In recent years, it has become widely publicized that the “influence economy” centered on social media has become compromised, as the market for “fake” services has grown. “Click farms” or “follower factories” that produce and sell these services via digital marketplaces have been considered key actors in this market, with both terms suggesting the existence of an industry based on digital sweatshop labor.

From 1900 onwards, more and more Indonesian students came to the Netherlands to study in Leiden. Several of these students also played a role in their country’s nationalist movement and the building of an independent Indonesia. This walk takes you to some important places in their lives and introduces a number of the students.

Het bestuur van de Vereniging KITLV nodigt u graag uit voor de Algemene Ledenvergadering (ALV) 2022. De ALV zal op vrijdag 10 juni a.s. plaatsvinden van 15:30 tot 17:00 uur in de Verenigingskamer (kamer 1.68) van het instituut KITLV, Reuvensplaats 2 te Leiden en zal tevens hybride bij te wonen zijn via een Zoomlink.

Combining ethnographic fieldwork in the city of Kupang with an acute historical sensibility, Sylvia Tidey shows how good governance initiatives paradoxically perpetuate civil service corruption while

From 1900 onwards, more and more Indonesian students came to the Netherlands to study in Leiden. Several of these students also played a role in their country’s nationalist movement and the building of an independent Indonesia. This walk takes you to some important places in their lives and introduces a number of the students.