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Feb 27, 2025 Last Updated 7:38 AM, Feb 24, 2025

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An interfaith journey

Meetings in Bandung between interfaith and youth groups open minds and eliminate prejudices

Single fighters

Leader and member of basecamp in Yogyakarta, at an abandoned hotel / Andrea Earl

Why some ride-hailing drivers stay outside mutual aid organisations

Myth, art and science

The Ultimate Breath (2022) Video Installation, 3 x 4.5 x 1.5 M duration 6' 38"/ Courtesy of the artist

Indah Arsyad’s Balinese perspective

Esai: Raja-raja hutan

Sumatran tiger/Nyonyofoto, CC via Wikimedia Commons

Cara manusia Sumatera menghormatinya harimau

Essay: Kings of the jungle

Sumatran tiger/Nyonyofoto, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

How Sumatrans honour the tiger, both mystical and real

Sukarno's Indonesia as seen from Yogyakarta

Fig. 1 Kehidupan Masyarakat Jawa Tengah (Community Life in Central Java)/ Section of the mosaic installed at Ambarrukmo Hotel, Yogyakarta.

Sukarno's dedication to the arts and obsession with creating a nationalist ideal live on in luxury hotels he built in the 1960s

Essay: Beyond cultural awareness

A shot from Victoria’s play “Dear Sun, Love Joy” which attempted to bring together Australian history and Indonesian traditional arts, with an Indonesian-Australian team. Photo taken by Darren Gill.

What is cultural awareness? Is it about knowing the habits and languages of other people? These are good intentions, but there is a lot more work to be done

Tetangga: These are the stories of our neighbours

Introducing a new podcast series

Obit: Adrian Horridge, 1927-2024

Adrian Horridge in Makassar Harbour, South Sulawesi, inspecting a patorani fishing sailboat in 1979/ Audrey Horridge photograph, film 107 of the Adrian Horridge Archive

From distinguished neurophysiologist to maritime historian

Book review: The Sun in His Eyes

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