Indonesia

I conducted Ph.D. fieldwork on the Indonesian film industry in Jakarta, Yogyakarta, and Bali from 2019 to 2023 (with a large gap in the middle due to Covid-19). But prior to that I’d been coming for 2-3 months out of each year, becoming fluent in Indonesian and visiting as many regions and ethnic groups as possible. I spent time living in Catholic highland towns in Toraja, Bajau sea villages in Wakatobi, and in Tengger, the last remaining majority Hindu community in Java.