Noandha Dhegaska, a current MA student in Contemporary Southeast Asia at the National University of Singapore, has published an article in New Mandala titled “Indonesia’s heritage in flames” (19 September 2025). Reflecting on the destruction of Dutch-built government buildings during the August 2025 protests, her piece highlights how these structures, long re-signified by Indonesians as part of their postcolonial identity, represented both a tangible inheritance and a uniquely national heritage.

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