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Indonesians adjust career plans to meet stricter UK visa rules
Indonesians and other foreign nationals are looking with hope to Starmer's Labour government for potential easing of a new set of stringent visa rules designed by the previous Conservative administration that has left them with fewer options in a narrower jobs market.
Analysis: Can AI-native gadgets replace the smartphone?
A new type of consumer gadget is dividing opinions, with industry watchers questioning if simple, screenless AI-powered devices could eventually replace the smartphone.
Analysis: Rural is key to closing India gender digital divide
The GSMA Mobile Gender Gap 2023 report identified India as a country with the widest gender-based online divide. Hana Anandira spoke to Nadia Jeffrie from Connected Women to investigate structural challenges causing the issue.
United Nations adopts global AI resolution
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly adopted a draft resolution designed to ensure the use and development of AI align with human rights values, a step it hopes will prevent fragmentation of ethical frameworks governing the technology.
Who is really responsible for ethical AI?
As regulators and ethics-focused experts continue to put pressure on how Big Tech train their AI models, Hana Anandira asked researchers in the field if there is a way to look at ethical AI beyond the policymaking narrative.
Vodafone closes Ghana unit sale
Vodafone Group completed the sale of its 70 per cent stake in its Ghana division to Africa-focused provider Telecel Group, after receiving final regulatory approval.
Are biometrics a boon or bust for refugees?
Hana Anandira speaks to industry specialists to explore how aid agencies can better-employ biometrics to benefit refugees.
The Alternative Media as A Critical Counter-Public: The Politics of Independent Publishing in the Digital Realm
Image courtesy of Monoskop
Telkom Kenya returns to state hands
Business Daily reported the government stepped in to prevent Helios Investment Partners selling to outside investors.
dad, nobody told me this
3 quids coffee, people setting up beds on the streets. Dad, nobody told me this?
On Modernism: Bauhaus's Neue Sachlichkeit and Critical Theory
The Feminine Uncanny: Freud and The Body
"Making a spectacle out of oneself seemed a specifically feminine danger. The danger was of an exposure.” —Mary Russo
(PDF) Bureaucratic Violence: The Psychopolitics of The State and The Self in Indonesia
Illustration by Muhammad Nauval Firdaus for Project Multatuli: "Tiga Anak Saya Diperkosa, Saya Lapor ke Polisi. Polisi Menghentikan Penyelidikan."
Home and Away: Mother
Where a mother-daughter bond is valued as the purest form of relationship, mine was an explosive battlefield. As I fled home, I looked back on memories that never really left.
Driven by Design: Indie Publishers Bring Back Love for Physical Books
Freedom! Freedom!: Women and Politics in Indonesian Literature
76 years of Indonesian independence, writer Hana Anandira contemplates “freedom of the press”, war, and resistance through women’s eyes.
Chuck Klosterman: “But What If We’re Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past.”
A Meditation on Javanese Dances in Cinema
Where sexuality and mysticism meld, the ostensibly controversial nature of Javanese dance has put the tradition under a threat of vanishing. But as an art form, Javanese dance offers philosophical and spiritual narratives that challenge us to observe the transgression of opposites, and cinema might be the answer to keep this heritage alive.
“The Banda Journal”: The Forsaken Aftermath of Colonisation
As the great-grandchildren of native Bandanese continue to sing of a violent past, photographer Muhammad Fadli and writer Fatris MF storytell what is left of Indonesia’s spice islands through “The Banda Journal.”
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