Indonesia Team zOOM PARTY

Every year the entire Empatika Team in Indonesia (our core team plus current and past research associates) gathers for a small party where we share food, stories and games. Other times we’ve done picnics in parks or last year, a potluck at our new office, but with COVID-19 restrictions this year we decided to hold a virtual party. Our Empatika Zoom Party was held during Ramadan (so more things to celebrate!) with more than 20 of us joining in the call, including researchers and team members who live outside of the Jakarta area, such as Bali, West Sulawesi, and West Papua, and even those now living in Barcelona and Sweden.

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Before the break-fasting time, we spent a few hours catching up as well as playing games through Zoom like doing pictionary, guessing famous Indonesian TV advertisements, movie clues, and word games. Although we couldn't interact physically and faced some lagging internet connections, we shared a lot of laughs. As there were prizes involved, some of the games also became quite competitive! While it was a fun time and we are lucky to still be able to catch up with so many from our larger team, we hope that things will get better soon and that we can meet each other again, in person.

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Here are just some of the familiar faces from the wider Empatika Team in Indonesia