On that sunny day, life in Kampung Bayam went on as it always had. Children chased each other and played around while mothers ...

Indonesia Emas 2045 remains a vision rather than a fixed outcome. This creates an opportunity not only to invest in ...

Casual images taken in public spaces are now searchable data, raising new questions about consent and personal rights. Early ...

No single voice can speak for the Seko people. That is exactly the point. The night I arrived in Seko in South Sulawesi’s North Luwu regency, most of the hillside was dark. A few houses glowed faintly ...

The collapse of the New Order during the Asian financial crisis paved the way for many political and economic reforms in Indonesia. In exchange for development aid, multilateral donor agencies such as ...

In 1778 the Bataviaasch Genootschap voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen or Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences was established in Batavia, now Jakarta. The exclusively male Board of Directors, was ...

According to local resident Om Nono Muma, most of residents in the small West Sumatran town of Sawahlunto are descendants from migrants who came from other parts of Indonesia, particularly Java, to ...

Pro-reformasi demonstrators in Solo, May 1998 / Sunaryo Haryo Bayu, Solopos, 1998. Hearing about my mother's experiences in May 1998 became a pivotal moment that has shaped my life. ‘Every second, I ...

In 2021 the West Sumatran photographer Muhammad Fadli and journalist Fatris MF, published an innovative documentary project called The Banda Journal. Through photography, textual narratives and film, ...

How do we explain victories of neo-strongmen at recent democratic elections? There is no single answer to this question, but one aspect that requires our attention is the changing nature of election ...

Indigenous Marind in rural Merauke have traditionally depended on the forest for their subsistence / Sophie Chao Oil palm projects are causing hunger in Merauke, both literal and symbolic In the West ...

The replacement of dangdut with TikTok dances in the 2024 elections heralds a massive demographic shift in Indonesian political campaigning and beyond All three 2024 Indonesian presidential candidates ...