Nov 24, 2020 Last Updated 3:35 AM, Nov 18, 2020

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Book review: The journey of Australia’s first Asian language

Review Essay: Banishment and belonging

Japanese and Malay Pearl Divers / State Library of Western Australia

Thoughts for Lance Castles

Lance Castles, painted by Yasin Tiar in 1999

Obituary: Remembering Lance Castles (1937–2020)

Lance in a seminar in Jakarta / TEMPO/NIHIL PAKURIL

Book Review: Man of Contradictions

/ @jokowi Instagram

Photo Essay: From the field

Be there! Exploring small oil palm plantations from Riau (not Europe)

A day in the life of Bali’s miracle worker

Prof. Suryani and the author / Cok Jaya

Professor Suryani and her team are making a difference

Review: Diponegoro's biographer

Peter Carey making a pilgrimage to the gravesite of Pangeran Diponegoro, Makassar, South Sulawesi in June 2014 / Subi, 2014 with permission

Review: China, Indonesia and the Cold War

Review: Witchcraft and doubt

Photo essay: Jakarta's youth use trash to shape their futures

Dido (17) cuts wine bottles into glasses before adding unique designs by using a sandblaster

The mentors and interns at Ffrash are empowering themselves within the waste economy and striving to better society

Book Review: The Tasman Map

State Library of NSW

Photo essay: Woman to woman

Source / Alex Radu

A unique drug rehabilitation centre in Bogor helps women regain their independence

Book reviews: Telling the Dutch colonial wars in Aceh and South Sulawesi

Essay: Letter from Jakarta

Refugees protest in Makassar, February 2018 / Ali Froghi

Living in the midst of uncertainty

Review: Bridges of Friendship

An excellent reminder of the strength and importance of relationships between people of different cultures

Aging remarkably

Tati (Tatik) Soepijarniwati, 86 years, seems too small, too slight and too old to agitate / Author

A lifelong activist and retired midwife is teaching her peers to stay engaged… and not burden their children

Review: Flowers from Universe

Consort seated at spinning wheel, c.1910. Reproduced in CM Pleyte, De Inlandsche nijverheid in West-Java als social-ethnologisch verschijnsel. Vol. 2, 1911. Batavia: Javasche Boekhandel en Drukkerij.

Textiles from Java

Review: Landscape of the soul

Landscape of the Soul III (WWII) 2016. Frances Larder.

An exhibition of wall-hangings and mixed-media depicts the experiences of European Dutch and Eurasian people in Indonesia during the Japanese Occupation, the Revolution and after

Review: Revisiting the colonial wars

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Review Essay: Banishment and belonging

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Japanese and Malay Pearl Divers / State Library of Western Australia

Essay: Seeking solace in the midst of COVID-19

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Since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak the book club has hosted weekly virtual meetings/ Baca Rasa Dengar

Book clubs and creative communities have headed online where they provide Jakartans with vital connections and solace during the pandemic

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