Telle is a social anthropologist with research experience in Indonesia since 1994, spanning various aspects of religion and religious change (Islam, Hinduism), ritual, state management of religion, religious minorities, and the politics of religious freedom.

Telle's research also deals with the upsurge of ethnic and religious civilian policing groups in Indonesia since 1998, with a focus on vigilantism and the dynamic interaction between state and non-state security providers. Other areas of interest include: local justice and human rights, resource governance and tourism development in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

Telle is a member of the editorial committee of Kritisk Etnografi - Swedish Journal of Anthropology and board member of the Engaging Indonesia Book Series (Springer).

For citations to the work of Kari Telle see this page.

Most recent publications

Presentation/Lecture | Sep 2024

Palm oil and the struggle for land and citizenship in Indonesia

Ward Berenschot, Kari Telle, David Aled Williams

Conference Paper / Presentation | Jul 2024

Navigating circuits and uncertainty in Lombok's 'special economic zone.' Panel: Exclusive Tourism Enclaves in Asia, organized by Kari Telle and Jeremy Kingsley.

Kari Telle

Newspaper Article | Feb 2024

Urolig for konsekvensene av generalens valgseier

Kari Telle, David Aled Williams

Newspaper Op-Ed | Feb 2024

Prabowos seier: Går Indonesia inn i en ny strongman-era ?

Kari Telle, David Aled Williams

Presentation/Lecture | Feb 2024

Generational Shift in Indonesia?

Aron Corbett, Meta Mulyani, Kari Telle, David Aled Williams, Sofie Arjon Schütte

Report in External Series | 2023

Resisting paradise: Exclusive tourism development

Kari Telle

Conference Paper / Presentation | 2023

Care, immunization, religious vigilantism

Kari Telle

Journal Article | 2023

Displaying Demons: Processions at the Crossroads in Multi-religious Indonesia

Kari Telle

Asian Ethnology

Book Review | 2023

Review of State of Disorder: Privatised Violence and the State in Indonesia (2022). Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir.

Kari Telle

Asian Journal of Social Science (AJS)

Blog post | 2022

Regulatory conundrum: Exclusive tourism enclaves - NCHS

Jeremy Kingsley and Kari Telle

Blog post | 2022

Could the Kanjuruhan stadium disaster spark Indonesian police reform?

David Aled Williams, Kari Telle

Blog post | 2022

Exclusive Tourism Enclaves

Kari Telle

Kari Telle

Palm oil and the struggle for land and citizenship in Indonesia

Navigating circuits and uncertainty in Lombok's 'special economic zone.' Panel: Exclusive Tourism Enclaves in Asia, organized by Kari Telle and Jeremy Kingsley.

Urolig for konsekvensene av generalens valgseier

Prabowos seier: Går Indonesia inn i en ny strongman-era ?

Generational Shift in Indonesia?

Resisting paradise: Exclusive tourism development

Care, immunization, religious vigilantism

Displaying Demons: Processions at the Crossroads in Multi-religious Indonesia

Review of State of Disorder: Privatised Violence and the State in Indonesia (2022). Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir.

Regulatory conundrum: Exclusive tourism enclaves - NCHS

Could the Kanjuruhan stadium disaster spark Indonesian police reform?

Exclusive Tourism Enclaves

Displaying Demons: Processions at the Crossroads in Multi-religious Indonesia

Faith on Trial: Blasphemy and 'lawfare' in Indonesia

Does Anthropology Matter to Law ?

Ritual Power: Risk, spirituality and religious pluralism on Lombok

Introduction: Performing the State

Vigilante Citizenship: Sovereign Practices and the Politics of Insult on Lombok

Spirited places and ritual dynamics among Sasak Muslims on Lombok

Dharma power: Searching for security in post-new order Indonesia

Entangled Biographies: Rebuilding a Sasak House

The smell of death: Theft, disgust and ritual practice in Central Lombok, Indonesia.

Feeding the dead: Reformulating Sasak mortuary practices.

Contemporary religiosities: Emergent socialities and the post-nation-state

Anthropologies of Religion

Anthropologies of Religion

False Prophets? Ontological Conflicts and Religion-Making in an Indonesian Court

Security and the Politics of Protection in Post-New Order Lombok, Indonesia

Changing Spiritual Landscapes and Religious Politics on Lombok

Spirited warriors: Conspiracy and protection on Lombok

Seduced by security: the politics of (In)security on Lombok, Indonesia

Introduction: Religiosities toward a future - In pursuit of the New Millennium

Dharma power: Searching for security in post-new order Indonesia

Swearing innocence: Performing justice and 'reconciliation' in post-new order Lombok.

Nurturance and the Spectre of Negligence: Sasak Ways of Dealing with the Dead.

Resisting paradise: Exclusive tourism development

Evaluation of Interfaith Rainforest Initiative (IRI) and UNEP as Implementing Organization

Real-time evaluation of Norway's international climate and forest initiative. Lessons learned from support to civil society organisations

UN Resolution 16/18 and the Istanbul Process: What has been achieved? A charting of blasphemy trends in Pakistan and Indonesia.

Gendercide and marginalisation – An initial review of the knowledge base

Review of State of Disorder: Privatised Violence and the State in Indonesia (2022). Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir.

Review of Murder in Tropical Blue: A Novel of Lombok, by C. W. Watson

Review of Daniel Peterson: Islam, Blasphemy, and Human Rights in Indonesia: The Trial of Ahok

COVID‐19, ‘dugnad’ and social control in Bergen and beyond

The Unintended Effects of 'Religious Freedom'

Redaksjonelt

Review of 'Ritual in its Own Right: Exploring the Dynamics of Transformation', ed. by Don Handelman and Galina Lindquist,.

Review of Angela Hobart's 'Healing Performances of Bali: Between Darkness and Light', Berghahn Books, New York and London.

Navigating circuits and uncertainty in Lombok's 'special economic zone.' Panel: Exclusive Tourism Enclaves in Asia, organized by Kari Telle and Jeremy Kingsley.

Care, immunization, religious vigilantism

Displaying Demons: Processions at the Crossroads in Multi-religious Indonesia

Prabowos seier: Går Indonesia inn i en ny strongman-era ?

Support to civil society and independent scientific research appear of little importance to Norway’s new climate and environment deal with Indonesia

Urolig for konsekvensene av generalens valgseier

Eksperter kritiske til UDs trossatsing

Advarer UD: Trosfrihetsstøtte kan oppfattes som misjon

Palm oil and the struggle for land and citizenship in Indonesia

Generational Shift in Indonesia?

Capital Punishment in Indonesian Justice System (discussion and Law Transform podcast)

Promoting Religious Freedom: Critical Perspectives

Mysticism as Deviant Religion

Regulatory conundrum: Exclusive tourism enclaves - NCHS

Could the Kanjuruhan stadium disaster spark Indonesian police reform?

Exclusive Tourism Enclaves

It takes two to tango

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Social anthropologist who works on the 'politics of faith' focusing on the legal regulation of religion, religious minorities, militias, infrastructure and tourism in Indonesia

Palm oil and the struggle for land and citizenship in Indonesia

Navigating circuits and uncertainty in Lombok's 'special economic zone.' Panel: Exclusive Tourism Enclaves in Asia, organized by Kari Telle and Jeremy Kingsley.

Urolig for konsekvensene av generalens valgseier

Prabowos seier: Går Indonesia inn i en ny strongman-era ?

Generational Shift in Indonesia?

Resisting paradise: Exclusive tourism development

Care, immunization, religious vigilantism

Displaying Demons: Processions at the Crossroads in Multi-religious Indonesia

Review of State of Disorder: Privatised Violence and the State in Indonesia (2022). Abdil Mughis Mudhoffir.

Regulatory conundrum: Exclusive tourism enclaves - NCHS

Could the Kanjuruhan stadium disaster spark Indonesian police reform?

Exclusive Tourism Enclaves