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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 04, 2021
Menghitung bekas luka
Pandangan pribadi tentang hak asasi manusia dan identitas di Papua
By YULIANA LANGOWUYO
May 03, 2021
Structures of oppression
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
A personal view on human rights and identity in Papua
By YULIANA LANGOWUYO
May 03, 2021
Expatriates, privilege and racism
As privileged migrants, do expats encounter racism?
By ANNE-MEIKE FETCHER
May 03, 2021
Crafting community
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
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
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May 31, 2021
Endless stigma of HIV and COVID-19
HIV-related stigma and is making access to healthcare during the pandemic difficult
By NAJMAH, KUSNAN & SHARYN GRAHAM DAVIES
Apr 30, 2021
Photo essay: A pandemic in pictures
More than one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus is still...
By AHMAD TRI HAWAARI
Apr 19, 2021
Kartini in her own words
An essential resource for Indonesian history scholars and students, Kartini's works are...
By INSIDE INDONESIA
Mar 24, 2021
Sugar taxes save lives
Indonesia lags behind many countries in taxing high sugar drinks
By CITTA WIDAGDO
Mar 03, 2021
An urgent mental health challenge
The demand for support for children with ASD is growing, but a...
By SHERINE HASSAN
Jan 11, 2021
Essay: Liberating learning in Indonesian higher education
A new higher education policy is expected to bring about reform that...
By DELITA SARTIKA
This Week
COVID-19 denial in Indonesia
NAJMAH, KUSNAN, SARI ANDAJANI, SHARYN GRAHAM DAVIES & TOM GRAHAM DAVIES
Mixed messaging from government about COVID-19 has left rumours and competing narratives to fill the information void, fuelling mistrust
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