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

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 ...

In 1778 the Bataviaasch Genootschap voor Kunsten en Wetenschappen or Batavian Society of Arts and Sciences was established in Batavia, now Jakarta. The exclusively male Board of Directors, was ...

In 2021 the West Sumatran photographer Muhammad Fadli and journalist Fatris MF, published an innovative documentary project called The Banda Journal. Through photography, textual narratives and film, ...

The last decade has witnessed an unprecedented rise in interest in colonial history across the world and efforts by grassroots organisations to address the enduring legacies of colonialism. One of the ...

While Australia switches off to take its long summer break and is largely indifferent to what’s happening next door, Indonesia is seized by election fever. On 14 February 2024, over 200 million ...

On 11 July 2023, the Dutch government returned to Indonesia, 472 collections of historical objects that had been housed in various Dutch museums. This was the culmination of a two-year collaboration ...

A business alliance forged in 2008 between Joko Widodo and Luhut Pandjaitan formed the basis for a major axis in his presidency As Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut ...

How do we explain victories of neo-strongmen at recent democratic elections? There is no single answer to this question, but one aspect that requires our attention is the changing nature of election ...

Pro-reformasi demonstrators in Solo, May 1998 / Sunaryo Haryo Bayu, Solopos, 1998. Hearing about my mother's experiences in May 1998 became a pivotal moment that has shaped my life. ‘Every second, I ...

One morning in early December 1965, Ross Taylor, an English engineer working and living in Pasuruan, East Java, went for a stroll. What he saw on his walk shocked him. Floating in the stream which ran ...

Mural in grounds of Taman 65 featuring artwork by artist Art Rakkesiman, Kesiman village, Bali, 5 November 2024/Sharen Chant Bali's image as a tourist playground masks a dark past. Activist Agung Alit ...