Yudhoyono Presidency

Indonesia'€™s Q!Film Festival
Young Indonesians are using an alternative film festival to promote awareness of sexual diversity
The name game
Or, the years of living with no one to blame
The end of fasting
Evolving performances at Hari Raya celebrations are a window into deeper cultural change
Buffalo-induced malaria
An Indonesian medical doctor reflects on rural health practices
Inventing Papua
Migrants from South Sulawesi have played an important role in manufacturing a Papuan identity
Writing for God
Piety and consumption in popular Islam
A new artistic order?
The arts scene has changed radically since 1998, but some of the old uncertainties remain
Blaming the messenger
Indonesia’s tangled public information laws are keeping the press in check
Skin deep
Young Indonesians struggle to resist the power of the skin whitening industry
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NGOs are having to come to terms with the demands of the governance agenda
Where are you (not) from?
Sundanese have a habit of putting each other in their places
Personality cults
Foreign news coverage needs to focus on Indonesia’s people, not just its leaders
Global fashion, remixed
Indie designers rework commercial iconography – and the business of clothing production
Trouble in Paradise
A land conflict on the tourist island of Gili Trawangan dates back decades
Policy drift
Ten years after Suharto, the economy is not recovering fast enough