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 ...

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 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 ...

Indonesians take great pride in the national motto, Bhinneka Tunggal Ika – Unity in Diversity, and the country’s image as a tolerant and pluralist nation. In practice, however, reality often falls ...

‘Miss, it will be better if you find a shaded place to stand. Let your male colleague take the pictures if you need documentation.’ This is the instruction Pak Rahim, leader of the community fire ...

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 ...

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, ...

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Go to any mall in Indonesia and you will find images of light-skinned, if not Caucasian, women modelling the latest fashion, handbags and beauty products. If you have grown up in Indonesia, you are ...

‘We need to counter the image of farming as an unattractive occupation with bleak prospects for young people. If not us, then there is no future for Indonesian agriculture,’ declares Gus Qomar, ...

Campaign messages flooded Indonesian public spaces, on social media and on the streets / Remco van Loenen. Indonesia’s election year – with legislative and presidential elections held on 14 February ...

It is now over four years since the Indonesian parliament first introduced the Sexual Violence Bill (Rancangan Undang Undang Penghapusan Kekerasan Seksual, RUU PKS). Since then, further attempts to ...