Identity Politics

State discrimination against the Chinese is a form of cultural violence

Chinese Indonesians must re-enter politics in order to fully exercise their citizenship

Chinese Indonesians search for a political role in the new Indonesia

A Chinese community constructs and preserves the memory of their loved ones, the victims of racial and political violence in Banyuwangi

Challenges remain for Chinese Indonesians 10 years after reformasi

Chinese Indonesians reflect on their place in the new Indonesia

Indonesia’s transgendered community is raising its profile.

Christianity, curly hair, and human dignity

Contemporary art in Papua is about new and contested identities

When they hear the sacred texts of the church, Papuans see a better future

Ethnicity and the nation

Ethnic stereotyping by local politicians in Lombok fails to please all

Searching for a new dominant ethnic identity

Ethnic Chinese experience a ‘reawakening’ of their Chinese identity

Ien Ang returns to Indonesia and her Chinese roots

Ethnic relations in West Kalimantan are marked with blood

Music is still a potent source of cultural resistance in West Papua

Ethnic nationalism under siege in West Papua

An Indonesian NGO finds injustices in unexpected places