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On the promise of “spontaneous tactical urbanism” to renew Cambodia’s capital
MYANMAR
Amid revolution, Myanmar’s NGOs face a deficit of donor solidarity
Relationships need to move beyond oversight to solidarity
INDONESIA
INDONESIA ARCHIVES
The workers paying the price for Indonesia’s nickel boom
An industry that markets itself as socially responsible is failing in its duty to protect worker safety
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The workers paying the price for Indonesia’s nickel boom
about 3 weeks ago
An industry that markets itself as socially responsible is failing in its duty to protect worker safety
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Indonesia’s killer commodity
about 1 month ago
The kretek cigarette industry and its devastating public health impacts are sustained via a huge apparatus of labour, and appeals to cultural nationalism
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Continuity was the surprise in Indonesia’s legislative elections
about 3 months ago
Identity and patronage are playing a part in stabilising a “two-track” party system
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Indonesia’s problem of ‘proper’ masculinity
about 4 months ago
Broadcast regulators are still vigorously policing gender expression in the media
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Introducing the HI-RES SIKAP of Indonesian voters
about 4 months ago
A new online survey gives researchers fine-grained insights into short-term shifts in public opinion
OTHER COUNTRIES
OUR ARCHIVE
Ayungin Shoal and the spectre of informal international law
What an alleged gentleman’s agreement tells us about China’s vision of international law
Defection and revolution in Myanmar
For the first time, a resistance movement against military rule is welcoming and aiding soldiers who choose to join the ‘people’s side’
The growing contradictions of Singapore’s HDB scheme
A notionally egalitarian public housing program has come to fuel class and intergenerational inequalities
Australia’s Malay history & heritage: Cocos (Keeling) Islands
At a graveyard beside the Indian Ocean lies insight into Australia’s ongoing multicultural history and heritage
Translating atrocity at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal
The ECCC highlights some hazards of miscommunication and mistranslation in multilingual war crimes proceedings
Of prison blocks and condos
On the sidelines of Changi Prison lies a fissure in an environment engineered to “invisibilise” Singapore’s social divides.
Malaysia
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Caring for an aging Malaysia: beyond gender and filial norms
A system of aged care focused on filial responsibility unduly burdens women. The social protection system needs a bigger role.
A labour agenda for Malaysia
Economic redistribution should start from giving workers bargaining power long denied to them.
Malaysia’s new struggle over state power
The UMNO era is over, but its political economy model and the social conflicts it created still set the terms of the new politics.
ARTSEA
The land moves west
Artists at the Makassar Biennale grapple with the social and environmental consequences of land reclamation.
Carl Josef Kleingrothe: capturing the colonial life of Deli, Sumatra
A look at the life of the photographer whose work captivated European audiences' looking for images of the 'exotic' Indies.
Memories of Burma’s art scene in the 1970s
Andrew Selth recalls an era of flourishing artistic expression amid heavy-handed censorship.
THAILAND
A coup by any other name
A close look at the blocking of Pita’s appointment shows how conservatives are happy to cut legal corners to thwart reformist politics.
Sam Yan Press and publishing as activism in Thailand
Student activists who energised pro-democracy protests are busily translating and disseminating anti-authoritarian books.
Review: “Thai Diplomacy”
Edited interviews with Tej Bunnag provide "unvarnished insights" and "nuanced history" for students of Thai foreign policy.
REVIEWS & NEWS
Review: “On the Shadow Tracks”
“This is a book with a whole lot of heart for Myanmar and her people.”
Review: “Thai Diplomacy”
Edited interviews with Tej Bunnag provide "unvarnished insights" and "nuanced history" for students of Thai foreign policy.
Image-making as necessity in Fighting Fear II
A recent exhibition showcased Myanmar artists' responses to the coup and resistance to it.