Oct-Dec 2002

Media

Give freedom of the press a chance
Indonesia's free press needs time to mature - Lukas Luwarso
'You wan see jiggy-jig?'
Getting hot under the collar over Indonesian pornography - Justine Fitzgerald
Consuming passions
Millions of Indonesians must watch soap operas - Amrih Widodo
Radioactive
Radio has undergone a revolution since Suharto resigned - Edwin Jurriens
Exchanging news, bridging isolation
The 68H network brings people closer together - Santoso
Getting connected
The struggle to get Indonesia online - Onno Purbo
Eliana Eliana: independent cinema?
A new wave of Indonesian films - Joanne Sharpe
A town like Malang
A new local press must struggle to survive when the novelty of autonomy wanes - Kirrilee Hughes
Power to the people
Indonesians are seeking a public voice through radio - Rebecca Henschke

Politics and human rights

Law, globalisation and military terror
Civil cases are combating corporate impunity - Richard Tanter
Who is calling for Islamic Law?
The struggle to implement Islamic Law in South Sulawesi - Dias Pradadimara and Burhaman Junedding
Peace for Poso
Highlighting the state's role may help stop the Poso conflict - Syamsul Alam Agus

Culture

A love of language
Unable to pay for formal lessons, many poor Indonesians have mastered English through radio, TV and film.Like Rizza of Surabaya. - Duncan Graham
Reformasi killed the poetry superstars
Two poets tour Australia - Marshall Clark and Giora Eliraz
Two visionaries of Indonesian theatre
Two directors resided in an intercultural realm - Ian Brown

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