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 …
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 …
What Do We Owe the Informants Whose Data we Don’t Use?
Ana provided me with generous amounts of knowledge, time, and care. She knew I was doing a doctorate, and the understanding between …
Transnational Youth, Culture, and Politics in International Schools
Author: Nishadh Rego, a transnational youth, migrant, and new citizen of Australia. He is currently Policy and Advocacy Coordinator at the Jesuit Refugee …
#Review: Political and Legal Transformations of an Indonesian Polity
The book “Political and Legal Transformations of an Indonesian Polity: The Nagari from Colonisation to Decentralisation” by Franz von Benda-Beckmann and Keebet …
Searching For Home (Plate) in Indonesia
There aren’t that many passions that have stuck with me since I left New York City some ten years ago. But one …
Now Posting on Medium (Medieval Indonesia)
It’s been a while since I’ve updated this blog, but I wanted to let any readers/subscribers know that I’m now writing on …
A Dyak Carrying Basket
The Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution holds a large ethnographic collection from Maritime Southeast Asia. This Dyak …
Tweeting religion in Indonesia: when political arenas go viral
Postill, J. and L.C. Epafras forthcoming 2017. Tweeting religion in Indonesia: when political arenas go viral. American Ethnologist (virtual issue) The popularity …
“There Are No Straight Lines in Nature” – Making Living Maps in West Papua
Droning destruction — aerial view of deforestation in Merauke. Source: Sophie Chao. (Un)settling the Scene Alongside melting glaciers, marine oil spills and …