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When will eliminating domestic violence become a priority for the Indonesian government?

  • Dr Balawyn Jones, Dr Windy Triana & Lilis Mulyani,

Victims of domestic violence in Indonesia struggle to be heard in a legal system that is ill-equipped to dispense justice.

How Indonesian creativity can influence dominant ideas of design and sustainability

  • A/Prof. Juhri Selamet & Prof. Alexandra Crosby ,

Fresh Indonesian approaches to design, such as repair, are helping address urgent issues caused by climate breakdown.

The myth and politics of nature in Laksmi Pamuntjak’s novel Amba

  • Dr Tom Hercules Davies,

Amba presents political events as unfolding within the more enduring cycles of nature, and of myth.

INTERVIEW: You are what you eat—Representing the politics and privilege of palm oil production and consumption

  • Elia Nurvista,

“My main goal is for people to see the complexity of consumption and globalisation and not take their privilege for granted.”

Sacred and silenced: How Indigenous beliefs struggle for space in Indonesia

  • Affaf Mujahidah,

The lack of formal inclusion and recognition within national religious governance perpetuates Indigenous marginalisation.