The word itself needs rescuing,’ Mutiara told me. What is so often dismissed as trivial, unpleasant encounters, through ...

It is often assumed in Indonesia that people who are both Muslim and queer constantly experience konflik batin (inner conflict). It is further assumed that Muslim queers are prone to negative and ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the past two years race and racism has come to the forefront of political and social debate in many countries, including Indonesia. America’s #BlackLivesMatter movement resonated globally and ...

A vendor sells counterfeit shoes based on designs from Nike and Adidas. Counterfeit footwear is among the most popular items amongst Gen Z Shoppers / Alice Sinclair ‘The original price is Rp16 million ...

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Yogyakarta's new international airport and aerotropolis embody national aspirations, but at what cost to the locals it has displaced? In August 2020, amid COVID-19 and not even a year behind schedule, ...

It was only my first night in Yogyakarta when someone told me they believed in ghosts. At a street stall in the thick and sticky evening air a young man explained to me how he had come to accept their ...

The orang Betawi are the native ethnic group who inhabit the Greater Jakarta metropolitan area, colloquially known as Jabodetabek. The ethnic group derives their name from Batavia, the capital city of ...

House of the Unsilenced postcard, which reads: ‘This is our house, which we’ve built from our stories and artworks. Here we are not silenced. Here we are free to express ourselves. Listen to our ...