In Jakarta, this was clearly demonstrated in a unique grassroots movement organised by the Urban Poor People’s Network or ...

Such was the hyperreality built around their ticket, that it trumped the reality of militarism. In addition to – and often as ...

For the strategists it was his proximity to the formation of the republican government and its first national institutions ...

What explains this ‘nationalisation’ of the regional elections? Newspaper have interpreted the results as evidence of Prabowo ...

Campaign messages flooded Indonesian public spaces, on social media and on the streets. Photo: Remco van Loenen.

But Prabowo’s gemoy ‘positivity’ rebrand is problematic because it is part of a wider trend of election campaigning that ...

This was especially so on social media, where supporters mixed with paid ‘buzzers’ – anonymous social media influencers – to ...

For two weeks in August 2024 a series of discussions were organised by the Bandung School of Peace Indonesia (SEKODI Bandung) ...

The replacement of dangdut with TikTok dances in the 2024 elections heralds a massive demographic shift in Indonesian political campaigning and beyond ...

The replacement of dangdut with TikTok dances in the 2024 elections heralds a massive demographic shift in Indonesian political campaigning and beyond ...

The replacement of dangdut with TikTok dances in the 2024 elections heralds a massive demographic shift in Indonesian political campaigning and beyond ...

An anonymous Javanese text written in response to the flu epidemic of 1918-19, offers its audiences eerily familiar lessons for surviving a pandemic ...