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The everyday lives of contemporary youths are awash with drugs to boost pleasure, moods, sexual performance, vitality, appearance and health. This article examines pervasive practices of chemical 'self-maximization' from the perspectives of youth themselves. The research for this article was conducted among male, female and transgender (male to female, so-called waria) sex workers in Makassar, Indonesia. It presents our ethnographic findings on how these youths experiment with drugs to achieve their desired mental and bodily states: with the painkiller Somadril to feel happy, confident and less reluctant to engage in sex with clients, and contraceptive pills and injectable hormones to feminize their male bodies and to attract customers. Youths are extremely creative in adjusting dosages and mixing substances, with knowledge of the (mostly positive) 'lived effects' of drugs spreading through collective experimentation and word of mouth. The paper outlines how these experimental practices differ from those that have become the gold standard in biomedicine.

Working with nature against poverty : development, resources and the environment in eastern Indonesia -- Foreword -- Contents -- Figures and Maps -- Tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary -- 1. Development, Resources and Environment in Eastern Indonesia -- Part I: Economic Development and Poverty Alleviation -- 2. Papua I: Challenges of Economic Development in an Era of Political and Economic Change -- 3. Papua II: Challenges for Public Administration and Economic Policy under Special Autonomy -- 4. A Note on Socio-economic Development in Maluku -- 5. Socio-economic Conditions and Poverty Alleviation in East Nusa Tenggara -- Part II: Natural Resources and the Environment -- 6. Balancing Biodiversity Conservation and Development in Eastern Indonesia -- 7. Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Corporate Strategy at the Freeport Mine in Papua, 2001–2006 -- 8. Illegal Fishing in the Arafura Sea -- 9. Searching for a Livelihood: The Dilemma of Small-boat Fishermen in Eastern Indonesia -- 10. Forest Management and Conflict: The Case of the Rendani Protection Forest in Papua -- 11. Climate Change and Development in Eastern Indonesia -- Part III: Conflict, Local Development and Health -- 12. Maluku: The Long Road to Recovery -- 13. Improving the Livelihoods of the Poor: Challenges and Lessons from East Nusa Tenggara -- 14. How Far Is Papua from Achieving the Goals of Healthy Indonesia 2010? -- Index.

In contrast to accounts that explain increases in women's political representation by reference to structural and institutional factors, this article draws attention to the agency of women candidates. The number of women elected in the Eastern Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara (Nusa Tenggara Timur, NTT) increased markedly in 2019. To explain this increase, this article highlights the remarkable persistence of women candidates, many of whom succeeded in 2019 only after competing in multiple prior elections, slowly building their personal political skills and reputations. The article also draws attention to the effects of positive female role models – showing how a female candidate in a gubernatorial race inspired other women politicians – and the positive effects that can arise from co-operation among women candidates. It shows that, despite the emphasis on male dominance and dynastic power in much of the literature on Indonesian politics, there are still pathways to power for women with origins in the grassroots. (JCSA/GIGA)

Transgender women (in Indonesia known as Waria) still experience social stigma and exclusion in society. This phenomenon is interesting to study because it is related to the existence of transgender women in dealing with stigma and social exclusion. This study aims to describe the way transgender women perceive social exclusion and to describe the construction of their knowledge which, despite facing social exclusion, still maintains their existence. This study used a qualitative-phenomenological study method, using a purposive sampling technique. Data collection was done by conducting observations, in-depth interviews, and documentation. Data were analyzed using qualitative descriptive using symbolic interaction theory. The results showed that transgender women perceive the stigma and social exclusion they faced was manifested by planned actions in the form of conditional neglect and delay in introducing their existence. They respond to social situations they face with adaptive and not frontal. Transgender women's knowledge construction to maintain their existence is passed through four stages, namely impulse, perception, manipulation, and completion.

AbstractThe boundaries of what has constituted "Eastern Indonesia" have shifted depending on the historical, cultural, political, or economic context. We review various ways that Eastern Indonesia has been understood, to overview the different ways of delineating and approaching this fascinating part of Indonesia in order to introduce this special issue. The intention of this special issue, however, is not to attempt to clearly define Eastern Indonesia once and for all, but to open up via these various historical and contemporary concerns with Eastern Indonesia, new ways of grappling with this region in the present Post-Suharto era. The current social and political transformations offer a great deal of opportunity to reflect on the way global and national flows of people, money, notions of governance and religious ideas, are so crucial to understanding and making sense of the current dynamics in the region. By focusing our attention on how these global and national influences intersect with the local, we want to bring out how they are appropriated and manipulated by local communities; at the same time they may undermine and transform what is taking place at the local level.