Adil Johan

is a researcher and educator on Southeast Asian and Malaysian popular music and culture.

2 posts

Echoes, Shadows & Footprints: A Symposium on the Upkeep of the Arts

9 min read

IT IS GENERALLY observed that there is a chasm between music, arts and culture practitioners, on the one hand, and academics on the other. The reason behind it...

by Paul Augustin & Adil Johan

NCP 1971 vs. DAKEN 2021: Ethnoculturalism or Cultural Diversity?

5 min read

AFTER 50 YEARS since implementing of the National Cultural Policy (NCP) 1971, the newly dubbed Dasar Kebudayaan Negara (DAKEN) 2021, translated as “Cultural Pol...

by Adil Johan