Martin Elvanyus De Porres ([email protected]) is a PhD candidate in anthropology at the University of Amsterdam. He ...

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 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 ...

While other contributions to this edition discuss the remarkable achievement of Pramoedya’s novels picturing the creation of the Indonesian nation, my focus is on his Cerita Dari Blora, Stories of ...