Aurora Donzelli on her book, Method of Desire
interview by Setrag Manoukian https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/methods-of-desire-language-morality-and-affect-in-neoliberal-indonesia/ Setrag Manoukian: It is reductive to assign a narrow t…
Jathilan Dance: Experiencing the Spirits
yelling, crawling and rolling. Later, they begin to show some animal-like behavior: hissing, roaring and moving on all fours. This is my …
Social Life of Chronic Living by Peter van Eeuwijk
Chronicity, ageing, and social life Old-age related health conditions evolve into both a dynamic and an inert chronicity which, in the end, …
Mobility and immobility during the pandemic: Experiences on a journey from Amsterdam to Semarang
By Pamungkas (Yudha) Dewanto As a response to the global corona crisis, authorities all over the world set strict health protocols for …
Hallan en Indonesia la pintura figurativa más antigua del mundo: un jabalí de hace 45.000 años
El hallazgo se ha producido en la cueva de Leang Tedongnge, en la isla indonesia de Célebes. Se trata de un jabalí …
Nicole Weydmann, Kristina Großmann, Maribeth Erb, Novia Tirta Rahayu Tijaja: Healing in context: Traditional medicine has an important role to play in Indonesia’s fight against the coronavirus
The first two cases of COVID-19 in Indonesia were announced on 2 March 2020, quite late compared to other countries. The first …
The Making of a Paper Crisis: Coexisting with COVID-19 in Indonesia
GEGER RIYANTO The COVID-19 pandemic is certainly far from over in Indonesia. In fact, as I write this piece (June 6th), the …
Earth Displacements: Draining the Swamp in Southeast Sulawesi
Editorial Note: This post is part of our series highlighting the work of the Anthropology and Environment Society’s 2019 Roy A. Rappaport …
COVID-19 Secrecy in Indonesia: Between Economy and the Government’s Empty Pride (#WitnessingCorona)
Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Geger Riyanto Angela Merkel’s remark on 11 March 2020 that up to 70 percent of …
Blocking the Pandemic: Regional Boundary Controls in Indonesia’s Far East (#WitnessingCorona)
Hide Press Release (2 Less Words) Jacob Nerenberg Indonesia, whose population of 267 million inhabits a vast archipelago, has not been …
Sophia Hornbacher-Schönleber: “A Matter of Priority”: The Covid-19 Crisis in Indonesia
Sophia Hornbacher-Schönleber, University of Cambridge COVID-19 is wreaking havoc in Indonesia. The government ignored the crisis for too long, relying on a …
Karen Strassler on her new book, Demanding Images
https://www.dukeupress.edu/demanding-images Interview by Ilana Gershon Ilana Gershon: Your book is about the image-event, and I am wondering if you could explain what …
“We Cannot Afford to Take Any Risks”: Refugees in Indonesia under Self-Isolation amidst COVID-19 Pandemic (#WitnessingCorona)
Hide Press Release (3 Less Words) Mahardhika Sjamsoe’oed Sadjad Image 1: Refugees in Medan making facemasks for an initiative led by …
Hope in the Time of Corona: Indonesia
GEGER RIYANTO We were supposed to have a family dinner. In three days, I will be departing back to Germany. I was …
Fieldwork and COVID-19: After a ‘Corona home run’ from Indonesia
BY SHANNON VAN LEEUWEN, EVELIEN VAN OVERVELD & FRIDUS STEIJLEN March 16, early in the morning I received a Whatsapp message from …
Understanding Orangutan Conservation: An Interview With Cameron Goodhead
Cameron Goodhead is a researcher at the University of Exeter investigating the use of drones in orangutan conservation efforts in Borneo. I …
Single Shot: Laying an Egg
“She likes it in here,” he said. “Sometimes I have to catch the eggs so they don’t roll onto the floor.”
Religious extremism: vulnerability and resistance among Indonesian migrant workers in Asia
By Yudha Dewanto After turning 16, never having stepped a foot outside of her province, Katri pushed herself to go to Malaysia. …
Is Hunger Culture-Bound? by Sophie Chao
Over the last decade, indigenous Marind communities in the rural district of Merauke, West Papua, have seen vast swaths of their forests …
The Car Free Day in Surabaya: a pro-environment event?
By Freek Colombijn Every Sunday morning from 6 to 10 a.m. part of the main street of Surabaya is closed for all …
Rhythms of Resistance on Timorese Saltscapes
Editorial Note: This post is part of our series highlighting the work of the Anthropology and Environment Society’s 2018 Roy A. Rappaport …
TFS in Bahasa Indonesia: Arkeologi Praktis di Kalimantan
“Penelitian arkeologi bukan penelitian tunggal. Penelitian arkeologi harus ditunjang oleh penelitian disiplin ilmu yang terkait seperti antropologi, bahasa, seni, geografi, biologi, geologi, dan sebag…
Single Shot: War Games
Each entry in the “Single Shot” visual anthropology series presents a single photograph or unbroken shot of video taken during ethnographic field …
Papa D. and the Privacy Law: New dilemmas for researchers*
By Fridus Steijlen Last April, I visited the mountain village of Bittuang in Tana Toraja, Sulawesi, Indonesia for the fourth time. This …