Aug 18, 2019 Last Updated 5:27 AM, Aug 7, 2019

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Reviews

Review: The making of an Indonesian human rights lawyer

Review: The making of an Indonesian human rights lawyer

Dan Lev explains how an outsider became a national hero

Review: West Papua’s freedom struggle in its global context

Review: West Papua’s freedom struggle in its global context

Eben Kiksey invites the world to wake up to a crucial struggle unfolding in the Pacific

Review: At the scene of the crime

Review: At the scene of the crime

Essays, reflections and poetry on East Timor, 1999-2010

Review: Khadir Supartini’s 'Journey'

Review: Khadir Supartini’s 'Journey'

A bold young painter signals new direction in Indonesian fine art

Review: Power politics

Review: Power politics

Jeffrey Winters’ Oligarchy is an epic work of comparative political insight but has little that is new to add to the study of Indonesia’s politics

Review: Martial mayhem

Review: Martial mayhem

This silat film breaks the mold

Review: Journey to womanhood

Review: Journey to womanhood

Eva Nourma’s novel provides us with a glimpse into the everyday lives of the Sasak community from Lombok – a group often overlooked in Indonesian literature

Review: The ‘man question’ in Indonesian film and literature

Review: The ‘man question’ in Indonesian film and literature

Marshall Clark examines how masculinity is imagined in contemporary Indonesia

Review: Men and masculinities

Review: Men and masculinities

A new book sheds light on the little studied field of male heterosexuality in Southeast Asia

Review: A view from below

Review: A view from below

An important documentary film sharpens our focus on the lives of Jakarta’s urban poor

Review: Clashing interpretations

Review: Clashing interpretations

A new book warns against a simplistic understanding of religion, something that its editor feels the Western media does much too often

Review: Surviving and resisting in Timor-Leste

Review: Surviving and resisting in Timor-Leste

Conway presents a collection of oral histories that brings to the forefront the role of women in the resistance movement

Review: A complicated life

Review: A complicated life

Jemma Purdey reveals the inner torment behind the charisma, generosity and enigma of the public man that was Herb Feith

Review: Picturing Indonesian modernity

Review: Picturing Indonesian modernity

Karen Strassler shows how modern photographic practices played a role in the making of national subjects in postcolonial Java

Review: Analysing Indonesian politics after the New Order

Review: Analysing Indonesian politics after the New Order

Two recent edited collections on Indonesian politics assess its democratic merits

Review: Elite perceptions and Indonesia’s foreign policy

Review: Elite perceptions and Indonesia’s foreign policy

Daniel Novotny attempts to expose the ‘inside’ story on Indonesian foreign policy-making

Review: Falling into the Lesbi world

Review: Falling into the Lesbi world

Blackwood gives insight into a little-understood group in Indonesian society

Review: Surviving against the odds

Review: Surviving against the odds

Ann Dunham’s study of village life reveals a deep understanding of Indonesia

Review: Becoming Dutch, staying Indo

Review: Becoming Dutch, staying Indo

Van Leeuwen’s book considers the struggles and ironies surrounding Indies heritage in Holland, as the outcome of an absurd colonial history

Review: Indonesian post-colonial theatre

Review: Indonesian post-colonial theatre

Evan Winet’s study of teater reveals a rich and ethnically diverse history

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Latest Articles

Competing Papuan identities

Aug 07, 2019 - PETRUS K FARNEUBUN

Jayapura, West Papua / Alex Drainville @Flickr Creative Commons

A battle is looming between an emboldened pro-independence movement and Papuans who are pro-Indonesia

Alternative tourism in Bali

Jul 22, 2019 - HANNAH SUTTON

Student volunteers and the local community collected rubbish and turned it into an ogoh-ogoh for local Balinese festivities. Source/ Sea Communities

Community programs in northern Bali are aiming to avoid negative impacts of tourism so evident in the south

Untreated trauma in Nduga

Jul 01, 2019 - HIPOLITUS YOLISANDRY RINGGI WANGGE

A teacher formerly posted in Nduga, holds her infant while instructing the children in the emergency school / Sorang Saragih

The plight of Papua’s internally displaced persons is not being recognised by the Indonesian government

The waste emergency

Jun 11, 2019 - ROLF HAJEK

/ Instagram @nickpumphreyphoto

Government, producers and the public must all cooperate to tackle Indonesia’s waste problems

Bogus redemption

Jun 02, 2019 - MUHTAR HABIBI

Charlie Hartanto / Flickr

Mudik forms a bogus redemption for many precarious workers amid a lack of decent jobs in both rural and urban areas

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