Sony Karsono, a lecturer in Malay-Indonesian Interpretation and Translation at Hankuk University, South Korea, holds a PhD in Southeast Asian history from Ohio University, USA. His research examines how Indonesia’s human body, urban landscape, and social changes since 1900 intersect with technology, literature, visual arts, and pop culture. In 1995–1997, his short stories appeared in magazines like Mode and newspapers including Media Indonesia and Kompas.