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Arnold Ap and Theys Eluay

Arnold Ap and Theys Eluay
Political assassinations targeted West Papua’s culture and political identity

Chocolate Strawberry

Chocolate Strawberry
An Indonesian film breaks new ground on the subject of teenage sexuality

Indonesia's Q!Film Festival

Indonesia'€™s Q!Film Festival
Young Indonesians are using an alternative film festival to promote awareness of sexual diversity

The name game

The name game
Or, the years of living with no one to blame

The end of fasting

The end of fasting
Evolving performances at Hari Raya celebrations are a window into deeper cultural change

Inventing Papua

Inventing Papua
Migrants from South Sulawesi have played an important role in manufacturing a Papuan identity

Writing for God

Writing for God
Piety and consumption in popular Islam

A new artistic order?

A new artistic order?
The arts scene has changed radically since 1998, but some of the old uncertainties remain

Where are you (not) from?

Where are you (not) from?
Sundanese have a habit of putting each other in their places

Marginal and tattooed

Marginal and tattooed
A group of Jakarta punks challenges the criminal stigma attached to tattoos

Ten years of hoping and waiting

Ten years of hoping and waiting
A photo essay about families of the disappeared

Global fashion, remixed

Global fashion, remixed
Indie designers rework commercial iconography – and the business of clothing production

Music for the fight, movements for the soul

Music for the fight, movements for the soul
Fight-choreography in West Java is a source of cultural pride

Oey Hay Djoen (1929-2008)

Oey Hay Djoen (1929-2008)

A world of reading

A world of reading
Local writers help combat illiteracy in rural Banten

Teaching and remembering

Teaching and remembering
The legacy of the Suharto era lingers in school history books

Angel sparks controversy

Angel sparks controversy
Journalists strike after West Java’s most famous newspaper ‘withdraws’ poem.

Festival Mata Air

Festival Mata Air
A community takes a fresh look at water

We refuse to become victims

We refuse to become victims
Indonesian, Australian and Timor Leste artists collaborate

Punks, rastas and headbangers: Bali's Generation X

Quite unknown to the tourists, Balinese youth are creating a dynamic musical identity that refuses to be colonised. EMMA BAULCH joins the death thrashers for an evening of metal.

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