Alit speaks openly about the trauma that lingers from the 1965-1966 massacres. ‘This is a very serious problem’, he says.

In Communication against Capital: Red Enlightenment at the Dawn of Indonesia, Rianne has taken a bold step by depicting the ...

Items seized by police included the book 'Beling: Sajak Nyeri Haté' (Shards of Glass: Poems of Heartache) by Akmal Firmansyah ...

One commentator said bitterly, ‘Seats are filled more by stage-names and giant billboards than by the quality of policy ...

In the West Papuan district of Merauke, vast swaths of forest and savannah have been razed to make way for monocrop oil palm plantations and other agroindustrial projects over the last decade. These ...

When Indonesian parliamentarians wanted to curtail the powers of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), social media was suddenly awash with messages suggesting that the KPK was full of ...

Thirty years since the Geldermalsen cargo was sold off, Indonesia’s underwater cultural heritage legislation remains inconsistent and ambiguous, with serious implications for its many shipwrecks. The ...

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 ...

As the election year unfolds, Indonesians are being reminded frequently of the tremendous ‘power’ of the young generation. In a speech in early August 2018, Agus Yudhoyono, poised to run for the vice ...

In spring 2019, while completing my Asia Culture Center-Rijksakademie residency, I met Harm Stevens, historian and curator at the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam. We discussed the significant role of colonial ...

Pro-reformasi demonstrators in Solo, May 1998 / Sunaryo Haryo Bayu, Solopos, 1998. ‘Every second, I feel the bitterness’, my mum said. She tried to remember clearly what happened 26 years ago in May ...

Indonesia’s National Revolution (17 August 1945 – 27 December 1949) was made up of a series of complex and chaotic events that it is impossible to capture in a single narrative. Yet, for almost eight ...