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[Mar 2024-Jun 2024]

Inside Indonesia

Jul 09, 2024

An EV-fix for mining

Written by Lian Sinclair and Trissia Wijaya

Nickel’s ‘green development’ boost to resource nationalism

Making music together

Written by Arya Adyuta

At Earhouse Songwriting Club music is not only about the performer or performance, but also about the audience and the act of listening

Essay: Local tradition in a global religious community in modern day Java

Written by Leo Barry

Ghosts and spirits often come up in conversation but attitudes are changing

The Jokowi-Luhut alliance

Written by Jeremy Mulholland

A business alliance forged in 2008 between Joko Widodo and Luhut Pandjaitan formed the basis for a major axis in his presidency

Indonesians call for climate action through music

Written by Julia Winterflood

Self-education and lived experience of the impacts of climate change, are driving a grassroots environmental movement

The Labour Party (Partai Buruh) was revived in the wake of opposition to the Omnibus Law on Job Creation, but failure in the 2024 election shows they failed to connect with the workers they aim to represent

Dancing into the elections

Written by Victoria Winata & Monika Winarnita

The replacement of dangdut with TikTok dances in the 2024 elections heralds a massive demographic shift in Indonesian political campaigning and beyond

Memeing the precarity of Indonesian startup workers

Written by Ibnu Nadzir

Beyond the hype, workers in this booming industry are seeking not only comic relief, but real improvements in their conditions. An Instagram account is helping with both.