Regions

Impossible ideal?
Cosmopolitanism is a dirty word in rural West Java, where creativity and new words are needed to reopen dialogue
Nilan and Artini
See the world and be exploited
Café culture
The changing socio-economic status of Yogyakarta’s students threatens the survival of one of the city’s icons
Review: Voices from the unheard
Leila S. Chudori’s novel Pulang is an important addition to a growing literature examining the events of 1965-66 and its aftermath
Blaming Papuans
Education is a mess in Papua’s highlands, but fault doesn’t lie with the Papuans alone
After justice
What happens after three police officers are found guilty of manslaughter and torture?
Overprotection is not the answer
Food self-sufficiency in Indonesia is a valid problem but so far the government has only provided counterproductive solutions
ajiguna resized
Rahmat Ajiguna talks to Eve Warburton about the need to make farmers the centre of food security in Indonesia
Feeding Indonesia
Food security is an urgent policy problem in Indonesia but opinions are divided about how best to feed the poorest and most vulnerable
Catch of the day
Ensuring food security in fisheries and aquaculture is an important challenge for the Indonesian government
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
Ari’s audacity
How can you be a straight cop when people just give you money?
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
An unlikely alliance between former rebels and a former New Order tormentor will test the limits of Partai Aceh loyalty