Ruminations by John McGlynn: Poetic Suasion

by | Aug 6, 2020 | Blog

The recent death of Sapardi Djoko Damono (20 March 1940–19 July 2020), one of Lontar’s founders, has had me thinking of the suasive role that poetry has played in my life. Poetry was not a focus in any of my literature courses either in primary school or in high...

Greetings from Batavia: Postcards from the Dutch East Indies

by | Jul 3, 2020 | Blog

English Summary of Archipel Article Greetings from Batavia: Postcards from the Dutch East Indies Archipel is a journal of interdisciplinary studies on Insulindia (Indonesia, Malaysia, The Philippines, Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, East Timor), established in 1971,...

Greetings from the Executive Director: June 2020

by | Jul 2, 2020 | Blog Right

Five months into the Corona virus pandemic, people seem to be getting over their griping and groaning and starting to look on the bright side of things.  One notable development is the increasing use of the internet for almost all our daily needs. Indonesians are...

Ruminations by John McGlynn: P-4 + 4-H

by | Jul 2, 2020 | Blog

Anyone who knows anything about Indonesia knows that Pancasila is the nation’s official ideology, the five principles of which include belief in God, a just and civilized humanity, national unity, democracy, and social justice. Anyone who knows anything about...