Justice after Kanjuruhan: lost Lives, lost livelihoods – New Mandala
1 October 2022 was the last day for Margaretha, a 17-year-old victim of Kanjuruhan football stadium disaster in Malang, East ...
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Australia’s Malay history & heritage: Cocos (Keeling) Islands – New Mandala
Australia’s “History Wars” of the 1990s were marked by a public debate between proponents of contrasting ways of understanding Australia’s ...
The plastipelago – New Mandala
Given the heterogeneity, tonnage and toxicity of modern waste, a convincing argument could be made for waste as the inscription ...
NU factionalism on show after Anies-Muhaimin surprise – New Mandala
Observers of the Indonesian 2024 presidential race recently witnessed a surprising turn of events. After a period of relative silence ...
Purnawirawan politics in Indonesia’s 2024 elections – New Mandala
Indonesia’s General Election Commission (Komisi Pemilihan Umum, or KPU) recently announced the interim list of candidates for the national and ...
Carl Josef Kleingrothe: capturing the colonial life of Deli, Sumatra – New Mandala
Photographs captured by C.J. Kleingrothe have gained widespread acclaim for their exquisite representation of colonial life in Sumatra’s plantations and ...
Memories of Burma’s art scene in the 1970s – New Mandala
As one gets older, memories of past times and old friends tend to fade, but they also become more important ...
A coup by any other name – New Mandala
The general election in Thailand on 14th May was a spectacular event. After years of receding democracy, Thailand finally saw ...
How Indonesian studies’ “brand needy” lets Australian students down – New Mandala
Over recent decades, the nature of Indonesia-related expertise in Australian universities has changed dramatically. During the late 1980s the arts ...
Captain, striker, and the integralist state – New Mandala
A bold development in Prabowo Subianto’s 2024 presidential campaign has been his promise that if he wins, he will invite ...