Articles - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

DUNCAN GRAHAM

Published: 24 April 2025

Indonesian expats are vigorously defending their homeland’s democracy

WAHYUDI AKMALIAH

Published: 14 April 2025

BUDIMAN MINASNY

Published: 08 April 2025

As the US deploys tariffs as economic weapons — the story of how a 1930s trade policy accidentally abolished penal sanctions in the Dutch East Indies reveals unintended consequences

FERHANDI PRASETYO

Published: 31 March 2025

Through decades of shifting political landscapes, Tangerang's Chinese community has preserved their sacred traditions

ABELLIA ANGGI WARDANI

Published: 25 March 2025

Notes from Kupang and Atambua

FANNY SYARIFUL ALAM

Published: 23 February 2025

Meetings in Bandung between interfaith and youth groups open minds and eliminate prejudices

SHERI LYNN GIBBINGS, ELAN LAZUARDI AND ROBBIE PETERS

Published: 13 February 2025

Why some ride-hailing drivers stay outside mutual aid organisations

NATASHA DOROSHENKO MURRAY

Published: 13 February 2025

Indah Arsyad’s Balinese perspective

JAKA HENDRA BAITTRI

Published: 22 January 2025

Cara manusia Sumatera menghormatinya harimau

JAKA HENDRA BAITTRI

Published: 22 January 2025

How Sumatrans honour the tiger, both mystical and real

MARK WOODWARD

Published: 06 January 2025

Sukarno's dedication to the arts and obsession with creating a nationalist ideal live on in luxury hotels he built in the 1960s

VICTORIA WINATA

Published: 31 December 2024

What is cultural awareness? Is it about knowing the habits and languages of other people? These are good intentions, but there is a lot more work to be done

ASHLYNN HANNAH & SOFIA JAYNE

Published: 23 October 2024

Introducing a new podcast series

JEFFREY MELLEFONT

Published: 22 October 2024

From distinguished neurophysiologist to maritime historian

RON WITTON

Published: 07 October 2024

KHIDIR M PRAWIROSUSANTO & ELIESTA HANDITYA

Published: 02 October 2024

Yogyakarta's new international airport and aerotropolis embody national aspirations, but at what cost to the locals it has displaced?

DUNCAN GRAHAM

Published: 09 September 2024

RIKA FEBRIANI

Published: 02 September 2024

Tradition helps Minangkabau protect the land from foreign investors

RON WITTON

Published: 14 August 2024

More than six decades after being inspired as an undergraduate in Sydney, Ron Witton retraces his Indonesian language teacher's journey back to Suriname

CAITLIN HUGHES

Published: 09 August 2024

Makassar International Writers Festival and its ripple effects

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