"An encounter between Australian Indonesianists and Indonesian Australianists offers fruitful avenues for both countries
Female Ulama voice a vision for Indonesia’s future
A report from the pathbreaking Indonesian Female Ulama Congress in Cirebon, West Java.
Remembering Professor Joel S. Kahn
A tribute to the life and work of the acclaimed anthropologist, who passed away on 1 May 2017.
Middle class competition and Islamic populism
What Jakarta's election highlighted most was not tensions between socioeconomic groups, but cultural tensions within the Muslim middle class itself.
Ahok’s defeats and public debate in Indonesia
Ahok's downfall should prompt new inquiry into which institutions and networks shape popular opinion, and how.
Holy places and unholy politics
Ahok's support of an Islamic pilgrimage site amid Jakarta's container port illustrates the intricacies and paradoxes of Indonesia’s politics of religion.
Indonesian Press Council fails on World Press Freedom Day
The state of Papuan press freedom is dire, despite Jokowi promising openness. Indonesia's Press Council must speak.
Ahok is not Jokowi
There's ample reason to expect Jokowi's 2019 campaign will prove resilient to right wing populist opposition.
Ahok’s satisfied non-voters: an anatomy
Warning signs for Jokowi in the importance of voters who were happy with Ahok's performance but voted against him on religious grounds.
Class dismissed? Economic fairness and identity politics in Indonesia
Exit polls from Jakarta election are a good starting point for thinking about the nexus between identity politics and inequality.
Ian Wilson and Marcus Mietzner on the Jakarta election
Ian Wilson and Marcus Mietzner interpret the Jakarta election in a public conversation hosted by Murdoch University's Asia Research Centre.
Between inequality and identity in Jakarta polls
Ian Wilson is right that binary 'diversity vs. sectarian populism' narratives are unhelpful. But religious divides still matter in the politics of inequality.
‘Bottom up’ campaigning failed Ahok, and it might fail Jokowi.
Hailed as a game changer in the 2012 Jakarta polls, volunteer and social media campaigns are playing an increasingly ambiguous role in Indonesian politics.
Digging up the Dutch colonial past
An official Dutch inquiry will confront the bloody end of the country's colonial rule in the Indies. It will also open old wounds in Indonesia.
Ahok’s absurd trial won’t satisfy anybody
Prosecutors' request for a suspended sentence for Ahok underscores what a political farce the legal process has been.
Jakarta: inequality and the poverty of elite pluralism
Framing Jakarta's election as a referendum on Indonesian pluralism is a way to avoid addressing inequalities of political and economic power.
Slashing livelihoods
How poor policy understanding of slash and burn farming has impacted communities.
The impact of Indonesia’s online transportation ban on the disabled
How the government's policy is a loss for the disabled community.