Inside Indonesia
Inside Indonesia is an Australian based journal about Indonesia.
History
Inside Indonesia was set up in Melbourne by the Indonesian Resources and Information Program (IRIP) in 1983. This was a time when the mainstream media in Australia included very little information about Indonesia. The diverse group of academics and activists involved in the establishment of Inside Indonesia wanted to provide an antidote to that situation. In particular, they wanted to provide information about the growing numbers of people and organisations in Indonesia who were involved in attempts to bring about social and political change amidst the very repressive conditions at that time under the Suharto regime.[1]
In its print form, Inside Indonesia was published quarterly until March 2007. Throughout those years, Inside Indonesia provided a unique source of high quality and original reportage and analysis about issues in Indonesia which were rarely covered by other media sources. All of the past editions since going online (in 1996) are archived on this website. In 2007, Inside Indonesia made the transition to an internet-only format.
Purpose of Inside Indonesia
Inside Indonesia aims to provide a deeper image of Indonesia than that painted by mainstream media. It focuses on human rights, environmental, social and political issues, but is not limited to those issues. It is not an academic journal, but a publication which produces high standard, interesting, jargon free material about Indonesia by Indonesians or by others who have travelled, lived and/or done research in the country.Inside Indonesia is a non-profit endeavour, and apart from a small amount of technical support, is run on an entirely voluntary basis. None of our editors, writers or photographers are paid.
Inside Indonesia online
Becoming a completely online magazine has been an exciting, albeit challenging, process for Inside Indonesia. The decision was made to accommodate the increasingly global spread of editors and contributors, to marshall our scarce resources, to make the publishing process more efficient and to broaden Inside Indonesia’s readership.
The online format is similar to the print version. Every three months we mark the publication of a new edition by publishing a new collection of articles on a major theme. In addition you will be able to find a new article on our site weekly. These articles may or may not be related to the quarterly theme.
Past issues of Inside Indonesia are available on Trove.
Management
Inside Indonesia is managed by the Indonesian Resources and Information Program (IRIP).
Inside Indonesia is edited by a team of volunteer editors who collectively have many years of accumulated experience writing about Indonesia.
Inside Indonesia is published quarterly online. Additional off-theme articles are published weekly.
References
- ↑ "Special Report: Indonesisianists". Tempo magazine. November 11, 2011.