A dispensable threat
LGBT rights and recognition have been under attack in the Indonesian media, for various reasons
View ArticleIntroducing the Heritage Issue: The politics of pictures of Indonesia
When visitors take pictures of Indonesia, they tend to photograph Indonesia’s cultural heritage. These pictures share certain qualities. They seem harmonious and to be of activities or places that...
View ArticleReligious conflict and heritage management in Banten Lama
An ongoing struggle to control a historic Mosque disrupts a heritage region
View ArticleThe pattern of a batik revival
How UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage program transformed the batik neighbourhood of Laweyan
View ArticleGood intentions, mixed realities
Bali’s World Heritage listing has put its rice-farming culture under stress
View ArticleReading for pleasure, 15 minutes a day
Indonesia’s struggle to create a culture of reading
View ArticleInterview with an activist: Soe Tjen Marching
Standing up in the name of truth and justice
View ArticleIslamic cyber-activism
Yogyakartan Salafi youth are turning to social media to promote their faith
View ArticleThe forgotten killings
The slaughter of Indonesians by young nationalists has been hidden by romantic narratives of the independence struggle
View ArticleReview: A life beyond boundaries
Benedict Anderson’s memoir showcases a broad-minded approach to the world and Indonesia
View ArticleReview: Dancing the Feminine
A look into Indonesian migrant women, identity, and cultural performances.
View ArticleRengat, 1949 (Part 1)
Dutch paratroopers massacred hundreds, perhaps thousands, in a Sumatran town during the Indonesian Revolution, yet nobody outside Rengat seems to know.
View ArticleRengat, 1949 (Part 2)
The people of Rengat, the Dutch archives and Dutch authorities have always known about the massacre of January 1949. Why then is the Dutch public not aware?
View ArticleNova Ruth: stages of collaboration
A singer for all seasons at ease with many musical repertoires and traditions
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