A quarterly magazine on the peoples of Indonesia - cultures, politics, economy and environment https://www.insideindonesia.org/topics/society 2025-08-31T11:54:22+07:00 Inside Indonesia admin@insideindonesia.org Joomla! - Open Source Content Management 2025-08-01T09:14:40+07:00 2025-08-01T09:14:40+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/disability-and-exclusion Jemma Purdey

<p><em>The intersection of disability and poverty creates layered barriers to financial inclusion</em></p>

<p><em>The intersection of disability and poverty creates layered barriers to financial inclusion</em></p> 2025-03-31T13:06:23+07:00 2025-03-31T13:06:23+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/essay-when-cultural-roots-meet-political-change Jemma Purdey

<p><em>Through decades of shifting political landscapes, Tangerang's Chinese community has preserved their sacred traditions</em></p>

<p><em>Through decades of shifting political landscapes, Tangerang's Chinese community has preserved their sacred traditions</em></p> 2024-07-12T17:14:04+07:00 2024-07-12T17:14:04+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-157-jul-sep-2024/petruk-1920-confronts-petruk-2020 Jemma Purdey

<p><em>An essay introducing Ki Purbo Asmoro’s original wayang tale Tamba Tĕka, Lara Lunga (Remedy Shows Up, Malady Gives Up)</em></p>

<p><em>An essay introducing Ki Purbo Asmoro’s original wayang tale Tamba Tĕka, Lara Lunga (Remedy Shows Up, Malady Gives Up)</em></p> 2024-07-12T17:13:25+07:00 2024-07-12T17:13:25+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-157-jul-sep-2024/reporting-on-javas-1918-influenza-pandemic Jemma Purdey

<p><em>Pieter Bastiaan van Steenis’ report on the 1918 influenza pandemic in Java is a rare and detailed account by a colonial health official who experienced its horrors first-hand</em></p>

<p><em>Pieter Bastiaan van Steenis’ report on the 1918 influenza pandemic in Java is a rare and detailed account by a colonial health official who experienced its horrors first-hand</em></p> 2024-07-12T17:13:08+07:00 2024-07-12T17:13:08+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-157-jul-sep-2024/beware-the-disease-of-influenza Jemma Purdey

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

<p><em>An anonymous Javanese text written in response to the flu epidemic of 1918-19, offers its audiences eerily familiar lessons for surviving a pandemic</em></p> 2024-07-12T17:12:53+07:00 2024-07-12T17:12:53+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-157-jul-sep-2024/interpreting-pandemics-through-history-text-and-performance Jemma Purdey

<p><em>Featuring translations and analysis of rare texts, including the revival of an early 20^th century Javanese wayang play, this edition illustrates the multi-faceted ways in which pandemics affect us and how a conversation between the science of epidemiology and public health, drama and translation are interwoven in interesting and sometimes surprising ways.</em></p>

<p><em>Featuring translations and analysis of rare texts, including the revival of an early 20^th century Javanese wayang play, this edition illustrates the multi-faceted ways in which pandemics affect us and how a conversation between the science of epidemiology and public health, drama and translation are interwoven in interesting and sometimes surprising ways.</em></p> 2024-07-08T13:58:21+07:00 2024-07-08T13:58:21+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/asbestos-danger Jemma Purdey

<h5>What can be done to prevent suffering in Indonesia?</h5>

<h5>What can be done to prevent suffering in Indonesia?</h5> 2024-05-20T09:55:36+07:00 2024-05-20T09:55:36+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-156-apr-jun-2024/gendered-flames Jemma Purdey

<p><em>There have been improvements in understandings about the importance of women’s roles in community-based environmental initiatives, but in the realm of fire governance there is still a long way to go</em></p>

<p><em>There have been improvements in understandings about the importance of women’s roles in community-based environmental initiatives, but in the realm of fire governance there is still a long way to go</em></p> 2024-02-06T06:29:19+07:00 2024-02-06T06:29:19+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/book-review-i-am-that-unicorn Jemma Purdey 2024-02-01T12:33:02+07:00 2024-02-01T12:33:02+07:00 https://www.insideindonesia.org/archive/articles/essay-a-movement-to-remember Jemma Purdey

<h5><em>This essay is the first in a new series featuring the writing of and edited by young people.</em></h5>

<h5><em>This essay is the first in a new series featuring the writing of and edited by young people.</em></h5>