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West Papua and Black Lives Matter

A movement seeking justice, healing, and freedom for Black people has become a powerful rallying call for Indigenous West Papuans

Several pesinden accompanying a wayang performance / Rahmadi Fajar Himawan

Javanese traditional musicians are among the many artists and performers struggling to survive, or qualify for government payments under COVID restrictions

The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the exploitation of non-formal early childhood educators

Peter Carey making a pilgrimage to the gravesite of Pangeran Diponegoro, Makassar, South Sulawesi in June 2014 / Subi, 2014 with permission

Camp Vietnam o Galang Island / Gaylord Barr

Rapid construction of a COVID-19 hospital is a rare good news story for the government but the motives behind it remain unclear

The pandemic is posing unprecedented challenges for Muslims this fasting month of Ramadan

Muhammadiyah’s response to the Coronavirus pandemic combines Salafi legal reasoning with medical pragmatism

Waste bank procedure / Lena Keller-Bischoff

Support and integrity from government and big business could protect informal waste workers

West Papua and Black Lives Matter

Artists seek assistance

A house of cards?

Review: Diponegoro's biographer

Review: China, Indonesia and the Cold War

(A history of) containment on Galang Island

Nahdlatul Ulama, pesantren and the pandemic

Ramadan in the time of COVID-19

Review: Witchcraft and doubt

Java’s waste banks

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