The final year student, often nicknamed Dioptri, initiated an informative media channel with his colleagues through the Youtube platform titled “Geojourney Indonesia,” covering a range of activities relating to geology. The perceived “old school” field was repackaged into informative content and made viral through modern endeavors.

“At first, we realized that common enthusiasm towards geology was scant. In contrast, the potential of Indonesian geological sources is abundant. We felt what a pity it was, thus came the idea to create video contents on Youtube which are detailed, yet entertaining and easy to understand for many people’s consumption,” expressed the student, who was an alumni of SMAN 1 Bekasi.

“The utilization of the video media, while interesting, also allowed access to the mainstream media. Everybody could access the content we’ve created. The knowledge we obtained in ITB is worthy of sharing with the common people, so that is exactly what we did,” added Dioptri.

When asked regarding the appeal and uniqueness of this informative media channel, Dioptri asserted that Geojourney does not merely teach geology lessons like in class, it also provides related content such as hiking, tutorials, field studies, explorations, even contemporary issues to discuss and debate.

“Through Geojourney Indonesia’s vision and mission, aside from focusing on developing public perception on geology, we also hope to include related local communities so they appear in a media product, thus shared internet wide,” conveyed Dioptri.

“In the future, we wish the seeds we’ve planted have grown to educate many more people concerning geology, and the common people can enjoy these geological wonders like us,” he concluded.

Reporter: Madeline Abigail (Architecture, 2020)
Translator: Firzana Aisya (Bioengineering, 2021)