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Feb 11, 2023
Revolusi revisited
The exhibition Revolusi! has triggered ongoing discussions on diversifying and decolonising the narrative of Indonesia’s National Revolution
By YATUN SASTRAMIDJAJA
Feb 11, 2023
Breaking the silence?
The controversy around the exhibition Revolusi! was a missed opportunity to allow space for multiple stories around this sensitive history
By YVETTE KOPIJN
Feb 11, 2023
Afterlives of revolution
Research and art collective Beyond Walls produced a series of film portraits of descendants of the Indonesian revolution for the exhibition Revolusi! Why was it important to highlight these personal stories?
By BEYOND WALLS
Feb 11, 2023
A Moluccan soldier and his daughter
The story of a senior officer in the Royal Dutch East Indies Army (KNIL), and of his oldest daughter, give voice to Moluccan experiences in colonial history
By HUIB AKIHARY
Feb 11, 2023
The generation that breaks the silence
The third generation since the Revolution inherited trauma and stigma. Now they are speaking out.
By LEA PAMUNGKAS
Feb 11, 2023
Generasi yang memecah kesunyian
Generasi ketiga paska Revolusi, adalah generasi yang diwarisi trauma dan stigma. Kini mereka menolak pengingkaran yang dilakukan negara dan generasi sebelumnya.
By LEA PAMUNGKAS
Feb 11, 2023
Dutch terror camps in Bali
During the Indonesian war of independence the Dutch army set up prison camps across Bali, where torture and murder were common. It failed to break the Balinese resistance
By ANNE-LOT HOEK
Feb 11, 2023
Book review: 'Merdeka'
Henk Schulte Nordholt and Harry Poeze's new book turns attention to the battle for Indonesian independence and precarious rise of the Republic
By JOOST COTE
Mar 15, 2023
Photo essay: Welcoming Ramadan in Yogyakarta
In the month before the fasting period, Javanese Muslims perform a diversity...
By MARK WOODWARD
Feb 07, 2023
Accountability missing in action
Joko Widodo’s acknowledgement of past gross human rights abuses falls short
By SRI LESTARI WAHYUNINGROEM
Jan 31, 2023
Local shari'a or human rights?
The debate about school uniforms is an ongoing struggle between those supporting...
By NANAK HIKMATULLAH
Jan 24, 2023
Review essay: Constructing Indonesian girlhood on film
Two decades after the cultural shift opened up by Reformasi, hope looks...
By ANNISA R. BETA
Nov 16, 2022
Acehnese fishermen and Rohingya rescue at sea
The criminalisation of people smuggling has created complex moral and legal difficulties...
By BILAL DEWANSYAH
Sep 15, 2022
Chasing a cure for beriberi
A long search for a cure for beriberi in Southeast Asia in...
By NIA DELIANA
Aug 19, 2022
Review: 25 years of music activism
For two decades Bali-based rock band Navicula’s mission has been to tackle...
By JULIA WINTERFLOOD
Aug 09, 2022
Essay: Divine rejeki! What a wonderful windfall
How can you get rejeki? Like everything else about rejeki, the answer...
By NICHOLAS HERRIMAN, GREG ACCIAIOLI, MONIKA WINARNITA
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