Articles - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

Kimberly Clair

Published: 13 December 2014

Robert Lemelson’s latest documentary film takes his audience inside the lives of the women, men and children living in polygamous families in Bali

Film review: Daniel Ziv’s acclaimed 'Jalanan'

Sandeep Ray

Published: 13 December 2014

A film that takes the viewer deep into the lives of three people living on Jakarta's margins

Community members in Central Kalimantan attempt to prevent the planting of palm oil on land they claim as their own - Save Our Borneo

Nanang Indra Kurniawan

Published: 09 December 2014

Jokowi must accommodate customary rights lest his development agenda spur land conflicts

Oka Rusmini

Published: 04 December 2014

Recipient of the 2014 Khatulistiwa prize for poetry, Oka Rusmini's award-winning short story 'Putu Gives God a Hand' is a sharply witty critique of Balinese culture

Indonesian migrant workers hone their activist sensibilities at a protest in Hong Kong - istolethetv at flickr.com

Benny Hari Juliawan

Published: 02 December 2014

Former migrant workers are finding new empowerment in the bureaucratic jungle of legal aid

A user-generated computer game developed by Jokowi’s team asks supporters to join Jokowi-Jusuf Kalla on impromptu visits - Generasi Optimis

Diatyka Widya Permata Yasih and Andi Rahman Alamsyah

Published: 25 November 2014

Social media promotes political engagement among youth, but at the expense of accurate information and real-world political effects

Promotional poster for Cinta Fitri Season Ramadhan.

Inaya Rakhmani

Published: 18 November 2014

The religious influence of prime-time television in Indonesia

Irfan Kortschak

Published: 11 November 2014

The criminalisation of a whistleblower shows how corruption can entangle even participatory development programs

Mario F. Lawi

Published: 05 November 2014

Young emerging Indonesian poet

Andy Fuller

Published: 02 November 2014

The Institute will continue to operate without its famous reading room

Carole Reckinger & Antoine Lemaire

Published: 28 October 2014

HIV/AIDS is spreading rapidly because of the profound inequalities that afflict Papua

My eyes may be blue, but I am Indonesian

Rosalind Hewett

Published: 20 October 2014

The different and difficult experiences of Eurasian Indonesians

Sidney Jones

Published: 05 October 2014

Herb Feith Annual Memorial Lecture 2014

Helen Pausacker

Published: 29 September 2014

KK Dheeraj’s unauthorised biopic is full of tears and belaboured symbolism

Graeme MacRae

Published: 22 September 2014

Beyond the tourism and real estate frontiers in Bali is a small branch of the global resource frontier.

Rani Pramesti

Published: 18 September 2014

Essays and Fiction is a new series of writing in Inside Indonesia that aims to give voice to more personal stories about Indonesia. We welcome submissions in the form of reflective pieces, fiction, artwork, or essays about travel and fieldwork experiences.

Asahan Aidit

Published: 17 September 2014

A life in exile

Photo essay: Communing with the spirits and sharing food

Nicholas Herriman

Published: 15 September 2014

A Ramadan photo essay

Warren Doull

Published: 09 September 2014

The memoir of a former human rights commission official gives insights into handling of human rights in Indonesia in the late New Order and early reformasi period