Marginalised Groups
What gives rise to moral outrage?
Rather than being merely the result of religious extremism, recent cases of moral outrage point to a wide range of current political and social problems
Teaching remote Indonesia
A new program sends Indonesia’s best and brightest graduates to teach children in its poorest villages
Living without a state
People in rural Papua are more interested in basic services than grand political struggles
High stakes
ASRIANA KEBON speaks to Indonesian underage minors who were returned to Indonesia following age determination hearings in Darwin
Art for the people
Taring Padi takes stock of a more than a decade fighting the political establishment – with art as its weapon
Public works and ethnic conflict
Tarakan’s riots illustrate the risks of collusive public contracting and the continued weakness of local security responses
Climate justice
Climate change is compounding the environmental and social justice problems confronted by marginalised communities: a multi-faceted movement is needed in response
Theatre of life
A new generation of Indonesian theatre activists is staging performances based on the everyday experiences of local communities
Token gestures
Fighting over the land and forest
Century-old conflicts persist in the vast tracts of Indonesia that are designated as state forest
A disaster, but not genocide
The demand for sustainable timber is colliding with the needs of Central Java farmers
Jusuf Wanandi’s memoir allows glimpses into the mindset of Suharto-era officialdom
Indonesia’s parliament is cracking down on sorcery
Recent ground-breaking publications, an internationally award-winning film and a major conference are opening up new truths about Indonesia’s past
The filmmaker explains that The Act of Killing exposes the imagination of terror
