Indigenous peoples - Indonesia at Melbourne

Talking Indonesia: sea nomads and the future of our ocean

In this episode, Dr Clara Siagian speaks with Dr Wengki Ariando, a scholar-activist from the Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean Studies (KITLV). He is also part of the Sea Nomads Contact Group, a collective of researchers and community representatives with a mission to translate research into advocacy and activism to secure political recognition for sea nomads in Southeast Asia.

Talking Indonesia: education in Papua

Education, Talking Indonesia

In this episode, Dr Murni Sianturi challenges some of the most deeply held assumptions about schooling, knowledge, and what it means to learn. Her research in West Papua pushes back on three pervasive myths: that indigenous parents don't care about their children's education, that learning only happens in formal schools, and that indigenous communities are problems to be solved rather than partners to be heard.

Eighty years on, Indonesian indigenous peoples still face the ‘imperial boomerang’

Analysis, Human Rights

The violence, marginalisation, and dispossession faced by indigenous communities in Indonesia are not disconnected incidents. They are expressions of a deeper historical logic in which colonial methods of control have been repurposed by the postcolonial state.

The new Criminal Code: killing off living law?

Law, Society, Top Stories

Problematic provisions on extramarital sex and cohabitation might have attracted global attention, but the new Criminal Code's provisions on "living law" are also a major concern.

Talking Indonesia: Papua, food and racism

Environment, Human Rights, Talking Indonesia

How do racial discrimination and agricultural development interact to affect indigenous communities' right to food in West Papua? Dr Annisa Beta chats to Dr Sophie Chao in the latest episode of Talking Indonesia.

Best of 2019: Talking Indonesia

Aid & Development, Arts, Corruption, Economy, Elections, Environment, Gender, Human Rights, Infrastructure, Law, Natural Resources, Policies, Religion, Security, Talking Indonesia

2019 was a big year for Talking Indonesia. Here we present the 10 episodes that were most popular with podcast subscribers over the past year.

Talking Indonesia: palm oil and indigenous peoples

Environment, Human Rights, Talking Indonesia

As palm oil plantations expand rapidly across Papua, what are its impacts on the forests and peoples whose culture and livelihoods are inextricably linked to them? Dr Jemma Purdey discusses this and more with Dr Sophie Chao in the latest episode of Talking Indonesia.

Social forestry: panacea or problem?

Analysis, Environment

The government has ambitious plans to hand over 12.7 million hectares of forest to community management by 2019. Dr Abidah Setyowati writes that while the social forestry initiative could increase communities' access to, and ability to obtain benefits from, forest resources, several major challenges remain.

Land rights in Jokowi's Indonesia

Analysis, Environment, Natural Resources

When he assumed the presidency, Joko Widodo made a commitment to strengthen the rights of local communities over land and forests. Dr Rachael Diprose writes that despite recent advancements in the legal and institutional recognition of land rights, many challenges remain.

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