Telle is a social anthropologist and journalist with long-term research experience in Indonesia since 1994, spanning various aspects of religion and religious change (Islam, Hinduism), including ritual, state management of religion, religious minorities, blasphemy trials, secularism 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 infrastructure tourism development in Indonesia and Southeast Asia.

Telle is a member of the editorial committee of Kritisk Etnografi - Swedish Journal of Anthropology and on the steering committee of the Norwegian Network of Asian Studies (Asianettverket). Between 2012-2016, she served as editor of Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift (NAT)/ the Norwegian Journal of Anthropology.

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

Most recent publications

Report in External Series | Oct 2023

Resisting paradise: Exclusive tourism development

Kari Telle

Conference Paper / Presentation | Oct 2023

Care, immunization, religious vigilantism

Kari Telle

Journal Article | Jul 2023

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

Kari Telle

Asian Ethnology

Book Review | Apr 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

Newspaper Op-Ed | 2022

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

David Aled Williams, Kari Telle, Sofie Arjon Schütte

Book Review | 2022

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

Kari Telle

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Society (JRAI)

CMI Report | 2022

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

Kari Telle

Blog post | 2021

It takes two to tango

Kari Telle

Presentation/Lecture | 2021

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

Kari Telle

Kari Telle

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

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

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

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

It takes two to tango

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

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.

Care, immunization, religious vigilantism

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

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

Eksperter kritiske til UDs trossatsing

Advarer UD: Trosfrihetsstøtte kan oppfattes som misjon

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, conflict management and justice 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

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

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

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

It takes two to tango

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