Blaming Papuans

Blaming Papuans

Education is a mess in Papua’s highlands, but fault doesn’t lie with the Papuans alone
A nation of dunces?

A nation of dunces?

Bureaucrats and politicians have created an education system that is shockingly bad
A bandwagon for everyone

A bandwagon for everyone

Indonesian political parties are using the Australian spying scandal to score points with voters, both at Australia and President Yudhoyono’s expense
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Democratising culture

Changes in the Indonesian arts parallel Inside Indonesia’s own evolution over a period of thirty years

Women in Javanese popular theatre

Though limited, contemporary popular theatre offers Indonesian women a vital forum of expression not available in traditional theatre
History and identity: an interview with Pramoedya Ananta Toer

History and identity

An interview with Pramoedya Ananta Toer
After justice

After justice

What happens after three police officers are found guilty of manslaughter and torture?
Stopping intolerance

Stopping intolerance

Government must act to halt growing discrimination against minorities
Indonesia’s new anarchists

Indonesia’s new anarchists

Insurrectionary anarchists, with international connections, nihilist values and a penchant for arson, are moving to fill the vacuum on the left
Fantasising romance overseas

Fantasising romance overseas

Transgender Indonesian migrants are looking for romance and security in Europe, but nothing is easy 
Ari’s audacity

Ari’s audacity

How can you be a straight cop when people just give you money?
Longing for Suharto

Longing for Suharto

A visit to the former president’s memorial shows that some Indonesians prefer an uncomplicated vision of the past
Review: Taking a musical journey in Sumatra

Review: Taking a musical journey in Sumatra

Margaret Kartomi’s life-long devotion to bringing Sumatran music to the world is revealed in her major contribution to analysing and preserving this musical heritage
Strange bedfellows

Strange bedfellows

An unlikely alliance between former rebels and a former New Order tormentor will test the limits of Partai Aceh loyalty

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