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The ICWA publications archive includes: ICWA Letters by Former Fellows, ICWA Letters by spouses or companions of Former Fellows and other authors, and AUFS/UFSI Field Staff Reports.

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Indonesian President Suharto, painted by Artist-Fellow Bryn Barnard during the 1982 elections.


“Though the democratic machinery is impressive, the result is always the same: since Suharto’s ascension in 1965 he has been re-elected four times… During Independence Day celebrations, billboards are erected depicting him in a variety of heroic poses: with shears, pruning the economic bush during the resesi dunia (world recession); in suit, leading his cabinet into administrative battle; in sarung, sheltering the masses from worldly vicissitudes; in batik shirt, studying Indonesia’s agricultural bounty…” [read newsletter]


—Bryn Barnard

Southeast Asia

ICWA Fellow (1981-1984)