana, trimonthly journal on social transformation and social movement issues, INSIST Press, Jogyakarta, Indonesia.