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Easy reads

Read Danau Tanu’s publications on Third Culture Kids, international education and Indonesia. The articles in this collection are all open access. (To read longer academic publications, please click here.)

Latest publications

Film review of Alien Citizen: An Earth Odyssey. EARCOS Triannual Journal, Fall 2022. (See also the film screening in Tokyo.)

Film trailer for Alien Citizen: An Earth Odyssey.

Are parents of international school students racist? International School Leader (ISL) Magazine (27), September 2022.

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From the International School Leader Magazine, Issue 27, September 2022.

Articles based on Growing Up in Transit

The following is a list of short articles that were published based on extracts from Growing Up in Transit. They can be used for reading texts in classrooms.

Growing Up in Transit (2020) in paperback published by Berghahn Books.

Educating global citizens? Inside Indonesia. October 4, 2010.

When ‘global citizenship’ is in bed with ‘colorblind racism’ and ‘race’ isn’t always about race.

The Hidden Curriculum. [It will be republished soon.]

But by the very makeup of the institution, we are teaching this hidden agenda.

‘Nick’ in THE HIDDEN CURRICULUM. 

Osmosis: When Children Internalize Racism Through School. [It will be republished soon.]

It did not take long for Lianne to learn that English was a language of power. She soon learned to use English to challenge her mother’s authority.

‘Lianne’ in OSMOSIS

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Flags - Third Culture Kids?
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Book chapters

Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds - book cover

2017. ‘Hidden Diversity of Third Culture Kids’ (Appendix C). In David Pollock, Ruth E. Van Reken and Michael Pollock, Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, 3rd Edition. Nicholas Brealey Publishing. By Danau Tanu.

Writing Out of Limbo: International Childhoods, Global Nomads and Third Culture Kids

2011. ‘Vignettes from Another Perspective: When Cultural Hierarchies Matter at an International School’. In Gene H. Bell-Villada and Nina Sichel with Faith Eidse and Elaine Neil Orr, eds. Writing Out of Limbo: International Childhoods, Global Nomads and Third Culture Kids. Cambridge Scholars Publishing: Newcastle upon Tyne. By Danau Tanu.

Other short articles

The Hoax Emergency. Inside Indonesia. November 30, 2018. By Danau Tanu & Levriana Yustriani

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Keep calm, carry on, and drink tea. New Mandala. December 1, 2016. By Danau Tanu.

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President Joko Widodo & his then political rival Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta, 2016

Echoes of past violence haunt Indonesia. New Mandala. November 28, 2016. By Danau Tanu.

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Jakarta during the May riots in 1998

Are international school students Indonesian enough? The Jakarta Post. July 15, 2014. By Danau Tanu.

Prabowo the Chameleon. New Mandala. June 26, 2014. By Danau Tanu.

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Prabowo Subianto, an Indonesian Third Culture Kid who grew up in 6 countries. Pictured here as a young officer.

‘Engaging Indonesia’s Youth’. New Perspectives on Indonesia: Understanding Australia’s Closest Asian Neighbour. Perth USAsia Centre: Perth. 2014. By Danau Tanu.

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