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Talking Indonesia: queer Muslims and their allies

How do queer Muslims maintain their faith and religious practices in an increasingly hostile environment? While in the West religion and queerness are often seen as incompatible, how and why do LGBTQI+ Indonesian Muslims hold onto their faith? How does progressive Islam inform the work of their Allies and what support do they provide?

Talking Indonesia: Prabonomics

What is Prabowo’s economic agenda? How will it reshape the country and confront the key challenges in the years ahead? Will Prabowo’s economic plans take the country closer to its grand plans for Golden Indonesia 2045?

Talking Indonesia: the climate crisis and gender nexus

In this episode, Elisabeth Kramer speaks with Dr Jane Ahlstrand, a senior lecturer in Indonesian studies at the University of New England, about her new research project on the relationship between climate crisis projects, sustainable development and gender in Indonesia.

Talking Indonesia: Nongkrong Festival and the Indonesian diaspora

In Melbourne and across Australia, Indonesian diaspora communities are reimagining what it means to celebrate their cultural identity through art, food, and the simple act of nongkrong (hanging out). But what happens when these cultural practices become spaces for exploring complex questions about belonging, identity, and ethical settlement on Aboriginal land?

Talking Indonesia: East Timor's Great Famine, 1977-1979

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More than two decades since East Timorese voted for independence from Indonesia the truth and associated trauma of this conflict-induced famine remains little known.

Talking Indonesia: Prabowo, China and the South China Sea

The past decade has seen the Natuna Islands militarise at a pace, as skirmishes with Chinese military and an army of illegal fishing trawlers challenge the Indonesian navy. Last week, the dynamics of this conflict took a dramatic turn when it transpired that Indonesia had signed a cooperative statement with China that committed to developing the area together in recognition of, and this is the kicker, overlapping claims on the area.

Talking Indonesia: foreign workers

Has the Indonesian government’s concern for Indonesian citizens in foreign lands translated at all to an awareness of the need to protect foreign workers within its own borders?

Talking Indonesia: the papal visit

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In this week's episode Jemma chats with Bagus Laksana, the Rector of Sanata Dharma University in Yogyakarta. He is the author of 'Muslim and Catholic Pilgrimage Practices: Explorations Through Java'.

Talking Indonesia: the history of corruption in Indonesia

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Corruption in Indonesia is widely acknowledged to be a complex issue and deeply entrenched in Indonesian culture. However, this overlooks the generally accepted notion among historians that corruption in Indonesia and other post-colonial nations is, at least partially, rooted in colonialism and the abuses of power and wealth during that period.

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