Write for Indonesia at Melbourne
The Indonesia at Melbourne blog is a platform for analysis, research and commentary on contemporary Indonesia. Indonesia at Melbourne is run out of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society (CILIS) in the Melbourne Law School, and is supported by the Melbourne Law School, the Faculty of Arts and the Indonesia Democracy Hallmark Research Initiative (IDeHaRI).
The blog’s audience includes academics, journalists, businesspeople, development professionals and students with an interest in Indonesia. The emphasis of the blog is on politics but it also covers law, anthropology, culture, history, economics, architecture and public health, reflecting the diversity of expertise on contemporary Indonesia at this university.
External contributions to Indonesia at Melbourne are welcome at all times, although posts will be published at the discretion of the editor and advisory board. We seek articles between 800-1,000 words in length. We will only occasionally publish longer pieces. Please contact the editor with a proposal before submitting a longer article. Authors are responsible for guaranteeing that their work is original.
It should be emphasised that the blog is not a venue for the dissemination of research articles, although posts can draw on and promote research. Posts must be accessible to a non-specialist, and written in a manner that will maximise their appeal to a broad audience.
Submitted posts will be edited before publication. The editorial team will work with authors to revise posts if changes are significant but editors reserve the right to make changes without consultation. Where possible, please submit pieces to allow time for the editing process.
Authors are encouraged to submit at least one high-resolution photo to accompany posts. Photos should be submitted as a separate attachment (preferably in .jpg form), not in Microsoft Office documents. Please provide captions, dates and credits with each image. Please do not submit photos downloaded from the internet. If you wish to use a photo from an external source, please also provide evidence that you have clearance from the publisher.
Notes on style
Aim to write simply, in a clear and lucid style. Long sentences, and long paragraphs, can confuse the reader.
Please translate all Indonesian terms. In some instances where there is no equivalent English term it may be acceptable to use an Indonesian word or phrase. Use the Indonesian phrase first, and then put the English in brackets. Please use italics for translated words.
When referring to Indonesian people, please provide the full name on first reference, then refer to the person by their first name in subsequent mentions (there are exceptions). We follow the spellings that Indonesians use for their own names. For this reason, we use Soeharto, not Suharto; and Soekarno, not Sukarno.
Excessive use of acronyms can appear messy and distracting when scattered throughout a text. You should not need to use more than three different abbreviations in a standard blog post.
Indonesia at Melbourne uses Australian spelling.
Please provide sources as links rather than footnotes or in-text references. If you are using a quote from another source (newspapers, radio, television), you must provide attribution.
Please provide complete information when referring to laws and regulations, for example: Law No. 3 of 1999 on Human Rights. This will help readers (and us) search for the law if required.
Detailed style guidelines can be viewed here.
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