Articles - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

Review: A tale of survival and resilience in modern Surabaya

Lea Jellinek

Published: 30 November 2013

Robbie Peters' new book brings the poor urban kampungs of Surabaya to life

Elisabeth Kramer

Published: 24 November 2013

Indonesian political parties are using the Australian spying scandal to score points with voters, both at Australia and President Yudhoyono’s expense

Keith Foulcher and Barbara Hatley

Published: 18 November 2013

Changes in the Indonesian arts parallel Inside Indonesia’s own evolution over a period of thirty years

The people’s culture: Sjuman Djaja, a film-maker as social critic

Krishna Sen

Published: 18 November 2013

An appreciation of the work of one of Indonesia's best-known film-makers who died this year

Women in Javanese popular theatre

Published: 18 November 2013

Though limited, contemporary popular theatre offers Indonesian women a vital forum of expression not available in traditional theatre

Pramoedya Ananta Toer,

Published: 17 November 2013

Pramoedya Ananta Toer, internationally renowned Indonesian novelist and critic, speaks of the problems of Indonesia's past and coming to grips with its history in this exclusive interview by Inside Indonesia.

Jacqui Baker

Published: 09 November 2013

What happens after three police officers are found guilty of manslaughter and torture?

van Klinken

Published: 02 November 2013

Government must act to halt growing discrimination against minorities

Dominic Berger

Published: 12 October 2013

Insurrectionary anarchists, with international connections, nihilist values and a penchant for arson, are moving to fill the vacuum on the left

Tanti Noor Said

Published: 05 October 2013

Transgender Indonesian migrants are looking for romance and security in Europe, but nothing is easy

The failure of education in Papua’s highlands

Bobby Anderson6

Published: 29 September 2013

Special Autonomy is widely regarded as a failure, but its impact on Papua’s schools has been even worse than expected

Sharyn Graham Davies, Adrianus Meliala and John Buttle

Published: 21 September 2013

How can you be a straight cop when people just give you money?

Andy Fuller2

Published: 15 September 2013

A visit to the former president’s memorial shows that some Indonesians prefer an uncomplicated vision of the past

Review: Justice, victimhood and remembering the violence in East Timor

Vannessa Hearman

Published: 07 September 2013

Lia Kent’s study of East Timor’s attempts at transitional justice is an important contribution

Review: Taking a musical journey in Sumatra

Virginia Hooker

Published: 07 September 2013

Margaret Kartomi’s life-long devotion to bringing Sumatran music to the world is revealed in her major contribution to analysing and preserving this musical heritage

Kate Walton

Published: 30 August 2013

Young Indonesian lesbians struggle with the pressure to marry

Shane J. Barter

Published: 25 August 2013

An unlikely alliance between former rebels and a former New Order tormentor will test the limits of Partai Aceh loyalty

Antoine Lemaire and Carole Reckinger 2

Published: 16 August 2013

HIV/AIDS is posing an ever greater threat to the health and welfare of people in the highlands of Papua

Carole Reckinger and Antoine Lemaire

Published: 16 August 2013

Three stories of people with HIV/AIDS in the central highlands of Papua show that both the government and community have a long way to go in confronting this major epidemic