Remembering Permesta
Fifty years on, memories of civil war are kept alive in North Sulawesi
Moluccan monuments
Monuments help Dutch Moluccans to make the Netherlands home
Islamic New Year in West Sumatra
Muharram celebrations in coastal West Sumatra have shaped a tradition that transcends religious borders
Review: Independent Nation
A new book sees Australia’s engagement with the Indonesian struggle for independence as a turning point in the history of its own nationhood
Reog Ponorogo
A bilateral spat reignites a unique cultural practice
From books to films
Quality literature continues to lose out to how-to manuals and trashy novels
Indonesians speaking French
Around 7000 Indonesians currently live in New Caledonia as a result of a relatively little-known chapter in the history of Indonesia
Great temptation
Richard Oh’s film Koper is a moral allegory of life in today’s Indonesia
Containing bird flu
Efforts to control avian influenza need to consider the importance of birds in Indonesians’ lives
Day without television
Indonesians act on their concerns about the new tele-visual environment
A dance with history
Rasinah’s story, like her career as a masked dancer, was complex and larger than life
Australian law on Rote?
Australian maritime law is undermining the livelihoods of Pepela fishermen
A revolution in the making
Casual designs are not just revolutionising batik culture, they’re also giving batik workers new choices
Stories for today
A contemporary artist brings new life to a moribund Indonesian theatre genre
A rare view
Review: Barbara Hatley’s new book documents a career-long study of, and passion for, performance in Central Java
Reading Indonesia
Review: A new textbook invites readers to consider a broad concept of ‘Indonesia’