‘Blusukan’
In several universities in Europe, the United States and Australia that I have visited, it seems that the literature on Indonesia is neatly stored in large numbers.
Book cover wandeltochten en fietstochten (1936) - Collection of the Universiteitsbibliotheek Leiden-KITLV (M k 372 N). Source: Book of Tourism in the Dutch East Indies 1891-1942.
The most influential academic works in the world on Indonesia are written by foreign scholars. They are not written in the Indonesian language and also not published in Indonesia. The books can be found in bookstores and libraries in many countries outside Indonesia.
Do foreigners know more about Indonesia than Indonesians themselves? Of course not. Knowledge grows in various versions. The same topic can produce a variety of different, contradictory or complementary knowledge.