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History is more than just text on a page; it is the photographs, voices, and artifacts of the people who lived it. The images and recordings featured across Foundations and Futures are part of a meticulously curated media repository. Whether you are building a lesson plan or investigating an artifact, you can use this database to trace the provenance of our media: discover who created an asset, the historical context behind it, and how it can be used to bring Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences into your classroom.
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The temple-complex of Loro Jonggarang at Prambanan
The Prambanan, a ninth-century sacred site, was one of the sites through which Maya gained a greater understanding of the rich culture of Java while working as a tour guide.
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Maya describes how her mother created community in Indonesia.
Watch Maya describe how her mother created community and relationships as an anthropologist in Indonesia.
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Carved wood panel from Yogyakarta
Growing up in Indonesia, Maya was surrounded by art through her mother’s work with artisans. This carved wood panel from Yogyakarta, artist unknown, belonged to her mother as part of her microfinance projects. It is now in Maya’s personal collection. (Source: Maya Soetoro Collection)
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Indonesian phrase: gotong royong
Watch Maya discuss one of her favorite Indonesian phrases: gotong royong.
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Maya discusses living within diverse cultures and faiths
Watch Maya discuss living within diverse cultures and faiths.
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Taman Sari’s ruins
As a child in the 1970s, Maya played in the Taman Sari’s ruins. This photograph of the Water Castle was taken in a much earlier time, in 1910 during the Dutch colonial era.
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Video Maya on her childhood in Indonesia and feeling safe in “collective care”
Watch Maya discuss her childhood in Indonesia and the safety of “collective care.”
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Map of Asia Indonesia
Indonesia is the fourth largest country in the world by population. The physical span of the archipelago is roughly equivalent to the length of the United States.
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Maya Soetoro and Family
Maya as a baby with her family, ca. 1970. From left to right: Lolo Soetoro (Maya’s father), Ann (her mother), Maya (on her mother’s lap), and Barack Obama (her older brother).
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Ann holding Maya as a newborn
Ann holding Maya as a newborn. They stand next to Soetoro’s grandmother, Djoeminah, whom Maya knew as Eyang Supoyo, ca. 1970.
