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  • Indonesia’s creative economy, success and self-censorship

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    Andrew MacInyre
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    A thriving “creative economy” has developed over the past decade in Indonesia. Novelists, musicians and film-makers of all kinds have been able to take advantage of digital media to reach new audiences, particularly among the young. A shining example of this is the hugely popular and critically acclaimed novelist, singer and songwriter, Dewi “Dee” Lestari.…

  • Indonesia post-reformasi

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    Andrew MacInyre
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    Correspondence in Australian Foreign Affairs “Retreat from Democracy?” by Tim Lindsey Andrew MacIntyre Tim Lindsey’s excellent essay, “Retreat from Democracy?” (Australian Foreign Affairs 3, July 2018), lays out clearly just how much the political climate in Indonesia has changed over the past decade. The optimism about extending democratic reform is gone, as is the hope…