Society

Tickamyer and Kusujiarti’s new book is essential reading

Papua’s rural lowlands are being transformed by an encroaching global economy, but what happens to the people there is an open question

Indonesia’s parliament is cracking down on sorcery

Joshua Oppenheimer’s groundbreaking new film raises disturbing questions about why perpetrators of the 1965-66 mass killings still enjoy impunity for their actions

The filmmaker explains that The Act of Killing exposes the imagination of terror

Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing is a bold, disturbing and ultimately unsatisfactory exploration of the place of violence in modern Indonesia

Indonesian artists are using new media to rethink urban space

Indonesia’s liberal art scene attracts adventurous Australian artists

Titarubi’s art challenges masculinity in Indonesian visual arts and beyond

Dan Lev explains how an outsider became a national hero

Rather than being merely the result of religious extremism, recent cases of moral outrage point to a wide range of current political and social problems

A new program sends Indonesia’s best and brightest graduates to teach children in its poorest villages

Perfectly coiffed hair and rose-pink cheeks underpin Polri’s latest policing tactic

Highland communities in Papua are demanding access to services, but there is a limit to what can be offered in the most remote settlements

As infectious diseases spread, strategic governance becomes ever more important

Rebuilding trust in doctors will be an important part of Aceh’s post-conflict recovery

Mental health services have been seriously neglected in Indonesia, but emergency responses to the Aceh tsunami and conflict have led to new ways of thinking

Many Indonesian women face great difficulties in accessing safe terminations of unwanted pregnancies

Regional governments around Indonesia are devising new and ambitious free healthcare schemes for their electorates, but to what end?