Feb 23, 2019 Last Updated 4:13 AM, Feb 20, 2019

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Papua

When village development fails

A ‘development monument’: an unused Community Health center in Papua - Source: Yulia Indri Sari

Faulty administrative procedures led to the misuse of village development funds in Papua

Book extract: Sarongge

(Agus Andrianto for CIFOR, via Flickr)

Lontar Modern Indonesia: ‘But that is, after all, the relationship between land and power... Whoever holds power will impose their view.’

Petikan buku: Sarongge

(Agus Andrianto for CIFOR, via Flickr)

Lontar Modern Indonesia: ‘Siapa yang pegang kuasa, akan paksakan pandangannya tentang bagaimana cara mengatur aset alam itu.’

Why size matters

Young people at a hangout in Sentani. Source: Diana Pakasi

Young men in Papua reassert their manhood through penis enlargement

Review: Sites, Bodies and Stories

Sites, Bodies and Stories: Imagining Indonesian History - Cover Image

History and heritage in the Indonesian imagination

Film review: Tanah Mama

A new documentary about a Papuan woman’s daily struggle to survive opens debate on the grave issues affecting her society

Eradicating extreme poverty and hunger

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Indonesia has halved poverty since 1990, but significant challenges remain

Faultlines and fractures

A broken community - Carole Reckinger & Antoine Lemaire

HIV/AIDS is spreading rapidly because of the profound inequalities that afflict Papua

Lessons learned from Indonesia’s conflicts: Aceh, Poso and Papua

Sidney Jones lecture

Herb Feith Annual Memorial Lecture 2014

Famine and fraud

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A story of mass starvation tells us much about media coverage and local government in Papua

Mixed messages

Mixed messages

Election campaigning in highland Papua breaks all the stereotypes

Platitudes of Papua

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It’s easy to blame the central government for all of Papua’s problems, but it’s also inaccurate

Dying for nothing

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Special Autonomy has crippled health services in the Papuan Highlands

Blaming Papuans

Blaming Papuans

Education is a mess in Papua’s highlands, but fault doesn’t lie with the Papuans alone

Photo essay: Positive is negative

Photo essay: Positive is negative

HIV/AIDS is posing an ever greater threat to the health and welfare of people in the highlands of Papua

Lives endangered

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Three stories of people with HIV/AIDS in the central highlands of Papua show that both the government and community have a long way to go in confronting this major epidemic

Big prison, little prison

Big prison, little prison

Stories from Papua’s political prisoners show life at the edge of freedom

No-take zones

Freeing shovelnosed ray, Bobby Anderson

In West Papua province’s Raja Ampat islands, a local fisheries conservation initiative is setting a global standard

Land of ghosts

Bauzi women in a health class for new and expectant mothers Bobby Anderson

Papua’s rural lowlands are being transformed by an encroaching global economy, but what happens to the people there is an open question

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

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An inadvertent terrorist

Feb 19, 2019 - CAMERON SUMPTER & YUSLIKHA K WARDHANI

Source / Samuel Zeller on Unsplash

One man’s humdrum pathway into terrorism demonstrates the need for extra care in prisons and de-radicalisation programs

A kinder, more gentle FPI?

Feb 06, 2019 - MARK WOODWARD

Lubis described Yogya as a city beset by sin: alcohol, narcotics, free sex, prostitution, pornography and LGBT / Mark Woodward

The historically hardline defenders of Islam plan to enter the political mainstream by softening their rhetoric and abandoning hate speech

Review: Ricklefs on Islamisation

Feb 01, 2019 - RON WITTON

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Reclaiming Indonesian citizenship

Jan 30, 2019 - DIEGO GARCIA RODRIGUEZ

Diega Garcia Rodriguez/ The pengibar bendera (flag raisers) group after hoisting the flag

A ‘waria’ version of the traditional flag ceremony celebrates both nationhood and diversity

Photo essay: A protest for fair land reform

Jan 20, 2019 - FRANS ARI PRASETYO

Source/ Frans Ari Prasetyo

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