Indonesia

The Indonesian government's approach to Islamic outliers simultanesously marks them as dangerous and fails to protect the vulnerable from harm

COVID-19 interrupted a boom for Indonesian cinema: their rate of recovery may be a bellwether for other sectors.

Local media are failing to supervise regional Indonesia, with many relying on government PR budgets or politicians’ fresh cash.

The current arrangements slow initial local responses without a corresponding payoff.

Neighbourhood leaders enjoy high levels of public trust but concerns about legitimacy and conflict limit the extent to which they can implement COVID-19 restrictions.

Novel phenomena emerge as students find common ground with workers, but there are risks.

An urban development program has supported a boom in commercial property construction and displaced poor urban communities, sparking an upsurge in resistance

Incumbents at the local level can be an obstacle to the political plans of wealthy and well-connected players, even in uncontested elections.

Three cases illustrate that the role of private providers and communal works, or a combination of the two, are the norm among poor, rural communities

The kitchen has become a centre of social solidarity from which women are making invaluable contributions to the COVID-response.

The approach used in the creation of these policies ignores that women may face more difficulty in accessing the promised benefits.

The return of student protests and the government’s response have are reminiscent of the era of authoritarian rule

Trade unions and human rights groups believe the law is in fact no more than an attempt by the nation’s oligarchs to roll back political reform.

An upcoming exhibition aims to raise awareness of the impact of COVID-19 in Indonesia and to encourage aid initiatives in any form

China’s domestic and foreign policy actions indirectly affect prejudice against Chinese Indonesians

Islamists continue to mobilise based on political considerations rather than science and public health concerns.

An influx of new ideas might boost rural and coastal sectors, but unemployment looms large too.

At the heart of the Family Resilience Bill is the message that the family unit is responsible for its its own poverty and challenges.

A split has emerged in the Indonesian disability rights movement over the new Komite Nasional Disabilitas.

The meaning of pluralism in NU cannot possibly have a single and monolithic meaning.

Asylum seekers' silence, which the regime cannot recognise as an expression of vulnerability, is reason enough for Acehnese fishermen to deliver protection.

Does Islamist rule in lower branches of government affect relations between religious groups?

LGBTQ+ Indonesians are driving some of the most effective community responses to the hardships of the pandemic.

The materiality of writing has major implications for the practice of history...When you look at a ‘medieval’ Javanese manuscript, it is almost always an 18th or 19th century copy of a copy of a copy ... and so on.