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Review: Power, change, and gender relations in rural Java

Review: Power, change, and gender relations in rural Java
Tickamyer and Kusujiarti’s new book is essential reading

Review: My name is Khan

Sharukhan's Indonesian fans outside his concert at Jakarta International Convention Centre (8/12/2012)
This Indian film’s popularity reveals a popular critique of the US

Reviews: Flipping the national story of 1965

A researcher comforts her informant Memori-Memori Terlarang
Recent ground-breaking publications, an internationally award-winning film and a major conference are opening up new truths about Indonesia’s past

Review: From the dark side

Review: From the dark side
Jusuf Wanandi’s memoir allows glimpses into the mindset of Suharto-era officialdom

Review: When perpetrators speak

Anwar Congo (right) being made up Final Cut For Real
Joshua Oppenheimer’s groundbreaking new film raises disturbing questions about why perpetrators of the 1965-66 mass killings still enjoy impunity for their actions

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: 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

West Java’s mini-fictions

West Java’s mini-fictions
Technology is opening up new possibilities for Sundanese literature

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

Censorship makes a comeback

Censorship makes a comeback
Recent book bannings mark a return to the repressive practices of the New Order

Driving under the New Order

Driving under the New Order
The tumultuous events of 1965 thwarted Liong Tjie Tjong’s writing aspirations

W.S.Rendra (1935-2009)

W.S.Rendra (1935-2009)
The peacock is no more

Demonstrating diversity

Demonstrating diversity
Photo-essay: Yogya’s community protests against the Pornography Bill

Hot debates

Hot debates
A law on pornography still divides the community

Writing for God

Writing for God
Piety and consumption in popular Islam

A new artistic order?

A new artistic order?
The arts scene has changed radically since 1998, but some of the old uncertainties remain

Where are you (not) from?

Where are you (not) from?
Sundanese have a habit of putting each other in their places

Ten years of hoping and waiting

Ten years of hoping and waiting
A photo essay about families of the disappeared

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