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"When our forest is taken away, where would we stay?"

That sentence seemed simple. Yet, when it appeared on a documentary film Pesta Babi, it became a call that would be difficult to ignore. It was not simply a question about where to live, but a question about the future, about identity, and about Papuan indigenous community rights in the face of large-scale expansion of projects in their ancestral land.

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The revision of Election Law No. 7 Year 2017 was important issue in national political debate. The discussion about changes in election rules not only happened in Parliament’s House, but also amongst academics, civil society activities, to democracy-watch organisations. Many parties thought that the Indonesian election system needed serious update because it had stagnated and too pragmatic in its practice. This was exemplified by what Perludem (Association for Election and Democracy) did recently.

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The struggle of domestic workers could not be separated from gender, social classes, and layers of identity inherent in women. In a discussion organised by Jaringan Perempuan Indonesia Timur (JPIT) on Friday (29/5), women activist Linda Tagie highlighted that the majority of domestic workers were women who lived on a crossroad featuring their vulnerability – from economic status, culture, and religion, to power relations in the household and in community.

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The Independent Selection Path for People with Disability at Universitas Sebelas Maret 2026 was opened. Information dissemination proceeded online via zoom on Monday (18/5) with special education teachers, parents, and would-be students with disability from diverse regions of Indonesia. The activity was not simply technical information dissemination for acceptance of new students, but also highlighted how inclusive higher education was seriously managed in Indonesia.

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Grief is an unavoidable emotional experience in people’s lives. Yet, the way each individual person faces a loss varies and does not follow the same pattern. In a discussion about mental health and grief process, the psychologist Dinastuti explained that the five-stage grief theory introduced by Elisabeth Kübler-Ross was understood as emotional waves that came and went repetitiously. That was the opening sentence from Dwi Ariyani, the moderator from Perempuan Bumi (Earth Women) during online discussion by Perempuan Bumi on Saturday, 23/5.

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Sexual violence continued in silence inside the seemingly respectable walls of campuses, Islamic schools, government offices, and family houses. Cases kept coming. A university student became victim to her lecturer, Islamic student experienced violence at the hands of their teachers, employees were forced by employers through work relations, and children became victims of their own family. They all showed a similar pattern that power relation made it difficult for victims to fight back and to speak, and so they chose to stay silent.

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Many young people today may only think of the May 19 Incident as a collection of dates, name of people, and historical archives a fair distant from their daily life. Not all people could smell the stench of fire burning, hear gunshots, or live in fear as previous generation experienced. Yet oddly enough, the wound remained fresh, even for those born after the reform or who were too young to remember.

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Film Pesta Babi not only presented a story about Papua on screen, but also opened past wound and memory that lived in silence. Maria Sucia worked on Papua issue since 2012 and used to live in Asmat, and found it difficult to describe her experience watching the film. She felt suffocated, angry, and bitter fact that not much had changed since many years ago. Her description served as an opening to discussion moderated by Sonsky Mardika after the film presentation at Lokananta, on Sunday (10/5).