Coffee and comedy: An alternate model of piety in Aceh
december 17, 2010by latadmin
By: Daniel Birchok Legal reforms in the Indonesian province of Aceh over the last decade have emphasised the importance of highly visible Islamic objects and...
Souvenirs from Merapi
december 10, 2010by
By: Putri Fitria The breakdown of Berlin Wall 20 years ago gave way to a new initiative in the German economic activity, particularly in tourism. Checkpoint Charlie,...
Islamic New Year in West Sumatra
december 09, 2010by latadmin
Muharram celebrations in coastal West Sumatra have shaped a tradition that transcends religious borders Paul H. Mason A tabuik cenotaph in the centre of...
Indonesia Art Camp Lifts Spirits around Merapi
december 02, 2010by
By: Dalih Sembiring Two men and one woman smeared with volcanic ash were dragging withered branches to one of Borobudur Temple complex’s entrance gates. Behind them...
Problems of democratisation in Indonesia
november 23, 2010by latadmin
Review: A new edited collection examines the challenges still facing Indonesia’s democratic project <br Harold Crouch Twelve years since the fall of the New Order...
Colonial Jakarta remembered
november 23, 2010by latadmin
Review: Mrazek’s collection of oral histories evoke a by-gone age <br Sue Blackburn In the 1990s Rudolf Mrazek did a very valuable thing: he interviewed dozens of...
From books to films
november 23, 2010by latadmin
Quality literature continues to lose out to how-to manuals and trashy novels Richard Oh A man of literary passions Image courtesy of Richard Oh Richard Oh is...
SBY, president of the Republic of Indonesia
november 22, 2010by
By: Ed Caffin Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, also known as “SBY”, is the president of the Republic of Indonesia. In the first ever direct president elections, in 2004,...
Indonesians speaking French
november 20, 2010by latadmin
Around 7000 Indonesians currently live in New Caledonia as a result of a relatively little-known chapter in the history of Indonesia Pam Allen Javanese mask at...
Great temptation
november 20, 2010by latadmin
Richard Oh’s film Koper is a moral allegory of life in today’s Indonesia Safitri Widagdo Stripped of everything Image courtesy of Richard Oh They...