Indonesia’s Fight Club: Men, Masculinity and Cultural Trauma in the Internet Marshal Clark (University of Tasmania) This paper investigates representations of men and masculinities in post-New Order, and post-tsunami, Indonesian popular culture. It begins by examining some of the ideas raised in the nexus between the studies of Internet, cultural trauma and gender in Indonesia....Read More

Hunter and Lines: Gender, Sex and Sexuality among Same-Sex Relations in South Sulawesi, Indonesia Nurul Ilmi Idrus (Hasanuddin University) Lesbianism is not a new phenomenon in Indonesia, but their existence has not been acknowledged by the majority of Indonesian society, partly because the social norm determines that heterosexual relation is the ideal sexual partnership. Thus,...Read More

To Cover the Aurat: Veiling and Sexual Morality among the Muslim Minangkabau Lyn Parker (University of Western Australia) This paper is concerned with Islamic veiling in contemporary Minangkabau society. Much of the literature on veiling as a recent practice in Indonesia and Malaysia presents veiling as an expression of an Islamic modernity and a new...Read More

The Role and Position of the Javanese Women in Suriname Kadi Kartokromo (Suriname) This paper will give a short overview of the development of the Javanese women in Suriname in different sectors and will highlight the effects of the development to the community, namely the survival phase, during the indenture period, the role of the...Read More

Perempuan dalam Desa,Antara Ada dan Tiada: Pengalaman Belajar Mendemokratisasikan Desentralisasi di Sanggau, Garut dan Toraja Paramita Iswari (KARSA Yogyakarta) Seiring masa reformasi, satu hubungan kekuasaan direorganisasi melalui lahirnya peluang otonomi daerah. Dengan ini, diharapkan ‘jarak’ antara rakyat (termasuk perempuan) dengan  pembuat kebijakan menjadi lebih dekat baik secara politik maupun geografis, sehingga diharapkan kebijakan-kebijakan yang dihasilkan...Read More