Sport, politics and the 1962 Asian Games Jakarta’s 1962 Asian Games were a symbol of Sukarno’s postcolonial nation-building Read more
Middle-path Islam The vibrant force of As’adiyah is countering Islamic extremism and safeguarding ethnic and cultural identity Read more
Remembering the gang rapes of May 1998 The stories of Seno Gumira Ajidarma have helped to counter the denial of a national trauma Read more
Photo essay: Alive, but not living Refugees in Makassar protest the sudden increase in heavy policing by immigration authorities Read more
Distance matters: social housing for the poor For Jakarta’s most vulnerable, vertical social housing creates more problems than it solves Read more
City of traps People with disabilities are being left behind by Jakarta’s massive infrastructure developments Read more
Social exclusion in a state urban mega-development Indonesia’s first 'new city' may not be addressing the urban problems it was supposed to Read more
Sectarianism, culture and politics An emerging conservative Muslim coalition is a force to be reckoned with in Indonesian politics Read more
Mining – who benefits? Mining law changes in decentralising Indonesia raises new challenges and opportunities for local communities Read more
The life and death of Indonesia’s mineral export ban The Jokowi government’s policy shift contributes to pervasive regulatory ambiguity in Indonesia’s mining sector Read more
Resource nationalism as imperialism Foreign investment in large-scale mining has encountered serious obstacles Read more
Mining and equitable development Mining dominates East Luwu GDP but development of agriculture underpins equitable development Read more
Small-scale mining in Central Kalimantan After reformasi, Kereng Pangi, Kalimantan became the site of a gold rush Read more
Mining the land, mining people Irrespective of location or commodity, peasants now compete with multinational mining companies on the mineral-rich tracts of Indonesia Read more
Multiplier effects on the Bombana goldfields Benefits ripple outwards but local government struggles to regulate the process Read more
The extractive industries in East Nusa Tenggara As a number of communities in East Nusa Tenggara reject mining, tourism as a resistance strategy can be equally exploitative Read more
Church-based resistance to mining in Manggarai Resistance is a way of defending local people’s rights in dealing with mining policy Read more