Galih Widjil Pangarsa

Born in Bandung, Indonesia, 1958. Educated in undergraduate of architecture engineering UGM, 1982, and in history of civilizations in master and doctoral degree at Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sociales, Paris, France, respectively in 1989 and 1992 (Dissertation: Architecture des mosquées de Lombok: Evolution et Symbolisme). His main focus of research is in history and anthropology of Indonesian vernacular (Nusantara) architecture, philosophy of cultural politics. He is now senior lecturer and researcher at Architecture Departement, Faculty of Engineering, Brawijaya University, Malang, Indonesia.

Some of his works:

Les mosquees de Lombok. Evolution architecturale et diffusion de l’islam, Archipel No 44, Paris, 1992;

Built Environment of a Changing Hindu Tenggerese Community. A Study on Architectural Evolution of Wonokitri, Archipel No 49, Paris, 1995.

Towards a Nusantara City, Seminar Internasional Knowledge City, (invited speaker)

Eurocentricm: Kebuntuan Keilmuan Arsitektur (E-article)

Starchitect & The Beauty of the Beast (E-article)

[Materialisme pada Masjid Nusantara]3

[3]: http:// issuu.com/eurocentrism/docs/materialisme_pada_masjid__nusantara