Consumption

Bootleg medicine sales are part of Indonesia’s healthcare infrastructure

Attractive public transport and well-considered traffic policies are what Jakarta needs

Online corruption talk in Banten can be vitriolic

A government crackdown on dating apps is depriving LGBT Indonesians of a crucial resource

Does the social marketing approach answer the big questions of conservation in Indonesia?

The UN’s claim that 87 per cent of Indonesians have access to safe drinking water seems exaggerated

Biogas reduces the burden of fossil fuel subsidies

Has this phenomenally successful app-based transport service improved the lives of the motorcycle workers it employs?

Faiths and consumerism collide peacefully in Jakarta’s glitzy shopping malls

A Central Java village has been revitalised by sustainable, socially responsible design

Can the industry’s political and financial resources continue to stall important regulatory change?

A new bug for running points toward a new politics of lifestyle

Cosmopolitanism is a magnificent ideal for a world torn by divisions and it exists in Indonesia in some surprising places. But how deep does and can it go?

The government’s latest approach is not the most effective or efficient way to promote food security

Outsiders see arak consumption as a highly dangerous activity, but arak plays an important role in Balinese society

Indonesian television advertisements are constructing images of Indonesia by appropriating well-known nationalist themes

Eco-friendly malls make environmentalism sleek and chic, but they might do more harm than good

Dozens of Acehnese drug offenders face the death penalty in Malaysia

European interest in Indonesian traditional healing has had its ups and downs, but in Java jamu reigns supreme, as it has for a long, long time