Tempe as Language: An Indonesian Village Revitalisation Mini-project

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Kirsten Bradley

Abstract

In Kandangan, a village in the Temmanggung Regency (Kabupaten Temanggung) in the Province of Central Java, tempe bunguk used to be a daily food—using locally grown bunguk beans—and made in many households. But imported blocks of tempe from China made with industrially grown soy beans have slowly crept in and replaced it. As part of her food skills mapping (a part of the Spedagi Project), Francisca Callista (Siska) went searching for what used to be eaten in her village, and for those who could remember how to make it.

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Curated Works: Designing Futures in Indonesia
Author Biography

Kirsten Bradley, Milkwood

Kirsten Bradley is a grower, educator, designer, writer + activator whose work focusses on permaculture. Following an early career as a musician and visual artist, Kirsten established Milkwood in 2007 with her husband Nick Ritar.  Milkwood's focus since that time has been on regenerative agriculture and permaculture design education, to enable communities to design resilient futures and local food systems, from the home scale upwards. In Kirsten's spare time, she pickles whatever she can get her hands on or goes exploring + foraging with Nick and her 7 year old, Ashar.