Edition 158: Oct-Dec 2024 - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

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Indonesia’s election year: looking back

Campaign messages flooded Indonesian public spaces, on social media and on the streets / Remco van Loenen.

The legislative, presidential and regional head elections in 2024 revealed old patterns and new trends in ongoing challenges to Indonesia’s democracy

A dynastic dream comes true

L-R: Siti Hediati Hariyadi (Titiek), Sara Djojohadikusumo and Budi Djiwandono are all Gerindra representatives in the DPR 2024-2029/IG @rahayusaraswati

The Djojohadikusumo family has claimed the ultimate prize, and its next generation are going to make the most of it

The great rebrand

Prabowo-Gibran campaign material generated by AI

Prabowo’s gemoy campaign is the latest example of digital campaigners making a mark on election campaigns

Distorted reality

No resources were spared to promote Prabowo-Gibran, using family and party resources as well as commercial sponsorship / Remco van Loenen

'Influence operations’ and hyperreality impact voters’ capacity to make rational choices

Strategies of seduction on social media

TikTok presence of the three presidential candidates. / TikTok

In 2024 elections, digital crusades blurred the lines between official campaigns, authentic support and buzzer tactics

The nationalisation of regional elections

Former president Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo (center), alongside Central Java gubernatorial candidate pair Ahmad Luthfi (right) and Taj Yasin (left), distributes T-shirts during a campaign parade on Jl. Tegal in Purwokerto, Central Java, on 16 November 2024. (Antara/Oky Lukmansyah)

National politics mattered more than ever in the recent elections for governors and districts heads

Vote for all!

Several residents wore t-shirts that read ‘Seize the Election from the Elite’ during the signing of the political contract between the Urban Poor People’s Network (JRMK) and then presidential candidate Anies Baswedan, ahead of the presidential election on 14 February 2024. It was the last political contract signed by JRMK. /Project Multatuli/Adrian Mulya.

Urban poor people’s rejection of all candidates in the 2024 Jakarta gubernatorial election shows their capacity to self-organise for their interests

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