This special issue devoted to West Papua includes articles on the enduring "Stone Age" metaphor with which West Papuans live; education and its consequences in Wamena, Papua; and the role of popular m
Volume 93Articles include: "How I Learned Batak: Studying the Angkola Batak Language in 1970s New Order Indonesia"; "Peacemakers or Peace-Breakers? Provincial Elections and Religious Leadership in Lom
Articles include: "The Making of the 1999 Indonesian Press Law"; "Housing the Margin: Perumahan Rakyat and the Future Urban Form of Jakarta"; “From Foe to Partner to Foe Again: The Strange Alliance of
A major realignment is taking place in the way we understand the state in Indonesia. New studies on local politics, ethnicity, the democratic transition, corruption, Islam, popular culture, and other
Indonesia is a semi-annual journal devoted to the timely study of Indonesia's culture, history, government, economy, and society. It features original scholarly articles, interviews, translations, and
A major realignment is taking place in the way we understand the state in Indonesia. New studies on local politics, ethnicity, the democratic transition, corruption, Islam, popular culture, and other
We live in a world populated not just by individuals but by figures, those larger-than-life people who in some way express and challenge our conventional understandings of social types. This innovativ
This book is an innovative ethnographic work aimed at students and others interested in contemporary Southeast Asia. Its made up of short essays, or portraits, of figures that populate the social and