Edition 136: Apr-Jun 2019 - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

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Disaster!

Review: Malevolent beauty

When the deity meditates…

In ancient Indonesian manuscripts, a disaster is sometimes not a disaster, but a message from the deity.

The Palu earthquake

The aftermath / Tim Baretto & Melanie Filler

Though earthquakes are common in Palu, residents underestimate the threat, and government response efforts are weak

Religious idioms of vulnerability

Years after the tsunami, people in Aceh articulate the fragility of life through religious idioms

Wake up! Flood!

A Dutch anthropologist lived in a Jakarta riverside slum to learn how residents there cope with constant flooding

Bangun! Banjir!

Seorang antropolog Belanda tinggal di permukiman kumuh di bantaran kali Jakarta untuk memahami bagaimana warga di sana hidup berdampingan dengan banjir

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