Society

Young Indonesians are using an alternative film festival to promote awareness of sexual diversity

Or, the years of living with no one to blame

An Indonesian medical doctor reflects on rural health practices

Migrants from South Sulawesi have played an important role in manufacturing a Papuan identity

Piety and consumption in popular Islam

Indonesia’s tangled public information laws are keeping the press in check

The people of Poso are rebuilding their lives.

Young Indonesians struggle to resist the power of the skin whitening industry

NGOs are having to come to terms with the demands of the governance agenda

Sundanese have a habit of putting each other in their places

This edition of Inside Indonesia explores the complex politics of illegality

Ethics and politics don’t mix in the world of Jakarta’s preman

A political economy of drugs thrives inside one of Indonesia’s most notorious prisons

A group of Jakarta punks challenges the criminal stigma attached to tattoos

A culture of violence in schools makes life tough for kids

Foreign news coverage needs to focus on Indonesia’s people, not just its leaders

A photo essay about families of the disappeared

Indie designers rework commercial iconography – and the business of clothing production

Fight-choreography in West Java is a source of cultural pride