Edition 96: Apr-June 2009 - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

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The politics of remembering and forgetting

The politics of remembering and forgetting

The people of East Timor are negotiating different conceptions of reconciliation in their daily lives

Children of the enemy

Children of the enemy

A child abducted during the Indonesian occupation returns to her former home

Trapped in the legacy of the past

Trapped in the legacy of the past

Conflict between Timorese youth gangs and martial arts groups hark back to the Indonesian occupation

A problematic division

A problematic division

Managing the border between West and East Timor has been an ongoing challenge

Graphic resistance

Graphic resistance

Photo-essay: Dissent and struggle are persistent themes of images adorning walls across East Timor

Letting go of Indonesian

Letting go of Indonesian

The choice of Tetum and Portuguese as national languages presents challenges to the new nation

Getting an education

Getting an education

Links to Indonesian schools and universities remain strong in East Timor

A hybrid popular culture

A hybrid popular culture

Indonesian pop music and television still have a significant influence in East Timor

East Timor ten years after the referendum

East Timor ten years after the referendum

A decade on, East Timor is still linked to Indonesia

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