Youth Culture

School textbooks in Indonesia fail to teach environmental sustainability

Surabayan children are fighting to improve their local environment

Young men in Papua reassert their manhood through penis enlargement

A singer for all seasons at ease with many musical repertoires and traditions

Rappers express their music in a Javanese way in Yogyakarta

The influence of music videos in the 2014 electoral campaign

Para pemuda yang tinggal di desa berbasis pertanian menjelaskan keraguan dan aspirasi mereka tentang masa depan di bidang pertanian

The Youth Interfaith Forum on Sexuality links faith and sexuality to encourage participation in the fight against discrimination

Popular forms of writing in public reveal the richness of Balinese revitalisation

'Fragrant literature' is giving way to a diversity of literary voices and identities

Campaigns to promote creative industries promise new avenues of entrepreneurship for creative youth, but real career options remain uncertain 

Rural youth in rice-growing villages explain their doubts and aspirations about a future in agriculture

Indonesia needs to create better pathways from school to work

Entering a competitive work environment, young men in Cilegon find their ambitions for employment hampered

Struggling in their transition from education to work, educated young people in rural Flores are often both dependent on and critical of local social support networks

Trying to secure a government job, educated youth in Pontianak are rethinking the meaning of work and middle class success

Young Indonesians display considerable resourcefulness in coping with difficult pathways into work, but more comprehensive policies are needed to improve their job prospects

Educated urban youth continue to express gendered work–family expectations

Social media promotes political engagement among youth, but at the expense of accurate information and real-world political effects