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Preman and Jawara
It’s (kinda) all in a name. The terms ‘preman’ and ‘jawara’ are frequently used as synonyms. Sometimes ‘jawara’ is used as a means to explain ...
Field Impressions
By Andy Fuller and Jolien van Veen The Pandemic has disrupted one of the vital features of anthropological work: the very act of being there, being in ...
Sensing cities and (in)securities
By Lotje Krouwel, Zaki Arrobi and Jolien van Veen Lotje, Zaki and Jolien, PhD candidates in the SACRASEC research cluster at UU, organized a workshop on ...
Bandits, Victims or Sinners?
Negotiating public security provision in Brazil by Jolien van Veen Who should be protected or punished? And who is responsible for executing punishments ...
Thugs and Covid Protocols in Jakarta
by Zaki Arrobi. (First published on the Corona Governance in Urban Margins website, 20th October, 2020) As Covid-19 cases continue to climb across ...
Religion and Vigilantism in Jos
By Murtala Ibrahim. (First published on the Corona Governance in Urban Margins website, 23rd November, 2020). Jos is one of the largest cities in central ...
Jakarta in a time of a Pandemic
*First published here Inside Indonesia More than one year into the COVID-19 pandemic, the virus is still having unforeseen impacts Indonesia has followed a ...
Profile – Murtala Ibrahim
Trained in Religious Studies (University of Jos, Nigeria), I received my Ph.D. at the Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Utrecht University in ...
Profile – Jolien van Veen
I am an anthropologist living in Utrecht, the Netherlands. In the past two years, I have taught courses to undergraduate students at the University of ...
Profile – Zaki Arrobi
Zaki began his early academic career by joining his alma mater, Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, as a lecturer and researcher in 2018. He ...