Identity Politics

Constructions of political, sexual and religious others in contemporary Indonesia

After decades of neglect, Indonesia’s diaspora demands more rights

Locals contest national citizenship rights in North Maluku

Locals react coolly to ex-transmigrants who return to Java after fleeing violence elsewhere

Organisations like Wahdah Islamiyah envision an ‘Islamic’ citizenship for Indonesia

What does exercising citizenship in Indonesia's democracy look like?

Almost twenty years after reformasi, journalist and novelist Leila S. Chudori ponders on the successes and failures of this historic period for Indonesia

LGBT rights and recognition have been under attack in the Indonesian media, for various reasons

Deryn Mansell’s novel opens a window into Indonesia for younger readers

The different and difficult experiences of Eurasian Indonesians

Riverbank settlers love Jokowi, but they don’t want him to become president

Bob Lowry reviews the memoir of the current Jakarta governor and likely frontrunner for the 2014 presidential elections

Government must act to halt growing discrimination against minorities

Visitors to Semarang’s Lawang Sewu find competing narratives of history, memory and popular culture

Rather than being merely the result of religious extremism, recent cases of moral outrage point to a wide range of current political and social problems

What do you get when you cross Sarah Palin and an Islamic polygamist? Meet Rhoma Irama – Indonesia’s king of dangdut

Indonesian television advertisements are constructing images of Indonesia by appropriating well-known nationalist themes

The big business of Indo celebrities creates illusory expectations but things may be changing

From the highlands of Papua to exile in England, Benny Wenda is a leader of his people

Brotherhood among the poor urban youth of Jakarta