Scientist and ‘Manipulative Garden’

The scientists need to reflect on in the midst of widespread social injustice and the decline of democracy.

Two articles by a colleague, Sulistyowati Irianto, "Death of universities" (Kompas, 23/5/2017) and "Death of the Scientific Communitys" (Kompas, 7/1/2022), lash out at not only the government, research authorities and universities, but also the scientists themselves.

The "death" they refer to is marked by the recent rise of sectarian movements of practical politics at universities, in the name of the institution and carrying the university's banner.