April - June 2004

Ethnicity

Divide and who rules?
Ethnic nationalism under siege in West Papua - Richard Chauvel
Singing for life
Music is a potent source of resistance in West Papua - Alex Rayfield
A history of diversity
Ethnic relations in West Kalimantan are marked with blood - Mary Somers Heidhues
Remembering today
Ien Ang returns to Indonesia and her Chinese roots - Ien Ang
How to be Chinese
Ethnic Chinese experience a ?reawakening? of their Chinese identity - Chang-Yau Hoon
Blood or money?
Ethnicity plays a role in local politics but money still rules - Elizabeth Collins and Muhammad Sirozi
A fair go for all
Taking a legal approach to fighting discrimination - Wahyu Effendi
Reviving 'Malayness'
Searching for a new dominant ethnic identity - Minako Sakai
Ethnic stereotyping by politicians
Ethnic stereotyping by local politicians in Lombok fails to please all - Kendra Clegg

Politics and human rights

Solidarity in suffering
Victims of ther May 1998 riots seek justice and healing - Rahadian Permadi

Environment

Land, church and state
Global business packaged in ecological concerns in West Flores - John Prior

Culture

Return of the Sultans
After the New Order, pomp and ceremony is returning to dusty palaces - Gerry van Klinken
An urban tale
Strange companions in Jakarta?s Jalan Jaksa - Mardiyah Chamim
Hidden treasures
Preserving the literary past - Duncan Graham
Cops and kids
Indonesian police reveal their soft side - Rob Goodfellow
Dangdut trendy
Is it techno? Is it traditional? No, it?s ethnic hybrid house music - Jeremy W. Wallach

Film review

Harrowing and healing
Review of John Darling?s ?The Healing of Bali? - David Reeve

Regulars

Editorial
Newsbriefs
Ethnicity on the net
The final word