Marginalised Groups

A look into Indonesian migrant women, identity, and cultural performances. 

Yogyakarta’s little internet community, Taman Sari

Lontar Modern Indonesian Fiction Series

History and heritage in the Indonesian imagination

Refugees, asylum seekers and stateless migrants face significant barriers to marrying their Indonesian partners

Former migrant workers are finding new empowerment in the bureaucratic jungle of legal aid

The different and difficult experiences of Eurasian Indonesians

The social role of architects and architecture in kampung upgrading

Essays and Fiction is a new series of writing in Inside Indonesia that aims to give voice to more personal stories about Indonesia. We welcome submissions in the form of reflective pieces, fiction, artwork, or essays about travel and fieldwork experiences.

A story of mass starvation tells us much about media coverage and local government in Papua

Riverbank settlers love Jokowi, but they don’t want him to become president

Returned migrant workers have much to offer, but have trouble achieving recognition for the skills they’ve developed abroad

Not even Mount Kelud erupting could stop Yogyakarta's activists from standing up against violence to women as part of One Billion Rising

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

Government must act to halt growing discrimination against minorities

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

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

Young Indonesian lesbians struggle with the pressure to marry

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