Academic, Vienna
Sri ‘Jani’ Kuhnt-Saptodewo is an academic born in Jakarta who has written numerous books based on her research findings and interest on themes of interculturality and performing arts. Kuhnt-Saptodewo earned a MA in German Literature in 1983 and later graduated in Culture Anthropology from the Ludwig-Maximilian University of Munich with a PhD in 1993. Since then, she has worked and taught at various institutions, including the prestigious Weltmuseum Wien, Vienna, where she served as the Head of Collection between 2005 and 2018. In addition to research and writing, Kuhnt-Saptodewo works on films and curatorial projects, resulting in successful exhibitions such as Balinese Art in Transition (2012) and World in Motion (2017) at the Weltmuseum Wien.