Society

Insurrectionary anarchists, with international connections, nihilist values and a penchant for arson, are moving to fill the vacuum on the left

Transgender Indonesian migrants are looking for romance and security in Europe, but nothing is easy 

Special Autonomy is widely regarded as a failure, but its impact on Papua’s schools has been even worse than expected

Young Indonesian lesbians struggle with the pressure to marry

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

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

Outsiders see arak consumption as a highly dangerous activity, but arak plays an important role in Balinese society

Former political prisoner Eko Maryadi speaks to Nikki Edwards about his incarceration during the New Order

Detained asylum seekers face massive hurdles in accessing rights and protection

Panas dalam can kill, but it can also be cured by a phone call

Tickamyer and Kusujiarti’s new book is essential reading

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

Indonesia’s parliament is cracking down on sorcery

The filmmaker explains that The Act of Killing exposes the imagination of terror

Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing is a bold, disturbing and ultimately unsatisfactory exploration of the place of violence in modern Indonesia

Indonesian artists are using new media to rethink urban space

Indonesia’s liberal art scene attracts adventurous Australian artists

Titarubi’s art challenges masculinity in Indonesian visual arts and beyond

Dan Lev explains how an outsider became a national hero