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May 10, 2021

Saatnya berbicara tentang rasisme

By JEMMA PURDEY, ANTJE MISSBACH & TAMARA SOUKOTTA

May 03, 2021

It’s time to talk about racism

In this edition our contributors take on the topic of racism, which is still largely taboo in Indonesia

By JEMMA PURDEY, ANTJE MISSBACH & TAMARA SOUKOTTA

May 03, 2021

Bhinneka Tunggal Ika?

Realitas yang sering kali tidak sesuai ekspektasi

By USMAN HAMID

May 03, 2021

Bhinneka Tunggal Ika?

Reality often falls short of expectations

By USMAN HAMID

May 04, 2021

Menghitung bekas luka

Pandangan pribadi tentang hak asasi manusia dan identitas di Papua

By YULIANA LANGOWUYO

May 03, 2021

Structures of oppression

'We are not moneys. We are humans' / Novrian Arbi/ANTARA FOTO

Indonesia needs to acknowledge that it too has a problem with racism

By TAMARA SOUKOTTA

May 03, 2021

Racism and poverty myths in Tanah Papua

Racist explanations hide policies and structures that contribute to poverty among Papuans

By MEKI WETIPO & JENNY MUNRO

May 03, 2021

The forgotten rights of Papuan women

The economic and human rights of Papuan women are too often ignored

By ALFONSA JUMKON WAYAP

May 04, 2021

Counting scars

'brown skin girl' @monalisasembor Instagram / With permission

A personal view on human rights and identity in Papua

By YULIANA LANGOWUYO

May 03, 2021

‘We never invited you to come here’

Refugees prepare for a condolence ceremony for a friend's mother, Makassar 2021/ Ali Froghi

Refugees battle racism in Indonesia

By ILHAM

May 03, 2021

Expatriates, privilege and racism

/ Artem Beliaikin @Flickr creative commons

As privileged migrants, do expats encounter racism?

By ANNE-MEIKE FETCHER

May 03, 2021

Crafting community

Weaving School in Singkarak, West Sumatra (c. 1910) /Weefschool te Singkarak in West-Sumatra, c 1910 / KITLV 32396

Fragments of two girls’ life stories reveal the lived complexities and multiple meanings of being Malay in early twentieth century West Sumatra

By BRONWYN ANNE BEECH JONES

May 03, 2021

Beauty and cosmopolitan whiteness

Indonesians' present-day notions of beauty are embedded in a long and complex relationship between skin colour and race

By L. AYU SARASWATI

May 03, 2021

Beauty and belonging in West Papua

An indigenous Papuan waria preparing for a beauty pageant / Terje Toomistu

Papuan waria draw on foreign ideals of beauty in their quest for a sense of belonging in their local communities

By TERJE TOOMISTU

May 03, 2021

Exhibited as losers

A new artwork holds up a mirror to physical anthropology and its baseless racial categorisations

By SADIAH BOONSTRA

Art as pilgrimage
Documenting and remembering mass killings of Chinese Indonesians during the Revolutionary war
Dancing for diversity
The mixed-race identity of Indonesian-Australian cultural performers
Review: The Planet, A Lament
Garin Nugroho’s major theatrical work inadvertently reveals the challenges in representing race in cross-cultural collaboration