Martin Elvanyus De Porres (m.e.deporres@uva.nl) is a PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. He ...

Logging Papua Logging is one of the most lucrative industries in Papua, and logging companies hold rights to about one third of all Papuan forests. The most desired wood in Papua is merbau (intsia ...

Menteri ESDM Bahlil Lahadalia tahun 2024 berkata, batu bara tetap menjadi sumber energi utama karena ‘murah dan kompetitif’. Edisi Bacaan Bumi ini bertanya: apa artinya ‘murah’ apabila barang murah ...

For decades now, Indonesia's rich marine natural resources have been plundered at will by foreign fishing vessels. Some operate under 'official' licences purchased from Indonesian middlemen and even ...

Lies Marcoes Natsir is one of Indonesia’s foremost experts in Islam and gender. She has played a pioneering role in the Indonesian gender equality movement by bridging the divide between Muslim and ...

A social gap? Beggars gather outside the Bon Tek Bio Temple, Tangerang, West Java, Chinese New Year 2008 / Henri Ismail The situation of Indonesia’s ethnic Chinese minority is inextricably tied to the ...

Pramoedya Ananta Toer stands as a major figure in the landscape of Indonesian history and literature. His life and works are deeply intertwined with the intense periods of Dutch colonialism, the ...

Pramoedya Ananta Toer merupakan tokoh penting dalam lanskap sejarah dan sastra Indonesia. Kehidupan dan karya-karyanya sangat terkait dengan masa-masa kolonialisme Belanda yang intens, perjuangan ...

Pramoedya depicts the lives of ordinary people during truly extraordinary times Barbara Hatley While other contributions to this edition discuss the remarkable achievement of Pramoedya’s novels ...

Image appeared on a social media post for an event celebrating 100 years of Pram in Bandung. Illustration is by Bawana 2025 Pramoedya’s centenary was celebrated widely in Indonesia, rarely by ...

Encountering Indonesia through the Buru Quartet Nathan Hollier In Max Lane’s penetrating work Indonesia Out of Exile: How Pramoedya’s Buru Quartet Killed a Dictatorship there is a description from ...