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Rita Padawangi is a Senior Research FFellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. She received her PhD in sociology from Loyola University Chicago, where she was also a Fulbright Scholar for her MA studies. He research interests span the sociology of architecture, participatory urban development, social movements, and public spaces.
Space Matters: Civil Society in Indonesia at the Crossroads
The enactment of the Gubernatorial Regulation (Peraturan Gubernur / Pergub) 228/2015 introduced new restrictions on public demonstrations in Jakarta. Though this measure was soon thereafter revised, subsequent warnings by police raise questions about the scope of freedom of expression in Indonesia as well as the current and future role of civil society there.
