These measurements tell us little about what disappears with particular trees, whose lives have become entangled with humans ...

Ten years have passed since then without an execution in Indonesia. Based on the United Nations’ standard, countries that ...

Nonetheless, this collective effort is never proportionate to the number and severity of gender-based violence cases they must serve and advocate for. Cases keep rising while government support never ...

'Orang-Orang Adelaide' book discussion in Yogyakarta, August 2026 / IG @priyambudi_s When I first arrived in Adelaide, Priyambudi Sulistiyanto was one of the people who welcomed me to the city. We ...

Earlier this year, a massive landslip in West Java killed almost 100 people. Two months earlier, eleven were buried alive when another hamlet disappeared. Warnings have been shouted across the decades ...

The first time I met Bu Nurbani was not at a funeral. We met at the office of the residents’ association or RW (rukun warga) in Penjaringan, North Jakarta. Like many neighbourhood offices across ...

A mini-series of essays will feature stories of urban life reimagined through the eyes of young people Indonesian cities are often imagined through their most visible features: traffic, shopping malls ...

On the night of 8 May 2026, a screening of the documentary film Pesta Babi: Kolonialisme di Zaman Kita (Pig Feast: Colonialism in Our Time) directed by Dandhy Dwi Laksono and Cypri Paju Dale, at the ...

For the generation of Indonesian language and studies educators who, like myself, began their teaching careers in the 1960s and 70s, this lively collection of informative essays and personal ...

No single voice can speak for the Seko people. That is exactly the point. The night I arrived in Seko in South Sulawesi’s North Luwu regency, most of the hillside was dark. A few houses glowed faintly ...

The Tasi Diak (Good Sea) was spotted from the air only after a tip-off from Aussie and Timorese activists plotting its progress. Although the boat had no communications equipment, its Darwin-based ...

The school bell rang. Fika – still in high school at the time – and her friends hurried back home on their bicycles under the hot sun. It was about four kilometres to Fika’s house. Not far; Fika ...