Image to advertise a lecture series based on Pramoedya's work sponsored by the Jakarta Arts Council and other organisations, June 2025 / IG @jakartscouncil It was good to see the Teater Kecil so ...

My first encounter - albeit imaginary - with a victim of human rights violations occurred in the seventh grade. The victim's name was Widji Thukul. I got to know him well through devoutly reading his ...

Tourism and quiet dispossession in Sianjur Mula-Mula Dion Pardede Ompung Putri Limbong, an elderly farmer and Raja Bius (Indigenous Chief) of Bius Sipitu Tali tends his crops beside Batu Hobon – a ...

In Yogyakarta, days during Ramadan days begin with sahur, a simple predawn meal, and close with a more elaborate one with iftar (Arabic), buka puasa (Indonesian) or takjil (Javanese) shortly after ...

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Kupang, is a city (or more accurately perhaps, a town), that has a special place in my heart. It’s a place of memory—a place I first visited over a decade ago in 2012, as an eager student intern in ...

Saya berharap banyak dari kita yang biasa hidup di kota bisa belajar hidup sederhana dan melihat kebijaksanaan lokal dari pertanian Sunda Muslim. Krisis lingkungan yang melanda dunia, termasuk ...

A quarterly magazine on the peoples of Indonesia - cultures, politics, economy and environment ...

Campaign messages flooded Indonesian public spaces, on social media and on the streets / Remco van Loenen. Indonesia’s election year – with legislative and presidential elections held on 14 February ...

How do we explain victories of neo-strongmen at recent democratic elections? There is no single answer to this question, but one aspect that requires our attention is the changing nature of election ...

The legislative, presidential and regional head elections in 2024 revealed old patterns and new trends in ongoing challenges to Indonesia’s democracy ...

Urban poor people’s rejection of all candidates in the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election shows their capacity to self-organise for their interests Amalinda Savirani On 27 November 2024, 37 provinces ...