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Film review: Inheriting collective memories through 'Eksil'

A documentary embraced by TikTokers is changing how young people understand Indonesia’s past

Indonesians call for climate action through music

Self-education and lived experience of the impacts of climate change, are driving a grassroots environmental movement

Book review: Clive of Indonesia

The Jokowi-Luhut alliance

A business alliance forged in 2008 between Joko Widodo and Luhut Pandjaitan formed the basis for a major axis in his presidency

Colonial nostalgia in an Indonesian night market

Despite more critical attention being paid to Indonesia’s colonial past there is also evidence of nostalgia

Beyond decolonisation?

The National Museum of Indonesia is perpetuating colonial narratives and needs to actively engage with younger generations

Decolonising memory

Mendekolonisasi memori

Warisan industri kolonial dan kenangan di baliknya

Sebuah kota pertambangan kolonial di Sumatra Barat yang masuk dalam daftar UNESCO menimbulkan sejumlah pertanyaan kompleks tentang cara Indonesia memandang warisan industri.

Bekerja dengan artefak kolonial di Rijksmuseum

Dengan menggunakan lensa kritis, seniman dapat melihat artefak kolonial dengan sudut pandang yang baru saat meneliti koleksi museum

1b: Ekologisme

Ideologi politik yang mendengarkan bumi bicara

1a: Eko-Marhaenisme

Tata kelola Bangsa-Manusia-Alam dalam sosio-ekologi Indonesia

Edisi I: Politik

Pendahuluan

Making music together

At Earhouse Songwriting Club music is not only about the performer or performance, but also about the audience and the act of listening

Bacaan Bumi: Pemikiran Ekologis

Sebuah suplemen Inside Indonesia

An EV-fix for mining

Nickel’s ‘green development’ boost to resource nationalism

Essay: Local tradition in a global religious community in modern day Java

Ghosts and spirits often come up in conversation but attitudes are changing

Review: Netflix’s ‘Cigarette Girl’ promotes Big Tobacco interests in Indonesia

Netflix’s series Gadis Kretek (Cigarette Girl) romanticises an industry that kills around 290,000 Indonesians each year

Book review: I am that unicorn

Essay: A movement to remember

This essay is the first in a new series featuring the writing of and edited by young people.

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