Martin Elvanyus De Porres ([email protected]) is a PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. He ...

The government’s approach to this mega power infrastructure program is typical of its overwhelming drive to get business done The government’s approach to this mega power infrastructure program is ...

Jokowi’s path to the presidency might not be as smooth as it once seemed, but he is still the front runner Marcus Mietzner Ever since his appearance on the national political stage in 2012, Joko ...

It is now over four years since the Indonesian parliament first introduced the Sexual Violence Bill (Rancangan Undang Undang Penghapusan Kekerasan Seksual, RUU PKS). Since then, further attempts to ...

At Indonesia Bertutur 2024, a biannual festival exploring Indonesia’s cultural heritage through contemporary art, the historic gardens of Bali’s Museum Puri Lukisan became the stage for Amrta, a ...

Image appeared on a social media post for an event celebrating 100 years of Pram in Bandung. Illustration is by Bawana 2025 Pramoedya’s centenary was celebrated widely in Indonesia, rarely by ...

In the course of little more than five months from late 1965 to early 1966, anti-communist Indonesians killed about half a million of their fellow citizens. Nearly all the victims were associated with ...

Before she even opens her mouth, the petite, jilbab-wearing and refined looking Shuniyya Ruhama Habiiballah has already gone a long way towards achieving one of her driving missions in life: to ...

‘Miss, it will be better if you find a shaded place to stand. Let your male colleague take the pictures if you need documentation.’ This is the instruction Pak Rahim, leader of the community fire ...

Indonesians take great pride in the national motto, Bhinneka Tunggal Ika – Unity in Diversity, and the country’s image as a tolerant and pluralist nation. In practice, however, reality often falls ...

Encountering Indonesia through the Buru Quartet Nathan Hollier In Max Lane’s penetrating work Indonesia Out of Exile: How Pramoedya’s Buru Quartet Killed a Dictatorship there is a description from ...