The Indonesian government's plan to release new history books has sparked concerns that some of the country's darkest chapters could be recast to show President Prabowo Subianto and late authoritarian ruler Suharto in a favourable light. The 10-volume series would have an Indonesia-centric … [Read more...]

Anger the controversial plan coincides with anime flag movement, seen as a critique on the decline of democratic freedoms under President Prabowo. Indonesia has delayed plans to publish a set of controversial history books amid backlash from historians and activists who have accused the project … [Read more...]

For many Palestinians, remembering is a small act of rebellion — a way to prise their identity from the slow, persistent work of colonisation, scarring, and erasure. Their insistent plea to be seen and not forgotten found a devastating echo in paul catafago’s poem Remember Us, which he read aloud … [Read more...]

I spend nearly half the year in Indonesia, so the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival always feels like a homecoming, the one place I can sit with local authors, journalists and historians, swap ideas about books and the country’s latest turns, and catch up with friends I only see once a … [Read more...]

Held on Nov. 10 at JPLive! Space, Notes from the In-Between is the first offline event of the Knowledge Series, consisting of an interactive writing workshop helmed by Indonesian-Chinese-American author Xu Xi and followed by a fireside chat. Limited to just 20 participants, the “Writing as Inquiry” … [Read more...]